/oss/taxonomy/term/1321/all en /oss/article/health/heres-my-beef-pro-meat-study <p> </p> <hr /> <p><em>​</em><em>This article was first published in</em><span> </span><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/joe-schwarcz-heres-my-beef-with-the-pro-meat-study">The Montreal Gazette</a><span>.</span></p> <hr /> <p>The meat controversy is broiling over. Let’s stew on it.</p> Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:47:55 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7955 at /oss /oss/article/videos/right-chemistry-if-you-cant-pronounce-it-should-you-eat-it <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"></div> Fri, 09 Nov 2018 19:29:07 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7444 at /oss /oss/article/food-health-quirky-science-technology/japanese-scientist-and-his-crappy-meat <p>It sounds believable. After all the Japanese do eat some strange things. They eat “fugu,” prepared from puffer fish which if not properly eviscerated contains enough tetrodotoxin to kill the diner. I suppose there is a certain excitement in eating and waiting to see if you will survive. Then of course they eat raw fish. So it sounds possible that they would eat turd burgers. Indeed numerous blogs, newspapers and radio reports picked up on a video that shows a Japanese researcher isolating protein from sewage and turning it into a meat-like concoction that can be consumed as a burger.</p> Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:14:36 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1980 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-food-health-you-asked/you-asked-can-consuming-food-such-beef-treated-ammonia-hydroxide-potentially-cause-any-health <p>Jamie Oliver doesn’t like “pink slime.”  He doesn’t want any of it in his hamburger.  In fact, the famed British chef was so disgusted that McDonald’s in the U.S. was using this “beef filler” that he orchestrated a campaign to get rid of it.  So what is “pink slime,” as Jamie calls it, and what horrors does it hold?</p> Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:50:40 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2043 at /oss /oss/article/cancer-controversial-science-food-health-news/hormones-cattle <p>Those ads from A&W claiming that their beef is raised without hormones or steroids are popping up on TV with annoying frequency. The intent obviously is to suggest that this meat is somehow safer than competitors' brands. There is absolutely no evidence for this. The growth promoters used in cattle, usually released from capsules implanted in the ear, are regulated just like drugs intended for human use and residues are carefully monitored. The use of growth promoters results in better conversion of feed to muscle, meaning that meat can be produced more economically.</p> Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:32:22 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2232 at /oss