/oss/taxonomy/term/489/all en /oss/article/medical-history/nothing-memorable-about-memory-supplements <hr /> <p>This article was first published in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-nothing-memorable-about-memory-supplements">Montreal Gazette.</a></p> Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:27:08 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9835 at /oss /oss/article/health-videos/right-chemistry-do-blueberries-improve-night-vision <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-oetaui9miki" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Do blueberries improve night vision?" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/oeTAUi9MIKI?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-oetaui9miki&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Do blueberries improve night vision?" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Do blueberries improve night vision?</iframe> </div> Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:37:34 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7731 at /oss /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/health-nutrition-videos/right-chemistry-blueberries-and-your-health <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-2"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-tkvqjaffzqs" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Blueberries and your health" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tkVqJAFFZqs?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-tkvqjaffzqs&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Blueberries and your health" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz: Blueberries and your health</iframe> </div> </p> Thu, 24 May 2018 19:34:29 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7108 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-food-health-news-you-asked/you-asked-blueberries-and-milk <p><em>“I put blueberries and milk on my cereal in the morning. Which one should I give up?” </em></p> Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:04:16 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2217 at /oss /oss/article/food-health-news/blueberries-and-pomegranates-make-news-again <p>There’s good news for the marketers of blueberries but not so good news for the pomegranate people. We’ve heard all about blueberries being great for the mind, how seniors do better on memory tests after drinking blueberry juice, how mice navigate mazes better on a blueberry diet and how rats scamper across clotheslines more adroitly if they have been doped up on blueberries. There have also been studies suggesting that blueberries, mainly due to their antioxidant content may play a role in preventing heart disease.</p> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:23:20 +0000 OSS 1667 at /oss /oss/article/food-health/blueberries-and-breast-cancer <p>Blueberries may reduce the growth of breast cancer! So screamed newspaper headlines. A bit of an overstatement. The study referred to was carried out on female nude mice. These are mice specially bred for laboratory research that derive from a strain with a genetic mutation that causes them to have an under-active thymus gland resulting in an impaired immune system. Outwardly they lack body hair, hence the nickname “nude”. Suffice it to say that these nude mice are not a perfect model for predicting biological effects even in other mice, never mind in humans.</p> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:53:01 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1682 at /oss