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Two-to-three thousand soldiers from Napoleon’s army were found in a mass grave in the northern suburbs of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2001.
Michel Signoli / UMR 6578 Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFS
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By 1812, Napoleon was all powerful. Nearly all of Europe was under his control. He had succeeded in forbidding most of the continent from trading with Britain in an effort to bring the island nation to heel. And he was married to Marie Louise, daughter of the emperor of Austria, a major superpower at the time. (The dazzling emerald and diamond necklace that he gifted her when they were wed was one of the objects stolen in last weekend’s heist at the Louvre.)
But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible decision.
“This is one of the most infamous military campaigns in the last centuries,” says Nicolás Rascovan, the head of the microbial paleogenomics unit at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. “He believed that he was going to be able to conquer the whole world, more or less. It was probably the beginning of the end.”
In October, Napoleon called his soldiers back after barely engaging the Russian army. It wasn’t a defeat, but it was no win either. And during the march home, winter arrived early.
“They started to die of cold, hunger, and also infectious diseases,” says Rascovan. All told, hundreds of thousands perished.
And in a new study published in the journal Current Biology, Rascovan and his colleagues say those diseases likely include two unexpected pathogens that would have helped hasten the soldiers’ demise.
Napoleon’s retreating soldiers suffered from the bitter cold, hunger, and an onslaught of disease.
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Combined with earlier work, it’s become clear that these men were under microbial assault on all fronts.
“These wars were anything but glamorous,” says Michaela Binder, a bioarchaeologist with Novetus, an archaeology company based in Vienna, who wasn’t involved in the study. “For some of them, the death in battle would have been a relief.”
A rich and bloody history, reconstructed
Typhus and trench fever have long been thought to be among the afflictions that Napoleon’s soldiers suffered. This is based on a mix of historical accounts, the discovery of body lice on the remains of soldiers (which carried the pathogens that transmitted the ailments), and DNA analyses conducted nearly a decade ago.
But molecular techniques have improved dramatically since then.
And so a pair of archaeologists asked Rascovan, who studies the DNA of ancient pathogens, to see what other afflictions he might be able to turn up in the remains of a mass grave in Lithuania. The site had been discovered accidentally during a construction project in one the northern suburbs of Vilnius in 2001. Two-to-three thousand of Napoleon’s men had been buried there soon after they died.
“Europe has such a rich history that we have archaeological sites pretty much everywhere,” says Rascovan. “So you dig a hole in the ground and then you find something.”
An Imperial Guard button was discovered when the mass grave was excavated.
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Among the remains that the archaeologists had unearthed were 13 teeth, each from a different soldier. These teeth would have had blood flowing through their interiors long ago.
“If you have DNA of the pathogen in the blood because you have an infection, that DNA can get into the tooth,” explains Rascovan. “So then it’s kind of a time machine in which you can really see the blood of the individual back then.”
Only after decontaminating the teeth, grinding them into a powder, and dissolving the bone dust could the ancient DNA be studied. But naturally, that genetic code was in rough shape. It consisted of super short fragments that had undergone chemical changes.
Rascovan sequenced all of it. Some of the genetic material came from the soldiers themselves. Some of it derived from organisms in the soil in which they were buried. And some of it — perhaps — was from pathogens that helped kill these men.
“Once we have a huge list of all the different things that have been detected, we try to find which are the species that match a human pathogen,” he says. “It’s like doing a puzzle.”
‘A story of hardship’
After Rascovan and his team finished that puzzle, they had two hits. Both of them were bacteria: one that caused paratyphoid fever and the other relapsing fever, a pathogen transmitted by body lice that dated back to the Iron Age.
“This paper shows clearly how complex these types of analyses are and the extreme level of skill required to work with these types of data,” says Leslie Quade, a paleopathologist at the Austrian Archaeological Institute who didn’t participate in the research.
She says that discerning the emergence, spread, and evolution of diseases in the past can also help us navigate the pathogens of today.
“Understanding how certain types of pathogens developed can give us a better chance of anticipating what a pathogen’s next step might be,” says Quade. In addition, if a certain once-widespread pathogen has become rare today, these infection-laden historical events may offer lessons to learn to keep it from returning and to contain other similar modern pathogens.
