CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pomegranate Juice, Petri Dish, Amygdalin

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: David Harpp

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January 14th: march 10th, march 24th, midterms: february 14th, march 20th, 1st sitting: 18:00-19:30, 2nd sitting: 19:40 to 21:10, quizzes: all due before april 14th. The researcher as no control over the variables in an observational study: you are what you eat, and you are what you read, peer-reviewed literature, correlation is not the same as causation. Video 1: science is observation and conclusion, quadruple bypass burger = 9980 calories, nature does not equal safe, synthetic does not equal dangerous. Video 2: pomegranates fruit of the tree of knowledge, contain anticancer properties. Indigestible component of food passes through to colon where bacteria can manipulate it or break it down: soluble = cholesterol. Video 4: fit for life: by harvey & marilyn diamond. Lesson 1: no scientific background, within atoms and molecules reside the vital elements we know as enzymes. They are the life principle in the atoms and molecules of every living cell : false!