Quick and Easy Stuffed Peppers Ingredients * 2 large red bell peppers, halved and seeded * 1 (8 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, with liquid * 1/3 cup quick-cooking brown rice * 2 tablespoons hot water * 2 green onions, thinly sliced * 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed and drained * 1/2 (15 ounce) can… Continue reading
Day: August 9, 2010
Whole grains and more advantages for your health
I’m hooked on dense whole-grain bread, oatmeal, popcorn and shredded wheat. As a kid growing up in Ohio, it was Wheaties, too. I’m sure my mother, who lived to age 96, never dreamed whole grains would become scientifically approved health foods. She fed them to us because they “stuck to your ribs” and tasted good.… Continue reading
How to defeating the blindness in the future
Neurobiologists funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have discovered a potential cure for degenerative vision diseases leading to terminal blindness. The solution, however, may be rooted in an unconventional therapeutic approach. Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland, are manipulating the proteins that cause blindness in mice. The… Continue reading