Most Delicious Poison The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices by Noah Whiteman

Most Delicious Poison The Story of Nature's Toxins--From Spices to Vices by Noah Whiteman | 21.08 MB
English | 304 Pages

Title: Most Delicious Poison
Author: Noah Whiteman
Year: 2023

Description:
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature's toxins and why we are attracted—and addicted—to them, in this "magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force" (Neil Shubin).
A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes.
Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), recover from surgery (opioids), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), calm our nerves (CBD), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse some of them?
Based on cutting-edge science in the fields of evolution, chemistry, and...

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