Archive for the 'Issues and Conroversies' Category

The MSG Debate

March 13th, 2012

Is all the fuss about MSG really worth the trouble? A select few do make it a point to be aware of it’s use in their food but in a world where everybody seems to be a health nut the debate has lingered on and on. There have been several studies by most of the [...]

Brain Cancer and Aspartame

December 10th, 2009

In 2005, the results of a seven-year study by the European Ramazzini Foundation for cancer research in Italy demonstrated that the chemical sweetener, aspartame , “induces an increase in lymphomas and leukemias in female rats.” This study, involving 1800 rats, demonstrated that aspartame administered at varying levels in feed causes a statistically significant increase of [...]

THC Shows Brain Tumor Suppression Ability

January 30th, 2009

This would surely get lawmakers on the uproar for scientific research has found that THC, or the active molecule of Cannabis Sativa (marijuana), the much debated drug to be effective at killing off brain tumor cancer cells. The study shows that in mice at least that have been infected with human brain cancer cells, the [...]

Stem Cells – More than Just Rejuvinating

December 30th, 2008

Researchers are finding that there is a very likely link between cancer stem cells and their ability to incite other cells to grow malignant all over the body. Once hailed as the super-cell of the human body which got it into the spotlight for it’s rejuvenatory abilities, it has also been found that it can [...]