The perils of nutmeg
This time of year nutmeg is frequently used in baking and added to beverages such as eggnog and mulled cider. While fine in small quantities, nutmeg can actually be toxic in larger amounts (1). As a...
View ArticlePHlavor leaves a bad taste in my mouth
I somehow stumbled across this blog Articles of Health the other day. I was a little baffled by this “research scientist” promoting the use of some sort of liquid salt obtained from the Great Salt...
View ArticleLet’s deactivate the activated charcoal detox trend
Photo by Ken Fager on Flickr, used under a Creative Commons Licence. A friend recently alerted me to the latest detox trend: charcoal infused beverages. What?? I haven’t seen any around here...
View ArticleThe dark green leafy truth about your kale smoothie
I’ve been slacking again, sorry! No post on Monday and I had plans to write a post debunking this article about how kale is killing us all that a friend sent me over the weekend. My immediate reaction...
View ArticleDetoxify yourself, for real
Back to that sage magazine for blogspiration… There’s a two page ad for an “herbal cleanse” entitled: Why do we need to cleanse? It follows a Q & A format. The first question: Doesn’t my body...
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