/oss/taxonomy/term/1351/all en /oss/article/videos/mercola-know-risks <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-y3n9lpiibu4" width="640" height="390" title="Mercola: Know the Risks" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y3N9LpiibU4?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-y3n9lpiibu4&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Mercola: Know the Risks" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">Video of Mercola: Know the Risks</iframe> </div> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:34:44 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 10103 at /oss /oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/you-probably-dont-need-green-ag1-smoothie <p>It has sponsored major YouTube channels and podcasts, like Joe Rogan’s and Lex Fridman’s. One of the top science podcasters, Andrew Huberman, is even an official partner of the product. It was also the sponsor of the 2023 Association of Pickleball Players Tour. Seemingly everyone is drinking it and saying they just “feel better.”</p> <p>AG1 and its marketing campaign cannot be avoided.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:19:54 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9878 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-diets-health-supplements-you-asked/you-asked-whats-scoop-supposed-uselessness-multivitamin-supplements <p>There is a lot of buzz around a set of scientific papers that calls into question the effectiveness of multivitamin supplements. Let me add a few notes to the buzz as the vitamin supplement industry licks its wounds and scrambles to protect the goose that lays its golden egg. And it’s a valuable egg. Consumers in North America fork out close to fifteen billion dollars a year on vitamin and mineral supplements. Why? Some have heard that our soil is depleted in nutrients and that our food supply no longer provides adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals. Not so.</p> Sat, 21 Dec 2013 18:19:21 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2049 at /oss