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Why Canned Fish Got Soft Bones

Canned fish is a nutritious food, especially for protein and calcium. You can eat it right out of the tin. The fish bones are very soft and tender that they can hardly be noticed. It is a good source of easily digested and absorbed Calcium. But what made them so soft? Is it really safe to eat? because fresh Salmon bones look nothing like it!

Why Nightshades are called 'Nightshades'?

Nightshades are a group of a variety of flowering plants(family Solanaceae ). It includes common and famous plants like tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplants(brinjals) and tobacco. Many plants of medicinal and pharmaceutical value falls into this family as well. This family comprises of about nearly 3000 different species in total. Origin of word 'Nightshade' is not clear. Lets look into some possible reasons why it is called so.

Why Popcorns Pop?

Everybody loves popcorn. Its smooth texture, crispiness makes us crave for more. Apart from being a snack, Popped corn is used in many decorative and experimental applications too. As its name suggests, 'popcorn' if made out of corn. Corn is heated up slowly until they pop out these ' flakes '. This happens because..

Does Tea Affect Iron Absorption?

Tea is known as the the most popular and widely consumed beverage around the world. Consuming tea is believed to have various beneficial health effects. Day by day, more and more research discovers more of these effects of tea as a drink. One minor downside of drinking tea is its effect on iron absorption by the intestine.