If a high sugar diet is bad for you, why is fruit healthy?
Don't look at nutrition through a simple "macro-nutrient" perspective. Fruits and vegetables are not just "calories" or "grams of sugar". They are nutritional packages that combine multiple difference micro- / macro- / phyto- nutrients.
Peakfoods: a new way to know local
Peakfoods is a visual database of foods that are in season now where you live. The site automatically detects location. Access from an iPhone and it acts just like a mobile app. Mouse over or tap the food to explore nutrition info and recipes...
Your blood vessels laid end-to-end could circumnavigate the Earth..twice
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Behind the Scenes @healthsterling
This blog showcases what we think are the greatest ideas in health from conferences to tech revolutions to bioanimation. Today I invite you to take a quick peek at our philosophy plus an inside glance at some of the projects currently underway with Sterling Health. “I like your site..what is it that you do?” Our #1 FAQ. Sterling Health builds...
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TEDMED
How would you create the future of health? One approach is to gather 1,500 of the brightest game changers in one location for an epic four day event known as TEDMED. This extraordinary conference is like stepping into an alternate reality. Mingle in the social space among chief innovation officers of giants such as Philips,...
Animations of Unseen Biology
Drew Berry creates stunning and scientifically accurate animations to illustrate how the molecules in our cell move and interact.
How Your Brain Understands Space
Knowing where you are seems simple enough. Then again.. “How do you remember where you parked your car? How do you know if you’re moving in the right direction? Neuroscientist Neil Burgess studies the neural mechanisms that map the space around us, and how they link to memory and imagination.” <object width=”526″ height=”374″> <param name=”movie”...
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Healthy Huntsville 2012
Being healthy is not easy. It takes work. Eating well, exercising, managing stress and remaining curious are learned habits that are easier when you have a community encouraging you. With this in mind, we are proud to introduce Healthy Huntsville, the gamified, crowd-sourced, community health initiative brought you as a collaboration between HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Sterling...
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day
In 2010 Jamie Oliver received the TEDPrize for his wish to create a food revolution. Now, two years later we are excited to share the next chapter. You’ve seen the show and heard about his aggressive public campaign to change the way kids experience food. His wish has grown into a global community of people...
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2012: The Future of Health
The health firms of tomorrow will collectively create something more than any individual technology or company.






