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How to prevent dementia?
Or, it's never too soon or too late to take care of the brain health! Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of ageing and there are...
Fernanda Ramos
27 de jul. de 2017
Electronic Cigarette: stay tuned to your choices
With the idea that it may be good alternative for the reduction and cessation of the use of conventional cigarettes, the use of...
Sabrina Wertzner
24 de jul. de 2017
What is known about the glyphosate herbicide?
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide developed in 1950 and registered in 1974. It is a popular pesticide for its efficiency in...
Fernanda Ramos
20 de jul. de 2017
Beyond the nutritional benefits of breastfeeding
It is known that the composition of the mother's milk is ideal to supply the physiological needs of the babies and is recommended by the...
Sabrina Wertzner
17 de jul. de 2017
Centenary controversies of salt
Salt, or sodium chloride, plays several roles on metabolic steps such as excitation of muscle and nerve cell, control of the acid-base...
Fernanda Ramos
13 de jul. de 2017
Everything You Want to Know About Ghee
Much is said about the types of fats and oils related to cardiovascular health. We have already talked about the best fat for cooking and...
Sabrina Wertzner
10 de jul. de 2017
Hibiscus: what are the health benefits?
Hibiscus consumption may confer health benefits that include hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic and antihypert
Fernanda Ramos
8 de jul. de 2017
“Stress could kill you”
And actually it can! Or at least it makes you sick! Stress is a biological adaptive response to situations of instability or threat. It...
Fernanda Ramos
5 de jul. de 2017
Probiotics, Bariatric Surgery and Poorly Studied Consequences
In a class involving the subjects "bariatric surgery" and "eating disorders" I rose a doubt about the configuration of the intestinal...
Sabrina Wertzner
3 de jul. de 2017
Orthorexia: example of health or obsession?
It starts with a chicken-with-sweet potato, passes through the green-detox-juice, comes along with whey protein and shakes... And when...
Sabrina Wertzner
28 de jun. de 2017
Popularization of science?
Or, a brief explanation about where we came from and where we are going! Science is everywhere, from the simplest to the most complex...
Fernanda Ramos
26 de jun. de 2017
Good for the giver, good for the receiver: reasons for donating blood
June 14th is the World Volunteer Blood Donor Day. Since 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) has instituted this day to honor all of...
Sabrina Wertzner
14 de jun. de 2017
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