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MERCOLA To understand the nature of Pringles and other stackable chips, forget the notion that they come from actual potatoes in any recognizable way. The Pringles Company (in an effort to avoid taxes levied against “luxury foods” like chips in the UK) once even argued that the potato content of their chips was so low that they are technically not even potato chips. So if they’re not made of potatoes, what are they exactly? “The chips move forward on a conveyor belt until they’re pressed onto molds, which give them the curve that makes them fit into one another. I suspect nearly everyone reading this likely enjoys the taste of potato chips. Potato Chips are Loaded with Cancer-Causing Chemical One of the most hazardous ingredients in potato chips is not intentionally added, but rather is a byproduct of the processing. The Virtual Lawn. 10 Foods that Make You Sleepy and 10 that Keep You Up Pictures. 10 Foods that Make You Sleepy Do you find yourself tossing and turning a few nights a week for no reason?
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Patient TN was, by his own account, completely blind. Two consecutive strokes had destroyed the visual cortex of his brain, and consequently, his ability to see. It is not uncommon for stroke patients to suffer brain damage, but the case of TN — referenced by his initials, the general practice in such studies — was peculiar. His first stroke had injured only one hemisphere of his visual cortex. About five weeks later, a second stroke damaged the other hemisphere.
Known as selective bilateral occipital damage, TN’s unusual injury made him the subject of much interest while recovering at a hospital in Geneva. To further test the extent of TN’s abilities, researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands devised a simple yet decisive experiment: an obstacle course.
TN’s rare condition is known as blindsight. Scientists Switch Off Brain Cell Death in Mice. Scientists have figured out how to stop brain cell death in mice with brain disease and say their discovery deepens understanding of the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
British researchers writing in the journal Nature said they had found a major pathway leading to brain cell death in mice with prion disease, the mouse equivalent of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD). They then worked out how to block it, and were able to prevent brain cells from dying, helping the mice live longer. The finding, described by one expert as "a major breakthrough in understanding what kills neurons," points to a common mechanism by which brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and CJD damage the nerve cells. In neurodegenerative diseases, proteins "mis-fold" in various ways, leading to a buildup of misshapen proteins, the researchers explained in the study. © 2014 Thomson/Reuters.