Chop up and boil some purple cabbage. Take some of the juice, and add a little vinegar. It turns a bright red. Now add some baking soda and watch the juice turn blue. What鈥檚 going on? The color of...
"Genetic engineers develop bovine growth hormone!" Now there's an issue the cartoonists can really milk. Giant cows bursting through the roof of their barns, animals sporting udders from head to...
It isn鈥檛 a pretty fruit. Its skin looks like something that should be on the back of an alligator. It sometimes is actually called the 鈥渁lligator pear.鈥� And it has been shunned by some people...
"It's as smooth as a baby's behind!" That's the ultimate compliment to the skin. Why is a baby's bottom so silky smooth anyway? Because it hasn't been exposed to the sun, that's why! As we age, our...
A couple of years ago the Montreal Gazette had a stunning headline: 鈥淔loss or Die!鈥� it screamed on the front page. Another sensationalized piece of journalism, I thought. Not flossing may make you...
Apples are not artificially colored. Neither are tomatoes, blueberries, green peppers, carrots or spinach. Whole grain bread is not dyed. There are no colorants in grape juice or milk. And these...
