Let me be very clear. I do not like beets. I’ve spent over fifty years disliking beets.
I’ve tried them boiled (gag-inducing), roasted (almost tolerable, but no), raw (the additional chewing required just prolongs the misery), and picked (where’s the bathroom?).To me, beets taste like garden dirt laced with a little bit of sugar. Interestingly, there is validity to that perception. Beets contain a naturally-occurring compound called geosmin, and geosmin gives beets their dirt-like . . . er. . . earthy flavour.
Some people like this earthy flavor.
I’m not one of them.
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HealthSurgery went ahead over their objections because doctors had applied to the Ministry of Children and Family Development for an interim custody orderPublished May 13, 2023 • Last updated 1 week ago • 4 minute readDavis and Riina Lim with their three daughters. The couple are dealing with their one-year-old son Theo’s rare genetic disorder, and objected to him getting a tracheotomy as part of his care. Photo by Courtesy of Davis Lim /FacebookArticle content
The parents of a baby boy born with a rare condition that affects multiple…
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Underlining the “Let’s Move” theme of this year’s Olympic Day, which aims to prompt people around the world to make time for daily physical activity, President Bach stressed the health benefits and togetherness that can be gained from exercise.
“When we do sport, it keeps our mind and body strong and healthy,” said President Bach. “When we do sport, it inspires us to always give our best. When we do sport, it makes us dream, it spreads joy and it brings us together. When we do sport, we live by our new Olympic motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together.…
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WASHINGTON — US health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.
The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help patients.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the capsules for adults 18 and older who face the risk of repeated infections with Clostridium difficile, a bacteria that can cause severe nausea, cramping and diarrhea.
C. diff is particularly dangerous…
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