Spanish nutritionists' book dispels 98 'potentially dangerous' food myths
Sunday, June 9, 2013 @ 6:40 PM
FRUIT does not ferment in the stomach – unless the consumer has a medically-diagnosed intestinal obstruction – excess sleeping does not make people fat and oysters are not an aphrodisiac, according to a new book written by three Spanish nutrionists.
Antonio Ortí, Ana Palencia and Raquel Bernacer, co-authors of Comer o no comer: Falseades y mitos de la alimentación ('To eat or not to eat: Dietary myths') dispel 98 of the most popular old wives' tales about food.
Neither fruit nor any other food ferments inside the body, and whilst oysters are healthy because they are a source of vitamin A and D, potassium,iodine, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, there are no scientific grounds for their being considered as heightening sexual desire, and although the body burns off less energy whilst sleeping, getting eight to 10 hours' kip a night is optimum and protects against piling on weight.
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