73 questions with a nutrition professor

73 questions with a nutrition professor

Is organic food worth purchasing? If you have ever wondered about the answer to this question, or if you have any other questions about organic food, this video is for you! We asked a nutrition expert 73 questions about the evidence behind organic foods and nutrition. The major outcomes include understanding what makes foods organic or non-organic, learning the cause of nutrition variances between organic and non-organic foods and discovering how pesticides affect health and disease.

This video was made by McMaster University Demystifying Medicine students Rakhshan Kamran, Nicole Song, Ryan Lee and Apinaya Paskaran

Copyright McMaster University 2018

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4 Comments

  1. Lyfe Thingz on September 17, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    Summary of video= organic, organic, organic…………………..organic x70



  2. Biomeducated on September 18, 2021 at 12:04 am

    Interesting! In Europe, organic is also more expensive, but I think the price differences between org vs non-org are even higher in the US, no? Also, great concept to trigger students and spread information, this Demystifying Medicine channel. And one last thing, I just have to say it: I was truly charmed by your smile, Professor Pritchard!



  3. Rakhshan Kamran on September 18, 2021 at 12:25 am

    Such a fun video :). And really helpful facts!!



  4. Aishwarya Pradhan on September 18, 2021 at 12:41 am

    I am a nutrition student from india and want to know about scholarships for masters at mcmaster ,if there are any ? Also can I have mail id of this professor and nice video