CHEM 181 Lecture 10: CHEM 181 Topic 10

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

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Health food (personally a stupid term, healthy diet is a better one: hippocrates, said let thy food be thy medicine , legend has it, he built his first hospital near a stream. Watercress was growing in that stream (the first superfood) He thought it would make his patients healthy. By the 17th century, this idea had blossomed. Watercress soup used to cleanse the blood . Nonsensical terminology: watercress, cruciferous veggie (broccoli, cauliflower; named after leaf shape, university of ulster. Study done where 60 volunteers had to eat a full bowl of watercress every day for 8 weeks. You can"t make too much of it, but it"s a springboard: university of southampton. Interferes with the growth of blood vessels that supply oxygen to tumors. Found a of blood vessel growth-promoting factor activity in breast cancer survivors after they ate a bowl of watercress: part of healthy diet, along w/ cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage.