Experts Explain What Food And Nutrition Myths People Still Believe Are True (40 Answers)

Also try food from India, Kashmir and Pakistan. My friend introduced me to some Vegan and Vegetarian recipe from that area I hadn't tried, wonderful flavours.

Depends on which country you are talking about. Spanish gastronomy is mostle focused on meat dishes. Many arabian countries have the same.

I'd like to add, from reading some translations of Julius Caesar's letters home during his Egyptian campaign, he loathed meats and preferred a largely vegetarian diet.

Spanish and Turkish cuisine is very meat-oriented. But I agree on the variety.

I live in israel, (a country with Mediterranean cuisine) and I couldn't agree with you more. There's nothing better than a Jerusalmic breakfast

This is simply not true

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How is it misleading? They specifically talk about meat substitutes. They didn't say the vegetarian diet on a whole...

Depending on where they are produced, no. Lots of countries have laws for that. Some tighter than others.

amendment: mmmmmm CARBS, SALT, & FATS!!!

I read that in my head in Homer Simpson’s voice.

However, there is a lot of support for diabetics to consider going low carb on the grounds that carbs contain a lot of natural sugar, which can affect insulin levels. I have been low carbing for nearly two years, and am now sick to death of it!

It's true that fresh juice will probably be healthier than industrial one, but the problem remains that you need a lot of fruits to make one glass, so you're consuming a lot more sugar when consuming fruits as juice rather than eating the fruit.

yes, but you have to put it in into context. it takes about four oranges to fill a glass of juice, would you sit down and eat four oranges at once?

No, it's still pure sugar and no nutrients. Male a smoothy with the orange and some bananas and strawberries. Using the whole fruit is healthy.

No - it's still full of sugar.

The post don´t refer to process juices, but fruit juices, with have al lot of sugar (sugar from the fruits)

Plus you usually don't eat like five oranges in a row, but if you drink a glass of juice it may contain the fructose from that many in just one drink.

Yeah, but alcohol is a cell-toxin, so while drinking too much juice is not healthy, it's WAY less dangerous than alcohol!

Use is restricted in some countries.

And a slice of pizza is pyramid shaped, so it must be true! 🤣

Pizza can be very healthy if you go easy on fatty toppings such as cheese and pepperoni, it's just a flat bread with tomato sauce, use grilled veg/chicken and just a little bit of grated cheese and it's a complete meal

If you make it yourself, rather than buying dominos or whatever, and put plenty of vegetables in it it can be quite healthy.

Pizza is not unhealthy

My first grade teacher literally told us pizza was a very healthy food for this reason. I believed it for most of my childhood.

That’s actually genius, thanks for the tip! 🤔

Grains can be good, and home-made bread really isn't that bad. The problem is that a lot of mass-produced bread has a lot of salt and sugar and is so processed that it's really not healthy.

Eh, humans *do* have adapted to a largely starch-based diet. Which was fairly easy - we just duplicated the gene for the starch-digesting enzyme multiple times, so our bodies can produce much more of the enzyme and therefor process starch quite fast. It's no coincidence that every major civilization has/had a staple source of starch (wheat, rye, rice, corn, potatoes, millet...)

Bread isn't really the problem, the highly processed garbage white bread most Americans consume is the issue. In order for your body to be able to process the nutrients in bread, it needs to be fermented (i.e sourdough) and the less it's processed (whole grain) the better. Quick breads made from bleached white flour are just processed into sugar, (many of which also have high levels of added sugar) and unless you're vigorously exercising while consuming it, it's just going to be stored as fat with no other notional benefits. Pasta is a similar issue in that the preperation matters. Cooked Al dente, your body can process the nutrients, but when it's overcooked (as many people do) those nutrients are no longer able to be broken down which is why many people complain of being bloated and generally uncomfortable after eating pasta.

If you insist, gladly!

mmmm bread

Yeah same, I'd have to add about 3 more meals to fit it all in!

I think you spelled 'always' wrong. :)

Avocados.

Sure? They've declared all kinds of less expensive foods "super" now.