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Myths about food that are destroyed

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Who consumes the eggs will die of a heart attack, the food in the microwave is a radioactive, raw food is healthier to eat it because we take enzymes, so they do not need our bodies produce. All these are myths that are hard to kill, says, "Huffington Post", but scientists warn us that they are all false.

First Eggs are bad for the heart

It is not true that eggs are bad for your heart, say researchers. "Epidemiological studies have shown that healthy people are allowed to eat one egg a day without a problem," said professor of nutrition at the University of Penn in the U.S., Kris-Etherton Penni. The amount of cholesterol that enter the body does not have a major impact on blood cholesterol levels, and our body compensates for the increased intake of cholesterol so that it reduce its production of lipids.

Second Corn syrup is worse than sugar

The idea that the syrup with high fructose more harmful than regular sugar is not correct. The composition of corn syrup is nearly identical to regular sugar. In short, the syrup is no worse or better than regular sugar.

Third Eating raw food provides us with the necessary enzymes for healthy digestion

Some advocates claim that raw food diet raw food improves digestion and "saves" enzymes in the body so they were taken over the food. This is totally groundless. Our bodies have a limited amount of enzymes produced by life. Enzymes are essential for life, our bodies produce them successfully.

4th Heated in a microwave oven deduct food nutrients

This is completely wrong. Use the microwave, charcoal grills or oven based on solar energy, only the temperature of the cooking that takes away the nutrients, not methods. Due to the fact that food in a microwave oven cooks faster, it can help minimize loss of nutrients.

5th The radiation from the microwave creates harmful substances in food

You might mention the radiation falls on the mind images of nuclear power, but literally means the radiation energy that travels in waves and spreads as it travels. Radiation is used for cooking food is much smaller than the X-or gamma rays. Cooking in the microwave is no different than any other cooking method, experts explain.

Misconceptions about vitamins

There are many misconceptions about vitamins and the effects they have. Contrary to popular belief, vitamins are not miracle drugs. Vitamins are compounds that our body needs for normal growth, development and health. Are needed or because they can not synthesize in the body or can not produce in sufficient quantities that the body needs.

Popularity is a vitamin and counting more since 1905. the year when William Fletcher concluded that these "special factors" (which in 1911. the Polish scientist   Casimir Funk called vitamins) have a major impact on health and disease. Even though countless articles published about them and almost no people who did not consume a vitamin mixture over a period of his life, there is still at least a few misconceptions about vitamins, particularly vitamins in the form of preparations.

Therefore, let's explore some of the myths and truths about vitamins in order to make it a better decision about our health when it comes to vitamins.

Myth no. 1: "The bigger the dose the stronger the effect"

We believe that the mega doze vitamins necessary for our health, but scientists have proven the opposite. Take the example of vitamin A which is found naturally in the form of retinol and beta-carotene. Foods rich in carotenoids that the body converts into vitamin A does not cause any toxicity. On the other hand excessive doses of vitamin A in the form of supplements can be toxic if taken over a long period of time.

Many people are mistaken if they believed that small amounts of vitamins good for us then that a large amount even better. In the case of vitamins better to stick to the rule "less is more." Vitamins A, D, E and K soluble in ​​fat which means it can be stored in our body. Large doses of these vitamins over a prolonged period without the current lack of specific clinical vitamin can result in harmful levels of these vitamins in the body. Some vitamins are soluble in water can also cause adverse effects at high doses. For example. vitamin B6 is associated with nerve damage when taken in large quantities.

For healthy people, the rule, if you take vitamin preparations, doses should be in accordance with the recommended daily values. High dose vitamin preparations should not be taken, unless your doctor advises and if taken under medical supervision.

Myth no. 2: "Vitamin C is different from other vitamins so you probably need more"

Most animals need vitamins and minerals in relatively small quantities - a few micrograms to 50 mg, and vitamin C from the animal perspective does not just ordinary vitamin.
In fact, most animals have the ability to produce vitamin C, and in large quantities. For example, heavy 75 kg animal per day produces 4000 to 13 000 mg of vitamin C. Only rare animals and people have no possibility of synthesis of vitamin C, and scientists believe that 25 million years before the genetic error occurred, and therefore we lost the capacity of synthesis of this powerful antioxidant.

The notion that vitamin C is different from other vitamins that we need it in large quantities, dates back to the sixties. For example, our biological relatives of gorillas bring even 4g per day of vitamin C.

