Cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases, according to leading scientists, who are now recommending food be fried in olive oil, coconut oil, butter or even lard. Some people choose to use vegetable oil due to how long it lasts in the kitchen, asContinue Reading

http://i.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/66189867/warning-over-facebook-page-listing-sex-offenders A social media page that names and shames sex offenders believed to be living in Nelson may be “damaging” to victims, a counsellor warns. But Sensible Sentencing Trust founder Garth McVicar says Facebook pages that expose offenders are examples of people taking public safety into their own hands. “IfContinue Reading

Children of religious parents are less altruistic, multi-country study finds https://t.co/bd1WvFWe2Y pic.twitter.com/A7ukNMSY50 — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) November 7, 2015 Many families believe religion plays an essential role in childhood moral development. But children of religious parents may not be as altruistic as those parents think, according to a new international studyContinue Reading

Laurence has a history of Social Anxiety, and credits his art with helping to overcome that… https://t.co/xZEEozekA4 — Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) November 8, 2015 Laurence is an untrained artist who, eighteen months ago, was deep in an abstract expressionist phase, enjoying the influence of greats from Jackson Pollock and LeeContinue Reading

20 Things You Never Knew About Being Left-Handed https://t.co/PHmSkfjNVS via @HPLifestyle — MSSAT Better Blokes (@BetterBlokesNZ) November 8, 2015 It’s not just genetics Scientists aren’t exactly sure why some people are left-handed, but they know that genes are responsible about 25 percent of the time, says Yeo. Left-handedness does tendContinue Reading