Meat consumption research – Part 6 Impact of meat and diet on human health

In this part of the research I look at how meat is affecting human health today such as its role in modern Western diseases and food poisoning.

The Role of the Endocannabinoid system in eating

Report on a presentation at the University of Gastronomic Sciences by Dr Vincenzo di Marzo on his work on food and eating disorders.

Brain’s ‘Sixth Sense’ For Calories Discovered

I just read this news at Science Daily Researchers from Duke University have found that, in mice, the brain has an ability to quickly (around 10 minutes) understand the caloric content of food, independently of how sweet it tastes.  It was previously thought that this was deduced from taste signals.  Their experiment involved creating mice [...]