FabSwingers.com forum: I was mythstaken!

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Well I never, I just learned that it is a food myth that peppers’ heat lies in the seeds.

Many recipes using hot peppers often suggest that you can make the dish less spicy by just removing the seeds before adding the pepper to the recipe. However, the seeds actually contain very small amounts of capsaicin, the substance that gives peppers their heat. The highest concentrations are found within the white membranes of the peppers, which is where the seeds are. The seeds themselves aren’t hot, but they’re often coated in capsaicin because they sit within the membrane.

Any other myths that you’ve unearthed, food or otherwise....?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

McDonald's taste good

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"McDonald's taste good "

Ooooh I don’t know, I had a quarter pounder with cheese after a gig recently and I’d not had a McD’s for years...it tasted sublime!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"McDonald's taste good

Ooooh I don’t know, I had a quarter pounder with cheese after a gig recently and I’d not had a McD’s for years...it tasted sublime!!"

Good gig?

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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"McDonald's taste good

Ooooh I don’t know, I had a quarter pounder with cheese after a gig recently and I’d not had a McD’s for years...it tasted sublime!!

Good gig?"

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

"McDonald's taste good

Ooooh I don’t know, I had a quarter pounder with cheese after a gig recently and I’d not had a McD’s for years...it tasted sublime!!"

No cheese on burgers lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not"

Are they disappointed that it’s only the Royal Family with the blue blood, when you set them straight?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Eggs will raise your cholesterol levels

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"McDonald's taste good

Ooooh I don’t know, I had a quarter pounder with cheese after a gig recently and I’d not had a McD’s for years...it tasted sublime!!

No cheese on burgers lol "

Incorrect answer. Cheese is the single most important thing, ever.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Eggs will raise your cholesterol levels"

Eggcellent myth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not"

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?"

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job...

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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago

Masked and Distant

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job..."

Thought blood was slightly less red until it was oxygenated. Hence the bluer tinge to surface veins.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job...

Thought blood was slightly less red until it was oxygenated. Hence the bluer tinge to surface veins."

Miss Red will have to answer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job..."

Maybe but it still sounds mental.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"McDonald's taste good

Ooooh I don’t know, I had a quarter pounder with cheese after a gig recently and I’d not had a McD’s for years...it tasted sublime!!"

with hot fries and a shake can be pretty fantastic

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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job...

Thought blood was slightly less red until it was oxygenated. Hence the bluer tinge to surface veins."

No it's always red. It looks blue as light has to penetrate the skin to illuminate them and it's to do with how the different wavelengths of light do this (I think!)

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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job...

Maybe but it still sounds mental. "

Maybe I work with 4 years olds! But it's still a common myth with adults too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job...

Maybe but it still sounds mental.

Maybe I work with 4 years olds! But it's still a common myth with adults too"

I've just never heard it before.

Grown ups believe in color changing blood!

Go figure....

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By *eeBee67Man
over a year ago

Masked and Distant

Thanks Google

Your blood is actually always red! Blood in your veins has very little oxygen and is a dark red color that looks almost blue when covered by your skin. Your arteries have bright red blood because it has a lot of oxygen in it that is being carried throughout your body to be used by tissues

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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"Thanks Google

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eating fats make you fat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Eating fats make you fat."

? I cut fat from my diet only and lost a lot of weight. Just cutting fat..lost several stone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not"

Easy the most annoying thing I get asked lol

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

"I always get asked in my job why blood is blue when in the body....but it's not

Never once heard people think that, it sounds ridiculous. Even a 4 year old knows the color of blood right?

Maybe you’ve not heard it because you don’t work in her specific job...

Thought blood was slightly less red until it was oxygenated. Hence the bluer tinge to surface veins.

No it's always red. It looks blue as light has to penetrate the skin to illuminate them and it's to do with how the different wavelengths of light do this (I think!)"

Yes you are quite correct. Oxygenated blood is bright red, deoxygenated is dark red. Your veins appear blue because red light is filtered by skin and fat, leaving the blueish light to be reflected

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bit into a small piece of Jalapeño pepper this norming and it was HOT!

Capsicum is good for activating brown fat which is good for helping burn white fat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Eating fats make you fat.

? I cut fat from my diet only and lost a lot of weight. Just cutting fat..lost several stone"

That's likely because you were eating less calories. Fat has 9 cals a gram where carbs and protein are only 4cals/g

The reason fat has a bad rep is mainly due to the calorific content, not the fact it's fat. You could talk about nutrient timing etc however calories rule with regards to bodyweight.

On the subject of myths. There's no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Entirely unnecessary to eat them at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That the Queen’s guards aren’t real soldiers.

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Tomatoes are vegetables

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza

Au contraire!

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By *aul1973HullMan
over a year ago

East Hull

"Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza

Au contraire!"

Exactly! I love a Hawaiian

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza

Au contraire!

Exactly! I love a Hawaiian

Haha! Yes I read that wrong. You’re right! Me

too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Eating fats make you fat.

