About
Darya Pino is a Ph.D trained scientist, San Francisco foodie, food and health writer and advocate of local, seasonal foods. She shares her unique scientific perspective on health and enthusiasm for delicious foods at her website Summer Tomato. Follow her on Twitter @summertomato.
Website: http://www.summertomato.com
All Contributions by Darya:
Food Increases Gut Size By Stimulating Stem Cells And Insulin
Stem cells in the gut of Drosophila divide in response to food.
Post on Oct 28, 2011
Vitamin E Supplements Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
400 IU of vitamin E daily increases risk of prostate cancer by 17%.
Post on Oct 14, 2011
Tobacco Industry Refused To Reduce Radioactivity In Cigarettes In Order To Maintain Addictive Potential
Reducing radioactivity in tobacco would have also lowered the strength of nicotine, so the tobacco industry ignored it.
Post on Sep 30, 2011
Michael Pollan Says Health Insurance Interests May Be Our Best Chance In Political Food Fight
With the passing of Obama’s Patient Protection Act and Affordable Care Act, insurance and government agencies can no longer neglect individuals with preventable, diet-related chronic diseases.
Post on Sep 16, 2011
Sexual Satisfaction Linked To Successful Aging
Though aging was associated with an expected decline in physical health and sexual frequency, overall sexual satisfaction did not decline with age.
Post on Sep 02, 2011
Unhealthy Lifestyle Linked To Increased Dementia Risk
High blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and smoking are linked to more rapid cognitive decline.
Post on Aug 05, 2011
New Study Suggests Autism More Tightly Linked To Environment Than Genetics
The scientists estimate that environmental factors common to twins explains 55% of susceptibility to autism, whereas genetics accounts for only 37%.
Post on Jul 22, 2011
Meditation May Enhance the Strength of Neural Networks
Meditation is associated with stronger connections between brain regions.
Post on Jul 15, 2011
Diet Sodas May Not Be As Harmless As You Think
People who regularly drank diet soda showed an increase in waist circumference of 70% compared to those who did not drink diet soda.
Post on Jul 01, 2011
More Pesticides = More Parkinson's Disease
The case is getting stronger that working with or around pesticides directly increases risk of Parkinson's disease.
Post on Jun 17, 2011
Cultural Pressure Encourages Poor Eating Habits In Immigrants
But the question remains, how do we make healthy eating cool?
Post on May 27, 2011
Prince Charles Delivers Landmark Speech, Says Sustainable Farming Can Feed The World
Prince Charles is a long-time supporter of organic and sustainable farming, but this speech took his advocacy a step further.
Post on May 13, 2011
Will Conventional Produce Lower Your Child's IQ?
While these women had slightly higher than average pesticide exposure due to their proximity to farming centers, their levels were not out of range of national averages.
Post on Apr 29, 2011
Exercise May Protect Against Stress-Related Cellular Aging
New research by Nobel Prize winning UCSF researcher, Elizabeth Blackburn, provides a possible mechanism by which exercise protects against stress-related chromosome aging.
Post on Apr 15, 2011
DON'T PANIC (but a tiny bit of radiation was found in U.S. milk)
"Minuscule" amounts of iodine-131 was found in milk from Washington state.
Post on Apr 01, 2011
Don't Worry, Be Happy, Die Early
Happiness is tied to good health later in life, but childhood happiness does not predict longevity—in fact it does the opposite, according to a new report.
Post on Mar 18, 2011
Missing Gene Suggests Rodents Aren't The Best Model For Diabetes Research
Rodents and other mammals might not be ideal for studying type 2 diabetes because of a gene that was deleted from the human genome millions of years ago.
Post on Mar 04, 2011
Should We Stop Telling People To Lose Weight?
It makes intuitive sense that shifting focus toward healthy habits and away from body size would be a more effective strategy for long-term health, but fat loss (rather than weight loss) may still be a worthwhile target.
Post on Feb 04, 2011
Sugar To Blame For Increased Heart Disease Risk In Teens
Sugar consumption among adolescents has nearly doubled since the 1970s.
Post on Jan 21, 2011
How Nutritious Is Horse? The Other Red Meat
Compared to lean beef, horse meat appears to have some nutritional advantages.
Post on Jan 07, 2011
