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Grilling with charcoal less climate-friendly than grilling with propane

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Do biofuels always create smaller carbon footprints than their fossil-fuel competitors? Not necessarily, finds a paper published in Elsevier’s Environmental Impact Assessment Review. The article, “Charcoal versus LPG grilling: ...





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Probing Question: Is grilling dangerous to your health?

Probing Question: Is grilling dangerous to your health?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

For many people, summer festivities would be terribly un-festive without the sizzle, the smoke, and the tantalizing smell of meat being barbecued. In the summer, many gatherings revolve around the grill, and ...


When the chips are down -- soak them

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Good news for chips lovers everywhere – new research in SCI’s Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that pre-soaking potatoes in water before frying can reduce levels of acrylamide.


Charred meat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Meat cooked at high temperatures to the point of burning and charring may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009.


Don't Spoil a Good Picnic

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ants and bad weather aren’t the only things that can ruin a picnic. When food gets too hot or too cold, the chances of contamination and food-borne illness increase. Taking a few preventative measures when dining outdoors ...


New study expands the list of hazardous chemicals in smokeless tobacco

New study expands the list of hazardous chemicals in smokeless tobacco

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Attention all smokeless tobacco users! It's time to banish the comforting notion that snuff and chewing tobacco are safe because they don't burn and produce inhalable smoke like cigarettes. A study that looked ...


Roads not taken disappear more quickly than we realize

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 17, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Researchers have identified a key reason why people make mistakes when they try to predict what they will like. When predicting how much we will enjoy a future experience, people tend to compare it to its alternatives—that ...


Little known type of cholesterol may pose the greatest heart disease risk

Little known type of cholesterol may pose the greatest heart disease risk

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Health-conscious people know that high levels of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (the so-called "bad" cholesterol) can increase the risk of heart attacks. Now scientists are reporting that another form ...


Reduction in glycotoxins from heat-processing of foods reduces risk of chronic disease

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine report that cutting back on the consumption of processed and fried foods, which are high in toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs), can reduce inflammation and ...



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