Love, Sugar, and Beauty: The Many Faces of Beetroot
Once upon a time, there was a beetroot. How long ago? Research shows that people were cultivating beetroots as early as the third millennium BC at the Neolithic site of Aartswoud in the Netherlands and in the Saqqara pyramid at Thebes, Egypt. Earlier cultivation is likely since Assyrian texts describe beets growing in the Hanging […]
Is there an obesity gene?
Obesity is one of the most serious civilization diseases of the 21st century. It means excessive accumulation of adipose tissue in the body. What level of body fat are we discussing? In the case of women, this is a level above 25% of the total body weight, and in the case of men above 15%. […]