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Resveratrol Supplements. Trifling Facts. Lots of Conjecture.

2 Jul 2026

A quick online search for “resveratrol supplements” finds dozens produced by various companies. They contain anywhere from 50 to 500 mg resveratrol per capsule and sport labels that scream “source...

You Can’t Beat Beets!

2 Apr 2026

It doesn’t matter how good a video or an article is if you can’t get people to watch or read it. That’s why a lot of thought goes into coming up with a catchy title that grabs attention. In this...

A Taste for Jujubes

24 Apr 2025

To me, jujubes were always the little chewy things that I never let my kids eat. A mix of sugar, modified starch, modified palm oil, pectin, synthetic dyes, natural and artificial flavours. Not...

Dipping Into the Science of Olive Oil

14 Mar 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette

An Ode to Chocolate

12 Feb 2025

I have always liked chocolate. I grew up on it. Every morning my mother blended a heaping spoonful of cocoa powder with a little milk, some sugar and a touch of salt (to decrease the bitterness)....

Why is the shelf life of white chocolate so short compared to that of dark chocolate?

15 Feb 2019

Dark chocolate contains plenty of naturally occurring antioxidants known as polyphenols, which are absent from white chocolate. Actually, “white chocolate” isn’t really chocolate because it does...

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