Food and Nutrition – Bursting Myths

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1 Bananas makes you fatBananas give you
calories as much as a pear! It is a concentrated
source of minerals and vitamins andcontains a
carbohydrate called Resistant Starch (RS),
which helps in weight loss. 2 Comfort food
helps you chase away bluesA pizza on delivery?
Street chaat? Or a bowl of Mac and Cheese? While
you are down, comfort food just makes you feel
better doesnt it?
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In a recent study on Health Psychology, a bunch
of people were shown a depressing movie to make
them feel negative. Then they were given their
comfort food, no food or food not considered to
be comfort food. And they all recovered in equal
amount of time. So, eating comfort food is no
more and excuse to chase blues. Moreover, these
foods all contain refined flour which gives
glucose spikes with no healthy nutrient as
such. 3 Choose a Multigrain/Wheat bread over
White breadWheat bread white bread with
caramel/molassesMultigrain bread- refined grains
mixed togetherAlways look for 100 multigrain
label on the pack.
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4 Rock salt is healthier than Table saltRock
salt and table salt have the same amount of
sodium in a tablespoon. Rock salt has other
minerals and magnesium which exist in trace
amounts. And table salt has iodine. This is
very essential in your wholesome diet, as
deficiency of iodine can lead to a condition of
Hypothyroidism. You could have the best of both
instead of giving up on table salt. 5 You need
to give up on carbs to lose weightNutritionists
say that banning carbs from your diet is not
necessary. Its is about having the right
portion. According to experts, carbs should take
up ¼ of the portion of the meal it is
responsible for giving exclusive energy. In
absence of carbs, the energy providing function
is done by proteins and fats thereby creating a
situation in which an accountant is used to
design a building!
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