/oss/taxonomy/term/189/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-student-contributors-did-you-know/chlorophyll-water-wont-clear-your-skin <p>Our social media feeds are filled with buzzwords like <i>anti-inflammatory</i>, <i>detoxifying,</i> or <i>antimicrobial</i>. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/chlorophyll-liquid-drops-tiktok-safe/2021/04/28/a4be904e-a79c-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html">Chlorophyll water</a> is no exception. There are countless social media posts claiming that drinking a glass of bright green chlorophyll water every day will banish your acne.</p> Fri, 12 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Maya McKeown, B.Sc. 9509 at /oss /oss/article/health-nutrition/emerald-chlorophyll-oz-0 <p>Just like the omnipotence of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a mere illusion, so is the almightiness of chlorophyll water. From a distance, the emerald drink looks like an all-natural cure-all to clear up the skin, prevent cancer, and neutralize foul odours, but behind the curtain, we find a plant pigment whose might has grown in the telling. And while the wellness concoction does, appropriately enough, have<a href="https://www.recapo.com/dr-oz/dr-oz-advice/dr-oz-vitamin-d-chlorophyll-cocktail-super-energy-smoothie-recipe/"> ties to Dr.</a></p> Sat, 31 Jul 2021 01:21:05 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8794 at /oss /oss/article/general-science-you-asked/why-milk-white-and-not-green-grass <p>Questions about milk are always interesting because, after all, it is our first food. Milk is meant to be the only sustaining food during early life and therefore it must contain all the required nutrients: water, proteins, fats, milk sugar, vitamins and minerals. Chlorophyll, the green colouring agent in plants, is not a required human nutrient and therefore evolution has not resulted in it being incorporated by the mother's body into milk. This is not to say that milk has no coloured substances in it, it does.</p> Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:58:13 +0000 Joe Schwarcz 1730 at /oss