/oss/taxonomy/term/1340/all en /oss/article/nutrition/why-do-people-get-hungry-hour-after-eating-chinese-food <p>As far as I know, this is all anecdotal and nobody has ever done a study to determine if this is actually true. To start with, not all Chinese meals are alike. “American” Chinese food with its bevy of egg rolls, chow mein and spare ribs is very different from what is consumed in China. Even in China there are large geographic differences with a wide range of meat consumption and rice being popular in some regions and noodles in others. The lack of satiety accusation is usually aimed at American Chinese food with monosodium glutamate (MSG) often targeted as a culprit.</p> Fri, 04 Oct 2019 17:21:29 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7950 at /oss /oss/article/health-nutrition/china-birds-nests-are-not-only-birds <p>Believe it or not, some 200 tons of birds’ nests are consumed in the world every year with Hong Kong diners leading the way.  We’re not talking any old birds’ nest here.  These are very special nests constructed by several different species of swiftlets, birds about the size of swallows, found mostly in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Borneo and the Philippines.  The male builds the nest over about 35 days, using, I kid you not, his saliva!  No twigs, no leaves, just the sticky material secreted from the bird’s two sublingual salivary glands.  </p> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:07:33 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7556 at /oss