Photos of Anne Frank are quite hard to come by. She's known to the world only because of her diaries, and she wrote most of those when she was hiding from the occupying Nazi forces in the city of Amsterdam, Holland. Her diaries have resulted in television shows, movies and a permanent museum being established in her memory and honor. She may not have survived the war, but the spirit of hope and defiance she seemed to embody did.
Someone who's in hiding is unlikely to pose for many photographs, and so we have to look a couple of years earlier to find one of Anne Frank. Here she is as a younger child in 1942, with her sister. She died in a Nazi concentration camp three years later at the age of 15. In the years since her death, her diary has been translated into over 60 languages.
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.