CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Health Food, Sylvester Graham, Chicken Soup

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Hippocrates let thy food be thy medicine visionary. False: no empirical evidence lettuce cools the body and curbs the passion. Physician without a knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician flax is great for the intestines. Sylvester graham (1794-1851) little progress about quality of food people too concerned about getting any food son of a preacher food for the body, not just the soul: dr. You are what you eat : using food as prevention, not just medicine food is the only raw material that goes into our body they make up our molecules. Health food stores: rarely see any food mostly supplements, juices: all hype. Natural does not mean safe synthetic does not mean dangerous ex. Organic regulations: no additives, no chemical fertilizers , no synthetic pesticides, no genetically modified components. Why buy organic: for what it does not contain (no pesticide residues) Although most foods contain pesticides, danger depends on dosage of residue.