Chinanews.com, January 8th, news from the WeChat public account of the "China Society of Food Science and Technology" on the 6th. Recently, the China Society of Food Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Rumors Platform of the China Association for Science and Technology jointly released the "2022 Food Safety and Health Rumors List".
Myth 1: Milk with a long shelf life is due to the addition of preservatives?
Scientific fact: The shelf life depends on the sterilization method and packaging process of the milk. Generally, the shelf life of milk that is sterilized by ultra-high temperature instantaneous method can reach at least 6 months, regardless of preservatives.
Myth 2: People who are lactose intolerant cannot drink milk?
Scientific truth: Lactose intolerance is caused by the lack or insufficient secretion of lactase in the human body. People with lactose intolerance can choose to drink yogurt, lactose-free or low-lactose milk with added lactase, or try drinking milk in small quantities (<50ml / time) to gradually enhance the intestinal tolerance to lactose.
Myth 3: Can fruit juice completely replace fruit?
Scientific truth: It is widely accepted by the public that fruit is eaten after being squeezed, but whether it is industrial production or home juicing, nutrients are more or less lost.
Therefore, fruit juice cannot completely replace fruit.
Rumor 4: Air fryer cooking food is unhealthy and may produce carcinogens?
Scientific truth: The heating principle of the air fryer is similar to that of the oven, but the air flow in the oven is faster and the food cooking time is shorter.
Therefore, using an air fryer will not produce more harmful substances than other processing methods.
Rumor 5: Strawberry can detect a variety of pesticide residues, is it the most "dirty" fruit?
Scientific fact: It is not unsafe to detect pesticide residues.
my country has established limit standards for the maximum residues of various pesticides, as long as they are within the allowable range of the standards, they are safe.
Rumor 6: Can soda water adjust the body's acid-base balance?
Scientific truth: The internal environment of a healthy human body can automatically maintain an appropriate pH range, providing a stable environment for physiological activities in the body.
It is unscientific to rely on diet to regulate the acid-base balance of the human body.
Myth 7: Milk drinks are as nutritious as pure milk?
Scientific truth: Milk beverages and pure milk have different production processes, raw and auxiliary materials, etc., and their nutrition is also different.
The protein content of pure milk is higher than that of milk beverages. my country's national standards stipulate that the protein content of pure milk should be ≥2.9g/100g, while the protein content of milk beverages only needs to be ≥1.0g/100g.
Rumor 8: "Zero additive" food is safer?
Scientific truth: "Zero additives" is not necessarily related to food safety.
Some foods are added with food additives just because of technological necessity, so their quality and safety are more guaranteed.
Rumor 9: Drinking too much soy milk can induce breast cancer?
Scientific truth: Soy isoflavones have a two-way regulating effect and will not simply lead to an increase in estrogen levels in the body.
On the contrary, scientific research evidence has shown that soybean and its products have health benefits.
(China New Finance and Economics)