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It’s Low-Calorie and Packed With Protein. Is It Healthy? (opens the original)
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Ice cream is one of life’s simplest and most enduring culinary pleasures. The first published recipe, which dates back to the 17th century, combined milk, water, sugar, and candied citron or pumpkin. By the early 20th century, companies were regularly adding stabilizers to their ice creams to prevent them from getting freezer burn and artificial dyes to give them appealing hues. But the core essence of ice cream—sweetened, frozen dairy—remained largely unchanged into the 21st century. Even Halo
Nobody Knows What Ultra-Processed Food Is (opens the original)
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You might know a tomato when you see one, but for the federal government, identifying one is harder. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? In 1893, this question went all the way to the Supreme Court, which decided that, for tax purposes, at least, a tomato was a vegetable. What about milk? For a bureaucrat setting standards, a straightforward explanation such as “liquid from a cow’s udders” won’t quite cut it; according to the FDA, milk is “the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum,
The Worst Part of the Cyclosporiasis Response (opens the original)
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If you’re confused about whether you can eat the shredded lettuce on your Doritos Locos tacos again, you’re not alone. I cover food safety for a living—and I love Taco Bell—and I’m not sure when I’ll be comfortable living más. At the end of last week, the worst concerns about the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak seemed to be behind us. Parasite-laden lettuce should no longer be anywhere near a Taco Bell, because all of the iceberg that’s been linked to the outbreak has, according to the company t
Cyclosporiasis Is Solved! Right? (opens the original)
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Produce lovers of the Midwest, rejoice! It seems that parents can stop fretting about serving their kids berries, Redditors can stop trying to do their own epidemiological investigations, and I can stop cooking my salads. The mystery of what food caused an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the diarrhea-causing parasitic illness, across several midwestern states appears to be solved: It was shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell, federal health agencies announced yesterday. As far as foodborne outbreaks
America’s Homegrown-Parasite Problem (opens the original)
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The other night, I found myself in the unenviable position of trying to cook a salad. And I mean cook a salad: I spread fresh, delicious-looking gem lettuce in a pan and watched it wilt away into a sad, heated blob. America appears to be in the midst of an outbreak of—I’m sorry, but there’s no better way to say this—explosive diarrhea. More than 2,900 people nationwide have reportedly been sickened by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which has historically been spread through raw produce, i
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