Health/Nutrition – Page 5

Organic Food is Better for Your Health

kitchenmyths / December 15, 2011

I am all for organic food and buy it whenever I can (as long as the price is not too […]

kitchenmyths / December 6, 2011

Sorry, it just ain’t so. I say “sorry” because there are some people who seem to want grilled meat to

kitchenmyths / November 30, 2011

MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is an amino acid that was originally isolated from seaweed over 100 years ago. It was

kitchenmyths / November 27, 2011

We’ve all said at one time or another “I’m so full I am going to burst.” Well, in all probability

kitchenmyths / November 25, 2011

If you have anything growing on the surface of your homemade jarred jam, it’s a sure sign that the canning

kitchenmyths / November 24, 2011

Not so, but there’s a nugget of truth in the origin of this myth. Tryptophan is an amino acid, and

This whopper has been around in one form or another for quite a while. The dire things that will supposedly

The long-held opinion that pork should be cooked thoroughly is based on the transmission of the parasite trichinella spiralis, whose

The “rationale” behind this myth is that digesting and processing large amounts of protein puts a strain on your kidney,

Mosquitoes are attracted or repelled by various odors, but the bananas story is false. So is the claim that taking