6 (Mostly) false food myths

junck foods kill.

Antioxidants! Yes, I'm a firm believer in them. History of severe bronchitis for years, turned to pnuemonia the last time. Started eating 1/2 - 3/4 cup of blueberries every day, yes, every day with cereal. No bronchitis for over 4 years now. Other than not going out when rainy and cold, that is the only thing I changed. I simply started eating blueberries every day. And, I still love to eat them!

"Too bad they didn't say anything about consuming "antioxidents". This popular myth gets a lot of air time, but the fact is, your body produces antioxidents all the time and there in no value in trying to eat more of them. In fact, if you were able to ingest antioxidents in an effort to somehow change the balence your body naturally produces, you'd likely screw it up, as you needs change constantly, second by second. Not enough antioxidents and you'd get a fever or even catch fire, too much and you'd drop dead from lack of metabolic activity. Since these things don't seem to happen much only illustrates how wonderfully our bodies self-regulate."

I would take your point more seriously if you hadn't misspelled antioxidants.

Hello! The chemicals in bleached white flour are NOT completely safe. Chemicals in any food are not completely safe. Perhaps several people seem to to fine eating them, but look at the American population compared to the rest of the world. Where does the obesity come from? Also food allergies skyrocketed when they started allowing food companies to put these chemicals in our food. Safe? I don't think so.

Too bad they didn't say anything about consuming "antioxidents". This popular myth gets a lot of air time, but the fact is, your body produces antioxidents all the time and there in no value in trying to eat more of them. In fact, if you were able to ingest antioxidents in an effort to somehow change the balence your body naturally produces, you'd likely screw it up, as you needs change constantly, second by second. Not enough antioxidents and you'd get a fever or even catch fire, too much and you'd drop dead from lack of metabolic activity. Since these things don't seem to happen much only illustrates how wonderfully our bodies self-regulate.

The number one killer of man, is not nuclear accidents, fat, cholesterol, smoking, drugs, wars, floods, tsunamis, fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, murders, drowning, cancer, aids, or auto accidents, or even sports -- it is SALT! Salt kills more people every year, than "all" other things, combined, (yes "combined"). All diseases are also enhanced, facilitated, and accelerated by salt, as well; leading to lesser quality of life, and earlier death. Even small amounts of salt in the diet are very dangerous. Most meat items at Wal-Mart, and all other grocers, are injected with a 15% to 20% of salt solution (to artificially get the weight up - we're paying high beef prices for salt water). Food production companies, know that you will always buy the "Heavier" box of cereal (or any other product), so they poor heavy amounts of salt, and or sugar, into the box in order to get the weight up. Salt is not a spice, or an herb -- it's listed by the Food and Drug Administration, under the title of "POISONS". Want to live healthier, and live 12% to 20% longer - demand that your governments get in line with Wal-Mart, in reducing, and removing salt from your food. Wal-Mart announced it's plans to do so, in January of 2011 -- I'm still waiting to see it: even though their 25% target is not nearly enough.
By the way “SEA SALT” is the very same thing! Here’s the trick:
When you put bee bees in a glass, more of them fit in the glass than larger ball bearings, but they are both made of the same thing. SEA SALT is the very same salt, but is not ground as finely as table salt --- s-o-o-o: when your are told that sea salt weighs less than table salt by “VOLUME” (simply means fewer big things fit in the same glass), you are being sucker punched. But we are smarter than that, right? Always choose the box that weighs less, and read the sodium content on the labels. Please copy this and tweet it to your congressmen, and congresswomen.
Hey Senator, where is the number one killer of man in the Health Care Plan? My group cannot find it in there!

Myth #4: Carrots make you see better
The source of this myth was actually a deliberate mis-information campaign spread during World War 2 by the British to 'explain' why the RAF was so effective against invaders, as part of trying to maintain the secrecy of the new aviation technology (RADAR).

Here you go!!

Blame it all on television. A steady stream of stupid brain wasting RERUNS, creates enough frustration that a person has do something to ease the irritation. So grab the frozen yogurt, the popcorn, the peanut butter and crackers, make a milk shake during the commercials. With the time eaten up by commercials, mix a batch of brownies to eat during the next piece of stupidity played by cable.

It took all winter to gain that 16 pounds and I refuse to give it up.

Yet another myth of facts from myths.

The disclaimer of "Mostly" makes it a truth?

God, I could write this junk. At least it wasn’t another story on how fabulous Michelle
Obama is.

not eating a snack at night if you're hungry leads to poor sleep. calories are calories.
If you over indulge at night, you probably will in the day too, especially on weekends.
There are tons of snacks out there that are low calorie. like home made popcorn, tortillas and salsa..

just use your head, eat out of a bowl, and contain yourself!

The difference is: Eating at night won't automatically make you gain weight. Whether you eat an apple during the day or at night, it still has the same calories and your body uses it the same way. The point they're making is that at night you're more prone to eating three apples (possibly dipped in caramel sauce) instead of just one.

Breastfeeding mother- Totally different rules for you!

Sorry, I gotta have my snack before bed. Being a breastfeeding mother if I don't have my snack then I'm starving in the middle of the night when my daughter wakes me to feed her.

Myth #6: Sugar causes diabetes
....you're just twisting words. Eating too much sugar raises blood sugar, over time high blood sugar messes with your pancreas and insulin levels, leading to hypoglycemia, which gets worse and then you get diabetes. So yes, sugar causes diabetes. That's exactly the process I had to reverse when my doctor told me I was hypoglycemic -___-

People constantly drinking sugary soft drinks which causes their body to have to constantly release insulin over and over again are surely contributes to diabetes. I am hypoglycemic and have to plan my meals to avoid drastic spikes and dips in my blood sugar.

Myth #5: Eating after dark packs on pounds
The nugget of truth: People are more prone to overeat at night

How are these different again?
Thanks for another factually ambiguous, "maybe/maybe not"-filled article. :D