Food and health, chemicals and science, all intertwine. Food is made up of chemicals, and chemistry is a branch of science. All of it is quirky. Why not join me as we discuss what we put into our bodies and its effects on us? It might prove enlightening. And who knows? It might help you safeguard your health?
Food and Health
- Eat Onion Grass
- What is Grappa?
- Grafting Tomatoes
- Yum! Cicada Stir Fry
- What is Carrageenan?
- Alcohol is Yeast Urine
- The History of Aspirin
- Oxalic Acid in Your Food
- Wilted Cherry Leaves Kill
- Is Fish Really Brain Food?
- Disturbing Things in Food
- Gather Morel Mushrooms
- Chemicals to Peel Tomatoes?
- Cochineal Red Dye From Bugs
- Rigor Mortis – Not a Lucky Stiff
- Purines and Gout and Our Joints
- Chopping Onions Makes You Cry
- Facelift Surgery: Endotine Ribbon
- Food Chemistry: What is a Glycol?
- Thimerosal in Vaccines? What is It?
- The Dreaded Potato Leaf Roll Virus
- Pituitary Gigantism and Acromegaly
- The Chocolate Alkaloid Theobromine
- Warning: Do Not Touch an Armadillo!
- Some Bananas Sweeter than Others?
- Instant Pudding Thickening Chemistry
- Yeast and Baking Powder Bread Dough
- Why Some Boiled Eggs Don’t Peel Right
- Leaded Gas: Any Ongoing Health Issue?
- Fat, Fatty Acids, and Omega Fatty Acids
- Potato Varieties: Nutritional Differences
- Fermentation Adds Pleasure to Our Diet
- Seed Potatoes: Plant Only Seed Potatoes
- Carbs or Carbohydrates – What are They?
- The Curious Brazil Nut and Brazil Nut Tree
- The Peculiar Origin of the Graham Cracker
- Vanilla and Vanillin: What’s the Difference?
- Orange Oranges is an Historic Controversy
- The 1793 Terror: The Yellow Fever Epidemic
- Cooking Onions: Flavor Chemistry Changes
- Acromegaly Can Turn into Diabetes – How?
- How Coffee Aroma Relates to Skunk Stench
- BHA and BHT in Your Food – What are They?
- Ennui: The Historic Illness of Wealthy Ladies
- Lemon Chemistry: Flavor and Aroma Profiles
- Blood Sucking Bed Bug: a Vector of Disease?
- Cane Syrup, Regular and Blackstrap Molasses
- Cooked Blueberries Taste Different from Raw
- Convert Milligrams Sodium to Teaspoons Salt
- The Indian Strawberry Vs. The Wild Strawberry
- Difference Between Table Salt and Other Salts
- Why is My Potato Salad Mushy? Heat Capacity
- Shampoo – Is It Soap, Is It Detergent, or What?
- Why Do My Fingernails Split Down the Middle?
- What is Canola Oil? Does It Pose a Health Risk?
- The Difference between Sucrose and Sucralose
- Microwave Cooking Hot and Cold Spots – Why?
- Why Chocolate Truffle Centers Cool the Tongue
- What Drove Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible Mad?
- What is Cream of Tartar? Why is It Used in Food?
- Garlic Dietary “Spokesperson” Allicin Speaks Out
- What is Umami? What Food Does It Bring to Mind?
- Iodized Table Salt – How Is Iodized Salt Beneficial?
- Is Lard Public Enemy No. 1? Not in Your Sweet Life
- Chocolate Ice Box Cake – My Early 1900’s Favorite
- How the Tear Ingredient Lysozyme Fights Bacteria
- Guar Gum – Uses, Contraindications, and Diversity
- Beets for Baby? If So, You Might Want to Read This
- Human Consumption, Respiration, and Elimination
- Is Much of the Nutrition Just Under the Potato Skin?
- The Improbable Making and Chemistry of Chocolate
- Have Boxelder Maple Trees? Make Boxelder Syrup!
- Detergent in My Toothpaste? Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
- Guadeloupe or Creeping Cucumber – Weed or Food?
- What is the Difference between Soap and Detergent?
- Super Health Foods Most Health Food Nuts Don’t Eat
- Should You Use Ordinary Soap or Antibacterial Soap?
- Does Lone Star Tick Saliva Cause Allergy to Red Meat?
- Amino Acids and Proteins: Major Components of Meat
- Introducing Nutmeg: A Little History, A Little Chemistry
- Poke Salad: Popular, Free and Tasty: Is It Good for You?
- What’s the Difference Between Turnips and Rutabagas?
- Can Eating the Meat of a Rabid Animal Give You Rabies?
- Cyanides How Toxic Are They? Are All Cyanides Deadly?
- Spanish Flu Developed for Germ Warfare? By the Allies?
- Sulforaphane in Poor Man’s Pepper or Shepherd’s Purse
- What is a Cubeb? The Author of Tarzan Knew – Do You?
- Artificial Butter Flavor – Just a Product of the Chem Lab?
- Tylenol, Its Structure, Nomenclature, and a Lab Synthesis
- Store-Bought Potatoes Treated with Eye-Growth Inhibitor
- Olive Oil and Peanut Oil Fat Composition and Percentages
- Mistletoe Tree Parasite – the Beautiful Herb of Wintertime
- Carbon Monoxide is More Dangerous than Carbon Dioxide
- Heavy Cream and Whipping Cream: What’s the Difference?
- What is Hydrogenation? How Does It Affect Vegetable Oils?
- What Gives Boiled Eggs Sulfur Smell? Is Sulfur Bad for You?
- White Wheat Bread is Different from Ordinary White Bread
- Cutting Edge Technology: Gold Nanoparticles for Research
- Difference between Warts and Moles, Boils, Corns, Bunions
- Why Do Certain Artificial Flavors Taste Better Than Others?
- Algae, Seafood and Domoic Acid: Should You Be Concerned?
- Dangerous Chemistry of Jimson Weed – Watch Your Children!
- I See Double! The Birefringence or Double Refraction of Calcite
- Hemoglobin A1C: Reason for the Test and the Science Behind It
- Pressure Cookers Cook Hotter and Quicker – The Ideal Gas Law
- The Main Component of Super Hot Peppers is Related to Vanilla
- War, France, and Chicory – The Little Blue Flower Along the Road
- Dangerous Medicine Including Foot Fluoroscope (X-ray) Machines
- Short, Medium, and Long Grain Rice Vary in Use and Starch Profile
- Is Eating Beef Liver Bad for You? Or is that an “Old Scientist’s Tale?
- Hydrogen Sulfide or Hydrogen Cyanide: Which is More Dangerous?
- The Wild Potato or Indian Potato Vine – Desirable or a Pesky Weed?
- Giant Hogweed: The Truly Horrible Plant with Redeeming Qualities?
- How Many Different Kinds of Water – Water Isotopes – are In Your Glass?
- Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ: The Time-Tested, Inexpensive B.P. Medication
- The Deadly Morning Sickness Medication Thalidomide – Still in Use Today?