5 myths about food
"Beer on wine, don't do that", "Coffee drains the body of water" - we all know such myths about food. But which of them are actually true? And which myths are deliberately perpetuated by the food industry in order to continue marketing certain products as "necessary" or supposedly healthy?
Myth 1: People need to eat sugar
The food industry does everything it can to perpetuate the myth that people need to eat a certain amount of Sugar Consume. The sugar lobby claims on its website that: "Carbohydrates such as sugar are important energy suppliers and thus essential to life, as the body needs them as a source of energy for its metabolism." Former nutrition minister Christian Schmidt also claimed in a talk show that "humans need sugar." Which is why the impression created here is simply wrong, you can read here.
Myth 2: "Beer on wine, let it be; wine on beer, that's my advice?"
If you drink too much, you often suffer from a hangover the next morning. Whether it's malaise or a headache - it's not pretty. Is the hangover only related to how much you drank or also to the order in which you drank? Researchers at the University of Witten/Herdecke conducted a wet experiment to find out. And you can already guess, proverbs often have a different background than thought. What came out of the experiment, you can read here.
Myth 3: Coffee deprives the body of water
This myth has also lasted a surprisingly long time in our team and, surprise surprise - it's not true either. Because: Yes, Coffee promotes the body's excretion of water. But this effect is only noticeable with more than six cups of coffee a day - if at all. According to the German Association of Internal Medicine (BDI), after drinking coffee we excrete 84 percent of the liquid we take in within 24 hours. With water, the figure is 81 percent.
Myth 4: After the heavy meal first a digestive liquor
After dishes such as a roast or cheese fondue, many people swear by a digestive liquor. In principle, bitter substances are said to have a digestive effect. High-percentage herbal liqueurs also contain them, but the alcohol in them cancels out the positive effect. Alcohol paralyzes the stomach muscles and thus even inhibits digestion.
Myth 5: Apple syrup is healthier than sugar
Most people know that sugar is unhealthy. That's why food manufacturers are now sweetening their products more frequently with alternatives such as apple syrup - after all, it sounds much healthier. But the main ingredient in apple syrup is sugar. While an average apple contains about 10 percent sugar, the concentrate contains a full 80 percent. Last year, we awarded the Golden Windbag to the organic manufacturer Zwergenwiese. The manufacturer deceived consumers by marketing its children's tomato sauce as suitable for children. However, the children's tomato sauce contained more than twice as much sugar as the adult version - and Zwergenwiese also initially tried to get out of it by saying that they sweetened it with apple syrup, as if that made up for the high sugar content. In response to our criticism, Zwergenwiese then changed the recipe for its children's tomato sauce. It now contains 43 percent less sugar and thus meets the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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