Congress May Tax Soft drinks, Beer & Wine

To help fund Obama’s plan to overhaul health care, the Senate Finance Committee has aimed their sites on levying a federal excise tax on “sugar-sweetened drinks” and alcoholic beverages.
The committee believes these taxes would “nudge consumers away from products deemed likely to boost health costs, including alcohol and sugary sodas. The committee is considering a [...]

Here’s the Skinny on our Brown Fat

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First, we had to unravel and understand the differences between good and bad cholesterol. 
Now researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered that adult humans still have a type of “good” brown fat previously believed to be present only in babies, children and animals. Unlike the “bad” white fat, which stores energy and makes [...]