Trans fat is akin to a carcinogen: the United States Academy of Sciences states that there is no safe level of trans fat intake--not even one or two grams per day. Many supermarket food manufacturers are taking strides to remove trans fat from their products due to the requirement to list trans fat amounts separately from the other fats on the ...

This is a strong argument on behalf of caloric labeling on fast foods, akin to what Subway does. I'd love to see a "500 Calories Here" with a giant skull and crossbones on top of a good ol' Mickey D's double cheeseburger.

If ever there was a videogame that should be classified as contraband, ‘Diner Dash’ for the PSP fits the bill. Akin to playing with a rubber band ball, Diner Dash is simultaneously so simple yet blissfully addictive for hours at a time. This addiction has now spanned 3 sequels and 6 platforms; that’s a whole lot of bad food service being bestowed u

Richard Cranium wrote about this about two months ago. The gist here is that honeybee colonies across the nation are dying mysteriously — tens of thousands of colonies. Honeybees are necessary to food production, so this is a big issue. Now comes word that it may be akin to a biblical plague!

Some Errors and EditsI've corrected some mistakes in the text of the body and sort of reformatted the paragraphs to make it more readable."Energy from fat is mobilized to the liver and used to synthesize glucose..."The liver cannot convert fatty acids to glucose, only lactic acids, amino acids and glycerol are involved in gluconeogenesis."...fasting mode such as occurs during sleep..."AFAIK, the body has enough glycogen stored to cover sleep. During this period other cells such as muscle, switch to using fatty acids while cells that are obligate users of glucose continue to use glucose during this acute stage. Only when glycogen has been used up does the body start to engage in gluconeogenesis (a very inefficient process) and ketogenesis."Ketosis, which is one of the body's processes for the metabolism of body fat..."Lipolysis is the process where fat is metabolized. Ketosis is exclusive for periods of prolonged starvation."Glucose accumulates to the point that the kidney must use water to spill it into the urine, losing that water and causing dehydration in the process."This doesn't happen, glucose is ALWAYS excreted in the glomerulus of the kidney. However, the tubules are capable of reabsorbing the excreted glucose. But when hyperglycemia is present, the reabsorbing mechanism is unable to reabsorb all the glucose, hence there is residual glucose in the urine (glycosuria). The increase in osmolarity of the fluid in the tubules of the kidney exerts an osmotic pressure on water causing water to leak out of the extracellular tissue into the tubules generating more and more urine (called osmotic diuresis)."...in a vicious cycle."There is no vicious cycle, acidosis does not lead to diuresis nor does it increase the level of glucose in the blood."Alcoholic ketoacidosis presents with similar symptoms but different origin. Excessive consumption of alcohol causes dehydration and inhibits gluconeogenesis. Thus the body is unable to synthesize enough glucose to meet its needs, thus the energy crisis begins."This is not quite right because there is more to it than just dehydration and inhibition of gluconeogenesis. The body must have a low insulin, high glucagon content before ketosis even takes place. Hence in normal people who have drank alcohol, there is more than enough glucose in the blood stream such that there is absolutely no need for gluconeogenesis or ketosis. So i've removed this part by using <! -- -- > brackets for future edits.--Av01d 07:37, 22 June 2006 (UTC)is a low carb diet then bad for you? If not, should this be just a temporary diet?