/oss/taxonomy/term/2675/all en /oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/titanium-dioxide-food-europe-says-no-way-canada-disagrees <p>It is in paint, paper, sunscreen, cosmetics, toothpaste and food. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists it in its Group 2B, “possibly carcinogenic in humans.” In Europe it is not allowed as a food additive, but in Canada you’ll find it in candies, chewing gum, pastries, cake decorations and coffee creamers. Should you worry about consuming titanium dioxide, TiO<sub>2</sub>?</p> Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9839 at /oss /oss/article/food-health/eating-less-and-living-more <p style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://blogs.mcgill.ca/oss/2013/04/29/eating-less-and-living-more/bagette/" rel="attachment wp-att-5117"><img alt="" height="150" src="http://blogs.mcgill.ca/oss/files/2013/04/bagette-150x150.jpg" width="150" /></a>They feast on croissants that ooze butter. They eat creamy cheeses and fat-filled pastries. Breakfast is pain-au-chocolat washed down with espresso. There is no oatmeal in sight. I suspect most of them have never heard of flaxseed. Yet, the French have the lowest death rate from heart disease in the European Union, and when we compare this rate to North America, well, there is no comparison. Our incidence of heart disease is double that of the French. Red wine consumption is the romanticized explanation that has been offered for this so-called “French paradox,” and there may indeed be something to that. Laboratory studies have shown that a compound in wine, called resveratrol, may reduce the risk associated with high cholesterol. But there is probably a better explanation as to why the French are protected. <a href="http://blogs.mcgill.ca/oss/2013/04/29/eating-less-and-living-more">Read more</a></p> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:30:23 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1927 at /oss