/oss/taxonomy/term/2595/all en /oss/article/infographics/2019-year-review <p>Scroll to the bottom for links to the articles.</p> <p><img height="4448" width="1200" style="width: 600px; height: 2224px;" class="file-original " src="/oss/files/oss/2019_year_in_review-recovered_0.jpg" alt="" /></p> Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:29:54 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 8059 at /oss /oss/article/videos/right-chemistry-all-about-arsenic <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-7huw6-t-y4o" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz: All about arsenic" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/7hUw6_t_Y4o?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-7huw6-t-y4o&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz: All about arsenic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz: All about arsenic</iframe> </div> </p> Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:32:02 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7935 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-health/youre-probably-storing-leftovers-wrong-especially-if-you-eat-rice <p>If, like me, you aim to cook dinners that provide both your next day’s lunch as well as a freezer portion to be thawed at some future date, you may want to stop. At least with rice.</p> Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:17:05 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7827 at /oss /oss/article/drugs-food-you-asked/can-red-yeast-rice-reduce-cholesterol <p>When is a substance a food and when is it a drug? That may sound like a simple question but the answer can be complicated. Suppose you take some rice, inoculate it with a type of yeast, let it ferment for a while and then eat it directly, or use it to flavor some other dish. Everyone would agree that this is a food. After all, there is not much difference between this process and that used to make bread rise by adding yeast. But what if you let the yeast grow on the rice, mill the rice, put it into pills, and sell it as a cholesterol-lowering supplement? Is that still a food?</p> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:11:17 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1748 at /oss