The Good: Isn’t Really Good Most people start drinking caffeine because it makes them feel more alert and improves their mood. Many studies suggest that caffeine actually improves cognitive task performance (memory, attention span, etc.) in the short-term. Unfortunately, these studies fail to consider the participants’ caffeine habits. New research from Johns Hopkins Medical School […]
September 2014
negative effects of BPA
We’ve been beating our own drum about BPA in plastics for years now. The world is slowly catching up, and this study posted on TreeHugger kind of nails it. Studies of humans, mice, monkeys, and sheep all point to the same scary conclusion — that BPA wreaks havoc on the female reproductive system. “Bisphenol A, […]
Microwaves and Water Ionizers. What do they have in common?
I received this from Tyler LeBaron today and it’s really worth a read. It’s aimed at vendors of ionized water. Microwaves Virtually nobody cares how/why they work but we all know they do and we all have one. And so too it is with water ionizers. It doesn’t matter how it works it just does!!!” […]
Compared: Bottled Water to UltraStream water
Bottled Water versus owning your own UltraStream Alkaline Water Ioniser Author Diana Michaels is one of our many Alkaway distributors, way down in Busselton, Western Australia . Ian: Diana, thank you so much for this! The cost of 15 litres of bottled water delivered to your home is about $19.95. A commercial price could be as […]
Ok Dieters! Work this one out!
Postprandial oxidative stress is increased after a phytonutrient-poor food but not after a kilojoule-matched phytonutrient-rich food Abstract Research indicates that energy-dense foods increase inflammation and oxidative activity, thereby contributing to the development of vascular disease. However, it is not clear whether the high kilojoule load alone, irrespective of the nutritional content of the ingested food, […]