How to eat poppy seeds? Let us count the ways! While it's tempting to sideline this familiar seed to bagel topping terrain (and don't get us wrong, we love them scattered over this delicious carb) ...

All service members have been advised by the Pentagon to stop eating poppy seeds or risk registering a false positive on military drug tests. Certain varieties of the small black seeds, which are ...

The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds. In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the ...

In a memo published Tuesday, the Pentagon told military personnel to stop eating poppy seeds. Consuming poppy seeds could result in a codeine positive drug test, the memo warned. Some poppy seed ...

On July 12, the Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the owner of a website selling a product known as PoppySeed Wash. In the letter, the FDA warned that the product was being ...

The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, 2023, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in ...

"Concerns with poppy seeds and drug testing are not new," Under Secretary of Defense Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., said in a Department of Defense memo Melissa Montoya is an associate editor at PEOPLE.

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum. “Somniferum” is Latin for “sleep-bringing,” which hints that it might contain opiates – powerful compounds that depress the ...

During the winter season, the body needs more nutrition. Consuming poppy seeds can be beneficial for energy, warmth, and ...

The U.S. Defense Department has issued a memo warning troops to avoid eating poppy seeds, which may result in failed drug tests. “The Military Departments are hereby directed to notify Service members ...