food science
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Delicious Maple Syrup Enlisted In Bitter Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
April Fools is over so you can believe me when I say: Scientists are trying to see if maple syrup can be used to help fight antibiotic resistance. Sweet.
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How Pickles Got Caught Up In The Latest Health Fad
For 15 years, pickle makers from across the US East Coast have gathered to celebrate brined vegetables at New York City’s Lower East Side Pickle Day. Last year, 30 thousand people squeezed in lines beside white tents that stretched over 400m. A word appeared on some of the sauerkraut tents: “Probiotic.” Several of the pickle…
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Stop Saying That Nutella Causes Cancer
If you were on social media yesterday, you probably noticed that Nutella has joined the long list of good things that supposedly cause cancer, like alcohol, red meat and maybe coffee. The trouble is, scientists never said that Nutella causes cancer.
