Food Fraud Database Shows Increase in Reports of Black Pepper and Tea Adulteration By Lindsay Stafford Mader, HEG Staff The US Pharmacopeial Convention recently added about 800 new entries to its Food Fraud Database, which suggests that the number of adulteration reports on several botanicals, such as saffron, remain steady, while reports on the adulteration of other botanicals are possibly increasing. Read more >>
Analytical chemistry experts criticize the findings of two recent DMAA studies — which were funded by a company that manufactures DMAA-containing supplements — for inadequate documentation of authentication techniques, among other reasons. Read more >>
Sex & Fertility: Natural Solutions by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider, published in 2012 by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. The featured excerpt includes the book's table of contents and two sections from the book's chapter on female infertility: Eating for Two and Fertility Herbs and Vitamins.
Sex & Fertility is a user-friendly, science-based guide to sexual health issues, featuring treatments that draw from ancient remedies to modern techniques. Authors Linda Woolven and Ted Snider candidly discuss sensitive yet important topics, including sexuality after menopause, postpartum depression, and male and female infertility.
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Czech Parliament Backs Medical Marijuana. Wall Street Journal. With strong bipartisan support, the Czech Republic's Senate recently approved the sale of imported medicinal cannabis.
Biodynamic Cacao: New Trend in Chocolate?Miami New Times. The biodynamic movement, with more stringent rules than organic practices, is a new trend in chocolate and sustainable agriculture.
MU Wins Millions for Medicinal Plant Research. Columbia Daily Tribune. NIH awarded the University of Missouri $7.6 million to establish the new Center for Botanical Interaction Studies.
In 1753, the father of taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus, gave chocolate the genus name of Theobroma, a Latin word that he thought was very fitting for the ancient tree (cacao, chocolate’s species name, comes from the Aztec word xocolatl, meaning “bitter water”). What does theobroma mean? Find the answer here.
