CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pomegranate Juice, Bran, Pomegranate

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

Document Summary

Science: eve tempted adam with the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge which was never specified. But the pomegranate would have been a very good choice because it has anti-cancer properties. We cannot assume that pomegranate juice has any effect on humans, that would take a lot more research: advertisers take these basic experiments and build on it. Pom pomegranate juice, they advertised their product as being extremely antioxidant. It is an overstatement of the properties of the product. In the himalayas, they eat a lot of dried apricots, that is because that is what they have on hand and available. Dried apricots contain beta-carotene which is an antioxidant: this can be used as an excuse for long longevity or other properties. This is once again cherry picking, there is no corroborated scientific data that confirms these claims. Peer-reviewed literature is what the science community bases their facts on.