Something strange is happening in the place where two worlds meet: Silicon Valley and Venture Capital. A new trend has emerged where seed-funding for early-stage start-ups is down by 40% based on the number of transactions, since a recent peak in 2015. As reported by LinkedIn, while the quantity of money being spent on early-stage [...]
Did you know that The American Heart Association's daily recommended sugar allowance is 36 grams for men, 20 grams for women, and 12 grams for kids? Did you know that our daily intake averages 95 grams? We have a serious problem that has large impacts that slowly eat away at our health for some, while [...]
It's that time of year again, after the Holidays when workouts and healthy eating went straight out the window. Each and every year thousands of American then struggle to keep their New Years Resolutions with unreasonable goals, when they could just take one small step that could have a really big impact in their diet, [...]
This year's Winter Fancy Food Show exhibited some new and exciting trends in the specialty and gourmet food markets. Some of the most popular ingredients or trends involved the following foods: Cookie Dough, Cake Batter Endulging the child within us, these snacks offer a safe alternative to eating the real thing with raw eggs [...]
Recently many have noticed that there are some strange ingredients on popular kids' cereals. These ingredients are well known to be Trisodium phosphate (or tribasic sodium phosphate; TSP), which is a known as a heavy duty cleaner. Many call this a conspiracy theory, others suggest that the ingredient mixes with others to create a chemical [...]
The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic and The Impacts of Fasting w/ Dr. Jason Fung MD Dr. Bubbs interviews obesity and diabetes expert Dr. Jason Fung MD, exploring the high blood sugar and insulin epidemic that affects all Western countries today. Dr. Fung discusses the flaws in the "calories in vs calories out" model for weight loss, the [...]
Bitcoin Futures Start Trading on CBOE Exchange The latest approach to get in on the latest rage in Bitcoin came on Sunday, together with futures of this cryptocurrency which has caught Wall Street by storm, beginning trading of the controversial new coin for the very first time. But what is it? Is Bitcoin a currency, [...]
Raw Honey seems to be all the rage lately in health food stores, in health food products and everything we see from ads, to the news, commercials and even friends and family touting this amazing superfood. But at the end of the day, it's still just sugar... Right? Not exactly. While honey is definitely a [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- OptMed, Inc., a medical device company focused on the commercialization of BondEase®, a novel surgical adhesive, announced today that it formed a strategic relationship with Synecoun, a Chinese medical technology company located in China Medical City, Taizhou, a major biopharmaceutical Chinese hub. Synecoun is positioned with a unique focus [...]
Are table sugar and high fructose corn syrup just empty calories or can they be actively harmful? Or is there a reason why whole foods, or a plant-based diet is preferable to a diet that includes artificial junk and processed sugars? In 1776, at the time of the American Revolution, Americans consumed approximately four pounds [...]
