Monday, September 21
The Only Thing In The Produce Aisle That Makes Vitamin D
Mushrooms do something your skin does and no vegetable can. Also, why the sunny windowsill trick doesn't work.
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Friday, September 18
The Houseplant Study Everyone Quotes, And The Math That Undid It
You spend most of your life indoors. Here's what actually cleans the air in a room, and what only looks like it does.
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Two Ingredients, Three Weeks, And A Sea Voyage
Cabbage and salt make sauerkraut. Here's the recipe, the bacteria doing the work, and the sodium number nobody mentions.
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The Fruit That 35 Million Dollars Could Not Prove
One family spent a fortune studying the pomegranate. Here's what held up, what fell apart, and what the federal government had to say about it.
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The Health Habit That Has Nothing To Do With Food
Having a reason to get up tracks with living longer. Here's what the research really shows, and where it gets shaky.
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The Folk Tonic Nobody Has Ever Tested
Fire cider is vinegar, horseradish, garlic, ginger, and heat. Here's the recipe, and an honest accounting of what's known.
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The Fruit With A Pit Built For An Animal That No Longer Exists
Why the avocado seed is so absurdly large, what the biggest avocado trial actually found, and the salad trick worth knowing.
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The Month Twenty People Spent Locked In A Lab With Free Food
Same calories, same fat, same salt, same fiber on both menus. One of them still made people eat 500 calories more a day.
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The Runner's Drink That Failed The Running Tests
Three ingredients, ten minutes, and an honest look at what chia actually does once you put it in a lab.
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