Obese and toxic: Pesticides also make us burn calories more slowly
A pesticide still allowed in the USA and recently banned in Europe has devastating effects on the processing of calories.
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Scientists combine human genes with potatoes to make them grow huge
The addition of a gene that encodes human proteins makes potatoes 50% larger: sensational discovery or aberration? Posterity will judge.
How much would it REALLY cost to end world hunger?
Many years, many programs, still far from the solution. How much does it cost to end world hunger? Much. But it's not just about the money.
DentalSlim, weight loss system that (literally) closes your mouth
A strange "machine" for losing weight reduces the opening of the mouth to just 2mm to lead patients to a purely liquid diet. It horrifies me, but it works.
The UK bans advertising for junk food before 21pm
The British have declared war on junk food: if a product has too much sugar, salt or fat, it will not be able to advertise for two thirds of the day.
Sugar, Incredo Sugar's challenge: hack it to make it healthier
An Israeli company patents an engineered sugar that can replace traditional sugar and all the sweeteners that have emerged in recent years.
Weight reduction, a drug cuts it by 20% in one third of subjects
The results are surprising: a drug can replace weight reduction surgery. It has entered phase III
Nobel Prize in Chemistry to the great scientists who invented CRISPR
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry goes to the women scientists who made the most important discovery of the last decade: CRISPR can change our future.
SpoonTEK, a spoon that stimulates the taste buds to enhance flavors
No strange recipes, today the secret to improving flavors is in the spoon. SpoonTEK achieves this by stimulating the taste buds.
Aerofarms, vertical farms against food inequalities
Vertical farms in series that produce healthy food and give it free to the population. Better lifestyles as a public service: Aerofarms shows a future path.
Coronavirus: in the long run, a better world.
Covid-19 could be the most bitter medicine that in the end, after (much) suffering, perhaps it will give us a better world. Here because.
The healthiest countries in the world
Before, it was climate, attractions or food that dominated the scene: now other aspects also apply. Here are the healthiest and longest-lived countries to spend the future.
A study on body fat reveals immune differences between the two sexes
Thorough research on body fat reveals important differences in the male and female immune systems, and opens up new drugs that differ from each other.
Spain, obtained mice with super telomere length
Increase telomere length and longevity in mice for the first time, and without any genetic alterations or side effects
Anti-aging, stimulating the ear slows down aging
The ultimate anti-aging remedy? “Tickle” the ear with a sort of pacemaker for the nervous system that produces beneficial effects in those over fifty.
World food crisis, 8 ways to stem it
We can stem the food crisis by working hard on eight factors that have worsened and strengthened the weaknesses in our system. Here are what they are.
The blue night light consumes more sugars
The blue light in our eyes at night comes from LED sources and displays. Photoreceptors send stimuli directly to brain areas that regulate appetite.
Found the substance that allows the body to control weight
Don't crucify yourself for a skipped gym day or a sin of gluttony: weight control could be more of a chemistry problem than you think.
The co-inventor of CRISPR: by 2024 we will eat genetically edited food
It's not GMO but science is involved: the food edited with CRISPR promises to be healthier and longer lasting, and according to its co-inventor it will be on the market within 5 years.
The dish that absorbs fat and makes you lose weight arrives
The first dish that will make us lose weight by eating has arrived. It's called AbsorbPlate, and the name is explanatory, because it is a device that absorbs fats from foods and therefore allows us to introduce fewer "fattening" elements into the body. The idea comes from the Ministry of Health of the Thai government. Due to the incredible increase in obesity in the country, it was decided to patent this special dish. There are holes in the plate that literally absorb excess oil (up to 7 ml at a time), … Read more
Fight against a half obese and half hungry world: which side are you on?
The fight against waste in an increasingly crowded world immersed in a dense network of economic exchanges is a fundamental direction. Add to this the shortage of energy resources and the scarcity of food and we will have a future scenario that is truly difficult to face, unless we come up with an important idea, or we decide together to work on a better way of producing, consuming, even eating. . Every year, for one thing, almost a billion and a half is wasted... Read more
