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What are the risks of eating steak tartare?

20 Mar 2017

Terrible story about seven people sickened, one very seriously, from eating steak tartare at a Montreal restaurant. Eating raw meat is a risky business, but poisoning from steak tartare is rare...

Are chia seeds really that healthy or is it just nonsensical hype?

20 Mar 2017

It isn’t nonsensical hype but neither are chia seeds some sort of wonder product.

Dr Oz and Phthalates

20 Mar 2017

The title of the segment on the Dr. Oz Show was “The Secret Ingredient Companies are Hiding in Your Food.” What could that be? Some opiate to keep you coming back for more? Tetrahydrocannabinol to...

Chewing on "Chewpods"

20 Mar 2017

The dietary supplement market is huge, so it is little surprise that many companies try to get in on the game by torturing data until it succumbs to their desires. An estimated 40 billion dollars...

Bovine Growth Hormone

20 Mar 2017

"Genetic engineers develop bovine growth hormone!" Now there's an issue the cartoonists can really milk. Giant cows bursting through the roof of their barns, animals sporting udders from head to...

Is the organic vs non-organic sweet potato video scientifically sound?

20 Mar 2017

You asked about a video floating in cyberspace that describes a little girl's project purporting to show the risks of conventional produce.

Beer Foam and Artificial Hips

20 Mar 2017

Forty eight years ago there was an epidemic of heart failure in Quebec City. The clue was that the thirty men affected were all beer drinkers. In a round about way, the culprit was the introduction...

Instant Noodles

20 Mar 2017

At the turn of the millennium a Japanese poll asked about the best Japanese invention of the previous century. Instant noodles was the answer. Japan as well as China have a long history of eating...

When Protein is not Protein

20 Mar 2017

You need protein to build muscle. We have all heard that, probably as early as elementary school. And it is true. Muscle is mostly made of protein and its source is protein in the diet. But the...

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