Misunderstandings about nutrients

The next five nutrients are often avoided during periods of weight loss, because they are high in calories or people think they are bad for their health. But they are actually very good for your health.

Avocados

Misunderstanding: "Avocados are very high in fat"

Avocados are rich in mono-unsaturated fats, so they are excellent for your heart. Avocados have many components that protect you against viruses like anti-oxidants, lutein, ?-carotene and vitamin E. Moreover avocados help you with the absorption of other nutrients. Research showed that avocados give a higher absorption from their anti-oxidants when they are prepared with salsa or if they are part of a salad.

Coffee

Misunderstanding: "Coffee only keeps you awake"

And this is what's right: American scientists discovered that the caffeine in coffee helps to improve your mind. Moreover, drinking caffeine regularly helps to reduce the risk of getting diabetes type 2. People who drink four to six cups of coffee per day, have a 28% less risk to get this disease than people who drink only two cups per day.

Mushrooms

Misunderstanding: low-calorie food that doesn't provide you any essential nutrients.

Facts: Mushrooms contain 90% water and only 18 kcal each, but mushrooms are a popular subject for scientific research at the moment. Certain ingredients of mushrooms have many positive effects on our health, such as improvement of the immune system and preventing certain types of cancer. Furthermore, champignons contain more potassium than oranges, which lowers your blood pressure.

Peanutbutter

Misunderstanding: "High in fat and calories"

Facts: Five different investigations confirmed that eating peanuts (and thus peanutbutter) reduce the risk of getting heart diseases... without increasing your weight! One to two teaspoons of peanutbutter was enough to satisfy the craving for food by participants to these researches.

Eggs

Misunderstanding: "Eggs are high in cholesterol"

Facts: Eggs are cheap sources of high rated proteins and contain many different minerals and essential nutrients. For example, eggs contain: folic acid, vitamin B2, selenium and choline.

Containing only 75 kcal each, eggs provide you with many essential nutrients and fit perfectly in a low-calorie diet.

Make use of this knowledge in your daily life and eat more avocados, mushrooms, eggs and peanutbutter and drink more coffee!

View this article in Dutch: Misvattingen over voedingsmiddelen.

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 | Posted in: Nourishment | Posted by: Jeremy Walters

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