Get your facts right about food and you'll never follow any myths
| Updated: Jun 25, 2019, 13:53 IST
We all are blessed with a very convenient way of finding information regarding anything and everything. We get to learn a lot and also get to know about things which are new in trends or about something we'd get curious about. But, the Internet is also a place which can feed you over information on something. There are just so many articles on a topic you'd want to research on that if one article might talk positively about a certain thing, another piece of information might completely deny with it. And so, it has become really hard to gather the right kind of information on a particular topic.
Likewise, when it comes to food, there's again, a lot of information and a lot many myths too. Since we often tend to believe what the majority of the crowd says, we end up following some wrong things and then it all messes up. This is why, we're here to make you give up on a few myths about good and get your facts right about the same so that you can very much start following the right information on one of the basic necessity, which is food.
- Cooking vegetables and fruits will reduce the nutritional value of it - Cooking will take out some heat sensitive vitamins like folate and vitamin C. But you should know just the right amount of heat that is needed to the fruits and vegetables. It's also true that health benefits are unlocked through cooking in some instances.
- Oranges are the best natural source of vitamin C - It's actually strawberries that have more vitamin C than oranges. 57 mg/100 g as compared to 42 mg/ 100 g, precisely. You munch on just seven strawberries according to the recommended daily amount of vitamin C that contributes to the normal function of the immune system which also helps in reducing fatigue and tiredness.
- Organic fruits are the healthiest: In actuality, there is a negligible nutritional difference between organic and non-organic fruits.
- Drinking fruit juice is equally nutritious as eating the whole fruit - A whole fruit contains vital fibers and nutrients which are otherwise removed while juicing.
- Dried fruits and fresh fruits have equal amount of nutrition - The heat that is used in dried fruits has the ability to decrease the amount of some heat-sensitive nutrients like vitamin C. Although, just one piece of dried fruit does contain the same nutrients as that of a fresh fruit but only in smaller portion.
Likewise, when it comes to food, there's again, a lot of information and a lot many myths too. Since we often tend to believe what the majority of the crowd says, we end up following some wrong things and then it all messes up. This is why, we're here to make you give up on a few myths about good and get your facts right about the same so that you can very much start following the right information on one of the basic necessity, which is food.
- Cooking vegetables and fruits will reduce the nutritional value of it - Cooking will take out some heat sensitive vitamins like folate and vitamin C. But you should know just the right amount of heat that is needed to the fruits and vegetables. It's also true that health benefits are unlocked through cooking in some instances.
- Oranges are the best natural source of vitamin C - It's actually strawberries that have more vitamin C than oranges. 57 mg/100 g as compared to 42 mg/ 100 g, precisely. You munch on just seven strawberries according to the recommended daily amount of vitamin C that contributes to the normal function of the immune system which also helps in reducing fatigue and tiredness.
- Organic fruits are the healthiest: In actuality, there is a negligible nutritional difference between organic and non-organic fruits.
- Drinking fruit juice is equally nutritious as eating the whole fruit - A whole fruit contains vital fibers and nutrients which are otherwise removed while juicing.
- Dried fruits and fresh fruits have equal amount of nutrition - The heat that is used in dried fruits has the ability to decrease the amount of some heat-sensitive nutrients like vitamin C. Although, just one piece of dried fruit does contain the same nutrients as that of a fresh fruit but only in smaller portion.