Really Interesting Food Facts

Here are some Interesting Food Facts:

• No one really knows when donuts were invented or who invented them.
• Apples, potatoes, and onions all taste the same when eaten with your nose plugged.
• When an egg floats in water, it is “off” and should not be eaten.
• The consumption of natural vanilla causes the body to release catecholamines (including adrenalin) – for this reason it is considered to be mildly addictive.
• Banana trees are not actually trees – they are giant herbs.
• Eating lemons make you live longer.
• Eating one meal of fish a week reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.
• The first meal on the moon was roast turkey, eaten by Niel Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
• A typical banana travels 4,000 miles before being eaten.
• Coffee is the world’s most recognizable smell.
• Carrots have zero fat content.
• When honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.
• Lemons contain more sugar than strawberrie
• Ketchup was originally a fish sauce originating in the orient
• 7-Up – invented in 1920 contained Lithium – the drug commonly prescribed now to sufferers of bi-polar disorder.
• In Tibet, a common drink is butter tea – it is made from yak butter, salt, and tea.
• Coconut water can be used in an emergency as a substitute for blood plasma.
• Orange Juice naturally contains a small amount of alcohol.
• Eggs contain most of the recognised vitamins with the exception of vitamin C.
• Nutritious food costs 10 times as much as junk food.
• Grocers don’t have to tell you where your salad comes from.
• Chicken today contains 266 percent more fat than it did 40 years ago.
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
• Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!