One of the study's authors notes this may be a "conservative" estimate Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

The relaxed feeling you get after a cold beer or a glass of wine is down to the ethanol content of the beverage. This is a naturally occurring substance produced by the fermentation of sugars. For ...

'Tis the season for pickling everything from red onions to eggs. Those pickled products aren't limited to just food recipes, however. Rather, pickled ingredients can be incorporated across various ...

Scientists reveal that wild animals regularly consume naturally occurring alcohol from fermented fruits and nectar. This ...

Alcohol can make you woozy and nauseous when you drink too much, but why do humans love it? Wild chimpanzees may hold the answer. Chimps could be eating enough fermented fruit each day and consuming ...

The first person to soak the humble cucumber in some vinegar couldn't in their wildest dreams have predicted the Picklewich, pickle ice cream or pickle Bloody Marys, but here we are. Pickles aren't ...