Air pollution, high-fat diet cause atherosclerosis in laboratory mice (EurekAlert!) Test results with laboratory mice show a direct cause-and-effect link between exposure to fine particle air pollution and the development of atherosclerosis, commonly known as hardening of the arteries. Mice that were fed a high-fat diet and exposed to air with fine particles had 1.5 times more plaque production than mice fed the same diet and exposed to clean filtered air.
Baby Dies From Raw-Food Diet; Parents Get Probation (NBC 5 Chicago) MIAMI -- The parents of a 6-month-old baby who died after being fed an unorthodox raw food diet were given suspended sentences and probation Thursday for child neglect convictions involving their other four children.
Magnesium In Your Diet Could Lead To Stronger Bones (Science Daily) Intake of magnesium through diet and supplements is positively associated with bone density throughout the whole body, particularly in older white adults, according to research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers say the effects are similar to that of calcium.