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By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Oct. 16, 1998
A designer drug based on the bacterium used to ferment salami and sauerkraut may be offered as an alternative to antibiotics. Instead of killing off bad bacteria, the tiny bug, lactobacillus plantarum 299V, encourages healthy microbes to grow and squeeze out the unwanted ones.
A demijohn is a long-necked glass or crock bottle encased in wicker-work.
Junk food lovers could soon be eating sweets made from an oat-based fat substitute that may cut calories and cholesterol. Called Nu-Trim, it was developed at the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's research department in Peoria, Illinois.
Nutmeg may be poisonous if injected intravenously.
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