Author(s): Jill Fullerton-Smith

General

Find out the truth behind the food myths we've all believed, to help change your life for the better!. Every day we read newspaper articles proclaiming that red meats will give us cancer and eggs can cause heart disease, only to hear the next day that the same foods will prolong our life, prevent disease, give us healthy children. Is there any truth in any of this? It's time to find out. Here you'll learn about which foods benefit you and how. It will put unfounded beliefs to the test, identifying once and for all which are simply myth and which foods can be scientifically proven to help us change our lives for the better. Can blueberries really make you more intelligent? Is it worth drinking eight glasses of water a day? Is there a food kids can eat to help them get better marks at school? These questions and more will be answered! You will be confronted by incredible proof and sometimes shocking evidence of how food affects the inner workings of your body, from your immune system and appetite to your memory and even your libido. Watch out! First published 2007.