whats the worst "food myth" you have heard?

da_sammit
da_sammit Posts: 238 Member
edited December 19 in Food and Nutrition
my cousin is spouting some wonderful untruths this morning. just a few gems for you: (oh and all her friends believe her because she goes to the gym. BLAH)

-fat free/low fat cheese has less sugar than normal cheese (since when did cheese have sugar in it??!!)
-eating a fibre supplement (metamucil, benefibre) will stop your gut from absorping green vegetables..
-steak loses half its protien when cooked.
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  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
    that dietary fat will make you fat... i think its the worst one all time.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    Crust makes your hair curly! :noway:
  • dawnrenee567
    dawnrenee567 Posts: 292 Member
    negative calorie foods
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Eating late at night takes the absorbed food and turns it directly into fat which is why you shouldn't eat after 7pm.

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  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Carbs make you fat
    Negative calories

    That's all I got for now...
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    carbs consumed before bed will automatically be stored as fat
  • isa75
    isa75 Posts: 156 Member
    Sorry in advance but I have to dork out a little. Cheese may have sugar in it. Bacteria will "eat" the sugar (lactose) in milk in the normal cheese making process, but the bacteria doesn't necessarily eat all the sugar so there may be some left. How much sugar is left in the final cheese is very dependent on what type of cheese you are making/eating, though likely very low it might still be there. I realize this is nitpicky of me.
  • silkysly
    silkysly Posts: 701 Member
    Eating fat makes you fat...
  • Fit_Canuck
    Fit_Canuck Posts: 788 Member
    eating egg yolks will give you high cholesterol
  • kalynn06
    kalynn06 Posts: 368 Member
    If you don't eat carbs, your body cannot store excess calories as fat
  • vestarocks
    vestarocks Posts: 420 Member
    margarine is better for you than butter.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    hmmm ... so many. sodium is the devil and sugar is the devil's evil little henchman. but you can't eat artificial sweeteners, either, unless you want to grow an extra appendage before dying from cancer.
  • george29223
    george29223 Posts: 556 Member
    peeking through my window and seeing me shirtless spoon slaping flight of the bumblee will cause you to go blind
  • tigerlily_82
    tigerlily_82 Posts: 41 Member
    Mushrooms are contain more fat than any other vegetable. ridiculous...
  • Squeezie88
    Squeezie88 Posts: 63 Member
    Crust makes your hair curly! :noway:

    I was told this one by my granfather all my life and it was a LIE!!! Most devasting food myth :cry:
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    Mushrooms are contain more fat than any other vegetable. ridiculous...

    Huh??? Never heard that myth before.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    if you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
  • da_sammit
    da_sammit Posts: 238 Member
    Sorry in advance but I have to dork out a little. Cheese may have sugar in it. Bacteria will "eat" the sugar (lactose) in milk in the normal cheese making process, but the bacteria doesn't necessarily eat all the sugar so there may be some left. How much sugar is left in the final cheese is very dependent on what type of cheese you are making/eating, though likely very low it might still be there. I realize this is nitpicky of me.

    oh i know theres lactose in cheese but shes talking about sugar being used as an additive like the salt is..
  • tigerlily_82
    tigerlily_82 Posts: 41 Member
    Mushrooms are contain more fat than any other vegetable. ridiculous...

    Huh??? Never heard that myth before.


    An ex friend of mine told me that, but looking back on it most of the things she said made no sense, lol!
  • Jessica1274
    Jessica1274 Posts: 363 Member
    if you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?


    *snort*.
  • tigerlily_82
    tigerlily_82 Posts: 41 Member
    if you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
    :laugh: love this!!!
  • miss_september
    miss_september Posts: 153
    Hmm...This isn't a "diet" myth necessarily, but my aunt believes that the only healthy people in the world (aside from her, and she is quite overweight for her size) are skinny people....oh, and i hate when people hate on carbs/sugar/salt....and when my brother says things like "you should start eating paleo, I lost 8 pounds in a month eating a pound of bacon every day"--I think my arteries clog just from hearing him speak....
  • Akijade
    Akijade Posts: 210 Member
    My personal trainer asked me if I was eating "good calories" or "bad calories" ...
  • smilexoxo2513
    smilexoxo2513 Posts: 13
    "fruits are bad because they are full of sugar"
  • chickentunashake
    chickentunashake Posts: 164 Member
    Sorry in advance but I have to dork out a little. Cheese may have sugar in it. Bacteria will "eat" the sugar (lactose) in milk in the normal cheese making process, but the bacteria doesn't necessarily eat all the sugar so there may be some left. How much sugar is left in the final cheese is very dependent on what type of cheese you are making/eating, though likely very low it might still be there. I realize this is nitpicky of me.

    Lol love it
  • chickentunashake
    chickentunashake Posts: 164 Member
    eating egg yolks will give you high cholesterol

    I know,this statement drives me crazy. Unless u eat 10 eggs a day, please people, eat the whole egg, not just the whites. Works for me , sofar
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    my cousin is spouting some wonderful untruths this morning. just a few gems for you: (oh and all her friends believe her because she goes to the gym. BLAH)

    -fat free/low fat cheese has less sugar than normal cheese (since when did cheese have sugar in it??!!)
    -eating a fibre supplement (metamucil, benefibre) will stop your gut from absorping green vegetables..
    -steak loses half its protien when cooked.

    cheese does have sugar in it, approximately 1.26g per 100g.

    Metamucil, benefibre are fiber supplements and they do indeed inhibit the absorbtion of minerals from green vegetables, which is what, I suspect your cousin was on about.

    Steak shrinks when cooked, it does not lose protein but what it weighed when raw, will be less once it is cooked.

    Your cousin's theories are not as outlandish as you think.
  • Nataliaho
    Nataliaho Posts: 878 Member
    Being told growing up that I needed to sit up straight and use my knife and fork properly so when the queen cam to dinner, I wouldn't embarrass the family... b!tch never came :sad:
  • OmegaGator
    OmegaGator Posts: 37 Member
    if you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

    +1
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    if you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

    This is why you're my friend.
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