Eight Food Myths Busted

Certain foods can burn fat. -- 'course not
It's better to eat six mini meals than three squares. -- not in terms of calories consumed but it is better to keep your blood sugar on an even (even-er) keel as that helps to prevent uncontrolled eating and binging
Fresh fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than frozen ones. -- not in terms of vitamins but they do have less salt as salt is a part of the freezing process. However, salt is not totally absent as some of it comes through in the growing of plants.
Decaf coffee has no caffeine. -- minimal caffeine but there is some. For a truly caffeine-free hot drink, herbal tea or plain water or hot milk are probably best.
Margarine is better than butter. -- depends on your definition of "better". Less fat? Nope; it's virtually the same. Plus it depends on how it's made. Margarine can be made without cholesterol and even with plant phytols to help lower cholesterol. Butter, not so much.
Bananas are fattening. -- definitely not but they do have some fat that other fruits don't have. But it's minimal, about a gram per banana. Don't give up bananas in favor of cupcakes and think you're getting the better end of the deal. You're just deluding yourself there.
Cravings are your body's way of telling you it needs something. -- absolutely not. They are your mind's way of telling you to eat whatever the hell it is you want.
Cooking veggies destroys their vitamin content. -- cooking does change things chemically. For tomatoes, it actually improves things, by bringing out more lycopene. You actually get more lycopene out of ketchup or tomato sauce than you do out of fresh tomatoes.

Cravings are your body's way of telling you it needs something.

Coffee is Healthy! So Why Not Make That a Quad Shot Caramel Macchiato!
Written by Superhuman
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Most people think coffee is bad for the health and some people consider it downright sinful. While we won’t comment on the sinfulness of coffee drinking, we can say that they’re wrong about coffee and health" coffee is a healthy food. Several recent studies found that coffee drinking prevented premature death from all causes and reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and some cancers. Austrian researchers from the University of Vienna found that coffee drinking protected white blood cell DNA from damaging free radicals. Free radicals are produced naturally during metabolism and are linked to aging, DNA damage, and impaired immunity. Coffee drinking increased the concentration of the powerful antioxidant superoxide dismutase by 38 percent. They concluded that drinking coffee might prevent oxidative DNA damage more than diets high in fruits and vegetables. If the results of this study are true, mothers might say to their children, “drink your coffee” instead of “eat your broccoli.” (Food Chemical Toxicology, 45: 1428-1436, 2007)

coffee is the miracle food this month