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Is “Copper River Salmon” better for your health than the other Alaskan Sockeye salmon, or is it just a sales pitch? [closed]

Copper River Salmon is hyped as a big deal here in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle area restaurants clamor to get them and serve it as soon as the fishing boats begin bringing the fish ashore. Loaded ...
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Does the number of lobes on a green pepper indicate any specific culinary traits about the individual pepper?

I've seen claimed that whether a pepper has 3 lobes or bumps at the bottom or 4 can indicate whether that bell pepper is "sweeter, and better for eating, or firmer, and better for cooking". I've seen ...
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Is a short-term fast beneficial for maintaining good health and extending life expectancy?

This is claimed in Sweden's second-biggest newspaper. My translation: "I have started to short-term fast.[...] The reason is that lots of world leading scientists that study aging and the brain ...
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Is drinking a cold drink and drinking hot soup unhealthy in any way?

At least around here, in Costa Rica, it is common practice to avoid drinking cold drinks while drinking hot soup. I never questioned this (but didn't really care about it). Apparently it is, well, bad ...
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Can egg shells be digested?

I tried Googling but got no significant trustworthy result in the top few searches. The only reference I found is here: where the answered has guaranteed it without any reference! Yes Egg shell is ...
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Are humans incapable of digesting gluten?

Recently this I09 article about wheat made the rounds and there was a part in it that stood out to me: According to Alessio Fasano, the Medical Director for The University of Maryland's Center ...
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Does your stomach shrink if you eat less?

I've heard people say this before; that eating less shrinks your stomach, making you desire less food in the future. When I looked it up online just now, the first few results conflict: Eating less ...
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Can BCAAs be beneficial for recovery and performance for weight lifters?

There are a lot of Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) available in every shape and size. They are added to a lot of sports drinks and protein supplements. These can cost a lot of money and things are ...
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Are there male and female watermelon fruits?

This article, as well as folk wisdom, suggests buying "female" watermelons since they are sweeter and have less seeds. "Female" species are said to have a larger black spot on the side opposite to ...
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Can pumpkin/sunflower/flax/sesame/other seeds regulate hormones?

My wife has started using a technique using various seeds through various times to regulate hormone balance. Does this have any merit? Here's an example of using seeds as a supplement to regulate ...
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Are most of the nutrients of vegetables and fruits contained in the peel?

Whenever peeling a fruit or vegetable, someone will usually comment (sarcastically), "that's where all the good stuff is", meaning vitamins, minerals, or whatever. Do the skins or peels of common ...
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Do biologists distinguish between fruits and vegetables? [closed]

We all know that fresh produce can be divided into fruits and vegetables. In the USA, where I went to school for a couple of years, I've been taught that the distinction between fruits and vegetables ...
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Is mycoprotein (Quorn) safe for human consumption?

There have been severe arguments over the safety of mycoprotein: Quorn is considered a healthy food in UK and Europe Some parties in the US have cried havoc It's quite discussed in Canada Quorn ...
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Do alcoholic “digestives” help digestion?

Do alcoholic digestives (e.g. grappa, limoncello, sambuca) really help digestion after a heavy meal?
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Does nutrition explain why puberty starts earlier than it used to?

Some say that early puberty in girls may be caused by what we eat. Is there evidence of that?
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Are raw button mushrooms unhealthy (especially carcinogenic)?

Information from the first website: "(...) They also have been found to have high levels of some antioxidant compounds that may help prevent some cancers. (...)" Information from the second ...
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Does a typical human on a western diet have undigested protein stuck in their body from years of eating certain foods?

Last night I watched the movie Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. The movie followed two unhealthy people who suffered from a chronic disease on their juice fasts and subsequent lifestyle changes. Their ...
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Can diet drinks cause multiple sclerosis-like symptoms?

I just read an e-mail about aspartame in diet soda and how it poisons your system, resulting in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) like symptoms. They claim hundreds have been mis-diagnosed as having MS when ...
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Is each step in the food chain 10% efficient?

I remember learning in school many years ago that each level of the food chain is only about 10% efficient. So when an herbivore eats a plant, they get 10% of the energy that the plant had, and a ...
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Is it true that eating sour means that you will have more girls?

I don't know about you, but I heard this one day. It was because I was sucking lemons, and someone was like, "Why do you suck lemons, isn't it soooo sour?". I said it was very sour, but I liked sour. ...
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Do chocolate bars cause pimples?

My mother always told me "eating that chocolate bar will give you pimples." Is there any truth to the claim? I did find an article on about.com that verifies that this is a common myth, and suggests ...
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Can one actually get mad cow from other land animals, aquatic animals, vegetables, mushrooms, animal-based products, or aerosols?

Not talking about TSE (Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathy) that might be present in other species (such as scrapie in sheep or the TSE that deer get), but rather, suppose there is a cow with ...
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Is sugar toxic? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How bitter is Robert Lustig's “Bitter Truth” about sugar? From the NY Times Article: Is sugar toxic? Robert Lusteg, a specialist on pediatric hormone ...
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Is there any evidence that Genetically Modified Organisms in food is harmful to humans?

Given all of the negative-hype surrounding Genetically Modified Organisms in food, is there actually any scientifically backed evidence suggesting they are harmful for humans to consume? I've seen ...