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The term "microplastics" was originally described in 2004 for plastic particles that are less than 5 millimeters in diameter, originally being seen on beaches. But everywhere scientists have looked on planet earth, they have been found. From fruit, vegetables, nuts, beer, baby bottles, in the air, in our water.
Some have estimated that we ingest 100,000 microplastic particles per day or the equivalent of a credit card of microplastic in a year...
Eating all vegetables won’t cure your cancer, heart disease, or even make you live longer.
In Vino, Veritas – or In Wine, Truth – by Pliny the Elder
When the Holy Roman Empire was forming Charlemagne gave lands to the monks in order for them to plant vineyards to make wine for the Eucharist. Those first vineyards, planted by Benedictine monks, make some of the classic wines of all time. Wine was in France centuries prior to Charlemagne, but it was those monks that we have a provenance of today’s wine...
While the beer and sausage diet sounds silly, it was really an experiment that made some great observations about weight loss and weight maintenance. And we had fun.