Delaney Howes

Developing non-animal proteins is currently a growing industry. Further developments must be made to get the correct muscle like texture. The complicated protein composition from legumes & seeds has made it challenging to produce meat-analogs. #Food2150 @UofGFoodProf #Jones

A high saturated and trans fat diet = large amounts of Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Cholesterol in the blood. This puts individuals at a higher risk for developing coronary diseases! Another reason to minimize the fat content in your diet! @UofGFoodProf #Food2150 #Lin

The large increase in diabetes and obesity rates around the world can be linked to the industrial revolution in the 20th century. This resulted in sudden and rapid lifestyle changes such as less activity and western foods. @UofGFoodProf #Food2150 #Odea

Beware of your processed wheat and potato product intake! Infants and adolescents with a diet rich in these products have a higher concentration of acrylamide and glycidamide putting them at an increased risk for terminal nerve damage!!! #Food2150 #Rommens @UofGFoodProf

Has a food ever made you so sick that you wouldn't think of eating it again & the taste disgusts you? That's because the post-ingestive consequences help develop our food dislikes allowing taste to serve as a marker for the toxic load of foods. @UofGFoodProf #Food2150 #Breslin

Nobody likes sour meat 🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️Make sure you avoid meat with a high content of polyunsaturated FAs and stick to meats high in Type I Fibres to get the juiciest, most flavoured meat!! #Food2150 #Listrat @UofGFoodProf

Did you know milk sickness can be fatal? If you consume the milk from animals that have consumed leaves and stems of white snakeroot it is! The animal eliminates tremetol in their milk which is a higher alcohol and is very toxic to our livers. @UofGFoodProf #Bryan #Food2150

Crop yield is impacted by factors such as abiotic and biotic stresses. Research shows a relationship between the two. It will be interesting to see how changing abiotic stresses will impact the plant's defence mechanisms against biotic stresses @UofGFoodProf #Challinor #Food2150

Being born prematurely can influence the composition of the intestinal microbiota. Infants born <37 weeks had more colonies of C. diff (64% as opposed to the average infant at 23%). This is sadly a factor that can’t be controlled in early infancy. #Food2150 @UofGFoodProf #Penders

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate appetite. Drugs that increase the serotonin-receptor signalling can suppress food intake. Leptin can increase serotonin turnover which could be the cause of leptin’s weight reducing effects. #Food2150 #Schwartz @UofGFoodProf