Many myths and beliefs related to eating food and its impact on the body are unfounded, despite its prevalence among different segments of society, and therefore we must put them to specialists to reveal the extent of their validity, and modify some unhealthy behaviors associated with them, according to what was published on the website dw Deutsche Welle in a video interview with Anya Schwingel, a nutrition expert.
When asked regarding some of these health beliefs, Schwingel said, “It is believed that spinach It contains a large proportion of iron, but it is a misconception, and it is said that mushrooms should not be reheated, and this is a misconception also because eating large quantities of food is what leads to obesity and not only in the abdominal area, and it is believed that eating coffee reduces the amounts of water in the body because it is consumed, and this Not entirely true, drinking coffee leads to an increase in urine output by 3% when drinking the same amount of water.
And regarding eating potatoes and bread and causing them to gain weight, she said: If a person eats bread and potatoes only, this will not lead to weight gain, especially if he eats low-fat foods or salads with them, despite the popularity of coconut oil and saying that it is very healthy and helps to lose weight. It reported that the reason people believe that it has a role in reducing weight is because it contains fatty acids that the body cannot store, but there is no evidence for this so far, and the fact that eggs are unhealthy because they contain cholesterol is not true at all, because they contain many nutrients, and the body A healthy person regulates the level of cholesterol by itself.
