Saturday, November 12, 2011

New Tears of Joy for Diabetics

Fascinating information available now by way of the Huffington Post article, analysis of tears may eliminate the need for blood samples previously required to determine blood sugar levels in diabetics. 

Scientific findings in this article discuss the breakthrough.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Long time no see, I know.  I apologize for the long absence from Elixir.  I hope that visitors will forgive and forget.  :)  Let's make up with some interesting information below. 

A soy based peptide also found in barley grass called "lunasin" in a Nutrition Horizon article, has proven useful against various diseases.  You may be interested in this leading edge constituent of barley grass and soy beans.  I am just finding this information. The article here is dated December of 2009 so it's just about up to the moment.