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Monday, April 8, 2013

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


How our bodies interact with our minds in response to fear and other emotions

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 06:15 PM PDT

New research has shown that the way our minds react to and process emotions such as fear can vary according to what is happening in other parts of our bodies.

Widely used filtering material adds arsenic to beers

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:35 PM PDT

The mystery of how arsenic levels in beer sold in Germany could be higher than in the water or other ingredients used to brew the beer has been solved, scientists say.

Do cells in the blood, heart and lungs smell the food we eat?

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:35 PM PDT

In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose. It opens the door to questions about whether the heart, for instance, "smells" that fresh-brewed cup of coffee or cinnamon bun.

Reducing waste of food: A key element in feeding billions more people

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 03:35 PM PDT

Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said. He described that often-invisible waste in food — 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in the United States alone — and the challenges of feeding a global population of 9 billion.

How communities effectively punish antisocial behavior

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 11:45 AM PDT

New research provides an insight into how groups of people tackle social dilemmas and effectively punish those engaging in anti-social behavior.

New link between heart disease and red meat: New understanding of cardiovascular health benefits of vegan, vegetarian diets

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT

A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis -- or the hardening or clogging of the arteries.

Ready for debut: Fruit-juice-infused chocolate with 50 percent less fat

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 10:29 AM PDT

Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even more salubrious if manufacturers embraced new technology for making "fruit-juice-infused chocolate," a scientist says.

Fetal exposure to excessive stress hormones in the womb linked to adult mood disorders

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 06:08 AM PDT

Exposure of the developing fetus to excessive levels of stress hormones in the womb can cause mood disorders in later life and now, for the first time, researchers have found a mechanism that may underpin this process.

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