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Shelf Life & Food Waste

Discover the science behind honey as a medicinal remedy with its unique properties and eternal shelf life.

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The properties that make honey nearly eternal are also the same reasons that make it a medicinal remedy. As for foods that do go bad, the recent buzz over unboiling eggs has implications for reducing food waste, but not in the ways that you might think. As Dr. Greg Weiss puts it, "There's no impact on your dinner."

The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life

– The Smithsonian

How Unboiled Eggs Could Fight Food Waste

– NPR: The Salt

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