Comments on: ‘Double Dipping Will Kill You’ and Other Strange Myths About Food

By: » What Foods Are Really Bad? Body Untapped

» What Foods Are Really Bad? Body Untapped — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:15:59 +0000

[…] Food myths abound, but whether or not you try to cure a hangover with food from the greasy spoon or lose a few pounds with a maple syrup fast, you’re probably not doing a significant amount of damage to your body in the long term. There, is however, a whole lot that we don’t know about our standard diet that is causing a problem. Studies show most Americans know very little about what they’re eating, and in a society seduced by labels like “low fat,” “sugar free,” and “reduced sodium,” we are very trusting. How many of us really take the time to know what we’re eating? We’re not all chemists and nutritionists, but there are laymen’s terms when understanding food that we should focus on. […]

By: Heather Dale

Heather Dale — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:30:45 +0000

So much for thinking a cure to a bad hangover was going to the closest greasy spoon diner to eat the pain away 🙂

By: Katherine Butler

Katherine Butler — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:35:07 +0000

this article traumatized me so much that my boyfriend dropped a piece of cheese on the tile today, causing me to shriek at him to leave it. yay!

By: Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Caitlin Fitzsimmons — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:59:52 +0000

I always thought the 5-second rule only applied to chocolate and it was actually a joke based on the fact that eating chocolate is always worth it, despite the germs.