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... man...no more steak...what else can we eat?!  ><"   Linette Lopez | Dec. 12, 2012, 5:24 PM |  The chemicals that result from grilling a steak can make you fat, and contribute to other diseases, according to research one Purdue University professor published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry.   It's all about how proteins and sugars come together at high temperatures. That process creates glycated proteins that, research indicates, are connected to age related diseases (like cardiovascular disease) and help fat cells mature.   Immature fat cells are called "precursor" cells and they usually lose their ability to become mature as humans age. Glycated proteins change that, according Professor Kee-Hong Kim's findings.  From Futurity.org:   The byproducts of glycated proteins—advanced glycation end products, or AGEs—interfere with cellular processes that should kill immature fat cells in older animals. That means those animal...

Daven Hiskey , Mental_Floss | Dec. 1, 2012, 12:51 AM When you were little, your mom probably told you not to sit too close to the television, lest you irreparably harm your vision. But you can file this popular warning in the myth file, right next to “your face will get stuck that way”—in reality, sitting close to the TV won’t hurt your eyes. So why do parents the world over still say this to their kids? Because there was actually a very brief period of time where sitting close to the TV  could  damage your eyes—at least, if you owned a General Electric TV in the late 1960s. In 1967, General Electric informed the public that many of their color televisions were emitting excessive x-rays due to a “factory error.” Health officials at the time estimated that the amount of radiation coming from these defective TVs was about 10 to 100,000 times higher than the rate considered acceptable. They recommended keeping children a ...