- Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction that can be life-threatening.
- Hesteminophobia is the fear of allergies and allergic reactions.
- Eight foods are responsible for 90 percent of all food allergy reactions: wheat, milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, fish and shellfish.
- Cabbage contains 91 percent water.
- Never use pine, spruce or other evergreen wood to cook food over. These trees contain harmful tars and resins that, when burned or smoked, can leech into the food.
- The herb saffron is made from the dried stamens of cultivated crocus flowers.
- Legend has it that tea was discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
- In the 1950s, approximately 80 percent of chickens in the U.S. and Europe were free range. By 1980, it was only one percent. Today, that number has increased to about 13 percent.
- Mouthwash has a higher percentage of alcohol than wine.
- One acre of land can grow ½ ton of wheat or five tons of potatoes.
- The oldest known account of soup consumption dates back to 6,000 BC-and was made from hippopotamus.
- Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been found to be still edible.
- Every Easter, Americans consume $7 billion of candy.
- 57 percent of an egg’s protein is found in the white part.
- The color of the yolk is representative of the hen’s diet. The more vibrant the color, the greater her consumption of yellow and orange plant pigments.
- Eggshells can be crushed and used to control slugs in the garden and improve the health of your rosebushes.
- When it comes to highest quality food protein, eggs are second only to breast milk
- Scrabble word #1-chyme. It is the medical word for the digested food in your stomach.
- Scrabble word #2-glabella. That (ideally) hairless space between your eyebrows.
- Since the brain has no nerves, brain surgery can be performed while the patient is awake. (They are put out for the actual opening of the skull however.)
- We’ve come long way since 1972, when a group of scientists tried (unsuccessfully) to prove you could cure the common cold by freezing the big toe.
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