GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Foodborne Illness, Red Meat
27 Oct 2016
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British men were physically capable in engaging in battle. Young men are not physically capable to defend themselves. Century of industrialization of food (cheap food) in the british city that was nutrioually inferior. 38% were physically incapable: condense milk, inferior cheese, abundant food. Young men who attended private school vs. public school: 5 inch taller private school boys, due to nutrition level, after ww2 were nutritionally better off. March 2012 higher mortality rates among men and women when consuming higher levels of red meat: processed meats contained chemicals that related to chronic diseases. All food spoils (usually) honey is only one that doesn"t go bad. 25-30% get food poisoning in north america each year: 76 m americans get sick from food poisoning and 5000 people die from food borne illness, 26/100 people get food poisoning, 3. 4/100 in uk, 1. 4/100 in france. Tireno -> researcher at cdc secret life of germs: more accurate is 800 000 people a day.
