This week we're coming at you with snacky solutions to invasive species, bramble-based flu cures, and Satan's flair for ✨Drama✨.

Sources: http://heritagegarden.uic.edu/blackberry#:~:text=Blackberry%20is%20a%20symbol%20for,divine%20love%20to%20the%20Hebrews.

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/bramble/#:~:text=Ilene%20Sterns%20%2F%20WTML-,Mythology%20and%20symbolism,of%20keeping%20the%20dead%20in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelmas

https://www.dimensionsvariable.org/blackberry.html

https://www.forager.org.uk/resources/wild-food-blog/21-ingredients/105-blackberry-folklore

https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/services/environment/animals-and-plants/noxious-weeds/weed-identification/blackberry

https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/rubspp/all.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4127818/

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This week we're digging in to one of the sweetest trends of the early 2000's- Stevia.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia_rebaudiana

• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/whats-in-those-haribo-gummy-bears/283162/

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400077/#:~:text=Maltitol%20is%20commercially%20produced%20from,together%20%5B2%2C3%5D.

• https://daily.jstor.org/stevias-global-story/

• https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/research-alert-artificial-sweeteners-significantly-alter-the-small-bowel-microbiome/#:~:text=06%3A45%20AM-,RESEARCH%20ALERT%3A%20Artificial%20Sweeteners%20Significantly%20Alter%20the%20Small%20Bowel%20Microbiome,the%20microbiome%20of%20the%20gut.

• https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(23)02607-X.pdf

• https://mbertoni.org.py/en/equipment/

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-is-stevia-from
  

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