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Yale’s Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food

Friday, April 30, 2010

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Yale’s Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food

Food means a lot to people for different reasons. It means enough that Yale has created a whole series of twenty-three lectures on the subject. It’s called “The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food”.

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Fat, the 6th Taste

Saturday, April 17, 2010

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Fat, the 6th Taste

Salty, sweet, sour, and bitter are the 4 basic tastes. Recently we heard about umami (protein based flavor such as meat, cheese, broth). The taste that’s even more recent, and was found by researchers at Deakin University and University of Adelaide, is fat.

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Beer, Good for the Bones?

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Beer, Good for the Bones?

We’ve all heard that there are benefits to drinking wine (red wine in particular). But what about beer? Beer obviously doesn’t get as much credit for having a health benefit, but beer drinkers should be happy to hear the good news.

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