Anybody with a kid, or anyone who knows a kid, will know that they've got pretty active imaginations. If you think about it, anyone who can turn Peppa Pig into an entertaining five minutes has got to have some kind of warped perspective on life. So you've gotta feel sorry for the parents, who are constantly putting up with outright fabrications and wild flights of fancy.
Or you've got to feel sorry for the kid when those flights of fancy turn out to be true. When a nine-year-old boy in the UK told his mom that there was a cheetah in the backyard, she thought he was off with the pixies again. That is, until she looked in the backyard and found a cheetah, which it turned out had escaped from a local animal sanctuary. How the police managed to catch it and get it back there is anyone's guess.
Over the years, weve seen so many food trends come and go, such as ramen burgers, matcha, and spiked ice-cream. Nowadays, were seeing another trend making waves in the food industry. How many times today have you seen an Instagram photo of a scoop of black ice cream, or a cup of black yogurt, or hamburgers with black buns? Indeed, the charcoal trend has taken the world by storm.
So, what gives your latte that deep black shade? Activated charcoal, or coconut ash, is produced by heating coconut shells to insanely high temperatures until theyre burnt to a crisp. The ashes are then increased in size by steaming at high temperatures. Through this process, the ashes become a strong detoxifier, mostly because they become extra absorbent. This product may be purchased in pill form, and promises to alleviate hangovers, minimize the effects of food poisoning, and fight the visible signs of aging.
Activated charcoal is said to boost ones energy as a result of decreasing toxins in the body. However, no evidence proves that detoxifying can lead to increased energy. Also, while it can help cure a hangover, it doesnt necessarily remove alcohol from your blood. It is also said to aid in debloating your stomach because it cleanses your colon but again, this all anecdotal and isnt supported by scientific evidence as of yet. All we can say for sure is that it is a proven detoxifier.