Although over the past few decades laid a lot of hope in the great power of high doses of vitamin C, but not yet proven its effectiveness in preventing and treating disease at high doses.

It is known that vitamin C reduces the symptoms and duration cold and flu, but does not affect its frequency. Vitamin C is associated with scurvy, a correlation was first noticed in the past among the sailors on long journeys where there was no fresh fruit available over time and they began to suffer from swollen and bleeding gums, loss of teeth and increased susceptibility to infection.

Since our body does not create and does not store vitamin C, it is important to bring sufficient quantities of vitamin C diet. It is unlikely that too much vitamin C from eating harmful, but mega doze in the form of vitamin C supplements can cause nausea, diarrhea, kidney stones and gastritis.

Myth no. 3: "Vitamins are a substitute for a balanced diet"

Many people think that vitamins are a substitute for diet and take a multivitamin every day and forget about proper nutrition. This is a mistake. Vitamins can not function without energy that our body gets from complex carbohydrates, fats, proteins. It is therefore surprising important to consume variety of foods that will provide our body with energy and natural vitamins. If there is a lack of specific vitamins, nutritional supplements in the proper form and in combinations can compensate for this deficiency.

Do you eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, or you are a person who skipped salad or fruit, and prefer to take a vitamin mixture? Do you eat in most fast food restaurants, but try for yourself and your health by taking vitamin supplements?

Vitamin and mineral supplements certainly have their place but they are not and can not substitute for a balanced diet. Instead of trying to compensate for vitamin preparations do what we do wrong, we need as much as possible to eat properly. If you are concerned that your diet is bad, contact your doctor and nutritionist and consult with them whether certain vitamin preparations were a good option for you.

Myth no. 4: "Vitamin cure the disease"

Vitamins are not miracle drugs. Some vitamins help with increased fatigue, mental and physical stress, excessive exposure to stress, for better memory, the proper functioning of the digestive system. Recommended for women of childbearing age, smokers, people on restrictive diets, people who are recovering from serious illness or surgery.


Myth no. 5: "The natural vitamins are better than synthetic"

Nutrients originating from food are the best choice because they are then "packaged" in their natural complexes that can best absorb and utilize in our body. When we talk about the preparations - whether vitamins are synthesized in the laboratory or in animals or plants, your body uses them in the same way. Unlike feels only your wallet.

Myth no. 6: "The vitamin B complex to gain weight"

B vitamins play an important role in metabolism, or gaining energy from food. It is therefore often considered as an "appetite enhancers." The fact is that the person who had a vitamin B complex may result in stimulating appetite, however, do we have control over the amount of food you bring into the body, we will not gain weight just because of the vitamin B complex.

Shocking truth about the dangers of our favorite fast food !

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fast food like burgers and fries were once a delicious and nutritious, but today is produced from various residues and additives.
Once upon a time, hamburger and French fries were tasty meals made from fresh and nutritious ingredients like real meat and domestic potato.  But today the situation is slightly different and the two basic types of fast food, and just like everything else we consume, have a completely different meaning.


Unfortunately, many of our favorite foods, especially fast food, not in the kitchen made already been created and perfected in the laboratory. Discovered many truths about bad today fast food restaurant chains by which it is sold, tricking consumers as a healthy and full of the necessary ingredients. So, next time before you jump on chewing his extra large menu, keep in mind a few truths about fast food.


Fast food contains a large number of additives

Many fast food restaurants are common in Croatia in the last ten years, and one of them is a McDonalds. They, like others like him in his tender and delicious with fried chicken breast pieces in the pictures that look simply irresistible and tempting. But unfortunately, they have very little real chicken that are mainly compose of bread and chicken leftovers. Meat in these dishes contain up to seven different additives, some of which are a mixture of additives.

For example, there may be water available, starchy flour, dextrose, safflower oil, and sodium phosphates. The 'chicken' also contains yeast extract, and it adds up to 20 different ingredients and it gets a dish of breaded chicken breast.

Shake or milk shake, which also comes in a variety of restaurants of fast food is completely natural and contains up to 14 different chemical compounds. In contrast, classic milk shake is made only from milk and ice cream.

However, if the basic ingredients are so simple, why do they put in to drink and twice as many ingredients such as guar gum, cellulose, rubber and seaweed. Due to the fact that milk shake might be changed in any other than milk, but looking at the nutritional aspects of biotech, it's a little more.

Various other iced coffee drinks also act as a fairly simple to made. However, the ingredients of which contain the muck up to 25 different additives of which occupy a large portion of sugar and various oils.

