Myths, checked
Tap a myth to see what the evidence actually says.
What and how much matters far more than the clock.
Late eating is often linked to eating more overall — that is the part research picks up.
If it suits your schedule and you feel well, it is not the problem the phrase suggests.
Your body does not switch rules at sunset.
Carbs eaten in the evening are handled much like carbs eaten earlier.
Some people even sleep better with a carb-containing evening meal.
Microwaving often preserves nutrients comparatively well.
It is fast and can use very little water.
Long boiling in a lot of water tends to lose more of the water-soluble vitamins.
Frozen produce is usually picked ripe and frozen fast.
"Fresh" produce may have traveled and waited for days.
Frozen is a practical, respectable option.
Shell color comes from the breed of hen.
Nutritionally, brown and white eggs are essentially the same.
Price differences reflect the birds and their feed, not the egg inside.
The scare came from anecdotes, not controlled studies — reviews find no reliable link to symptoms at normal dietary amounts.
Glutamate is the same compound found naturally in tomatoes, parmesan, and breast milk.
A few people report sensitivity to large doses on an empty stomach; that's a long way from the villain headlines made it.
By weight they're nearly the same sodium.
Sea salt's trace minerals are too small to matter, and it often has less iodine — table salt is usually iodized, which quietly prevents a real deficiency.
For blood pressure, total sodium is what counts, not the source.
Juice has fruit's sugar with little of its fiber.
Whole fruit fills you up and slows how fast that sugar hits; juice doesn't.
100% juice isn't "bad," but guidance treats whole fruit as the better default (and caps juice, especially for kids).
Try it yourself
A few quick tries on familiar claims. Nothing is counted or kept.
Myth or fact? “Sea salt is healthier than table salt.”
Myth — by weight it's nearly the same sodium, and table salt usually adds iodine you actually want.
Not quite —
A myth loses most of its power the moment someone explains it plainly.