| A vitamin a day may not keep doctor away
With little time and money, many students do not have time for a healthy home cooked meal. In order to stay healthy, some students choose to take multivitamins to meet their daily nutritional requirements. However, multivitamins may cause more harm to the body than good if taken in excessive amounts.
According to a recent Consumer Lab report, some nutrition supplements contain higher than normal levels of certain vitamins.
In the report released to msnbc.com, Consumer Lab stated they tested 21 brands of multivitamins and only 10 made the stated claims on their labels. The other products contained either more or less of a particular vitamin than what was written on the label.
"Anything more than your body needs has potential to hurt you. You don't want to over do it," Patrick Moraleda, ISU pharmacy supervisor, said.
How To Gain Weight
Try asking people how to gain weight and you'll likely see some bewildered faces staring back at you. For the majority of people, hearing that question is akin to hearing the questions, "How do I stub my toe?" or "How do I run out of gas?" Those confused faces not withstanding, the question is a legitimate one and one that frustrates those who find themselves on the light end of the scale. While those on the heavy end can't get through a commercial break or flip through more than five pages of a magazine without someone offering up a solution to their weight problems, it can be a lonely struggle for those who want to put on weight. If you are lucky enough to get a reasoned response to your question, it will probably involve the words "eat more." That, despite being obvious, is great advice.
Resveratrol as an antioxidant
Recently we've discussed the flurry of attention being paid to resveratrol, a natural product derived from grape skins. Several current papers have demonstrated that the compound extends lifespan, increases exercise tolerance, and decreases some types of inflammation at least, when administered in very high doses to rodents. Most of the excitement has focused on resveratrol's role as an activator of the sirtuins, proteins that have been implicated in lifespan regulation across evolution, in organisms ranging from yeast to worms to mammals. Perhaps as a consequence, one of the molecule's other properties has gotten short shrift: thanks to the central olefin bond joining the two hydroxyphenyl rings, resveratrol is a potent antioxidant: .
Recipes: Low-fat chocolate layer cake
For sweeties riding the low-fat train, create a low-fat layer cake made with egg whites, fat-free sour cream and cocoa powder (the least-fatty fraction of the cacao bean) and frosted with Seven Minute Frosting (which is fat-free until we add a little more cocoa powder). Adapted slightly from "1,001 Low-Fat Desserts," by Sue Spitler. • 1 c. hot water•2/3c. unsweetened cocoa powder• 13/4c. sugar• 5 tbsp. butter, fully softened• 2 tsp. vanilla• 3 egg whites•1/2c. fat-free sour cream• 13/4c. cake flour• 1 tsp. baking powder•1/2tsp. baking soda•1/2tsp. saltSeven-Minute Frosting:• 2 egg whites• 11/2c. sugar• 5 tbsp. cold water•1/4tsp. cream of tartar • 11/2tsp. light corn syrup• 1 tsp. vanilla•1/3c. unsweetened cocoa powderDirectionsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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