Coffee syrup that is usually put in these drinks contain substances such as water, fructose corn syrup and propylene glycol laxative chemicals to be used as an emulsifier in foods and in the electronic cigarette.

Salami is made from the remains from slaughterhouses

No, no seafood at fast food restaurants are no exception, although one would think that this is a nutritious meal. These burgers or sandwiches actually consist of hoki fish that are caught in cold waters on the shores of New Zealand.

However, since most of the years the demand for fish has increased, there was danger of extinction and the New Zealand reduced the yield. But restaurants that offer such dishes are not reduced production. So instead of the fish here and there put into the mix another type. In the end, who will notice the difference when it is roasted and served in a sandwich.

Fast food is created in the laboratory

Unfortunately, many of our favorite foods, especially fast food, not in the kitchen made already been created and perfected in the laboratory. Discovered many truths about bad today fast food restaurant chains by which it is sold, tricking consumers as a healthy and full of the necessary ingredients

Salami has always been unknown because the meat is chopped up in it so much, and various additives that it is impossible to discover what this beast is. Most of the rooms is made from a variety of remains from slaughterhouses. There are besides these extra parts that would otherwise need to throw, mechanically remove the remains of the smallest muscles to bones.

Then it is 'meat' processed with lactose acid that is a waste product of bacteria in meat. These two give a flavor of salami and allow other bacteria to multiply also. To be covered all these aromas and flavors, the salami is added to salt and various spices, about 15 of them, and creating a popular 'food' that too often we eat.

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Myths and Realities about healthy food

Food prepared at home, a traditional recipe, not necessarily healthy, but depending on preparation, and foods such as vegetables and fish can turn into enemies of health!
Opinion that the food was prepared under controlled conditions and a healthy home kitchen is not always desirable correctly! Besides being difficult to get true information about the conditions in which some foods grown and processed food process gives rise to compounds hazardous to the health of certain organs and immune system.

Natural is not always healthy

Many plants and animals produce toxic substances in their natural environment are used to ward off predators or attacking prey. Natural toxins animal, plant or bacteria have diverse chemical structures, and cause different toxic effects. A man can poison the body if accidentally enters the poison plants or animals, and the sting or bite.

During the preparation of food most of these toxins is reduced, the fruits and vegetables, harmful substances caused by pesticides are removed by peeling the bark, preparing the oil removes unpleasant odors of some foods, and meat from the heat treatment removes excess oil. However, food preparation, cooking, sautéing, frying, smoking or firing of an organism or useful compounds are converted to undesirable and even harmful?

What happens on the grill

During the preparation or natural methods of preservation (smoking) among the mutagenic properties resulting from the most abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Their chief representative, benz-a-pyrene, created by the roasting, grilling and smoking food, as it changes the properties of proteins contained in food. Under the influence of high temperatures and the mutated proteins, or become carcinogenic and mutagenic.

Barbecue lovers definitely should restrain the desire to enjoy grilled meats, it is similar with ham, sausages and meat fried in oil.

PAH compounds to the fullest extent to create a form when melted fat dripping onto the heat source, gas, coal, wood, and are dispersed and partially accumulates on the surface of meat or fish are grilled on the barbecue.

How to reduce the concentration of PAH compounds in foods?

First Do not use coal as fuel
Second Avoid preparing food over an open fire
Third Get a special barbecue at which fat is prevented from dripping directly onto the heat source.

Each hostess is satisfied with dishes prepared on the surface when it takes on a nice brownish color, which guarantees the delicious flavor and skilful preparation of the evidence. But in the process of making desirable brown color to create a mutagenic and carcinogenic compounds. These compounds affect the changes in biochemical values ​​in blood, body weight gain and lead to the disappearance of brown-black pigment in liver cells. Of course, we should not panic, the concentration of these compounds is not great, and throughout life for most people there is no problem that can cause, but they certainly have an impact on the well-being.

Harmful substances can be avoided

PAH COMPOUNDS. They are found everywhere in the environment as products of decomposition of organic matter under the influence of heat in the foods were found more than 20 PAH compounds, and more than half of them have a carcinogenic effect. At higher concentrations cause tumors in the stomach, ovaries, lymph, and tumors in the breast of bile.

Since it occurs only at elevated temperatures, the food is healthier to prepare the lower temperatures, types of vegetables to choose poor nitrate and reheat! Any reheating increases the concentration of harmful substances.

