/oss/taxonomy/term/917/all en /oss/article/food-health-you-asked/you-asked-how-come-calcium-not-added-skim-milk-added-1-2-and-homogenized <p style="text-align:justify">As consumers we like choices. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that companies provide us with a variety of different milks to choose from. We have the option to purchase whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, skim milk as well as organic versions of these. All milk sold undergoes pasteurization, homogenization and fortification with calcium and vitaminD.</p> Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:50:53 +0000 Alexandra Pires-Ménard, OSS Intern 2085 at /oss /oss/article/health-history/leave-donkey-milk-donkeys <p>Cleopatra supposedly took a daily bath in milk supplied by a herd of some 700 lactating donkeys. How she hit upon this idea isn’t known, but the legendary beauty may have been familiar Hippocrates’ recommendation that donkey milk was an effective treatment for fever, liver problems, joint pain and poisoning. If it was good for the inside, maybe it was good for the outside as well! Since donkeys don’t produce much milk, lots of lactating females are needed to fill a bathtub.</p> Tue, 05 May 2015 07:49:11 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2256 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-food-health-news/orange-juice-producer-being-squeezed <p>We all have habits.  One of mine is to start every day with a glass of orange juice.  Freshly squeezed would be ideal, but frankly, too much of a bother.  So I go for the one that says “100% pure and natural, nothing added, nothing taken away, just oranges.”  My preference has nothing to do with the “pure” or “natural,” it has to do with taste.  But I certainly took note when I came across a report that a class action lawsuit had been launched in the U.S. against my favorite juice, Tropicana.  What horrific toxin had been uncovered, I wondered?  Actually, none.</p> Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:26:18 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2078 at /oss /oss/article/history-science-science-everywhere-you-asked/who-first-suggested-milk-be-pasteurized-make-it-safer-consumption <p style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://blogs.mcgill.ca/oss/?p=4472"><img alt="" height="150" src="http://blogs.mcgill.ca/oss/files/2013/03/pasteurization-150x150.jpg" width="150" /></a>No, it wasn’t Louis Pasteur. <a href="/oss/who-first-suggested-that-milk-be-pasteurized-to-make-it-safer-for-consumption/">Read more</a></p> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:49:46 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1894 at /oss