Content about Chemistry

April 4, 2012

While checking my e-mail the other day, I came across an article in Yahoo News entitled, The 5 Grossest Things You’re Eating. It was a reprint of an article that had appeared in Men’s Health magazine written by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. In the article the authors listed what they considered the top 5 grossest things found in food. Their number 5 choice was grains. Why? Because of an additive that is placed in commercially made doughs called L-cysteine.

February 12, 2010

Herbal Treatments to Relieve Alzheimer’s Disease

What is needed to prevent this illness, is the knowledge of what causes it exactly. Here are a few things that can cause Alzheimer’s disease:

Alzheimer’s disease became well known in 1906 when German physician Alois Alzheimer became dismayed over one of his patient’s behavior. She had come to him in 1901 for treatment. She was a 51 year old woman who had become very confused. She developed problems with speaking and understanding what was being said to her. He worked hard to try to help her, however all of his efforts failed. Her symptoms worsened, and she passed away. He had so many unanswered questions that he requested permission from her family to do an autopsy. The autopsy revealed many things.