I spend a fair bit of time reading health-related news items, so this website tickled me. It aims to "help to make sense of the Daily Mail’s ongoing effort to classify every inanimate object into those that cause cancer and those that prevent it". The number of things which are claimed do both (e.g. alcohol, milk), according to various studies, should remind us just how much research there needs to be before a definitive answer is found.
Which reminds me of the site Sense about Science, which I urge anybody using the internet to read up on health issues to take a look at.
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Saturday, 8 November 2008
Another (albeit slightly obscure) reason to cut down on salt...
It seems criminals would be well-advised to follow a low sodium diet, according to recent research from the University of Leicester.
A diet high in salty foods results in saltier sweat, which can produce mild, fingerprint-shaped corrosion on metals such as bullet casings, which can then be spotted by new fingerprinting techniques.
A diet high in salty foods results in saltier sweat, which can produce mild, fingerprint-shaped corrosion on metals such as bullet casings, which can then be spotted by new fingerprinting techniques.
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