/oss/taxonomy/term/274/all en /oss/article/videos/right-chemistry-dates-lab-rats-and-free-radicals <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-nnmgd1a-tns" width="640" height="390" title="Dr Joe Schwarcz: Dates, lab rats and free radicals" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NNMgD1A-tNs?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-nnmgd1a-tns&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr Joe Schwarcz: Dates, lab rats and free radicals" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr Joe Schwarcz: Dates, lab rats and free radicals</iframe> </div> </p> Fri, 06 Sep 2019 19:03:49 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7902 at /oss /oss/article/health-news-you-asked/what-are-we-make-dr-watsons-article-open-biology-re-antioxidants-may-have-caused-more-cancers-those <p>When Dr. Jim Watson speaks, people listen. But they don't always hear the right things. Many press accounts reported that Watson had said that antioxidants cause cancer. He didn't say that. He questioned the use of antioxidant supplements by people undergoing cancer treatment. Watson's words carry a lot of weight because it was he, along with Francis Crick who in 1953 produced one of the most important research papers in the history of science.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:26:28 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1855 at /oss /oss/article/science-science-everywhere/down-antioxidants <p>Down with flavones, flavanols and flavanones; the hydroxycinnamates, hydroxybenzoates and all carotenoids! No, I do not mean that these and all the other antioxidants should be banned from our food supply where they play an essential role. But the term “antioxidant” is used as a marketing tool far too often. Today, blueberry jam has become "...a source of anthocyanins, 100% natural antioxidants".</p> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:56:41 +0000 Ariel Fenster 1570 at /oss