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From cars to newspapers to adhesives and lubricants, soy is reducing petroleum usage in consumer and industrial products, according this article from R&D magazine.

Green Behavior	Men	Women
Always choose products with eco-friendly packaging	16%	26%
Will pay substantially more for eco-friendly products	11%	18%
DON’T bother to check purchases are from ethical companies	24%	15%
DON’T feel shopping green makes a difference	19%	10%
DON’T feel it makes a difference if a company follows green practices	15%	8%
Agree the ‘green’ movement is JUST a marketing ploy	16%	8%

Source: Crowd Science Just Ask! Survey; October 20-27, 2010; 1299 respondents

Web marketing firm Crowd Science’s recent survey finds different shades of green beliefs between men and women. Highlights are included above. Click through for more insight.

The claim: Always store vitamins in the medicine cabinet.

The facts: The medicine cabinet may seem like an ideal place for keeping vitamins and supplements. But research suggests otherwise.

Click through the above link to learn why your bathroom is not the best place for your vitamins.

Research from Professor Douglas Kell, at the University of Manchester, has found that the majority of debilitating illnesses are in part caused by faulty compounds of iron which cause the production of dangerous toxins that damage the body.

These toxins, called hydroxyl radicals, cause degenerative diseases of many kinds in different parts of the body.

In order to protect the body from these dangerous varieties of poorly-bound iron, it is vital to take on nutrients, known as iron chelators, which can bind to the iron tightly and detoxify it.

New research finds additional benefits of eating blues and purples. The Telegraph’s science correspondent looks at the research and why it might help Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis.

In preventing depression relapse, a course of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy using meditation was found to be as effective as traditional antidepressant medication when tested against placebo in a recent study done in Canada.

A study being published in the Archives of General Psychiatry finds a positive correlation between reduced pharmacological needs and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in preventing depression relapse. Patients learned how to observe thoughts and emotions, and how to change from ruminating and avoiding thoughts to to finding opportunities to reflect on them without judgment.

The complete study in the journal requires a subscription or a one-time $30 fee. It can be found here: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/.>