Mental Floss, a Youtube channel that aims to cleanse your brain and disprove misconceived ideas with their evidence based approach!
There are a total of 10 misconceptions they wish to challenge in this episodes and they are the following:
1. People who only eat Raw Food Have Better digestion
2. Dark breads is healthier than light bread
3. Artificial sweeteners promote weight loss
4. If it says all natural it is healthy
5. Agave nectar is better than sugar
6. Margarine is better than butter
7. Brown Eggs are more nutritious than white eggs
8. Brown Sugar is healthier than white sugar
9. Local means organic
10. Organic foods has more nutrients
After watching, you will find some interesting facts and these are the four (4) noteworthy ones:
1. When you are looking for that healthier bread it is best to look for "whole wheat" or "whole Grain wheat." Dark breads are not necessarily healthier.
2. Margarine is healthier than Butter because it lowers Low Density Lipoproteins or Bad Cholesterol!
3. Brown Sugar and White Sugar is the same just with the molasses removed.
4. Organic foods have the same amount of nutrients but they have more anti-oxidants than non-organics!
[Source: Mental Floss on YouTube]
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