1-Sugar Causes Diabetes 

2-All Fats are bad

3-Brown Sugar is better than White Sugar

4-Brown Eggs are more nutritious than White Eggs

5-Avoid seafood to lower blood cholesterol

6-Avoid carbohydrate to lose weight

7-Avoid nuts as they are fattening

8- Eating for 2 is necessary during pregnancy

9-Skipping meals can help lose weight

10-Red meat is bad for health

 As told by HealthCastle.com

You know yogurt is healthy and a great way to get calcium, and you may have even heard about probiotics, the “helpful” bacteria that boost your immune system. But you get to the dairy aisle and you’re dumbfounded. So much sugar, so many health promises! Some yogurts could be considered liquid candy bars; others sound medicinal enough to require a prescription. But understanding the nutritional ins and outs of this power food is worth the effort.

• No more than 200 calories
• 4 g of fat or less
• 30 g of sugar or less
• At least 6 g of protein
• At least 20% of the daily value for calcium

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According to Cynthia Sass

When it comes to foods that pose safety concerns, Americans tend to worry the most about meat, not fresh produce. In fact, a new national study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health shows that, of a representative national sample of 1,500 adults, 82% identified raw fish or sushi and 80% rare or medium-cooked hamburgers as at least somewhat risky. Only 36% of those surveyed found raw fruits and vegetables to be risky. Read more…

In Depth: Top Food-Safesty Misconceptions

According to Allison Van Dusen

Tens of millions of Americans have quit smoking cigarettes. The benefits of quitting — no matter what your age — are prodigious. Risks of heart disease and stroke plummet. So does the risk of lung cancer, along with cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, cervix and pancreas. But can the damage from smoking ever be completely undone? Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, explains.

Q: Does your body fully heal after quitting smoking?

A: When you quit smoking, the inflammation in the airways goes down. The little hair-like projections in the airways that we call cilia — which are paralyzed by smoke — begin to work again. So the lungs will get better in weeks to months. Breathing will get better. Exercise capacity will get better. Paradoxically, people find that they cough a little more right after they stop smoking, but that’s natural. That’s the lungs cleaning themselves out. Read more…

According to LAURA BLUE

“I’m very happy,” Jingle Luis said with a smile. “It was exciting.”

The 15-year-old girl arrived at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in May with her mother for surgery and follow-up treatment.

She had never been able to walk on her own because she was born with feet so clubbed they twisted backward and upside down, forcing her to hobble on the tops of her feet with the help of crutches. Read more…

According to VERENA DOBNIK

Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline that can trigger production of a compound that helps relax the body’s blood vessels, similar to what happens when a man takes Viagra, said scientists in Texas, one of the nation’s top producers of the seedless variety.

Found in the flesh and rind of watermelons, citrulline reacts with the body’s enzymes when consumed in large quantities and is changed into arginine, an amino acid that benefits the heart and the circulatory and immune systems. Read more…

According to AP/BETSY BLANEY

While infections from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) usually occur in hospitals and health-care settings, they are on the rise in community locales, according to Jorge Parada, director of the infection control program at Loyola University Hospital in Maywood.

“There is no doubt that MRSA and other infections can be transmitted without direct person-to-person contact,” Parada said in a prepared statement. “Although it’s low, it is possible to catch MRSA by using shared gym equipment like free weights or exercise cycles. The first step in preventing the spread of any type of infection is awareness of the possibility.”

Generally, 5 percent to 10 percent of people are infected with MRSA. The superbug can survive for hours, even days, on the surface of gym equipment and other inanimate objects, Parada said. Read more…

According to Kevin McKeever

WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans are afflicted by breakouts of unsightly cold sores, caused by the herpes simplex 1 virus, but new research is finally offering them the possibility of a cure.

Scientists at Duke University say they’ve unlocked the mystery of how herpes simplex 1 slips into dormancy and stays dormant — evading the drugs that might otherwise wipe it out.

Buoyed by that finding, the same team is testing an experimental agent that can “reawaken” the virus, so it might be flushed out into the open and eradicated.

The hope is that, “we could use the drugs that we already have, plus an effective immune system, to cure a person from infection,” explained lead researcher Jennifer Lin Umbach, a postdoctoral associate in Duke’s department of molecular genetics and microbiology. Read more…

According to E.J. Mundell

Do you have any idea how many calories are in that McDonald’s Big Mac or in your Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Frappucino?

Well, next time you’re standing in line at your favorite chain restaurant, use your cell phone to text “diet1” with the name of the restaurant and menu item.  Within seconds, diet.com’s Nutrition on the Go service will send you a reply listing the calories, total fat, carbohydrate, and protein in the requested food.

Then you can decide if your afternoon snack is worth the calories and fat…or you might decide that you just rather not know.

Click here to get the 4-1-1 about your snack, drink and meals of the day.