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...supplement has been more battered by conflicting reports than beta-carotene, a vitamin found in fruits, carrots, spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables. Studies in the 1980s showed that people who consume a lot of beta-carotene-rich foods have a marked decrease in their risk of cancer. Those studies set off a beta-carotene craze and created a huge market for beta-carotene supplements. It wasn't until the late 1980s that researchers from Finland and the U.S. decided to test the proposition that beta-carotene in pill form could protect smokers from cancer. The results were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VITAMIN OVERLOAD? | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...tumbled through space, the shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven was touching down at sunrise at Cape Canaveral. "We got all the science, plus more, that we were anticipating," said Commander James Halsell Jr., describing the armloads of experimental data (as well as space-grown spinach and clover) that his crew produced. "It was great to be up there and it's great to be home." Shuttle program manager Tommy Holloway added that after just an 84-day turnaround from its last, aborted mission, the revamped Columbia performed "in an absolutely exemplary manner, and I could not be happier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flawless | 7/17/1997 | See Source »

Bagel creativity is also blossoming. To standard varieties such as poppyseed, onion and raisin, please welcome nutty banana, chocolate chip and spinach herb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAGEL RACE IS ON | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

...bring your high school yearbook, but be careful. If you think it would be a cute conversation piece, then go ahead. But be aware that when your new Harvard friends page through it, they will see that dorky picture of you in the cafeteria with a wad of spinach stuck between your teeth. Then you'll be sorry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rain Gear a Must, but Lose the SAT Scores | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

Several weeks ago, Price says, he was waiting in the checkout line to purchase spanikopita, a spinach pie. The cashier told him the pie cost $2.62, but Price had only $2.15 in his wallet, he says...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Back on BROADWAY | 4/8/1995 | See Source »

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