Today's interesting fact has to do with fat and alcohol.
They have recently discovered that there chemicals that are produced in the hypothalamus that control your desire to eat fatty foods and/or drink alcoholic liquids.
The amount of these chemicals produced have been found to be controlled by specific genes, and they have shown that certain alleles of those genes produce more than others.
I've already discussed about how they found there are additional taste buds that identify different types of fats on your tongue, and that they've shown that we can suffer cravings for specific types of fat and oil in our food.
This suggests that we are less under control of what we desire to eat, than doctors thought.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Today’s interesting fact has to do with Hair.
Many men lose their hair, either in part or totally.
The reasons for this have been studied for years, and only recently have they worked out what might be the process of hair loss.
They've known for years that hair follicles get smaller and smaller, producing thinner and finer hair until it seems there is none.
Most women and men, who don't lose their hair, have hair follicles that renew themselves mostly in their original form.
What causes these follicles to renew themselves is a small quantity of stem cells located at the root of each hair follicle.
Very recently researchers at Yale have identified that there is a signal that goes from adipose precursor cells in the tissue surrounding the hair follicles to the hair stem cells.
Before hair growth starts, the layer of fat under the skin thickens.
This thickening produces molecules that then stimulate the hair stem cells, to regenerate the hair follicle.
If you feel a part of a scalp that has hair, you will notice that the thickness of the tissue between the outer layer of the skin and above the skull is slightly thicker than that where you don't have hair.
If they can get the fat cells to signal the hair stem cells they may be able to reverse the hair loss.
That is of course, if human hair and skin, works the same as the mice they have been studying.
We chrome domes can only hope.
Many men lose their hair, either in part or totally.
The reasons for this have been studied for years, and only recently have they worked out what might be the process of hair loss.
They've known for years that hair follicles get smaller and smaller, producing thinner and finer hair until it seems there is none.
Most women and men, who don't lose their hair, have hair follicles that renew themselves mostly in their original form.
What causes these follicles to renew themselves is a small quantity of stem cells located at the root of each hair follicle.
Very recently researchers at Yale have identified that there is a signal that goes from adipose precursor cells in the tissue surrounding the hair follicles to the hair stem cells.
Before hair growth starts, the layer of fat under the skin thickens.
This thickening produces molecules that then stimulate the hair stem cells, to regenerate the hair follicle.
If you feel a part of a scalp that has hair, you will notice that the thickness of the tissue between the outer layer of the skin and above the skull is slightly thicker than that where you don't have hair.
If they can get the fat cells to signal the hair stem cells they may be able to reverse the hair loss.
That is of course, if human hair and skin, works the same as the mice they have been studying.
We chrome domes can only hope.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Today’s interesting fact has to do with Tallow.
Tallow usually a rendered form of beef and mutton fat, although commercial tallows can also contain other animals fats such as lard from pigs, fat from deer or plant fats.
Tallow is used in making soaps, detergents, fabric softeners, cosmetics, medical preparations and a myriad of other products.
Many people such as Vegans or Vegetarians, find it important to know if animal extracts have been used in making the products they use, and others such as Muslims or Jews find it important to know if a product may contain pig lard in order to comply with their religious dietary laws.
One way to tell if a product contains tallow is if the name of the ingredient contains the letters tallo in it.
While in no way complete following list contains examples of known tallow derived ingredients:
Dihydrogenated Tallow Benzylmoniumchloride, Dihydrogenated Tallow Methylamine, Dihydrogenated Tallow Phthalate, Dihydroxyethyl Tallow Amine Oxide, Dimethyl Hydrogenated Tallowamine, Dimethyl Tallowamine, Disodium Hydrogenated TallowGlutamate, Disodium Tallamido Mea-Sulfosuccinate, Disodium Tallowaminodipropionate, Ditallowdimonium Chloride, Hydrogenated Animal Glyceride, Hydrogenated Ditallow Amine, Hydrogenated Tallow Acid, Hydrogenated Tallow Betaine, Hydrogenated Tallow Glyceride, Isopropyl Tallowatelsopropyl Lanolate, PEG-13 Hydrogenated Tallow Amide, PEG-15 Tallow Polyamine, PEG-20 Tallowate, PEG-28 Glyceryl Tallowate, PEG-3 Tallow Aminopropylamine, PEG-10 Tallow Aminopropylamine, PEG-15 Tallow Aminopropylamine, Potassium Tallowate, Sodium Hydrogenated Tallow Glutamate, Sodium TAllow Sulfate, Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Tallowate, Tallow, Tallow Acid, Tallow Amide, Tallow Amidopropylamine Oxide. Tallow Amine, Tallow Amine Oxide, Tallow Glycerides, Tallow Hydroxyethal Imidazoline, Tallow Imidazoline, Tallow Trimonium Chloride, Talloweth-6, Tallowmide DEA and MEA, Tallowmidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Tallowminopropylamine, or Tallowmphoacete.
The following ingredients that can be found in various product may have been extracted from Tallow: Palmitic acid, Stearic acid, Myristic acid, Oleic acid, Palmitoleic acid, Linoleic acid and Linolenic acid.
Tallow usually a rendered form of beef and mutton fat, although commercial tallows can also contain other animals fats such as lard from pigs, fat from deer or plant fats.
Tallow is used in making soaps, detergents, fabric softeners, cosmetics, medical preparations and a myriad of other products.
Many people such as Vegans or Vegetarians, find it important to know if animal extracts have been used in making the products they use, and others such as Muslims or Jews find it important to know if a product may contain pig lard in order to comply with their religious dietary laws.
One way to tell if a product contains tallow is if the name of the ingredient contains the letters tallo in it.
While in no way complete following list contains examples of known tallow derived ingredients:
Dihydrogenated Tallow Benzylmoniumchloride, Dihydrogenated Tallow Methylamine, Dihydrogenated Tallow Phthalate, Dihydroxyethyl Tallow Amine Oxide, Dimethyl Hydrogenated Tallowamine, Dimethyl Tallowamine, Disodium Hydrogenated TallowGlutamate, Disodium Tallamido Mea-Sulfosuccinate, Disodium Tallowaminodipropionate, Ditallowdimonium Chloride, Hydrogenated Animal Glyceride, Hydrogenated Ditallow Amine, Hydrogenated Tallow Acid, Hydrogenated Tallow Betaine, Hydrogenated Tallow Glyceride, Isopropyl Tallowatelsopropyl Lanolate, PEG-13 Hydrogenated Tallow Amide, PEG-15 Tallow Polyamine, PEG-20 Tallowate, PEG-28 Glyceryl Tallowate, PEG-3 Tallow Aminopropylamine, PEG-10 Tallow Aminopropylamine, PEG-15 Tallow Aminopropylamine, Potassium Tallowate, Sodium Hydrogenated Tallow Glutamate, Sodium TAllow Sulfate, Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Tallowate, Tallow, Tallow Acid, Tallow Amide, Tallow Amidopropylamine Oxide. Tallow Amine, Tallow Amine Oxide, Tallow Glycerides, Tallow Hydroxyethal Imidazoline, Tallow Imidazoline, Tallow Trimonium Chloride, Talloweth-6, Tallowmide DEA and MEA, Tallowmidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Tallowminopropylamine, or Tallowmphoacete.
The following ingredients that can be found in various product may have been extracted from Tallow: Palmitic acid, Stearic acid, Myristic acid, Oleic acid, Palmitoleic acid, Linoleic acid and Linolenic acid.
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