How vegetables can give you that golden glow (Guardian)
Carotenoids, stored in fat under the skin and found in tomatoes, peppers, plums and carrots, can give Caucasian skin a healthy-looking golden glow – a look equated with attractiveness.
Is Health Care Reform Unconstitutional? (NY Review)
One of the best discussions I’ve read on the subject. Constitutionality won’t be an issue. Health care opponents simply looking for a way to prevent government from imposing a collective solution to a social problem.
Do diet sodas really cause stroke? I’m dubious. (Food Politics)
People who drink diet sodas every day are apt to do many other things – like eat a lousy diet. Those who drink any kind of soda daily, whether or not it’s diet, are probably not the most healthy minded.
The Updated Egg: Less Cholesterol, But Is It a ‘Healthy’ Food? (Time)
Eggs now have less cholesterol and more vitamin D than they did in 2002. May be due to better chicken feed. “The impact of dietary cholesterol consumption on blood cholesterol levels isn’t fully understood.”
Better Drug Ads, Fewer Side Effects (NYT)
After putting the entire blame for direct-to-consumer ads on the FDA, a former Merck executive says drug companies should stop showing these ads because they’re too expensive and have given Pharma a bad image.
Is It Time To Dial Back The Drug Ad Arms Race? (NPR)
Drugmakers are having second thoughts about the $5 billion a year they spend on TV ads. They do it because the other guy does it, and Congress won’t let companies talk to each other, so they can’t stop.
Image: The Guardian
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