Word: acidic
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...sixties Eichhorn discovers LSD and begins a period of odd jobs and wandering around. One remarkable story tells of a college trip to a mental home while tripping on acid. Each of the patients is brought out like a freak show, ending with the man who wouldn't talk. Asked a simple question by Eichhorn, he speaks right up, denouncing the institution. After reading for a while, though it becomes clear that the tales of crazy women, bar fights and pot smoking are a way to avoid any more meaningful revelations. For example, Eichhorn's adoption, getting kicked...
There's a sameness to the drinks, in both their sweet taste and their ingredients (caffeine, fructose and taurine, a nonessential amino acid, are among the most common). They also share a penchant for aggressive, alpha-male names like Rockstar (which tastes like fizzy bubble gum), Venom (with a citrus bite), Blue Ox, Monster, Hype, "bone-crushing citrus" Piranha, Stinger and Whoop...
Sometimes the reason for the initial inflammatory cycle is obvious - as with chronic heartburn, which continually bathes the lining of the esophagus with stomach acid, predisposing a person to esophageal cancer. Other times, it's less clear. Scientists are exploring the role of an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in the development of colon cancer. COX-2 is yet another protein produced by the body during inflammation...
...Fatty acid consumption in the western diet is unbalanced—there is too much omega 6 fats, and too little omega 3 fats,” said Kang. “We have converted the less helpful fats into the more helpful ones...
According to Kang, it is difficult to consume the right amounts of healthy fat because practically all vegetable oil—except canola and olive oil—contains high amounts of omega 6 fatty acid...