Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: We need to eat salt Nicole Senior Fact: We add salt to foods because we like, not because we need it I heard a food critic talking about salt (the main source of sodium in our diet) on the radio recently. He very much supported chefs adding salt to cooking because he said food …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Dairy-free diets are better for you Nicole Senior Fact: Dairy foods are nutrient rich and low fat versions even better Dairy foods (milk, yogurt, cheese) are nutrient rich and have assumed such importance in our diet as to warrant their own food group. This means that health experts and governments around the world have …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Gluten-free foods are better for you. Nicole Senior Fact: Only people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance are better off eating gluten-free foods – and some gluten-free foods aren’t so healthy. The range of gluten-free food products has exploded in recent years and now widely available in supermarkets. While this is great news for …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Sugar causes hyperactivity in children. Nicole Senior Fact: Food is not a big causal factor in hyperactivity, and sugar is not the culprit. The scientific jury is in – sugar is not to blame for hyperactivity in children. There is no good evidence and no plausible mechanism, however food may still play a part– …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Some foods have negative kilojoules (calories) Nicole Senior Fact: It is impossible for a food to use more energy to digest than it contains. To create a kilojoule or calorie deficit in your body, eat a balanced diet with plenty of vegetables and be more active. We’ve all heard the stories about celery taking …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: We can grow more food or import it. Technology will find a solution to food supply. Nicole Senior Fact: We must make some changes if our children are to inherit a decent quality of life. While many of us are lucky enough to pick and choose what we eat for good health, we need …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: The Mediterranean diet is healthy because of the olive oil. Nicole Senior Fact: The Mediterranean diet is healthy because it contains of variety of protective foods. Everybody has heard good things about the Mediterranean diet. Typically we hear it’s good for the heart, and this is true as evidenced by the lower rates of …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Some foods burn fat. Nicole Senior Fact: Burning body fat (losing weight) requires an energy deficit and individual foods are unlikely to make a big difference to your waistline. The idea that some foods have inherent fat-burning properties has been around for some time. Until I typed ‘fat-burning foods’ into my search engine I …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Potatoes are bad for you. Nicole Senior Fact: Potatoes are a vegetable, and vegetables are good for you. The poor old potato is a much maligned food but it really doesn’t deserve all the criticism. It has been called fattening, bad for blood glucose, and generally undesirable, but this really isn’t fair. Spud lovers …
Busting Food Myths with Nicole Senior
Myth: Ancient grains are better for you. Nicole Senior Fact: Old and new grains are good for you. Ancient grains such as spelt, amaranth and quinoa are fashionable at the moment (along with chia, covered in Foodwatch), albeit hard to get and more expensive. The rising popularity of these ‘old-world’ grains is great because variety …
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