Today, you’ll learn about whether the cyanide in apple seeds could do you any real harm, how working out in the morning and at night are both beneficial but in different ways, and how researchers have found evidence that patients with long Covid may often have fragments of the virus lingering in their gut.

Snow White wasn’t far off with the poisonous apple.

• “Can Apple Seeds Cause Cyanide Poisoning? A Toxicologist Digs Into The Details” by Elana Spivack
  • https://www.inverse.com/science/stone-fruits-poisonous-seeds
• “Here’s How Many Apple Cores It Would Take to Poison You” by Jennifer Chaussee
  • https://www.wired.com/2016/09/heres-many-apple-cores-take-poison

What time should I work out?

“Is It Better to Exercise in the Morning or Evening?" by Gretchen Reynolds

●  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/well/exercise-timing.html

“This is the Best Time of Day to Work Out, According to Science" by Jamie Ducharme

●  https://time.com/5533388/best-time-to-exercise/

An even scarier kind of ghost?

• “Coronavirus ‘ghosts’ found lingering in the gut” by Heidi Ledford
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01280-3
• “‘Ghosts’ In The Gut May Be Behind Long COVID” by Dr. Katie Spalding
  • https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/ghosts-in-the-gut-may-be-behind-long-covid/
• “How the coronavirus infects cells — and why Delta is so dangerous” by Megan Scudellari
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02039-y

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