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The Health Benefits of Cinnamon.

Cinnamon has long been prized for its ability to enhance foods with its sweet yet piquant flavor. This fragrant spice has also been revered as an herbal medicine for thousands of years, with references to its merits occurring in both the Bible and the ancient texts of Chinese Traditional Medicine. Now, we can add another claim to cinnamon’s likely benefits: a new study has shown that cinnamon can not only perk up our taste buds, but may have the ability to improve memory and other mental capacities. Improve your brain function with the health benefits of cinnamon In a study conducted at Rush University Medical Center last month, researchers found that cinnamon improved learning abilities in mice. After observing the performances of mice navigating a […] Read More

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2004: Cattle Drive: What’s in that burger you’re eating?

Every hamburger has meat and fat from 50 to 100 cattle, coming from two to four countries. By Alex Pulaski and Andy Dworkin Newshouse News Service Published in the Jackson Citizen Patriot February 22, 2004 In just 4 ounces, a typical burger patty is packed with the meat and fat of 50 to 100 cattle from multiple states and two to four countries. Eat two hamburgers a week — as the average American does — and in a year’s time the consumer samples a stampede: 5,200 to 10,400 cattle. As the nation’s first mad cow case redefines the rules of beef production, the numbers create new questions about America’s favorite meat: What health risk does a hamburger pose? Does it accelerate the spread of mad […] Read More