Thirst: Our brains tell us when to stop drinking

Our bodies keep a tight check on our water levels to stop us from dehydrating. But how do we know when we are thirsty and when we have drunk enough?

Sweet potato wastewater may help weight loss

Sweet potatoes have great nutritional value. Now, research suggests even the water left over from cooking sweet potatoes has slimming effects.

Fluorescent Test System To Hunt For Deadly Bacteria

You can’t see them, or smell them or taste them. They can be in our water and in our food, multiplying so rapidly that conventional testing methods for detecting pathogens such as E.coli, Salmonella and Listeria come too late for the tens of thousands of Canadians who suffer the ill effects of these deadly bacteria…

What Is Folic Acid? What Is Vitamin B9?

Folic acid is a form of the water-soluble vitamin B9. Water soluble means it dissolves in water.

IMPF Voluntarily Recalls Dips & Spreads Because Of Possible Health Risk

Bright Water Seafood, Tucker, GA is voluntarily recalling its 7 ounce packages of Buffalo Krab Dip and 7 ounce packages of Southwest Krab Dip because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems…