However, we do not always have all the information about these foods and it tends to generalize, comment and expand myths and falsehoods around these foods.
Surely you have heard a multitude of statements about foods that you don't know at the end if they are true or not. Some you will have believed the first time and many others you will have questioned.
About Us we want to solve all those myths for youabout eating that are being heard out there and that are not really true. Pay attention to all the myths that you hear the most on the streets.
Food myths
We find countless food myths that can condition our diet if we believe them. We make available to all analyzes carried out by Alberto Chicote in a television program where all these questions were questioned.
Eating large amounts of carrots makes us brown
Two twin sisters underwent a test that consisted of consuming half a kilo of raw carrots daily for 10 weeks. Of course, one woman did and the other did not.
Un dermatologist analyzed the data once the test was finished, in the case of the woman who consumed the carrots, she had a more orange skin complexion produced by the beta-carotene substance that carrots have and many orange foods, however, when they sunbathed with several sessions of UVA rays, Nor no difference was noted between the sisters.
Honey is more fattening than sugar
This statement is false, because the calories from ground sugar and the calories from powdered honey were measured. It was found that For every 100 grams of product, sugar has about 400 calories, while honey has 30o calories.
Always under the supervision of specialists and qualified endocrinologists.
The bread crumbs are fatter than the crust
Another myth that is often told is that the crust is less fattening than the interior crumb of the bread and this is somewhat false. Tests were made to see which of the two gained more weight.
20 grams of each part of the bread were taken, they were deep-frozen and then the water was extracted. The result was that of l20 grams of bark they stayed in 19 grams compared to 11 grams in which the crumb was. So we can confirm that the crumb contains more water so it could get us less fat.
Drink the juice quickly because the vitamins are gone
This is completely untrue. The analyzes of the same freshly squeezed orange juice, at the beginning of being squeezed had the same vitamin C values as when 3 and 6 hours had passed. So the amount of vitamins does not vary.
Light foods are not fattening
You have to be very careful with foods classified as 'low fat' or 'light' because in many cases they do not have as much fat as the whole or natural versions, however, They contain a greater amount of sugars that are transformed into bad fats in the body.
Meat feeds more than fish
Meat may appear to be more satiating than fish, however this is a false claim. In an experiment shown in the program, the behavior of four people is analyzed who after eating two of them 300 grams of beef tenderloin and the other two 300 grams of cod, were offered a plate of pizza and those who They consumed the least amount were those who had previously been fed with cod.
Drinking a glass of milk helps you fall asleep
This is false. It has nothing to do with consuming a glass of milk before going to sleep, nor does it help to fall asleep and it does not disturb our sleep either.
At bedtime it is important to have a routine to be able to fall asleep without problems. It is the most recommended and is what
It is better to consume whole fruits
It is true that it is better to eat whole fruits with the skin, because in most cases, it is in the skin where the large amount of fiber is found compared to the pulp of fruits. In addition, if we take it with the skin, we will increase the amount of vitamin C in the body.
Lentils are the ones that provide us with the most iron
It is not the only food that provides us with iron and much less is it the one that has the most iron. The lentils were tested alongside black pudding, pâté, cockles, spinach and lettuce. Lentils were found to be the food that contributed the least iron.
There are aphrodisiac foods
To measure whether a food was an aphrodisiac, the volunteers were measured their pulsations while consuming those supposed aphrodisiac foods such as cinnamon, oysters, asparagus, chocolate or strawberries.
The pulsations did not give any clear result as did the body temperature of the subjects. However, during the experiment attractive couples or people appeared to act as a 'hook' for the experiment and see how they behaved.
On that occasion, the heart rate and temperature increased slightly, however, it was not caused by food but by the people themselves.
As you have seen, the vast majority of food myths that we all know and have all ever heard are false. Do not believe what people tell us Even if our own mothers tell us to drink the juice quickly, they may have their reasons, but not because the vitamins are going to run out.
You probably know more myths about food than we have exposed. Nutrition has become a fad and many foods are in the spotlight depending on the season. From now on, question everything you hear because many times there is no scientific foundation behind it.