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47 Shocking Food & Nutrition Facts That’ll Blow Rainbow Confetti Out Of Your Noggin

Posted by on Dec 4, 2014 in Diet It UP, Featured Article, Food Lists, Nutrition Science | 16 comments

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Tonic water glows azure blue under a black light; bananas are berries, while strawberries and raspberries aren’t; and Chipotle uses 70 avocados to whip up a single batch of guacamole. Fact, fact, fact.

We’ve compiled our inaugural list of obscure, perplexing, research-backed food facts, stuffed from start-to-finish with 47 shocking tidbits that’ll send rainbow confetti spewing out of your noggin. Whip out a few at your next cocktail party and you might even impress a few friends — it’s amazing how much about food and nutrition you didn’t know.

Debate in the comments — which fact(s) did you find to be the most mind-blowing?

 

47 Shocking Food, Health, & Nutrition Facts That’ll Blow Rainbow Confetti Out Of Your Noggin

 

Food Fact 1: Let It Glow.

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Food Fact 2: SUGAR BOMB.

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Source: Cinnabon, Coca-Cola

 

Food Fact 3: Alcoholic Amplifier.

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Source: Lean It UP

 

Food Fact 4: Cochineal Infestation.

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Source: Starbucks

 

Food Fact 5: Ginger Saver.

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Sources: NY Times, Journal of Pain

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Bryan DiSanto

Bryan DiSanto

Founder & Editor-in-Chief at Lean It UP
ELLO ELLO I'm Bryan DiSanto. I'm the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a CPT/CSN/Fitness Coach, Chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness junkie.

I also contribute to Men's Health Magazine.

When I'm not working on my abs (or somebody else’s), whipping up avocado roses and avocado toast, or running a Tough Mudder, I'm probably yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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  • urooj

    great…its shocking

  • urooj

    i want to share some thing with u all who read this that everyday i take one point about my biology chapter and then tell to my teacher and share with my class fellows b/c it quote that “The education will be increased and rise when you share your knowledge with some one”

  • urooj

    salam my beloved miss of biology,you are so sweet and from you we are able to search extra knowledge from internet its true that there is d/f between advantages and disadvantages of internet when we use correct of internet so everything will be allright and when we use wrong everything goes worst

  • Peter

    this was very informative 🙂

  • John

    Yes this was 🙂

  • venus

    I have to admit that this was shocking and interesting (especially the strawberries, blueberries and blackberries are not berries part) but at some of the facts I didn’t understand not one single word they are saying, but still, I realllly got interested in your facts. and thx for sharing them 🙂

  • reet hoves

    Yes I like it
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  • Good info

    also read this article on your health facts

    Urine Color says your health condition http://shar.es/MZKRj

  • Sam Jacob

    The picture for the grass-fed vs grain-fed omega 3 in cows currently says that 5 grass-fed cows are the same as 1 grain-fed one when you mean it the other way around.

    • It’s meant to represent relative omega-3 content. Grass-fed cows contain 2-5x more omega-3s than corn-fed = 5 cows vs. 1 cow.

      It would be like having a bar graph that’s 5x as high. Sorry if it was confusing!

  • EAids

    this gave me aids

  • awesome !!! and I shared at Blogger (thank YOU)

  • Joey

    wtf is all cause mortality? drink 6 cups of coffee per day?! that’s a addiction bro, please explain.

    • ACM = death for any reason. Not saying it’s practical, but most people view caffeine as a negative (especially in higher quantities), when it actually has a number of health benefits.

      I personally stay in the 1-3 cup/day range unless it’s a special occasion (i.e. I’m hungover or didn’t sleep bahaha).