The rising “crunchy teen” trend, which rejects conventional food norms in favor of extreme, nature-focused eating habits, is fueling extreme food beliefs and misinformation.

For instance, the European Union (EU) limits foods prepared with wormwood to 0.23 mg of thujone per pound (0.5 mg/kg), while the threshold for alcoholic beverages like absinthe is 16 mg per pound ...

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Wormwood is a bitter herb and an ingredient in the alcoholic drink absinthe. It may have antimicrobial properties, relieve pain, stimulate digestion, and more. However, it contains thujone, a ...

Much like all of the other herb descriptions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, the one for Wormwood is very vague. Even if you go to exactly where it says, you still have quite a low chance of ...

As the Bangor Daily News pointed out, the Food & Drug Administration does not consider wormwood safe if it contains the compound thujone. Wormwood can also reportedly cause miscarriage, seizures ...

Meet Standard Wormwood, ... thought-to-be-hallucinogenic compound found in wormwood from being included in foods and drinks. That ban was (sorta) lifted in 2007, according to The Wormwood Society.

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The first recorded use of wormwood in medicine dates back to 1552 B.C., and absinthe itself was initially used to treat illness — but its potential didn’t go unnoticed for long.

For years, American aficionados of the banned beverage absinthe have made do with imported European brands or near-substitutes made without wormwood. Now a New Orleans chemist has developed Lucid ...

This diet may include avoiding greasy, processed foods and eating natural, whole foods. Some parasite-cleansing diets ask the person to avoid specific types of foods, such as gluten , dairy , or pork.