1. FOOD TRIVIA
Brownor white?
Many people think that eggs with brown shells are better for you than those with white shells.
Actually,there is no difference inside the egg,whatever the co1our.The co1our ofthe egg shell
dependsonthe kindof henthat 1aid the egg.Rhode Island Reds, for instance, 1ay brown-shelled
eggs,while Leghornslaywhite-shelledeggs.All eggsare goodforyou,whateverthe colourof their
shells.
A fishystory
People wholive within the Arctic Circle eat about 160 kilograrns of fish a year! People in Norway
eat about 45 kilograms. Even though Australia is surrounded by sea, Australians do not eat as
much fish.They only eat about seven kilograms a year.
C VitaminC

2. WhenScott setoff on his expedition to the South Po1e in 1902, he took plenty of rations to stop
his party becoming hungry, but forgot to take anything which provided vitarnin C. The men
developed frostbite becouse of the extremely cold weather, but the frostbite did not heal. It
actually became much worse because they had no vitamin e in their diets.
Busy bees
Honeytastesnice to usbut it isreally a foodfor bees.For every kilogram of honey which is taken
from commercial bee hives, about eight kilograms are used by the bees in the
hive.The total distance abee flies gatherenough nectar for the extra kilogram of honey taken by
humansisequal to flying aboutsix timesroundthe earth,No wonder they are called. little bees'!
Sniff sniff

3. We can smell farmore substances thanwe can taste.If you have a cold witha blockednose,there
are some foods whichyoucannottaste because youcannot smell them.Forexample.Inaseriesof
experiments,people wereblindfolded and had their noses completely blocked.They were given
coffee, chocolate and garlic ,and had no idea what they were eating!
An apple aday ...
Apples (and lots of other fruit an vegetables)go brown once they are cut and exposed to the air.
Thisbecause theycontainan enzyme whichisaffectedbythe oxygen. the air. It turns the flesh of
the ap e yellowybrownand then brown, -you brush the cut surface of an applewith lemon jui ce
(which is acidic), the enzyme will not be able to work well and the apple will not go brown for
several hours.