EPISODE · Nov 24, 2020 · 35 MIN
Vegetables
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In the immortal words of Brian Wilson: "I'm gonna be round my vegetables, I'm gonna chow down my vegetables, I love you most of all... my favorite vegetable"And he's right, too. In this episode we get down in the dirt with our favorite veggies. Carrots... broccoli... and all the rest. All that, and Ceri tries out a fun new pun![Truth or Fail]Sponge gourdshttps://www.lewisginter.org/luffa-plant-exfoliate/Grasspeahttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6422318/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514116300629https://www.cwrdiversity.org/the-curious-case-of-the-grasspea/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20510335/https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/grasspea.htmlWild carrotshttp://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/wild.htmlhttps://www.canr.msu.edu/news/poison-hemlock-identification-and-controlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150177/[Fact Off]Spinach and growing organs https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-team-grows-heart-tissue-spinach-leaveshttps://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/news/2017/03/human-heart-spinach-leaf-medicine-science?utm_source=reddit.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/27/scientists-convert-spinach-leaves-into-human-heart-tissue-that-beats/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a63bdefdc2b4ac54c102232/t/5a90cfc0ec212d945185b364/1519439811042/CYSJLabWinter2017.pdf#page=6Beet smell geosmin[Ask the Science Couch]Asparagus peehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1379935/pdf/brjclinpharm00087-0116.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1715705/pdf/brmedj00052-0020.pdfhttps://academic.oup.com/chemse/article/36/1/9/442551https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140818-mystery-of-asparagus-and-urinehttps://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6071https://www.livescience.com/57199-why-some-people-cant-smell-asparagus-pee.htmlhttps://theconversation.com/that-distinctive-springtime-smell-asparagus-pee-94696[Butt One More Thing]Beeturiahttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537012/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319447#Beetroot-pigments Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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In the immortal words of Brian Wilson: "I'm gonna be round my vegetables, I'm gonna chow down my vegetables, I love you most of all... my favorite vegetable"And he's right, too. In this episode we get down in the dirt with our favorite veggies. Carrots... broccoli... and all the rest. All that, and Ceri tries out a fun new pun![Truth or Fail]Sponge gourdshttps://www.lewisginter.org/luffa-plant-exfoliate/Grasspeahttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6422318/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514116300629https://www.cwrdiversity.org/the-curious-case-of-the-grasspea/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20510335/https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/grasspea.htmlWild carrotshttp://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/wild.htmlhttps://www.canr.msu.edu/news/poison-hemlock-identification-and-controlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150177/[Fact Off]Spinach and growing organs https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-team-grows-heart-tissue-spinach-leaveshttps://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/news/2017/03/human-heart-spinach-leaf-medicine-science?utm_source=reddit.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/27/scientists-convert-spinach-leaves-into-human-heart-tissue-that-beats/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a63bdefdc2b4ac54c102232/t/5a90cfc0ec212d945185b364/1519439811042/CYSJLabWinter2017.pdf#page=6Beet smell geosmin[Ask the Science Couch]Asparagus peehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1379935/pdf/brjclinpharm00087-0116.pdfhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1715705/pdf/brmedj00052-0020.pdfhttps://academic.oup.com/chemse/article/36/1/9/442551https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140818-mystery-of-asparagus-and-urinehttps://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6071https://www.livescience.com/57199-why-some-people-cant-smell-asparagus-pee.htmlhttps://theconversation.com/that-distinctive-springtime-smell-asparagus-pee-94696[Butt One More Thing]Beeturiahttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537012/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319447#Beetroot-pigments Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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