- Honey added to yogurt supports probiotic cultures for digestive health, by improving survival of yogurt’s probiotic bacteria in the gut, finds new randomized controlled trial. The pairing of yogurt and honey is common in the Mediterranean diet. Just one tablespoon in a serve of yoghurt is enough. https://aces.illinois.edu/news/honey-added-yogurt-supports-probiotic-cultures-digestive-health 112 comments science
- A clinical trial of 1 month found that a whole food, plant-based diet without olive oil led to greater weight loss and lower cholesterol compared to the same diet with 4 tablespoons of olive oil daily. Both diets improved metabolic health but olive oil added extra saturated fat affecting cholesterol https://www.pcrm.org/news/health-nutrition/plant-based-diet-or-without-olive-oil-which-better 244 comments science
- The highest total olive oil consumption (~3 tablespoons), especially if virgin, was associated with half the risk of frailty as the lowest consumption (~1 tablespoon) among older adults. https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/1/afab198/6427230 29 comments science
- Consuming more than 7 grams (>1/2 tablespoon) of olive oil per day is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, cancer mortality, neurodegenerative disease mortality and respiratory disease mortality. https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2022/01/10/18/46/Higher-Olive-Oil-Intake-Associated-with-Lower-Risk-of-CVD-Mortality 529 comments science
- Adding less than a tablespoon of olive oil to their diet lowers a person's risk for death from heart or lung disease, as well as brain disorders and cancer. The findings support current dietary recommendations to increase the intake of olive oil and other unsaturated vegetable oils. https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/01/10/olive-oil-diet-death-risk-study/8111641832384/ 10 comments science
- Adding less than a tablespoon of olive oil to their diet lowers a person's risk for death from heart or lung disease, and cancer. Levels of olive oil consumption was also associated with a 29% lower risk for death from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/01/10/olive-oil-diet-death-risk-study/8111641832384/?u3L=1 4 comments science
- Bottled water found to contain over 24,000 chemicals, including endocrine disruptors. The disruptors are so potent that 3,75ml of water (1/5 tablespoon) inhibited estrogen and adrogen receptor up to 90% https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24015248/ 222 comments science
- A tablespoonful of neutron star placed on Earth's surface would weigh more than 1 billion tons, or about as much as Mount Everest (for reference, a tablespoonful of the Sun would only weigh about 5 pounds). http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/ask-astro/2018/08/neutron-star-brought-to-earth 740 comments space
- New study shows that eating a Mediterranean diet supplemented with four tablespoons per day of extra-virgin olive oil reduces the risk of breast cancer by 68%. http://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/mediterranean-diet-plus-olive-oil-associated-with-reduced-breast-cancer-risk/ 916 comments science
- Rapoport: "Process of collecting less than 1 tablespoon of blood for HGH testing takes 5 minutes from butterfly needle in the arm. Won’t be on gameday" https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/519127176096923648 19 comments nfl
- Liquid hard drive could store 1TB data in a tablespoon: A liquid hard drive containing a suspension of nanoparticles could be used to store impressive amounts of data: 1 terabyte per teaspoon. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/28/liquid-hard-drives 4 comments technology
- The liquid hard drive that could store a terabyte of data in a tablespoon of fluid http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/186797-the-liquid-hard-drive-that-could-store-a-terabyte-of-data-in-a-tablespoon-of-fluid 2 comments technology
- In major milestone, Curiosity's drill delivers first sample: It's the first time any rover has drilled into a rock to collect a sample anywhere but on Earth, says NASA, as its Curiosity rover collects about a tablespoon of powdered Martian rock for testing. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57570414-76/in-major-milestone-curiositys-drill-delivers-first-sample/ 15 comments science
- Swedish company creates a mobile phone charger that runs on water. The charger needs just a tablespoon of water to produce around 10 hours of phone battery life. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2085694/powertrekk-mobile-phone-charger-runs-water.html 10 comments technology
- 'Few tablespoons' of pot found in Derek Copp's off-campus apartment. Does this really justify lethal use of force? http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/03/few_tablespoons_of_pot_found_i.html 12 comments reddit.com