Food Myths
Here are just a few food myths you may or may not know.
Can you separate the wheat from the chaff in the deluge of nutritional advice we get everyday? A lot of nutritional “facts” have been around forever. So they must be true, right? Not necessarily.
Here are some top food myths:
Fresh vegetables are more nutritious than frozen.
Actually, frozen vegetables are more likely than fresh to hang on to their vitamins by the time they reach your plate. Vegetables begin to lose their vitamins as soon as they are picked, but frozen and canned vegetables are usually processed close to the field with a quick heat treatment to halt decay. The vitamins in canned vegetables tend to leach into the liquid, so don’t drain that liquid off.
Vegetables that are destined to be processed are often allowed to get more ripe than fresh vegetables, and this increases their vitamin content as well.
Baked goods with ‘no tropical oils’ are healthier.
Baked goods without fatty tropical oils contain substitutes that are just as bad for your blood cholesterol level. A product that says “made from 100% vegetable oil” is providing false reassurance.
Chicken is a much better choice than beef or pork.
Farmers are breeding lean animals these days, and some cuts of beef are almost as low in fat as chicken. How healthy meat is depends on how you prepare and cook it.
Rinsing fruits and vegetables removes pesticides.
No such luck. You might remove some dirt, but it would take a scrubbing with soapy water to remove pesticides farmers use and the fungicides in the wax many grocery stores apply.
Shellfish is bad for your heart.
Shellfish is loaded with cholesterol, but it is extremely low in saturated fat. Saturated fat is worse for you than cholesterol.
Salty foods raise blood pressure.
Four out of every five people can eat as much salt as they want without increasing their blood pressure. Of course, it’s hard to know if you are that one person in five who is salt sensitive.
Margarine is less fatty than butter.
The truth is, a tablespoon of both margarine and butter has 100 calories. Butter does not have a lot of highly saturated fat, which probably raises your cholesterol slightly more than the “trans fatty acids” found in margarine.
Margarine does have some “good fat”. The “polyunsaturated fatty acids.” These help to balance out the bad “trans fatty acids.” Soft margarines have fewer “trans fatty acids” than the hard stick margarines.
Vitamins pills energize you.
Only carbohydrates, fats, protein and alcohol give you energy.
Sugar is bad for you.
Starchy foods and dried fruits stick to your teeth and cause them to decay more than sugar does. Fatty foods make you gain more weight than sugary foods since fat has more calories than sugar, and in spite of parents’ complaints, sugar does not make your kids hyper.
These are just a few food myths. There are many more.
Thank you for interesting information.
Thanks so much for this. I have been a victim of wrong thinking..lol
i agree with the thing about vitamins… they are just supplements, the real thing is still the best…
I think most packaged food is probably bad for you but I am from back east did a lot of hunting and fishing and gardening. We canned stuff from the garden to last through the winter. I think it all depends on how you live your life your either health conscious or not. Each person has to decide for their own. Health facts are hard to say for sure. I have been overloaded with information on it. Thank you for sharing and these are just quick thoughts to come to mind after reading your friend Hillbilly.
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Great information I did not know most of this
thanks! i used to think chicken is better than pork
hmmm, food for thought there! very interesting, thanks
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Interesting. Thanks for the info.
It’s refreshing to read so many important truths about food in one location.
Years ago, I remember Covert Bailey (the “Fit or Fat” guy) pointing out that fat is fat… and then he gave an hilarious list of “fats” (some of which you’d never want to consume, like vaseline and motor oil) to make his point.
The fresh v. frozen issue is always confusing. I’m sure that freezing isn’t great for all foods. It definitely transforms the texture in some foods. However, is that also a nutritional issue? I’m not sure. It’s something that I’d like to know more about.
However, your points about how fresh the food is (and how it’s been made to look fresher) when it’s shipped across the country, etc… well, that’s definitely a concern.
Thanks for a good article!
I have always thought fresh fruit was so much better. I spend so much money though and end up wasting alot. Really great article.
Thanks so much. Think a lot of people walk around thinking these things are all true. I thought the salt one was. REally informative.
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Good post , thank you!
Nice to see you exploding a lo of myths about the food we eat. s I want to see you writing more about it.
Thanks for sharing the informations. Some additional info, actually sugar can causes aging.
I’m one of those that have always thought fresh fruits and vegies are more nutritious. It just seems right. I don’t typically buy canned foods because of preservative chemicals.
The nutritional profiles of frozen and fresh vegetables are essentially the same, but the freezing process may cause slight changes in their vitamin content.
Pretty nice information you have compiled and searched with us and one thing you have mentioned about sugar thats very important point you have mentioned if to stay fit keep the going work going on.
Wow, lots of misconceptions completely dispelled! Thank you so much for this.
Plus, frozen veggies last longer and as for the sugar, I agree. I mean if everyone was worried about sugar they may as well not eat fruit which has natural sugar. Now, too much sugar, yes, is bad.
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I so enjoy posts like this. If people listened to all the things that are bad for them, they would be dead from starvation. It is always something new that is damaging our health, they next year it changes. I guess it is the only way to sell new books and medications to people.
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Thanks for the informative post. Interesting point on the frozen veggies.
Wow,now only i know that Chicken is a much better choice than beef or pork. Anyway thanks for the info.
Even if you are buying organic, this does not mean you don’t have to wash your veggies!
I buy a special rinse at the grocery store to wash my vegetables. I also use a scrubber.
Interesting. I definitely was living by some of those myths that I thought were true! How do you feel about steamed vegetables opposed to raw? I’ve been told that steamed is better..
WOW! I thought i knew a good bit about nutrition but i guess you really can learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info!
This is very important post for health because Vegetables begin to lose their vitamins as soon as they are picked, but frozen and canned vegetables are usually processed close to the field with a quick heat treatment to halt decay.
I didn’t know that these were myths! Thanks for the information and time to do some re-thinking on my grocery list. Most frozen veggies and fruits are cheaper.
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Interesting posts. Lots of things I didn’t know. Thanks!
Food Myth is very important. We must take care of our health, and if we want to live healthy then we need to focus on our diet. This is true that Chicken is a much better choice than beef or pork.
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This is very valuable information. I have learned a lot about food in this post. Now my wife will let me buy the frozen vegetables. Thank you very much.
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Excellent post – Thank you for sharing. There are so many food myths out there that we could keep this topic going forever
Most vegetables and fruits contain large amounts of chemicals they’ve been sprayed with to protect them from pests and insects. As you say, these don’t get washed away by simple rinsing. The better option is to buy fruits and vegetables that are grown organically without use of such synthetic pesticides.
Awareness about food is really essential because diet plays a dominant role in life. Informative stuff for today’s world I hope all the people know about it.
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Good to know! I’ve always heard it was the chosen method of cooking fruits and vegetables that had the most potential to zap out nutrients. Do you know if this is true?
Thanks for debunking these health myths – I have to admit, there were a few that still surprised me! If you do happen to be that 1 in 5 person who has an adverse reaction to salt, is there anything besides lots of water that can be done to reverse/prevent the affects?
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This is what our children should have been learning about healthy eating instead of that pyramid thing, which no one understood.
This is one of the most informative and interesting article I have ever read. You really break the food myth that we carry. Thanks for this information.
I think it’s funny to see an article saying bad things about fruit sticks, seems like you are “AOK” with the sugar
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This is very great and rare information about the diet. Everyone should be very careful and choosy about the food and eatables. We need to eat that food which suits our body and which keep us healthy and fit.
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glad to hear about the sugar! Can’t give it up, not gonna try!