Why Do Sliced Apples Turn Brown? | Britannica
FOR years, I couldn’t figure out what had happened to vegetables. I knew, of course, that most vegetables, to be enjoyed in their full deliciousness, must be picked fresh and cooked at once. I knew that vegetables cannot be overcooked and remain even edible, in the best sense. They cannot stand on the stove. That set of facts makes it impossible,... See more
Philip Wylie • Science Has Spoiled My Supper
Giovanni Battista Ferrari in Hesperides (1646). He believed that a Genoese missionary had brought an orange to Sicily from China that tasted strangely like a grape and he remarked on its ‘purple’ flesh. This distinctive colouring is due to the blood-coloured pigments called anthocyanins that are also found in red, purple and blue ‘super fruits’
... See moreHelena Attlee • The Land Where Lemons Grow
Even the Original Researcher Changed His Mind Even Ancel Keys, who started the anti-cholesterol movement, said in 1977 that "there is no connection whatsoever between cholesterol in food and cholesterol in blood."
Early Studies Seemed to Prove Cholesterol Was Dangerous The Framingham Heart Study in 1961 found that high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking were major causes of heart disease. This made doctors believe that eating cholesterol from eggs would cause heart problems.