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1. Chicken is a health food compared to many other foods
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True False
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False. Chicken contains homocysteine which causes many cancers. Also, factory farms are producing birds that are terrorized, confined, maimed, fed a toxic diet, slaughtered inhumanely, and transported long distances that require heavy sauces to cover up the smell of their rotting flesh.
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2. Whole grain cereal or toast is just as good as rice and other boiled whole grains
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True False
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False. Whole grains should comprise 25-50% of our diet, but cereal and bread are too dry, and often contain unhealthful ingredients from corn syrup to artificial colors to yeast. Instead, boil brown rice, millet, oats, quinoa, spelt, polenta and buckwheat, and chew them well.
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3. Sugar substitutes are just as bad, sometimes worse than sugar
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True False
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True. Corn syrup (especially high fructose), brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, saccharine, sucralose, nutrasweet and most other sweeteners have the same effect on our bodies, and sometimes don't satisfy us enough to stop, compared with sugar. Better choices are cooked fruit, agave nectar, rice syrup and barley malt, but these should still be used in moderation.
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4. Salads are always a good choice
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True False
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False. Salads can be healthful, but only if the produce is organic, and we do not add unhealthy dressings, and we don't overdo eating raw salad in the colder months. This would chill our body and cause colds and worse.
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5. Fasting is good for you
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True False
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True. Skipping a meal or two, or fasting one to three days or more (with water or another liquid) has been shown to have significant healing effects for most people. However, you may not want to work or exercise during this period, and if you have an infection, this can hurt your body's ability to fight it.
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6. It's fine to add salt to food on your plate, as long as it's sea salt
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True False
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False. Sea salt is a much better choice than Table Salt (NaCl), but still should not be added to completed meals. It is very strong and needs to be cooked into foods. If you require more salt, chances are you need to reduce sodium in all your meals, as well as sugar content. This can be completed over several weeks.
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7. Organic produce has no pesticides and more nutrients than conventional produce
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True False
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True. Organic foods have been shown to have higher nutritional value, as well as far fewer pesticides and other toxins. They are well worth the extra price most of the time. Consider eating smaller amounts to save money, or growing your own, if budget is an issue.
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8. Tuna, swordfish, bluefish should be avoided because of their mercury content
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True False
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True. Any fish high on the food chain, ingests large amounts of other fish, and their fat cells store toxins from red tide, and toxic waste that we dump into lakes, rivers and the ocean. Smaller, white meat fish such as cod, haddock, hake, monkfish, pollock, red snapper and tilapia are much better choices.
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9. It's better to eat more meat in the summertime
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True False
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False. In the Summer, our bodies are more active and crave lighter foods. That makes sense, because we get more energy from the Sun then. Try to eat less meat, especially barbecue, as it has too much energy. Choose salads, and grains like corn, long grain rice, and barley. Also, Summer is a great time for fresh and local fruits.
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10. Locally grown foods are better for the environment
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True False
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True. When we eat foods that travel a long distance to reach us, it requires more energy and pollutes more. It reminds me of busing school children all over, when we can just send them to local schools.
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11. Grains digest in your stomach
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True False
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False. Grains digest in your mouth, through proper chewing and mixing with saliva. One reason that low-carb diets were popular for a while is that people generally don't chew enough, and therefore simple and complex carbs need to be stored by the body until it can break them down when a fast or marathon training session requires it.
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12. Pickles are good for you
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True False
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True. Real pickles right at the end of a meal, made from vegetables, water and salt, help your gallbladder produce bile for proper digestion. Ironically, many delis serve them before the meal.
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13. Most Americans don't eat seaweed
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True False
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False. In fact, seaweed is in many popular products such as jello, cream cheese, yogurt, and many other processed foods. But, by adding even more seaweed (varieties such as Nori, Wakame, Dulse, Agar, Kombu and Alaria are in the kitchens of many healthy people) to soups, stirfries, sauces, desserts and snack foods, you can make meals more interesting and nutritious, while helping your thyroid, bones and blood.
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14. Cow's milk is an unhealthy food that can cause asthma, acne, early puberty and more
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True False
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True. The National Dairy Council et al will be very angry with us, but the truth is there is millions of harmful bacteria in each glassful of milk, and just saying no can be one of the best things you can do to improve your health. Need calcium? Eat your greens.
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15. Baked foods are better for you than fried foods
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True False
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False. Baked foods are very powerful, and are abused by many people through bread, pizza, cookies and meats, leading to liver, kidney, pancreas, testicular and ovarian cancers. Fried foods are bad only if the oil is of poor quality, the food is high fat or filled with pesticides such as meats and the amount eaten is too much.
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16. Overeating can be worse for you than eating smaller amounts of unhealthy foods
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True False
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True. While it's better to eliminate fast foods, processed foods, animal foods, etc., we can overburden our bodies by eating too much, not chewing enough, and eating right before bed, not allowing our bodies to clean up while we sleep. How you eat is just as important as what you eat.
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17. Bananas, mangos, and coconuts are very good for you if you live in the Northeast
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True False
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False. Tropical foods are great for people who live in the tropics, but should be eaten very rarely, in small quantities, and well cooked in the north. They may have raw nutrients, but a person's health is created by balance, and tropical foods destroy our balance and weaken us, as well as give us cravings for baked and animal foods.
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18. Microwaved foods can be healthy
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True False
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False. The microwave was developed by a Massachusetts company (Raytheon) for defense purposes, but it destroys the natural goodness of foods. Convenience has a price, and it's your health.
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19. Our bodies are designed to eat no more than 15% of our food from animal sources
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True False
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True. With long digestive tracts, four canines, and no claws, clearly we were meant to eat grains, vegetables, berries and seeds, etc. as our main diet. While animal foods are fun and may taste good, they are destroying our health and our environment, because we eat too much of them.
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20. Farm-raised fish are a safe way to get omega-3 fish oils
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True False
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False. While omega oils are beneficial to your health, most farm-raised fish have fewer omega oils, high amounts of pesticides, and for each pound require about seven pounds of ocean catch. That is unsustainable, and a harmful practice for us and for the environment.
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