Tasked with overseeing the science of rationing during WW2, Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance put themselves on a diet of bread, cabbage and potatoes for several months to find out if rationing would affect their health. This damaged sculpture of Widdowson’s arm during self-experimentation is held at the Royal Society. She was born on this day in 1906. 🍞 https://youtu.be/S7ZNHQQ7ISY
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Tasked with overseeing the science of rationing during WW2, Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance put themselves on a diet of bread, cabbage and potatoes for several months to find out if rationing would affect their health. This damaged sculpture of Widdowson’s arm during self-experimentation is held at the Royal Society. She was born on this day in 1906. 🍞 https://youtu.be/S7ZNHQQ7ISY
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