Although the green banana is simply an unripened yellow banana, it has different uses. While you can eat the yellow banana immediately after peeling, the green banana is best eaten cooked, either boiled or fried. Nutritionally, the green banana is a good source of fiber, vitamins and minerals, and contains a starch that may help […]
Archives for May 2008
The Crazy Makers
The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children is an unprecedented and impeccably reported look at how American food manufacturers and their “products” may be endangering our minds. With obesity becoming one of the fastest-growing worldwide epidemics, and manufactured food fueling that trend, The Crazy Makers is timelier […]
How Psychotherapy Helps Stress
Researchers have extensively explored the connection between psychological stress and the body’s physiological processes. Psychoimmunologists have focused on how stress affects the mind and body through the neuroendocrine system. A study at the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Ohio State University College of Medicine found suppressed immune functioning in highly stressed medical students. […]