Rising Online Purchase of Illicit Smart Drugs in Teens could have Grave Health Outcomes
March 15, 2010 – 2:59 am | No Comment
Intent on putting their best foot forward and getting the highest possible grades, presently there has been a worrisome surge in the use of smart drugs. Even fifteen year old students are self-medicating themselves with smart drugs, the otherwise dubbed cognitive improvement medications, partaking in prohibited medication trafficking on the net and swapping messages about the finest tablet combos to  [...]

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Can Sugar Trigger Addiction? – Part 2
October 23, 2009 – 5:01 am | One Comment
Can Sugar Trigger Addiction? – Part 2
There is a probability that liking for sugar may be an innate phenomenon, possibly a connection to development. Lona Sandon, RD, Assistant Professor of nutrition at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas and spokesperson for American Dietetic Association (ADA) suggests “Humans likely gravitated away from bitter foods, which might have been poisonous and moved towards sweet ones, which were probably safe.” Also, studies on infants have denoted that they smile or chuckle after eating something sweet, like breast milk or their first food or something else that is sweet and cry or frown after they taste some bitter flavors. Audrey Cross, PhD, MPH, retired professor from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City shares that “Sugar is a form of energy, or calories and nothing else.” Actually, sugar does not possess any nutritional value. However, the truth is our body gets nourishment with natural sugar. Rich sources of natural sugars include fruits  [...]