Nitrates and nitrites

These chemicals are part of canned food and fresh foods, especially vegetables. In the human body, and if not provided with food, nitrite formed from nitrate in the digestive microflora. Thus, vegetables rich in nitrates in the body produce more nitrite.

Nitrites are used for preserving meat and fish products, and prevent bacterial growth and toxin and maintain the natural red color of fresh meat. The main source of nitrate in our diet is vegetables, and the amount of these compounds varies depending on the type, such as cabbage them contains less than spinach, beets and celery.

Misconceptions about spinach

For spinach believed to be very healthy and rich in beneficial ingredients, and in fact is one of the less valuable kinds of vegetables, and in some cases may be harmful. It has significantly less vitamins than, say, fresh cabbage, contain large amounts of nitrate, nitrite in the conversion of the human body have a detrimental effect.

What add beans

Vegetables are a source of minerals, vitamins and fiber needed for normal functioning of the body and strengthening the immune system, but because of the conversion of nitrate to nitrite dangerous it must be carefully prepared.

Carrot soup, after a cooked, reheat is not recommended because it becomes toxic. Broth containing carrots and other vegetables to cook for one meal. If however you plan to eat for dinner or the next day, strain it, remove the vegetables and water and keep after it cook fresh vegetables. Water in which you cook some dried smoked product, do not use for cooking beans, because the mixture of spices from the brine in combination with nitrates digest toxic and harmful compounds.

And what would it be healthy?

The vegetables and meats and grains, but at least worked. Vegetables, if possible, eat fresh, lightly seasoned or short cook. All the best to eat foods immediately after preparation, do not overdo, overdo, or fry. Also, unless necessary, do not leave for dinner or for a second or third day. More or less, all food is healthy in its own way, but well prepared and healthy.


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The truth about milk-remedy or poison?

Healthy and nutritious drinks or fattening threat full of harmful chemicals?
When we were little older we are constantly told that we must drink milk in order to grow healthy and strong. It was crucial to the health of our bones and teeth. No one has more time, more and more popular movement which claims that milk is not healthy for us and to contain dangerous bacteria, toxins and pesticides, growth hormones and harmful is everything .... Consumption of milk, apparently, can cause a range of diseases including diabetes, ear infections, dermatitis, eczema and acne, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease ...


On the other hand there are many studies and experts who claim that milk is healthy and that it would definitely need to drink more milk because it helps to increase protein intake and reduce sugar intake. In addition, consuming calcium through dairy products may reduce the absorption of fats from other foods.

What is the truth? This has dealt with specialists on the portal health.yahoo.net.

Claim no. 1: Milk helps to burn fat

Truth: Maybe. In a study conducted at the University of Tennessee found that obese people are three times a day taking calcium-rich dairy lost more belly fat than in those who had a similar diet without dairy products. In addition, it was found that calcium supplements did not work so well as milk. Why? They believe that calcium enhances the body's ability to burn fat, no other active components of milk such as milk proteins, further helps burn fat.



Claim no. 2: Drinking milk makes the muscles

Fact: Absolutely. In fact, milk is one of the best ingredients to create the muscle on the planet. A lot of very good quality protein: about 80 percent and 20 percent casein whey. Whey is known as 'fast protein' because it is rapidly broken down into amino acids and absorbed into the bloodstream - excellent for consumption after exercise. Casein is broken down more slowly, which is ideal, because the body gets more constant supply of small quantities of proteins, such as between meals or at bedtime.

Claim no. 3: The cows given antibiotics and hormones, and milk is so unhealthy foods

Truth: It is not proven. Some scientists argue that milk cows that receive antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistance in humans. No, it was never proven. In addition to the dairy farms are really taking care of cattle that are in therapy. When you are in therapy to shrink the milk into a collecting tank and the milk sold to processors. As far as hormones, the recession was in full sweep, a costly hormone injections and therefore not viable. In addition to the controls are pretty strict.Conducted testing of milk quality in laboratories, and that the tests are not the producers have announced.

Claim no. 4: Nonfat milk is much healthier than whole milk

Truth: Do not. At least not much. Most studies have shown that drinking whole milk and improves cholesterol levels - though not as much as drinking skim milk. There is also an exception: Danish researchers found that men who consumed a diet rich in whole milk experienced little increase in LDL cholesterol. No need to mention that they drank six cups of milk a day, which is a lot. And even then the levels of triglycerides - who are "responsible" for heart disease - decreased by 22 percent. So, if you drink two or three cups of milk a day - be it on defense or whole milk, reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke.

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