Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
By: George Zaidan
3.69
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won't, and w…
Want to Read $ 4.99"An oak tree can make 25 kilograms of glucose every single day. That’s the weight of a small child or a female golden retriever."-George Zaidan, Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
"An oak tree can make 25 kilograms of glucose every single day. That’s the weight of a small child or a female golden retriever."-George Zaidan, Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
"Food goes bad because of life: the life that lingers in its cells after the organism dies and the life takes over the body of the dead. Preventing that life prevents decomposition."-George Zaidan, Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
"Food goes bad because of life: the life that lingers in its cells after the organism dies and the life takes over the body of the dead. Preventing that life prevents decomposition."-George Zaidan, Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
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