food myths

[Anonymous No.18028863]

ITT food myths. post food myths you have heard or that your family has taught you.

My dad says that if you drink milk mixed with energy drinks your liver will shrink, also swallowing gum gives you appendicitis.

[Anonymous No.18028904]

>>18028863
>eating fat will make you fat
>saturated fats cause heart disease
>refined seed oils are heart healthy
>red meat causes cancer
>humans aren't meant to consume meat
>humans aren't meant to consume vegetables
>humans aren't meant to consume carbs
>fruit is bad for you
>fruit is a superfood
>if you eat x organ from an animal it will improve the health of your corresponding organ

[Anonymous No.18028921]

if you swallow watermelon seeds a tree will grow in your tummy and you will die painfully

[Anonymous No.18028933]

>>18028921
That's not a myth

[Anonymous No.18028947]

>>18028863
>all those lucozade flavours
whaaaaaaaat. in australia we only have orange.

[Anonymous No.18028962]

>>18028947
don't worry, orange is the only that tastes any good

[Anonymous No.18028997]

>>18028933
you saying it's true?

[Anonymous No.18029006]

>>18028921
Watermelon doesn't grow on a tree dum dum.

[Anonymous No.18029008]

>>18028997
Yes. It happened to me once

[Anonymous No.18029099]

>>18028863
My mom thinks that reboiling water gives you cancer. She even has a cup next to the kettle to pour the remaining water into and use it for something else

[Anonymous No.18029107]

>>18029099
this is true

[Anonymous No.18029110]

>>18028904
That’s why I eat nothing but Rocky Mountain oysters

[Anonymous No.18029111]

if you swallow gum it stays in your stomach for 7 years

[Anonymous No.18029116]

>>18029111
I remember hearing that one a lot growing up. Also that eating past 6pm makes you fat. Someone I was in much better shape than would always tell me that, I'd just laugh at him and enjoy my food.

[Anonymous No.18029130]

>>18028863
Drinking milk with a meal that has fish will poison you and kill you. Same thing for sketti.

This was my paternal grandma, she even claimed she asked a Dr if this was true and he confirmed it. Whenever she'd make fish id purposefully drink a huge glass of fucking whole milk just to make her seethe. She was a repressed dyke that was an absolute cunt to be around and an absolute fucking bitch. She thought she was right about EVERYTHING. I celebrated when she died by getting super drunk and snorting xanaxs before the funeral.

[Anonymous No.18029240]

it's the 5 seconds rule a myth or based on reality?

[Anonymous No.18029382]

>>18029240
It's a complete myth for retards. the bacteria on the floor would spread to the food as soon as it hit the ground.

[Anonymous No.18029466]

Milk will spoil after a thunderstorm

[Anonymous No.18029477]

>>18029382
What’s not a myth is bacteria moves at the speed of light and transverses space instantaneously

[Anonymous No.18029524]

>>18029240
It's real, but only applies to bacteria, not viruses.
You probably know that viruses are not organisms, they are a chain of DNA or RNA. Then they infect that cell so it creates more virus matter, etc.
If these DNA chains are adhering to a surface and your food touches it they may start sticking to the food as well, then enter your body via your mouth and you may get a traditional viral infection. So far, so common sense.
Bacteria are a bit of a different beast though. They are microorganisms, complete with cell(s) etc. Those are the small things you see under a microscope in school in a sample of old water. Since they are bigger (compared to viruses) and made of actual cell matter, bacteria are usually adhering a lot stronger to the surface they rest on, compared to a virus with its nucleic acid chains. This means that if they come into contact with the food the forces holding them to their original surface are stronger initially, meaning they would usually not so simply switch surfaces.
Now biologically speaking the goal of bacteria is still to spread, so the bacteria will naturally produce mucus upon receiving a stimulus (such as sufficient change in pressure indicating that another object is in contact with it). This mucus will loosen the adherence with the original surface, while also increasing the moisture of their surrounding medium (on a microscopic level, it's not like things actually get wet). In this mucus they can then move and go towards the new surface, where they attach themselves anew. This whole process doesn't apply to all bacteria and even among those where they do use this method the times it takes them varies by quite a lot, but it just so happens that the bacteria most likely to be present and to infect the average human take around 5 seconds (maybe a second more or less depending on the air moisture etc) to switch surfaces. You can test this under a microscope with two stained glass slides and some dirty water.

[Anonymous No.18029552]

>>18029240
It's actually closer to the 5 femtoseconds rule, so if you are fast enough that's fine.

[Anonymous No.18029561]

>>18029006
This.
It's actually manufactured in the grocery stores.

[Anonymous No.18029793]

>>18028921
I've heard this one too. I don't ever understand why would parents tell their kids such scary nonsense, it's not like watermelon seed are harmful in any way.

[Anonymous No.18029800]

>>18029793
They thought appendicitis was commonly caused by seeds getting trapped in the appendix.

[Anonymous No.18029820]

>>18028921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTxn2BuqyzU

[Anonymous No.18029839]

Raw eggs will make you sick.

[Anonymous No.18029857]

>>18028863
My dad tells me that mineral water causes kidney stones, he thinks tap water is healthier.

[Anonymous No.18030641]

>>18029839
this is 100% correct

[Anonymous No.18030657]

>>18029130
Cool it edgelord

[Anonymous No.18030672]

>>18029524
nobody be reading that retard

[Anonymous No.18030988]

>>18029839
only for euros

[Anonymous No.18031028]

>mercury in fish
>lead in el yucateco hot sauces
>eggs gives cholesterol
>red meat gives cholesterol
>overdosing on liver
mega kek at all of these, must be the kind of people that got jabbed and boosted

[Anonymous No.18031296]

>the crust of the bread is the healthy part

My mom used to tell me this to get me to eat the sandwich bread crust as a kid. I never thought about it until a couple of years ago how retarded that sounds after baking bread all of the time.

[Anonymous No.18031329]

msg is bad

[Anonymous No.18031344]

Poprocks and soda will make your stomach explode.

[Anonymous No.18031346]

>>18031028
Heyyyyyyyyy WAIT A SECOND...

[Anonymous No.18031468]

>>18029477
The fact that this is a plot device of the first season of Star Trek Discovery makes me want to kill myself.

[Anonymous No.18031476]

>>18028863
eggs shells are really bad for you and won't leave your stomach if you eat them

[Anonymous No.18031497]

>>18031344
It’s true. That’s what killed the original Mikey from the Life commercials.

[Anonymous No.18031532]

>"Undercooked" pork will give you lock jaw
>you have to wash your chicken
>you can't use soap on cast iron
>it is impossible to burn off trans fats

[Anonymous No.18031543]

>>18031468
Star Trek? How do you trek stars? You probably mean Star Wars, the George Lucas movies with Darth Vader and shit like that. But I'm not a nerd so I don't care which Star Wars your thing happened in.