These findings are another reminder that war has always been ugly, Binder says. “We have these paintings in the museums of soldiers in shiny armors, of Napoleon on his horse, fit young men marching into battle.”
“But in the end, when we look at the human remains, we see an entirely different picture,” she says.
It’s a picture of lifelong malnutrition, broken feet from marching too far, too quickly, and bodies riddled with disease.
“Their bones tell a story of hardship,” says Binder.
Flea beetles also enjoy feasting on rapini leaves. They are most recognizable by the damage they do – leaving tiny, round “shot holes” in the foliage.
Before you kill any other tiny garden beetles thinking they are flea beetles, however, make sure you have correctly identified them – there are some beneficial insects, such as spider mite destroyers, which can be mistaken for these pests.
Flea beetles don’t usually do enough damage to harm broccoli raab, In my own garden, I ignore the minimal damage caused by these pests.
Instead I focus on attracting natural flea beetle enemies such as braconid wasps, which love the umbel-shaped flowers of cilantro, dill, and yarrow.
Leaf miners leave distinctive maze-like marks in the foliage.
These pests are actually flies, but it isn’t the adults that create the damage, it is the larvae feeding as they burrow through the leaf tissue.
Leaf miner damage.
In addition to aesthetic damage, these burrows can interfere with photosynthesis.
As with flea beetles, parasitic wasps are important in keeping leaf miner populations down.
To encourage parasitic wasps, grow plants they like nearby. In addition to cilantro and dill, cosmos is another beneficial wasp favorite.
Remove any damaged foliage and give your plants a chance to recover before resorting to pesticides, which are harmful to beneficial insects.
Disease
There are a few common diseases that can affect your crop, but they are not very common if plants are grown in optimal conditions.
Alternaria Leaf Spot
Alternaria leaf spot is a fungal disease that causes brown lesions on the foliage with white or gray centers. These lesions are often surrounded by yellow halos.
The fungi that cause this disease flourish in hot, humid conditions.
To prevent infection, provide adequate spacing between plants and encourage good air circulation.
Also, rather than watering your crop with a sprinkler, water close to the surface of the soil instead.
Treatment of this disease is much the same in rapini as it is in its close relative, the turnip.
Damping off is caused by a soilborne pathogen that causes young seedlings to suddenly wither and die.
Cool, wet conditions and poorly draining soil put seedlings at risk for this disease. As a preventive measure, make sure the soil is well-draining, and don’t overwater.
In addition to being used in Italian and Chinese cuisine, this green is a staple in traditional Spanish and Galician cuisine as well, such as in the soup caldo Gallego.
Rapini can be cooked like any other leafy green – steamed, sauteed, added to an omelet or quiche, mixed with pasta, or used as a pizza topping.
Raab also combines well with beans, such as in this recipe for cheap and easy Italian style beans and greens soup, from our sister site, Foodal.
Photo by Fanny Slater.
For a light meal or appetizer, you can also use it as a topping for toast, such as in this recipe for tartines topped with broccoli rabe, chilies, and pecorino. Find it on Foodal.
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You now have all of the information you need to sow, grow, harvest, and even cook up a delicious batch of homegrown broccoli rabe. So, what are you waiting for?
Are you a fan of these pungent greens? Tell us about your gardening or cooking experiences with rapini – and let us know what you call it – in the comments section below.
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After I wrote about what I keep in my purse, I had several requests for a similar post about what my kitchen looks like. While it’s changed some over the years, I’ve found what works best and some new favorites. Here’s the list I wish I’d had before having my own home. Everything from pots and pans, to water filters and other crunchy mama tools.
Natural Kitchen Items
To start off, keep in mind that unless I’m travelling we usually cook 2-3 times a day and don’t use a microwave. The kids are old enough to make family dinners and can handle their own breakfasts and lunch prep. So there are a lot of us using the kitchen at different hours of the day!
All my kitchen items are heavy duty and have multiple uses. Many of these items are pricey, but I carefully budgeted for them and many have extended warranties. And because I’m constantly experimenting with new recipes for the blog, I have some tools I wouldn’t have originally thought to purchase.
Appliances/Big Items
Besides the usual refrigerator and oven/stove, I have a variety of small appliances that I use on a regular basis.
