/oss/taxonomy/term/3624/all en /oss/article/health-videos/right-chemistry-celery-juice-and-miracle-cures <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"></div> Sat, 02 Mar 2019 18:26:55 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7622 at /oss /oss/article/health-nutrition/china-birds-nests-are-not-only-birds <p>Believe it or not, some 200 tons of birds’ nests are consumed in the world every year with Hong Kong diners leading the way.  We’re not talking any old birds’ nest here.  These are very special nests constructed by several different species of swiftlets, birds about the size of swallows, found mostly in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Borneo and the Philippines.  The male builds the nest over about 35 days, using, I kid you not, his saliva!  No twigs, no leaves, just the sticky material secreted from the bird’s two sublingual salivary glands.  </p> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:07:33 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7556 at /oss