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Q. I stopped eating meat ten months ago. I believe my iron intake from green leafy vegetables, seeds, nuts, etc., is probably sufficient, but I’m concerned I’m not absorbing or processing the iron efficiently. What suggestions can you offer?
A. Iron from animal sources is more easily absorbed than the type of iron found in […]

Scientists have identified a gene that makes roundworms live longer when they eat less, a finding they hope could lead to drugs that promote human longevity but without the pain of strict dieting, according to a study published Thursday.
Roundworms are excellent subjects for longevity research because they usually only live three weeks, making any […]

By JEFFREY KLUGER
Debating whether suns other than our own have planets has always been like debating whether cats other than your own have kittens. The answer is self-evidently yes.
All stars form more or less the same way after all coalescing out of the same celestial gas and often leaving a dusting of […]

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Young girls are drinking nearly twice as much alcohol as they were seven years ago, a report has found.
The study shows that female drinkers aged 11 to 13 consume an average of eight units a week, equivalent to four large glasses of wine - more than a bottle.
This is 83 per cent […]

Soy protein for infant feeding: what do we know?.
Paediatrics Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. 10(3):360-365, May 2007.
Turck, Dominique
Abstract:
Purpose of review: This review discusses the safety, nutritional adequacy and recommendations for use of soy protein formulae, based mainly on the most relevant reports published during 2005 and 2006.
Recent findings: Concerns have […]