1. Blender
I’ve had a Vitamix for many years now and it’s been used multiple times a day! We use it daily for smoothies, sauces, blending coffee with healthy fats, chopping, etc. If I could only have one of the appliances on this list, I’d keep the Vitamix. While I really think a Vitamix beats all other blenders, here are my experiences with other blenders that also pass the test.
2. Food Processor
I didn’t get this food processor early on because I didn’t think I’d use a machine that just chops and mixes. Turns out, I use it a lot. I thought it would be fun to chop everything by hand, which was true for a few years. Now when I cook for a crowd (just the family, not to mention guests) the food processor is really helpful. I also often use this for chopping items for soups, slicing cabbage for sauerkraut, pre-chopping salad items for the whole week, etc.
3. Stand Mixer
Another item that I didn’t buy for a long time because I didn’t think I’d use it much. Especially since I don’t bake that often. While my stand mixer doesn’t get as much use as the blender, I do use it for things like whipping homemade marshmallows or mixing grain-free biscuit dough.
4. Dehydrator
I went through several, cheaper plastic dehydrators before I found this one. Excalibur brand is considered the gold standard of dehydrators. It’s great for drying fruits and veggies, making beef jerky, homemade fruit leather, and more. My kids especially like fruit chips made from dehydrated apples and strawberries. We use our dehydrator the most in the summer when there’s excess produce that needs preserved.
5. Ice Cream Maker
Not something I thought I would use all the time, but surprisingly we do. We use this ice cream maker for recipes like strawberry gelato, or butter pecan ice cream. It’s also just a great way to get healthy fats and nutrients into my kids without a fight. I can even simply blend watermelon and pour it in to make a sorbet. For ice creams, I opt for coconut milk, egg yolks, and butter for good fats.
6. Slow Cooker
This is the Crock Pot I have. I actually went through several cheaper ones that wore out before I finally sprung for a high-quality one. This particular Crock Pot is also supposed to be tested to be free of lead (which is present in the crock of some slow cookers).
7. Air Fryer
I use the Wonder Oven from Our Place. It’s easy enough for my kids to use and it’s multi-functional so I can also use it as a toaster, oven, etc. I’ve used it for well over a year now and it works seamlessly with anything I put in there. The interior is stainless steel (which is hard to find in an air fryer) and they come in many different colors to coordinate with any kitchen!
8. Immersion Blender
I use my immersion blender all the time for pureeing soups in the pot, mixing pancake batter, etc. It’s so much easier than transferring hot liquids to a blender pitcher and I like that the part that touches the food is stainless steel.
9. Water Filter
Not an appliance per se but we use this water filter daily to filter our water for cooking and drinking. The 14-stage filter is the best one I’ve found that does a thorough job. If you want an option that’s not under the counter, here are my reviews on other filters we’ve tried over the years.
Cookware and Bakeware
I cook all the time, so quality cookware is really important to me. I only use cookware that’s natural/eco-friendly and also fairly easy to clean. This left only a few options, but these versatile pieces get used all the time!
1. Instant Pot
While this popular pressure cooker has been around the block for a while now, it’s still a staple in my kitchen. The Instant Pot makes soups, stews, and casseroles. It can also hardboil eggs, ferment yogurt, and makes the most tender cuts of meat you can imagine.
Food is ready in about an hour or less, and you can saute right in the pot before pressurizing, saving extra dirty pans. I even make elderberry syrup in it. Check out my full review on Instant Pot models (and why it’s a healthy way to cook).
2. Caraway
I use Caraway’s 3 qt. saucepan several times a week as well as their frying pan to make eggs, crepes, or fry up veggies. They’re easy to clean and are safe for the family without any toxic chemicals leaching into your food. I also use their bakeware when making desserts or breakfast muffins.
3. Xtrema Pure Ceramic
Xtrema’s skillets cook evenly and are really easy to clean (when used properly). The only downside is that they are breakable so I have to be careful when cleaning them. I use these especially for eggs since they don’t stick, but also for stir-fries and meats.
Xtrema also has a full line of bakeware, sauce pans, Dutch ovens, and more. I love that they’re 3rd party tested for heavy metals and toxins so I feel good about using them for my family. You can read my full review of Xtrema here.
