Alison Campbell • Mar 27, 2013 •
For years the husband has insisted that chocolate is a health food. He’s also spun me the line that eating it is good for the rainforest, as the mature cacao trees apparently grow in mature forest. So he’ll be happy with the Herald‘s story on his sweet treat, which has the enticing title of “Sweet news: chocolate is good for … Read More
Alison Campbell • Nov 06, 2011 •
My post about zeolite & the supposedly 'chemical-free' nature of various dietary supplements containing the stuff led to some interesting comments, & generated a few 'I wonder if...' moments. After all, as Krebiozen said (in the comments thread to that... Read More
Alison Campbell • Nov 02, 2011 •
Years ago, when my old dog Bella was still alive, I was the happy recipient of several doggy haiku verses. One of them read:The cat is not all bad./She fills the litter box/with tootsie rolls.I was reminded of this when... Read More
Alison Campbell • Apr 28, 2011 •
Some of my colleagues over at Sciblogs (NZ) publish the occasional 'crazy science' letter. I thought I would join them, having just read the following in one of our local free papers.Fluoride and Viagra - what do they have in... Read More
Alison Campbell • Jun 14, 2010 •
Today (June 14) is World Blood Donor Day. Blood's not a product that keeps particularly well (about a month, if we're talking whole blood) & blood banks are always looking for new donors. In New Zealand, around 3,000 donations per... Read More
Alison Campbell • Sep 30, 2009 •
This is a re-post of one I wrote earlier this year. For a bit of background: one of the topics that year 13 Biology students can study requires them to do research around a ‘current’ or ‘controversial’ issue such as stem cells or xenotransplantation. I wrote a brief one on stem cells (really, more a case of pointing … Read More
Alison Campbell • Sep 26, 2009 •
This is a re-posting of an article I wrote back in July. I thought I’d repost it here as I’ve been on a bit of a science/health/pseudoscience kick lately 🙂 In the July 13 Herald was an article on the inclusion of folic acid (aka folate) in bread. This has hit the news recently because (among other things) bakers … Read More