Are Beer, Bananas, and B Vitamins Mosquito Repellents?
What happens when mosquitos put on beer goggles?
All Videos for Insects
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Does Eating Garlic Reduce Mosquito Bites?
Garlic is put to the test as a repellent for mosquitoes and ticks.
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Natural Alternatives to DEET Mosquito Repellent
Picaridin, citronella, and lemon eucalyptus are put to the test.
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Is DEET the Best Mosquito Repellent?
What are the pros and cons of DEET mosquito repellent?
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The Antioxidant Effects of Açai vs. Apples
Açaí berries are touted for their antioxidant power, but does that translate into increased antioxidant capacity of your bloodstream when you eat them?
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Are Organic Foods Healthier?
Test tube studies show advantages of organic produce, such as better cancer cell growth suppression, but what about in people, not Petri dishes?
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Tick Bites, Meat Allergies, and Chronic Urticaria
The rising incidence of tick-bite induced meat allergies may account for cases of previously unexplained (“idiopathic”) persistent hives among children.
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Alpha-Gal and the Lone Star Tick
Our immune response against a foreign molecule present in animal products may play a role in some allergic, autoimmune, and inflammatory disorders. This reaction is thought to underlie tick bite-triggered meat allergies.
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Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction
Methionine restriction—best achieved through a plant-based diet—may prove to have a major impact on patients with cancer because, unlike normal tissues, many human tumors require the amino acid methionine to grow.
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Bug Appétit: Barriers to Entomophagy
Consumer acceptance is the main barrier to the consumption of edible insects.
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Good Grub: The Healthiest Meat
Of all animals, the bodies of insects may have the lowest saturated fat content.
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Paleolithic Lessons
An evolutionary argument for a plant-based diet is presented, in contrast to “Paleo” fad diets.
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Is Hydroponic Basil as Healthy?
The antioxidant, phytonutrient, and vitamin content of basil grown in water (hydroponic) is compared to basil grown in soil.
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Maggot Meat Spray
Given their inherent resistance to food-poisoning bacteria, maggots can be used to create an antibacterial food additive to increase the safety of the meat supply.
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Cheese Mites and Maggots
Cheese manufacturers use spider-like insects and fly larvae to impart particular flavors and aromas to certain cheeses.
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Are Artificial Colors Harmful?
The potential health effects of colorings such as cochineal, a food dye derived from crushed insects.
