Boiled Peanuts Whip Other Peanuts

From WebMD:
Boiled Peanuts Whip Other Peanuts:

"Boiled peanuts may be the cream of the crop, besting raw peanuts or roasted peanuts in terms of nutrition. That news comes from food scientists in Alabama, who ought to know about boiled peanuts, which are a Southern snack. The researchers -- who included graduate student Yvonne Chukwumah and Lloyd Walker, PhD, of Alabama A&M University -- bought peanuts at a grocery store. Their shopping list included raw Virginia peanuts in the shell, raw peanut kernels, and commercially boiled peanuts."

Boiled peanuts are also great tasting!

10 Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds

10 Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds: "This Halloween, don't forget to save those pumpkin seeds"

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BBC NEWS | Health | 'Clear smoking link' to cot death

BBC NEWS Health 'Clear smoking link' to cot death:

" The risk increased if the baby was exposed once born Almost nine out of ten
mothers who lose a baby to cot death smoked while pregnant, say researchers. The
Bristol University team said the risk also increased with every hour babies were
exposed to passive smoke after birth. The risk increased if the baby was exposed
once born Almost nine out of ten mothers who lose a baby to cot death smoked
while pregnant, say researchers. The Bristol University team said the risk also
increased with every hour babies were exposed to passive smoke after birth. "

Home Spray Cleaners Could Raise Asthma Risk

Home Spray Cleaners Could Raise Asthma Risk: "

Using household cleaning sprays and spray air fresheners just once a week can increase your risk of developing asthma, new research suggests. Whether or not the cleaning products are a direct cause of asthma, or simply a trigger for people who already have the disease, isn't clear from this epidemiological study."

ScienceDaily: Potatoes Chock Full Of Phytochemicals

ScienceDaily: Potatoes Chock Full Of Phytochemicals: "

Using a new analytical method, ARS plant geneticist Roy Navarre and colleagues in Washington State and Oregon have identified 60 different kinds of phytochemicals and vitamins in the skins and flesh of 100 wild and commercially grown potatoes. The team's analysis of Red and Norkotah potatoes, for example, revealed that the spuds' total dietary-phenolics content rivaled that of broccoli, spinach and brussel sprouts. These phenols included the flavonoids subgroup, which may play a role in helping diminish cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems and certain cancers, notes Navarre, at the ARS Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit in Prosser, Wash."

ScienceDaily: Red Wine And Grape Juice Help Defend Against Food-borne Diseases, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily: Red Wine And Grape Juice Help Defend Against Food-borne Diseases, Study Suggests:

"Researchers Azlin Mustapha, associate professor of food science in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and Atreyee Das, a doctoral student in the food science program, are conducting on-going studies examining the inhibitory effects of numerous types of red wines, as well as grape juice, against pathogens and probiotic bacteria, which naturally reside in the intestinal tract and can be beneficial in combating, among other things, high cholesterol and tumors. They found that red wines – Cabernet, Zinfandel and Merlot in particular – have anti-microbial properties that defend against food-borne pathogens and don’t harm naturally useful bacteria like probiotic bacteria."