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Despite its new-found fashionable status, kale grows so readily that it is planted for cattle to eat as an alternative to silage in winter.

2.

1B 2C 3A

3. B.

THE ill- fated top- of- the- range juicer featuring an aircraft-grade aluminium door was taken off the market after an internet backlash.

Users pointed out that the juice packets sold for use with the Juicero could, in fact, be squeezed by hand, thereby rendering the £ 550 machine completely redundant.

4. False.

IN 2009, a UK charity Sense about Science contacted the manufacturers of 15 ‘detoxification’ products sold in pharmacies and supermarkets asking for evidence for their claims.

None of the manufacturers could precisely define detoxification, nor name any of the toxins. 5. 1C 2A 3B 6 A. REFERENCES to colon- cleansing rituals were recorded as early as 1500 B.C. in an Egyptian medical papyrus. The Ancient Egyptians were so keen on colonic health that every pharaoh had a servant dedicated to administering enemas.