/oss/taxonomy/term/1504/all en /oss/article/nutrition-you-asked/it-true-bilberries-are-good-eyes <p>It seemed that the bilberries improved the pilots' night vision and made them more successful in dogfights. Or so the story goes... But - “Fake News!” because there is no documented evidence that the pilots actually ate bilberry jam. Some accounts suggest that the rumour was spread by the military to distract the Germans from the fact that the British were testing radar equipment on their planes. In some versions of the story, it were carrots that was the cause of the pilots success.</p> Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:31:30 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7717 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-diets-environment-food-health-news/anthocyanins-stir-interest-potential-disease-preventers <div> <p>“I wouldn’t drink that juice if you paid me!”</p> <p>And so began my conversation with a fellow traveller sitting next to me at the airport, as we waited for our flight. She had glanced at my laptop and saw an item I was perusing with the headline “Purple tomato juice from genetically modified fruit engineered for health benefits.”</p></div> Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:23:06 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2099 at /oss