Foods with refined carbohydrates and added fats, such as chips, donuts or ready-made pizza, are experienced as very rewarding and attractive by our brain, in a way that is similar to how addictive substances such as nicotine are experienced. THE ORGANIC CRAVE Ⓡ / Unsplash Added fats and refined carbohydrates make foods as addictive as … Read more
The analyzes showed that for every 10% increase in air pollution, antibiotic resistance increased by an average of 1.1%. Air pollution and antibiotic resistance are the two biggest threats to public health right now, says Chinese researcher Hong Chen. He discovered that resistance to antibiotics also increases in areas where a lot of air pollution … Read more
The flooded streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 2013, Wereldbank (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Extreme weather, rising sea levels and environmental pollution are making HIV more difficult to contain in the Asia-Pacific region. “We know that climate change affects human health.” The warning coincides with unprecedented heat waves on a planet that the United Nations (UN) says … Read more
Farmers at work in a rice field in India. Joha rice from India has the advantage of not raising blood sugar levels. That’s good news for diabetics and people with diabetes people at risk for this disease. After all, rice is a staple on the menu in many countries in the South and diabetes also … Read more
Novaya Gazeta is one of the last bastions of press freedom in Russia and its editor Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. A Russian investigative journalist working for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has been hospitalized after being badly beaten in Chechnya, the newspaper and the Russian human rights NGO Morial … Read more
It is the first time that research has been done into exactly which biological processes are changed by exposure to PFAS. U.S. Forest Service / rawpixel.com (CC0) A team of scientists has been able to demonstrate for the first time exactly which biological processes are changed by the presence of “forever chemicals” in the blood … Read more