Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Coffee sobers you up. Sorry, the only thing that sobers you up if you have drunk too much alcohol is TIME. It’s not a question of having a cup of strong black coffee to wake you up, nor a cold shower. It’s a question of getting the alcohol out of your body. …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Most people can’t digest milk. The fact that milk is a commonly eaten food throughout the world suggests we can and do digest it. The story of how this came to be is fascinating, and I was introduced to it by Glenn Cardwell, dietitian and fellow myth-buster, via Gregory Cochran and Henry …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Tea and coffee are dehydrating. Everyone assumes that caffeine-containing beverages such as tea and coffee dehydrate, but it’s an urban legend. Seriously high amounts of caffeine are needed before you lose more water than you drink in your cup of tea or coffee. Even if you had a really, really strong cup …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Spicy food speeds up your metabolism Many people believe they have difficulty losing weight because they have a ‘slow metabolism’. So it’s comforting to think that breaking out in a sweat over a bowl of chilli is boosting your metabolic rate, thanks to its capsaicin (the chemical compound that gives it the …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Meat causes cancer. In some studies, eating meat has been flagged as a potential contributor to some cancers, but the scientific story is far from ending and is very complex. It may be too much meat, processed meat, charred meat or not enough protective plant foods, rather than meat per se that …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Humans don’t need to drink milk Dairy foods (milk, yoghurt, cheese) are rich in nutrients and have assumed such importance in our diet as to warrant their own food group. This is because they are nutrient-dense and provide a package of nutrients that are not found in the same amounts in other …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: Raw foods are best. I love vegetables! All kinds, including the uncooked ones. Nothing beats the crunch of a raw carrot or the crispness of lettuce and cucumber in a salad. However, you can take a good idea to extremes. There is a whole diet tribe who only eat raw foods, believing …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: You should eat according to your blood type. Fact: Your blood group has nothing to do with your ability to digest food, or what diet best suits you. Genetic variation between individuals is the reason why some people don’t do as well on certain diets, and why some people don’t respond …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Cravings tell us what our body needs I’m pregnant and have a real and persistent hankering for sour foods: I’m putting lemon juice on everything, have a new respect for balsamic vinegar and love the taste of anything that makes my mouth pucker. I think I’m experiencing cravings. It is common for women …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Nicole Senior Myth: White foods have no nutritional value. Fact: There are plenty of exceptions to this oversimplified dietary rule. It would be nice if there was a simple colour rule for healthy eating. But there isn’t. This rule seems to have come about to discourage consumption/over-consumption of sugar, salt and white flour products, but …
