1Celery
It takes half a calorie of energy to digest a stalk of celery, making it not, in fact, negative calories.
2. Unfrosted Pop-tarts have more calories than frosted Pop-tarts.
3. Coffee Flour is made from Coffee cherries, the discarded fruit surrounding the coffee bean. This is Gluten-free, high in fiber and protein, and produced from a source which is currently being discarded at a rate of around 75% of production.
4. Peeling an apple will remove 50% of its total fiber and around 30% of its vitamin C.
5. The average male medieval peasant ate between 160% to 200% more calories than your average male now. This kind of explains why it's so hard to sustain 1500 calorie diets.
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6Spinach
There is approximately the same number of calories in a pound of spinach as there are in two Oreos.
7. The Cheesecake Factory's Bistro Shrimp Pasta has 3,120 calories and 89 grams of saturated fat and 1,090 milligrams of sodium. This is 150% of the daily recommended caloric intake for the average adult, in one meal.
8. Over 20% of all calories collectively consumed by humanity are from a single food i.e., is rice.
9. A grain called Amaranth was the primary diet of the Aztecs until outlawed by the Spanish. It is gluten-free, can be roasted like popcorn, high in protein, has edible leaves and roots, and is used as a dye.
10. The "% Daily Value" numbers found on nutrition labels in the US/Canada are based on recommendations from 1968 and have not been updated to reflect current recommendations. Something with "100% Daily Value" of Vitamin C has only 67% of an adult male's recommended daily intake.
11Milk in California
The milk in California really is different than the milk in other states, 1% milk has 33% more protein and 33% more calcium because CA has "higher solid standards for milk".
12. Calorie for calorie, raw spinach has almost as much protein as sirloin steak.
13. The 1945 Food and Nutrition Board Paper often quoted statement "humans require roughly 2.5 liters (8 glasses) per day", is only half of the full statement. The other half was "we get most of the fluid we need from food and other beverages."
14. Miraculin is a protein found in the West African "Miracle fruit" and unique sweetener that could help people with diabetes and obesity. It was mysteriously shot down by the FDA in the 1970's.
15. Due to their similar protein composition, blood can be used as an egg substitute in baking and making ice cream.
16TRPM8
A protein called TRPM8 is what causes your brain to think something is colder than it is after eating something with mint.
17. Numerous studies find no evidence for Vitamin C (or other cold supplements) reducing/preventing colds and flu.
18. Milk contains magnesium, calcium, vitamin B, and theanine, all of which can help lower anxiety and depression.
19. Major brain damage from alcohol can be prevented by proper nutrition and is not directly caused by alcohol itself.
20. There is a service in Las Vegas (Hangover Heaven) that will come to you and cure a hangover with iv fluids and iv vitamins.
21Drinking milk
People who drink whole milk are less likely to be fat than those who consume low-fat milk.
22. Oranges are not even in the top ten list of common foods when it comes to vitamin C levels.
23. Vitamins are so called because they are "VITal AMINeS" for your body.
24. Females on average have lighter skin than males so they can absorb more vitamin D and calcium used for breast milk.
25. Ingo Potrykus who is the co-inventor of golden rice (a genetically engineered, vitamin-A-rich strain of rice that could save millions of lives in developing countries), has called for his product to be distributed for free to poor farmers.
