Myths about healthy foods

Some myths about the "health food"

Most of the myths about healthy eating is wrong, I approached the lies that many are concerned about this issue.

Whole foods do lose weight:

    Some people think that "integral" is like "dietary" mistake because flour and whole grains offer similar calories than refined products, it can be said to be healthier thanks to its high content of minerals and fibers that help eliminate toxins more easily.

Salads of fast food are "healthy choice":

    A research conducted recently on salads sold in fast food noted that these products are high in salt and fat, a Big Mac has 540 calories and 1,040 milligrams of salt and a full salad with chicken and dressing has 530 calories and 1,260 mg of salt, that is, the Big Mac is healthier and it is richer.

0% fat products are healthy:

    People who consume believe that lose weight faster. The problem lies in that, by eliminating the fat part of the original flavor is removed and this intimate manufacturers to add more sugar and chemicals of unknown origin, as such foods 0% fat may be even lower than the common.

The cookies are healthier than bread:

    Cookies provide more calories, 420 in 100 grams more than bread, 280 in 100 grams and also more fat.

Lemons provide vitamin C and have no sugar:

    It is true that lemons provide vitamin C, but other fruits have identical properties and are richer, a kilo of strawberries has more vitamin C than a kilo of lemons and less sugar.

The cereal bars are healthy:

    Athletes consume as a protein supplement, but they do not know is that these grains, if mixed with fruit and chocolate, can offer up to twice the usual sugar candy.

Spinach provide strength:

    This vegetable contains iron, but have more lentils, liver, pork or cockles, laxatives and spinach have a substance chelating substances that form complexes with heavy metal ions that make more difficult the absorption of iron.

Carrots intensify vision:

    The carotenoids having carrot are precursors of vitamin A, necessary for manufacturing the pigment rhodopsin, which provides improved visual acuity in environments with poor lighting conditions.