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6Jun By CatherineNo Comments
Botanicals

Sisolak OKs test of pot banking, bans minors buying kratom

Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed bills that test out a banking system for the state’s legal marijuana industry, ban children from buying the herbal supplement kratom and bar employers from denying someone a job because they tested positive for marijuana. The measures were among 60 bills that the governor’s office announced Sisolak signed Wednesday. The Democratic governor approved creating a pilot banking program in the state Treasurer’s office for the legal pot industry. He also approved a law barring employers from denying someone a job after testing positive for marijuana. The law makes exceptions for firefighters and other workers who could impact the safety of others if they work with marijuana in their system. Another law bans minors from buying the supplement kratom, which ...
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Why Haven’t Genetically Engineered Crops Made Food Better?
5Jun By CatherineNo Comments
Genetically Modified Foods

Why Haven’t Genetically Engineered Crops Made Food Better?

One of the arguments that have been advanced to promote genetically engineered crops is that the techniques have the potential for improving the food we eat. Crops could be engineered so that they provide nutrients they currently don't or so that good nutrition is in reach of poor people in developing nations. In fact, the technology does have that potential, and a couple of efforts have been made to do exactly this. Yet, decades into the GMO era, all of the engineered crops on the market provide enhanced productivity and other benefits to farmers but nothing for the people who ultimately end up eating the results. So why the huge gap between potential and reality? The huge number of problems involved is the subject of a review in Nature Plants. Far from golden The people behind t...
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What Is Satiating Diet? Is It Better Than Other Trending Diets?
4Jun By CatherineNo Comments
Diet

What Is Satiating Diet? Is It Better Than Other Trending Diets?

With the rise in a number of people suffering from obesity, the importance of following weight loss diets is gaining momentum. There are a lot of fad diets in today's time that claims to cut down weight quickly. But these diets follow a restrictive pattern and eliminate one or more class of foods, which are otherwise essential for our nutritional needs. Going on such diets may help you lose weight faster but might backfire later. Feeling of dissatisfaction and frustration may crawl in, which will eventually make you eat more to beat the stress. Moreover, all kind of foods is important for the normal functioning of the body. You need carbs as much as you need fats. So now, the health experts have come to the conclusion that the most beneficial and sustainable way of maintaining weight is...
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Natural remedies for SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder
29May By CatherineNo Comments
Remedies

Natural remedies for SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder

Holding the most appropriate acronym, seasonal affective disorder — SAD for short — is a form of depression that starts to creep up around the beginning of the rainy or cold season and tends to stick until the weather becomes warm again. People who suffer from this medical condition generally experience a decline in their mood, a lack of interest in daily activities and difficulty getting out of bed. Other symptoms include fatigue, irritability, anxiety, carb cravings, and weight gain. It is important to understand a bit more about the mood disorder and what triggers it before knowing the best natural remedies for this discombobulation. Why do people get SAD? It is believed that SAD occurs as a response to fewer daylight hours and a lack of sunlight, affecting people most durin...
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More Knowledge Changes Opinions on GM Food
29May By CatherineNo Comments
Genetically Modified Foods

More Knowledge Changes Opinions on GM Food

Jonathon McPhetres, a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Rochester, admits he’s “personally amazed” what we can do with genes, specifically genetically modified food—such as saving papayas from extinction. “We can make crops better, more resilient, and more profitable and easier for farmers to grow so that we can provide more crops around the world,” he says. Yet the practice of altering foods genetically, through the introduction of a gene from a different organism, has courted controversy right from the get-go. While genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are considered safe by an overwhelming majority of scientists, including the National Academy of Sciences, the World Health Organization, and the American Medical Association, only about one-third of consumers share that vi...
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