Intrigued by ingestion? Savoring society? If you say “Yes!” to both, then you probably owe it to yourself to read up on The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. The society says of itself: The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) is an organization committed to advancing scientific research on food and […]
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Medical reasons not to ingest living earthworms and geckos
There can, this report implies, be definite medical reasons not to ingest living earthworms and geckos: “Visceral larva migrans associated with earthworm and gecko ingestion: a case report,” Tao Yu1, Li-Na Zhao, Miao-Jing Fan, Huan Wu and Qi-Kui Chen, Journal of Medical Case Reports, epub July 18, 2012, The authors, at Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, […]
Surely thou ingest: 100 trillion a day
Emily Anthes takes on an everyday “What if…?” question: What happens if you snack on something that’s been adulterated with some unusual DNA?Every time this question comes up, scientists and experts reply with the same, reasonable answer: We’re already gobbling down DNA. I knew this, but only recently did I stumble upon a quantification of […]