 The term "fat free" means a food contains no fat. False.
The Food and Drug Administration allows food companies to use the term on products that contain less than 0.5 grams per serving. Such tiny amounts also are allowed in products labeled "no fat" and "zero fat." To find out whether a fat-free product truly contains no fat at all, look at the ingredient list to see whether any type of fat is listed there. For example, if a food is labeled "trans fat free" but lists partially hydrogenated oil as an ingredient, you know that it actually contains minute amounts of trans fat. While the amount of fat per serving may be insignificant, it could add up if you eat several servings - one more reason to watch your portion size.
Feed a cold, starve a fever. False.
Whether you have a cold or a fever, your body needs nourishing foods and fluids to heal. Eating a variety of nutrient-rich foods helps keep your immune system in top infection-fighting form. If you don't have much appetite, try eating foods that go down easily, such as bananas, rice, applesauce and dry toast. Drink plenty of water, juice and other noncaffeinated beverages to replace the fluids that you lose when you have a fever or your body is making extra mucus.
White sugar and brown sugar have the same nutritional value. True.
Brown and white sugars both come from either sugar beets or sugarcane. Molasses is naturally present in both of these plants, but it's removed from the sugar crystals during the processing of white sugar. Brown sugar results from removing only part of the molasses or by adding some molasses back to refined white sugar. Both types of sugar have 4 calories per gram. But since packed brown sugar is denser than white sugar, a teaspoon weighs a bit more and thus has slightly more calories - 17 calories per teaspoon for packed brown sugar versus 16 calories for white sugar. Neither type of sugar contains significant amounts of vitamins, minerals or fiber.
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