Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day’s worth of nutrition in a single meal.
The researchers, who received the bulk of their funding from Bill Gates’ charitable organisation, have further engineered […]

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InterWined will publish some wine reviews tomorrow, and as for today…it’s health news Tuesday! And the great thing is, we are actually publishing Liquid Refreshment health news today! Which is a Tuesday! Which is great, you know, because we normally have to do this on Wednesday or Thursday or…anyway:
A new study published today in Annals […]

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A recent study published in Pediatrics and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are an increasingly large part of children and teens’ diets. Teens who consume SSBs, which include sodas, fruit drinks and punches, and sports drinks, drink an average of 356 calories per day, […]

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Welcome to InterWined.com’s weekly liquid refreshment health news.
We have two interesting studies. The first shows another fruit, other than grapes (and therefore wine), that may help provide powerful antioxidants for the prevention of arterial inflammation.
The second refutes the claim that dairy products help one lose weight…a claim InterWined has never heard before, but the study […]

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that taking vitamins, in order to sipplement the body with antioxidants — chemicals believed to reduce oxidative stress on tissue, due to stress and natural aging — may be a bad idea. The pills aren’t very well-regulated. In fact, InterWined would note by way of comparison, […]

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Every Tuesday, or other days if news is embargoed, InterWined brings a bit of health news to the table. Call it well being, call it being well… call it what you will; if it impacts our lives, it gets reported. It’s a feast or famine responsibility. Some weeks there is little to speak of that […]

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Anyway, that’s the advice from UCLA researchers who have found that a chemical in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may hold a key to restoring the body’s immunity, which declines as we age.
Published in this week’s online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the study findings show that sulforaphane, a chemical in […]

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Several popular diets focus on getting a person to look better, but it’s important to remember that the best actions are those beneficial over the long-term. Don’t start slurping cabbage soup to detox, unless you plan on making it a habit for the next few decades.
Drinking wine in little to moderate amounts several days a […]

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