Advice is easy to come by these days, but how much of it is good advice? Certainly, when it's about what we eat, there are plenty of half-truths and just plain dumb ideas going around. With the experts seemingly changing their minds on what healthy eating actually is; it can be hard to know which food is good or bad for your health.

Date:   1/25/2010 3:17:41 AM ( 14 y ago)

Advice is easy to come by these days, but how much of it is good advice? Certainly, when it's about what we eat, there are plenty of half-truths and just plain dumb ideas going around. With the experts seemingly changing their minds on what healthy eating actually is; it can be hard to know which food is good or bad for your health.

Food & Nutrition is continually faced with the challenge of dispelling common myths about calories and weight management. There exist a lot of bizarre and at times ridiculous views about food. Food myths are created from outdated science, old granny tales, and a bit of wishful thinking. They stick around because they are so familiar. But every now and then, you need to take another look at information you believe is true and change with the times. Here are some food myths that we have busted!

• Milk: Good or bad?
  

  Milk, a decade back, was offered to gods as ‘Amrit' (Nectar), but now it has become controversial to drink milk. But in reality, Milk like any other food is compatible with some people (as it gives them strength, calcium, protein) and is incompatible to many others (as it gives them bloating, sinus, asthma, gall stones). So ultimately it is your body constitution which matters, not milk per se.

• Eat only fruits, milk and vegetables everyday to lose weight very fast.
  

  Many people have a mistaken belief that eating only fruits, vegetables and milk for days will help to lose weight real quick. But the truth is that this weight loss will only be there for the first week. After that you will hit a plateau which will result in frustration and binge eating.

• Vegetarians do not get enough proteins
  

  Vegetarian people can very easily get enough proteins from soya, nuts and paneer. Besides a judicious mix of pulses can also help you get your protein requirements. It is the potato and bread/maida (white flour) fanatics who have problems getting nutrients.

Read the entire article at Food Myths Busted

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