CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Citric Acid Cycle, Lactase, Maltose

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

Document Summary

Plumpy nut: high protein peanut paste that does go bad really and is used in 3rd world country for nutrition. : hormone for cows that makes them produce more milk. Experiments to analyze excretion demonstrating conservation of mass in. Functional food: foods with nutritive additives for sales purposes. Freeganism: people who free load off of restaurants/dumpster dive. North america/uk/australia don"t spend much abundant food. Elsewhere (china/russia/thirdworld countries) up to 46% on food. Caso4 used to dilute sugar or flour to make the product less expensive in 19th century. Pure food 1906: effort to make food better. Food can be produced anywhere volcanoes, cliff faces. Though in many parts of the world not so much food. 40% of crops are destroyed by insects (eg. cabbage looper) physically difficult to distribute food in an egalitarian way. Usa: more wheat, more sugar/syrup, more fats/oils, more meat/milk (1. 5x more protein, 7x more fat)