WHAT if you could eat gummy bears all day and it made you healthier? Well, they're not quite lollies but Peach Gum is a new product out of China that could soon be a more common occurrence in health stores across the globe.
Peach Gum goes by a few different names like peach resin or peach blossom but essentially it has been used in China as a miracle food for years to help increase skin suppleness for example, and contains rich quantities of collagen, galactose, rhamnose and amino acids.
Currently the natural healthy candy will set you back a fair bit of money, however when steeped in water, each bite of Peach Gum swells to 80-100% bigger in size so you can extend your value for money - just peachy!
CONVENTIONAL wisdom encourages patients to approach surgery with a positive spirit, but what if that sunny disposition extended to cracking jokes all the way through your own nine-hour brain surgery?
Well that's exactly what comedian Sarah May Philo from Glasgow did recently, remaining conscious and, from all accounts, perky the entire time.
"Halfway through the surgery, the surgeon said, 'oops', I was like don't say that when you've got my brain open," Philo quipped.
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