Scientists celebrate the centennial of a reaction that makes cooked food tasty, but also produces worrisome molecules in our meals and bodies.
The process of heating can also lead to the formation of less favourable substances. One such compound that has received much scientific and media interest over recent years is acrylamide.
Vegetables lose some nutritional value in transportation, so when possible, buy produce from farmers’ markets.
Want to increase your well-being, creativity, and productivity?
If so, you might want to cultivate flow, a concept describing those moments when you’re completely absorbed in a challenging but doable task.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, considered one of the co-founders of positive psychology, was the first to identify and research flow. (If you’re not sure how to pronounce his name, here’s a phonetic guide: “Me high? Cheeks send me high!”)
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times .
Sacha Baron Cohen denounces Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google as ’the greatest propaganda machine in history’ and culpable for a surge in ‘murderous attacks on religious and ethnic minorities’. The actor focuses on Facebook, saying that ‘if you pay them, the platform will run any “political” ad you want, even if it’s a lie’. Baron Cohen is speaking on Thursday at Never Is Now, the Anti-Defamation League’s summit on antisemitism and hate in New York, where he is presented with the organisation’s international leadership award.
https://www.healthline.com/health/what-causes-love-handles
What are love handles? “Love handles” are areas of skin that extend outward from the hips. When combined with tight clothing, love handles become more pronounced, but they aren’t caused by tight clothing alone. They indicate excess fat accumulation around the hips and abdominal area.
What causes love handles?
The underlying cause of love handles is fat retention.
Generally speaking, fat cells accumulate when your body takes in too many calories or you don’t burn as many calories as you’re consuming.