4. Always Pan From Our Place
I love the Always Pan when I’m making scrambled eggs, stir fry, or need to steam some veggies. The pan is very easy to clean and you can either wipe it down with a wet rag or throw it into the dishwasher. Our Place also makes the Wonder Oven (mentioned above), but they have tons of healthy cookware, bakeware, utensils, and more.
5. Cast Iron Skillet
Nothing beats a good cast iron skillet, which can last forever. These are the ones I have, but you can sometimes find them at antique stores or estate sales. I use cast iron skillets for anything that has to go from stove to oven or for meats, bacon, sausage, etc. Another advantage is that trace amounts of iron are left in food to boost the body’s iron levels.
6. Le Creuset
These enameled cast iron dishes are pricey, but well worth it! I have a Dutch oven and soup pot that are coated cast iron and use these for stove or oven roasting or cooking.
7. Large Stock Pot
I have a restaurant grade 5-gallon stock pot that I use for bone broth and for pre-cooking large batches of food. Even if your family isn’t quite as big as mine, they have multiple sizes available for batch cooking.
8. Glass Baking Dishes
I use these for everyday cooking and baking. While I’ve used Pyrex for years for their durability, several of the above brands also have some nice baking dishes in various sizes (and colors!).
9. Steel Baking Pans
Since we cook in bulk whenever possible I’ll often cook enough for an army, even for a single meal. These steel baking pans come in handy. I use them for roasting veggies, cooking large amounts of food, and serving to large groups. They can also double as a roaster for large cuts of meat.
Besides the bigger items like the appliances above, I have a variety of smaller kitchen items I use all the time. I actually had a lot more of these smaller items and have weeded out single-use items, especially those that took up a lot of room. The ones that made the cut and that I still have:
1. A French Press
This stainless steel French press is great for making coffee or tea without them coming in contact with plastic like they would in many coffee makers. I also like the flavor of coffee and teas made in a French press much better. Plus, it’s much smaller to store than a full-size coffee pot.
There’s often something (or a lot of something’s) fermenting on my counter. And my fermentation crock makes it so much easier. I use it most often for sauerkraut.
3. Quality Knives
Knives are still one of the most used items in my kitchen. From chopping veggies for omelets to meat or veggies for dinner, these get used all the time. I’ve even invested in teaching the kids to use them (with the help of this awesome online course) as it’s a valuable life skill.
4. Crinkle Cutter
This cutter isn’t too sharp and makes fun shapes so kids can use them to help with meal prep. When my kids were little I kept this and a bamboo cutting board on hand so they could take turns helping cut veggies for meals. They were also able to use this for quick carrot or cucumber slices for a snack whenever they wanted.
Here are some more tools you’ll find in my kitchen:
Glass Water Bottles: For use with smoothies, drinks, etc. when not away from home.
Stainless Steel Dinnerware for Kids: My youngest kids love these fun plates and cups. And I love them because they’re non-toxic and free of plastics.
Jars
I use jars for everything so they get their own category. We use them for storage, drinking glasses, fermenting things like beet kvass or water kefir, and salsa, as well as for second ferments of kombucha. I love glass jars and have a collection of sorts in my kitchen:
Quart Size & Pint Size Mason Jars: We use these for drinking glasses, storing food in the fridge, packing salads, and foods for lunch, etc.
Mason Jar Lid Alternatives: Convert Mason jars into drinking cups for hot or cold beverages. They also have lids for pouring, sprouting lids (also great for open ferments like water kefir), ferment weights, and more that I use.
Gallon Size Jars: I use these for fermenting or storing drinks in the fridge.
Large Spigot Jar – This has a stainless steel spigot and is perfect for continuous brew kombucha.
Glass Storage Jars: I store many items in my pantry and on my counter in these jars.
Unusual Natural Kitchen Essentials
In addition to the standard kitchen items, you’ll also find the following unusual items on my kitchen counter:
There are lots of other additional kitchen items, but these are by far the ones that I use the most regularly.
What’s in your kitchen? Are there any great kitchen tools that I’m missing out on? Do you have some of these same items? Share below!
