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New research has analyzed data from nearly 20 studies encompassing one million adults and found a link between drinking tea and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. But it all depends on how much tea your drink. 
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If you have trouble learning, you might want to try eating more cinnamon. A study has found that "slow learner" mice do better at finding their way through mazes, after a month of ingesting the spice.
Joel Barker's insight:
And it tastes good, too. JB
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Dietary fiber may change the structure of the protective gel that lines intestines, but bacteria play a role, too.
Joel Barker's insight:
Boy is eating getting more complicated. But better for you. Just another good reason for fiber! JB
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The ESA has an ambitious plan to make life sustainable in space. To feed astronauts for years, we may have to build an entire ecosystem in space.
Joel Barker's insight:
Of course it would be the Europeans who get serious about good foot in outer space. JB
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High vitamin C concentrations in the blood from eating fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death, report researchers.
Joel Barker's insight:
So drink your orange juice! JB
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Supported by an anonymous benefactor who donated $320,000, researcher Mark Post is finally ready to serve up hamburger made from meat grown in a culture dish. The tasting will be conducted in front of an invited audience in London on August 5.
Joel Barker's insight:
Some people are talking about eating insects for protein in the future. This burger is more likely the solution because it matches almost all of the Tactics of Innovation rules. JB
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Understanding how brown fat filters amino acids could lead to treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Joel Barker's insight:
Brown fat has lots of goodnesses to it. JB
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There's more evidence that an extract called sulforaphane found in vegetables like broccoli may prevent certain types of cancer from returning.
Joel Barker's insight:
A really good reason, President Bush, to eat your broccoli. JB
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If humanity is to tackle the problems of a growing global population, increased urbanization, scarcity of resources and climate change, we have to rethink the way we live.
Joel Barker's insight:
This is what it is going to take, sophisticated technology applied at a local level so citizens can determine their own fate. Gifford Pinchot and I are writing a novel based on this premise. JB
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A sugar called cyclodextrin removes cholesterol from hardened arteries in mouse studies.
Joel Barker's insight:
Don't you just love it! A sugar that can melt away cholesterol build-up in arteries and veins. It has just been tested on mice, but those mice have the same genetic pathway humans do for cholesterol build-up. And so far, no side effects other than the removal of the build-up
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New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the first study to link women, Mediterranean diet, and biomarkers of aging, revealing that greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet correlated with longer telomeres.
Joel Barker's insight:
Just read the article. It says it all. JB
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I have friends with Type II. How great a reduction is what they ask. JB