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Lessons from Ukraine’s Holodomor: Famine and Diabetes

An analysis of data from the Great Famine of the 1930s shows that children whose mothers experienced malnutrition during early pregnancy were more likely to develop diabetes later in life

calendar 21.11.2025
reading-time 8 minutes

Urbanization and the Gut: The Decline of Good Bacteria

Urbanization and industrial food linked to a concerning decline in beneficial gut bacteria

calendar 3.7.2024
reading-time 5 minutes

Mulled Wine for Chilly Nights

Wine, spices, fruit, nature and science come together in a piping hot celebration of flavors

calendar 21.11.2023
reading-time 7 minutes

Making Muscles: Producing Meat Without Harming Animals

What is cultivated meat production and what are its environmental consequences?

calendar 9.11.2023
reading-time 11 minutes

The Art of Italian Pasta Making

Understanding Wheat Protein – Gluten – and its Culinary Magic

calendar 2.11.2023
reading-time 7 minutes

Is Aspartame Truly Carcinogenic?

On the significance of the upcoming WHO announcement that the popular sweetener is a possible carcinogen?

calendar 2.7.2023
reading-time 5 minutes

Why Can’t Meat Be Refrozen?

As long as it’s kept in the freezer, meat can last for many months – but dangerous processes occur when it’s thawed

calendar 17.5.2023
reading-time 4 minutes

When the Brain and Gut Communicate

Obesity, mood swings, and Alzheimer’s – How else do the brain and the guts influence each other?

calendar 13.5.2023
reading-time 8 minutes

Is Germinated Food More Nutritious?

Sprouts have recently risen in popularity. Is this a passing trend? Do they have nutritional benefits?

calendar 19.4.2023
reading-time 6 minutes

Umami – The Unfamiliar Taste

There can be no disputes in matters of taste and ion channels. Exploring the science of umami – the fifth taste.

calendar 9.3.2023
reading-time 8 minutes

The Pros and Cons of Collagen Supplements

Collagen breaks down in the digestive system when we consume it by swallowing, just like any other protein

calendar 23.1.2023
reading-time 6 minutes

Why Is Yellow Cheese Yellow?

The fat in milk, the grass eaten by the cows and even food coloring. Every yellow and its reasons

calendar 5.1.2023
reading-time 6 minutes

“Decaf” Coffee?

How is chemistry used to produce decaffeinated coffee, and is it indeed better for your health compared to regular coffee?

calendar 28.12.2022
reading-time 7 minutes

Life is Good Like Strawberries

The perfect balance between sweet and sour – Strawberry Science

calendar 23.11.2022
reading-time 7 minutes

The Upcoming Dairy Revolution – Milkless Milk

Environmental, moral and economic factors behind the global effort to develop delicious and nutritious milk substitutes

calendar 22.6.2022
reading-time 9 minutes

Growing Steaks All The Way to Mars

An Israeli technology that makes it possible to grow beef outside a cow’s body, without harming any animals and in a process that consumes far fewer resources than those required to raise an entire animal for meat

calendar 18.5.2022
reading-time 11 minutes

A Storm In A Teacup

There’s nothing like green tea cookies to explain the chemistry behind the processing of tea from the field to the piping hot cup

calendar 25.1.2022
reading-time 7 minutes

Making Food Out Of Thin Air

Bacteria, lab cultures and solar energy utilization. To feed the planet’s ever-growing population new and more efficient food sources are necessary

calendar 17.10.2021
reading-time 9 minutes

The Stars, The Stripes and… The Caramel

Caramel Popcorn – the recipe and the science behind it

calendar 4.7.2021
reading-time 7 minutes

If there are no steaks, let us eat grasshoppers

researchers see insects as the new superheroes that will save the world from starvation. Are they really a practical alternative to meat?

calendar 6.5.2021
reading-time 7 minutes

What a Sweet Potato

Potatoes break down in our bodies into… sugar! How does this happen? A visit with the carbohydrate family

calendar 9.12.2020
reading-time 9 minutes

Making Butter from Cream

Butter shortage in the stores? Here’s how to make it at home

calendar 21.3.2020
reading-time 3 minutes

The Science of Fasting

Sugars, fat, and the brain’s singularity. Which processes take place in our bodies when we stop eating for many hours?

calendar 12.11.2019
reading-time 4 minutes

Heat, Noodles, and Olive Oil – the Chemistry of the Kugel

The unique taste of the Jewish food originates in a series of chemical reactions

calendar 12.11.2019
reading-time 5 minutes