If you're over 30, you probably remember being a child, and knocking on the door of your best friend's house to ask their parents if your friend could come out to play. Your parents' friends might sometimes have knocked on the door too, to stop by and visit your parents. Nowadays, if someone turned up unannounced outside your front door, you'd likely either assume there was an emergency, or you were under attack.
If the Wall Street Journal is to be believed, not only are millennials not buying doorbells, they're having them removed from their homes. They expect anyone coming to visit them to call or text before doing so, and so they won't answer the door if they're not expecting guests. They'll just assume it's a salesperson. Who's really to blame for this, though? Millennials, or the invention of the mobile phone?
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.