Recently, we’ve talked about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, and associated them with HDLs and LDLs, respectively. As a reminder, HDLs collect cholesterol from the arteries and transport them back to the liver to be degraded and reused, while LDLs … Continue reading
Our skin is able to maintain itself even after hours of soaking in warm/cold water. Cells begin to swell as they soak up water and our outermost layer of skin doubles or even triples in size, causing our skin to … Continue reading
A Mediterranean diet is known to combat high blood pressure and researchers have linked unsaturated fats, nitrite and nitrate to a reduced blood pressure in rodents. A typical Mediterranean diet consists of olive oil, plant-based foods, paired with fish or … Continue reading
The word ‘chemical’ has been recently subjected to negative connotations, especially in the food industry. There have been major efforts in food preservation to advance such chemical knowledge and it is certainly frightening for people to think that anything unnatural … Continue reading
It has been recently brought to my attention that for a long time biological experiments that tested on rat specimens could be biased. A main argument that has been argued for using mainly male specimens is that the female hormone … Continue reading
This is a fairly short post, but it’s just been on my mind: what makes a trans-fat bad? We talked about this in class, but I found the visualization helpful. From this image, we can see that trans fats (e.g., … Continue reading
If we aren’t already, new research suggests we definitely will be by 2050. For some biochemical reason (which is still eluding scientists), heightened levels of CO2 in the atmosphere is significantly reducing zinc, iron and protein content in wheat and … Continue reading
The other day, I noticed that the Google homepage was well decorated with some sort of biomolecule. But upon closer inspection, once can note the faint diffraction signals outlined by small figures behind the elements of the molecule. Once I … Continue reading
I recently read an article that promised high heel wearers freedom from the everlasting pain associated with their favorite shoe. A product, taking form of a liquid spray, called Heel No Pain by a company called Biochemistry sets out to … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again where I stack layers upon layers of cotton, wool, polyester, denim and all sorts of different fabrics just to keep my extremities from freezing and falling off. Now although I enjoy being warm and … Continue reading