Archive for April, 2010

WAYS TO REDUCE FAT

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Ingredients
One of the easiest ways to reduce the amount of fat you eat is to use less fat when you cook.
1. Avoid frying in oil, butter, margarine or ghee. Try grilling, roasting on a rack, steaming or microwave cooking instead.
2. Always trim all visible fat from meat. Remove fat and skin from chicken. [...]

Giving Soybean Oil A New Role Health And Beauty

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Scientists have reported development of a new method for converting soybean oil into a highly effective bio-based sunscreen active ingredient that does not carry the potential health concerns of ingredients in some existing sunscreens. The new, natural sunscreen agent could replace petroleum-derived ingredients in a variety of personal-care products, they reported at the 239th National [...]

Strategy For Passing Tanning Bed Legislation

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that when attempting to pass tanning bed legislation, successful advocates collaborate with local and national organizations and lobbyists and have direct contact with the sponsoring legislator to aid in the passage of the bill. These findings, which appear on-line in the Journal of the American [...]