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Fact or Fiction: Apple seeds contain cyanide

Fact: apples contain amygdalin, which is sugar and cyanide as a compound that when consumed changes into hydrogen cyanide, the same chemical compound that was used in the Nazi gas chambers.  Cyanide works by keeping blood from carrying oxygen through out the body, when a human body is denied oxygen, the medical term is hypoxia, [...]

April 23, 2010 / No Comment / Read More

Fact or Fiction: Do we only use 10 percent of our brain?

Most students at MTHS have heard that human beings do not use the full potential of their brains, but this is in fact a myth. The brain is one of the most important organs in the human body. It controls the central nervous system. It also helps with the coordination of walking, talking, breathing and [...]

September 10, 2009 | Filed under Health | Read More