Ian St.Pierre

From a trail that was used to test the efficacy of the ketogenic diet on children with epilepsy. Data suggest that children that participated in the ketogenic diet had a greater than 90% reduction on seizures. Side effects were constipation and lack of energy. @UofGFoodProf #Neal

Study's show that replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates has no benefit on cardio vascular risk. While substituting polyunsaturated fats for either saturated fat or carbohydrates will reduce cardio vascular disease risk. #liu @UofGFoodProf #assignment

Infants that were fed natural lards, were able to absorb on average 6x more fatty acids then infants that were fed randomized lards. This is from the greater absorption of palmitic acid due to the greater content of 2-monopalmitin.What else could this be from?@UofGFoodProf #Filer

Ever wonder why some fish meat is white while other fish like salmon are red/orange? In the case of the salmon, it is due to the food-supplied carotenoid pigments, like astaxanthin. Turning the meat into that appetizing red/orange color we love. @UofGFoodProf #listrat #food2150

The brewing industry produces large amounts of by-products when making beer, resulting on average 20kg of by-product per 100L of beer. Due to the low cost and high nutritive value, it can be refined into flour and used in many baking products.@UofGFoodProf #Assignment #Gupta