Yes. Drinking cherry juice a day could help fight insomnia, as recently demonstrated by American researchers from the universities of Pennsylvania and Rochester, as well as a study carried out by the University of Extremadura with cherries from the Jerte Valley.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have invented a "personal food printer." Christened the Digital Fabricator, the new device stores and refrigerates ingredients, combines them, cooks them and "prints" them to the consumer's taste. And as you pour each content into separate print "heads" you can cool or heat them. And all with pinpoint precision.
Greater consumption in summer of fresh milk in the morning, of fruits such as strawberry or orange for dessert, of canned tuna and tomato in salads, of seafood, or of non-fresh meat (preserved for more than 48 hours in the refrigerator), facilitate the intake of high amounts of histamine, a molecule that increases the risk of migraine attacks.
A team of scientists at the University of Manchester, in Great Britain, has identified a chemical capable of suppressing appetite in humans and putting an end to "gluttony". In addition, it could help drug addicts and alcoholics to fight their addiction.
Low-salt foods may taste more salty to some people than others. This is indicated by an investigation carried out by scientists from Pennsylvania State University (USA) and published in the journal 'Physiology & Behavior', which points out how genetics has its part of influence on the amount of salt we like in food .
The increase in caloric intake caused by the abandonment of the Mediterranean diet and a drastic decrease in physical activity could cause that, for the first time, the life expectancy of Spanish children is lower than that of their parents, according to the Dr. Francisco J. Tinahones during the Seminar "Antioxidants: more than 4,000 ways to take care of health".
Two American scientists have shown that blood glucose levels affect the decision-making process. "When we have available energy, in the form of glucose, our decisions are more oriented towards the future," conclude the researchers, who assure that "the future is more abstract than the present and requires more cognitive effort on the part of our brain." Having little energy (little glucose) in the blood, on the contrary, makes us focus on the present.
83 percent of Spaniards believe that light drinks have more calories than they claim to have, according to data from the study 'Myths and legends' that the National Association of manufacturers of non-alcoholic soft drinks (Anfabra) presented today on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the manufacture of the first soft drinks in Spain.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
