Various myths about food increasingly mushrooming in everyday life. Not only is word of mouth, this myth is also spread in cyberspace, such as health articles that are not accompanied by strong research evidence.
As a reader, of course you have to selectively choose information. Do not believe it because the information could be the fact unfounded. To help you get out of the trap of misguided food myths, following a review of these myths:
Bacteria in the 'baby carrots' can not be destroyed by chemicals in the body
Not necessarily. There is no reason for us to stop eating those vegetables, "said Randy Worobo, Ph.D., a professor of food microbiology at Cornell University. As per recommendation FDA (Food and Drug Administration), carrots should be washed with chlorinated water to kill salmonella and E. coli bacteria that can cause foodborne illness (foodborne illness).
Drinking water can help you lose weight
If drinking water makes your meal a little more, then it was true. By adding water to the list of your diet will not help you lose weight, unless replacement water is a menu of 'snacks' or high sugared drinks, the calories in the body can help reduce your weight.
Eating too much sugar can cause diabetes
Actually, this myth is not the same as smoking that can cause cancer through direct effects. In other words, diabetes occurs because you are overweight and in general 'overweight' was due to excessive sugar pengonsumsian.
However, the problem is still a debate among health experts. The reason, several studies have shown that excessive sugar consumption may increase the risk for diabetes regardless of weight. This statement is reinforced by evidence found in the JAMA study that women who consume sugar once or more per day for 4 years of study had double the risk of diabetes than women who consume sugar only once per week.
Spicy foods can increase metabolism
Do you know anything that affects the metabolism? Yep, sex, height, weight / body composition, and usialah which determines the amount of calories will be burned in the process of metabolism so that the function of organs can keep running even while you sleep. In other words, eating spicy foods is not influential in increasing metabolism. Although body temperature rises after eating hot food, it will not give any changes in metabolic rate.
Women consumed soy safe
Yep, safe soy soy enjoyed the weather if it had been processed into food like edamame appetizer, as is often consumed by people of Japan and China.
Why should be prepared or processed first?
Soybeans contain phystoestrogens that can stimulate the growth of cells that react quickly to the hormone estrogen in a woman's body, causing the risk of breast cancer. Sometimes, soybeans that have been processed and still remains dangerous, such as soy chips, patties, or supplements because you do not know much phystoestrogens content in it.
Foods that fall 'has not been 5 seconds' still safe enjoyable
Once your current food habits jugakah you fall? Let's change the habits you start now! Foods that fall can not be tolerated even if only 1 second. Did you know? Bacteria on the surface of the floor that has been contaminated very quickly get into the food fell even faster than your reflexes.
In one study, a dietitian at Clemson University, Paul Dawson, Ph.D., along with his students to contaminate the floor surface with the bacteria Salmonella. After that, they dropped two pieces of bread on the floor. What happened?
After 5 seconds, a piece of bread was taken and observed. Result, there are approximately 1800 bacteria in the bread. Later, other pieces were observed after 60 seconds and the results are bacteria ten times more than the previous pieces of bread.
How? Still want to enjoy it? Not always a myth is not true. However, it would be nice if you're digging deeper into this myth is that you do not get caught up in thinking is wrong and baseless. (Bangga Heriyanto)
