CHEM 181 Lecture 1: Sampling of Food Topics

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

Document Summary

Chem 181: lesson 1 sampling of food topics. Invented in arizona @ heart attack grill: moved to las vegas = the city of excess, new item called quadruple bypass burger (9,980 cals, too little info is problematic but so is too much info. Becomes overwhelming & confusing: sugar makes the medicine go down. "we are what we read: rule of thumb: if smth tastes good you want to limit it if you don"t like it eat as much as you want. Studies have shown cultured breast cancer cells in lab to multiply less quickly when drown in pomegranate juice. James hilton located his novel "shangri-la" there, where people lived supposedly forever: not cause and effect, laetrile = chemical extracted from apricot pits. Steve mcqueen used it (suffered from mesothelioma type of lung cancer) releases cyanide: argument was that cyanide will preferentially kill cancer cells as they multiply more quickly than other cells. Cyanide will have bigger impact on them.