Episode 56: New Year's Resolutions

What do you resolve to do in 2009? Get in shape? Improve your eating habits? Stop smoking? We cover them all on this week’s show.Our Mystery Solved! segment investigates why fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants, like the pomegranates pictured here, are being credited with all sorts of health-saving powers.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:06 Chemical Agent: Nicotine

03:52 Mystery Solved! Antioxidants

07:00 Feature: Aching Muscles

11:22 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio, Eleanor Goldberg, and Lara Ratzlaff for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.