The Myth:: Apple seeds contain cyanide.
True.Cyanide prohibits blood from carrying oxygen, causing death by asphyxiation. And, sadly, the pips inside the “fruit of life” do contain a cyanide-sugar compound. But hold on: It would take a large quantity of apple seeds to cause a fatality, since the body can detoxify cyanide in small doses. Additionally, the fatal compound stays safely contained within the tough outer shell of the pip, which is usually not ingested. Note: Cherry, peach and apricot pits also contain the same cyanide-sugar compound.

The Myth: Fat free food is calorie free
 
This is a very common myth – so common that food manufacturers market to it. The misconception that fat free is better is the reason that so many products are labelled “fat free,” “low in fat,” “fat reduced,” etc. So many people who want to lose weight will chow down on all of these “low fat” foods thinking they are going to lose weight – even worse, they often tend to eat more of the low fat food than they would have if it were full fat. What really matters when trying to reduce weight is calories – eat fewer calories than you burn and you will lose weight.

The Myth: Fresh fruit is better than dried fruit
 
This myth is true in only one regard: if you are looking for vitamin ‘c’, then fresh fruit is best, but other than that, dried fruit contains just as many nutrients and sugar for energy as fresh fruit. If you subscribe to the notion that you should eat 5 fruits a day, then you only need one tablespoon of dried fruit per portion – so five tablespoons of dried fruit fulfills your daily need. The same is true of canned or frozen fruit. Fruit juice is also able to be used as a daily fruit portion but only one per day should be made up of juice only.

The Myth: It is better to eat six small meals during the day instead of three larger meals
 
First off, this can be okay – but only if you are extremely good at controlling your portion sizes; it is all too easy to turn six small meals into six large meals. This myth again comes down to the whole “calories per day” rule. If your three large meals contain as many calories as your six small meals, there is no difference at all. For the majority of people it is easier to put the time aside for three meals – so this is still the best choice for most

MYTH:Mayonnaise is often the cause of food-borne illness.

REALITY: Mayonnaise does not cause food poisoning, bacteria do. And bacteria grow best on foods that contain protein and are at temperatures between 40-140 degrees F. Commercially prepared mayonnaise is safe to use. At greater risk for developing bacteria are the foods mayonnaise is commonly mixed with for picnics and potlucks, such as pasta, potatoes, eggs, chicken, or tuna. But even these will be safe if you keep your cooler below 40 degrees F.

MYTH:Cold substances ingested quickly can literally freeze your brain.

It is not true.Brain freeze, also known as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, is a form of headache commonly associated with the speedy consumption of cold beverages or food. According to Wikipedia.com, the discomfort experienced is “the direct result of the rapid cooling and rewarming of the blood vessels on the roof of the mouth,” and is described as referred pain—a phenomenon that occurs when pain is perceived adjacent to the injury’s source.


The Myth: Eating too many carrots will cause one’s skin to turn orange.
  True.Though fatality due to excessive carotene (the pigment that gives carrots their cheery color) consumption is rare, it may cause your skin to take on a yellow, jaundice-like pallor—a condition called carotenosis. According to Wikipedia.com, once your digestive system can no longer convert the plant-produced pigment to retinal (which is then converted into metabolic energy), it is stored in superficial connective tissue, or fat, thus altering skin color.