Of course we are entitled to have strong opinions about plants, but it doesn’t hurt to have our minds changed once in a while. In this episode, Danielle, Carol, and their expert guest will discuss the redeeming qualities of plants that have won them over after some initial resistance. If there are particular plants you have ruled out for one reason or another, this might be the encouragement you need to look at them in a new light.
Expert: Jason Reeves is the curator of the University of Tennessee Gardens, located at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson.
Artisan™ Yellow Ombre coneflowerPeegee hydrangea in Carol’s gardenEl Niño® desert orchid Photo courtesy of Proven Winners‘Super Hero Spry’ French marigold
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‘Slender Silhouette’ sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’, Zones 5–9)
Augusta® Lavender heliotrope (Heliotropium ‘WNHPAULAV’, Zones 7b–11)
Aromagica® Purple heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens ‘INHELAROPU’, Zones 9–11)
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‘Slender Silhouette’ sweet gum trees Photo courtesy of Mark DwyerAugusta® Lavender heliotrope Photo courtesy of Proven WinnersAromagica® Purple heliotrope Photo courtesy of Proven Winners‘Flashy Flamingo’ ajuga Photo courtesy of Chris Hansen‘Parrot Paradise’ ajuga Photo courtesy of Chris Hansen
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A new study found the most commonly prescribed antidepressants in the U.S., called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, tended to have fewer side effects than some older medications.
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Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health.
But a major analysis from a team of researchers in the U.K. has, for the first time, pulled together data from more than 150 clinical trials to compare the physical side effects of dozens of antidepressants.
The study, published in the Lancetthis week, details how each medication can affect weight, blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol and other areas of health.
The end result is something akin to a “sports league table” for 30 different antidepressants based on their side effect profile, says lead author Dr. Toby Pillinger, a psychiatrist at King’s College London.
“It’s never been done at this scale before and no one’s ever put specific numbers to the amount of weight you’ll put on, or to the amount that your cholesterol goes up,” he says.
The findings are based on existing data, mostly from 8-week drug studies, that altogether represent more than 58,000 patients.
Other medications, particularly some of the older drugs, were shown to have more significant impacts.
For example, a person who took nortriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant, could, on average, have an increase in heart rate that was 20 beats higher than the SSRI fluvoxamine. For other medications, the expected weight change could be 4 pounds gained, or lost.
Pillinger says the intention is not to single out certain antidepressants as better than others.
“It may be that one medication which is pretty bad for one person actually is pretty good for another one. I think that is the message, rather than naming and shaming certain drugs,” he says.
Pillinger hopes the data can help prescribers and their patients make individualized decisions about the best medication.
In fact, he and his colleagues have created a free digital tool that’s already being used by clinicians all over the world to create a “menu” of options, based on a patient’s underlying health and what side effects they’d most like to avoid.
Dr. Nina Kraguljac, a professor at the Ohio State University, who was not involved in the research, says the study was well-done — and largely reassuring.
“What surprised me about this study is that side effects are not that severe,” says Kraguljac, who is also chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Research.
However, she stresses that “side effects alone should not guide a clinical decision,” since the study’s results ultimately reflect an average, not the individual patient.
“Side effects do not happen in every patient and are not necessarily a reason to deter people from taking the medications,” she says.
The study does have some notable limitations.
Even though many people take these drugs for months or years, the data was largely from 8-week randomized controlled trials, which are the most common.
And some prominent side effects — that cause some people to stop taking antidepressants — were not evaluated, says Dr. David Hellerstein, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University.
He points out the impact on sexual function, gastrointestinal issues and “emotional blunting” — a sense that feelings are being muted — are all common complaints that weren’t looked at.
Most of the side effects detailed in the study are already well-known, although he believes the work will still be “a useful touchstone” for patients and prescribers.
“Big picture, most of these drugs seem quite safe on a lot of physical parameters, especially the newer drugs, like the SSRIs and SNRIs (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors),” he says.
But for some groups of people, the side effects might be significant, he cautions, “and could affect what medicine the doctor would choose or what medicine a patient would prefer.”
And, he notes, side effects aren’t always a downside.
Hellerstein has a patient who had lost a significant amount of weight due to depression, meaning an antidepressant that also led to some extra weight would actually be “healthy.”
“I would say that is not a side effect. That is a benefit of treatment,” he says.
