/oss/taxonomy/term/630/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/demonization-dietary-oxalate-has-begun <p>You could call it The One True Cause of All Diseases Club. Admission is based on whether or not you have a mustache and are willing to twirl it a lot. A volcano lair and a love for petting white cats on your lap will also do. Over there, you will see sugar and aspartame in a surprisingly tight embrace. Monosodium glutamate is looking at them longingly, while gluten still acts like the cock of the walk. Lectins might be underage, but they managed to squeeze in with a fake mustache.</p> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9352 at /oss /oss/article/health-you-asked/there-difference-between-synthetic-and-natural-vitamin-c <p>The properties of a substance are determined by the structure of its component molecules. Vitamin C that is synthesized in the laboratory has exactly the same atoms joined together in exactly the same fashion as vitamin C that is made in an orange or a rose hip bush. As far as biological activity goes, the source of vitamin C is irrelevant. The cheapest version is as effective as the most expensive. Perhaps a more appropriate question is whether we should be taking vitamin C supplements.</p> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:38:24 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1732 at /oss