? I cut fat from my diet only and lost a lot of weight. Just cutting fat..lost several stone

That's likely because you were eating less calories. Fat has 9 cals a gram where carbs and protein are only 4cals/g

The reason fat has a bad rep is mainly due to the calorific content, not the fact it's fat. You could talk about nutrient timing etc however calories rule with regards to bodyweight.

On the subject of myths. There's no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Entirely unnecessary to eat them at all.

I just ate sweets and sugar instead..in no way was I cutting down, piled calories in in plenty new ways.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Eating fats make you fat.

? I cut fat from my diet only and lost a lot of weight. Just cutting fat..lost several stone

That's likely because you were eating less calories. Fat has 9 cals a gram where carbs and protein are only 4cals/g

The reason fat has a bad rep is mainly due to the calorific content, not the fact it's fat. You could talk about nutrient timing etc however calories rule with regards to bodyweight.

On the subject of myths. There's no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Entirely unnecessary to eat them at all.

I just ate sweets and sugar instead..in no way was I cutting down, piled calories in in plenty new ways.

Did you track calories before vs after? Unless you have some digestive issues that mean you can't extract cals from carbs then you ate less calories, The law of thermodynamics is absolute.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Eating fats make you fat.

? I cut fat from my diet only and lost a lot of weight. Just cutting fat..lost several stone

That's likely because you were eating less calories. Fat has 9 cals a gram where carbs and protein are only 4cals/g

The reason fat has a bad rep is mainly due to the calorific content, not the fact it's fat. You could talk about nutrient timing etc however calories rule with regards to bodyweight.

On the subject of myths. There's no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Entirely unnecessary to eat them at all.

Oh I'm so glad you wrote that, I am too full after a massive lunch and my brain couldn't form the words...

We humans digest and utilise good fats so much better than carbohydrates...

Obviously not today for me though...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An otherwise myth. John Lennon never said, and I'm paraphrasing. Which I think makes me an oxymoron. Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world, he's not the best drummer in the Beatles.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"An otherwise myth. John Lennon never said, and I'm paraphrasing. Which I think makes me an oxymoron. Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world, he's not the best drummer in the Beatles."

Good old Jasper Carrott.

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By *lmostthereMan
over a year ago

Southampton

"Cheese is the single most important thing, ever. "

Amen.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"An otherwise myth. John Lennon never said, and I'm paraphrasing. Which I think makes me an oxymoron. Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world, he's not the best drummer in the Beatles.

Good old Jasper Carrott.

Absolutely.

Should have done The Beatles, not the Beatles. Oh well.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"An otherwise myth. John Lennon never said, and I'm paraphrasing. Which I think makes me an oxymoron. Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world, he's not the best drummer in the Beatles.

Good old Jasper Carrott.

Absolutely.

Should have done The Beatles, not the Beatles. Oh well."

Were you attempting normal human speed and finding it all a bit too fast for you and the tablet?

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds

The capsicum fact is great, never knew that!

A related one is capsicum doesn't cause actual burns, it's just a sensory effect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"An otherwise myth. John Lennon never said, and I'm paraphrasing. Which I think makes me an oxymoron. Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world, he's not the best drummer in the Beatles.

Good old Jasper Carrott.

Absolutely.

Should have done The Beatles, not the Beatles. Oh well.

Were you attempting normal human speed and finding it all a bit too fast for you and the tablet? "

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

people need to drink 8 glasses or water...myth

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Actually Fab undid this one for me a while back - for years I've rolled out the 'fascinating fact' that the phrase 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey' came from the Navy and how they would use a ring called a "brass monkey" to hold the cannon balls in place ready for firing and when it got really cold the ring would contract to the extent the balls would roll off it - load of baloney apparently and scientifically impossible

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"people need to drink 8 glasses or water...myth "

*puts down my glass of water*

Really? Phew!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Actually Fab undid this one for me a while back - for years I've rolled out the 'fascinating fact' that the phrase 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey' came from the Navy and how they would use a ring called a "brass monkey" to hold the cannon balls in place ready for firing and when it got really cold the ring would contract to the extent the balls would roll off it - load of baloney apparently and scientifically impossible

I remember that thread!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"people need to drink 8 glasses or water...myth

*puts down my glass of water*

Really? Phew! "

There's no medical proof to the 8 glasses of water.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"people need to drink 8 glasses or water...myth

*puts down my glass of water*

Really? Phew! "

really. If you're thirsty enough to drink 8 glasses of course you should. However the fluid in food such as fruits and other drinks counts towards your required intake.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I shall enjoy telling my mum this one

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I've worked with people who pride themselves on the amount of water they drink. It seems to me that they spend an lot of their day up and down the corridor to the lavatory

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"people need to drink 8 glasses or water...myth

*puts down my glass of water*

Really? Phew!

There's no medical proof to the 8 glasses of water."

I suspect that bottled water ad men could find you some

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've worked with people who pride themselves on the amount of water they drink. It seems to me that they spend an lot of their day up and down the corridor to the lavatory

Exactly! I get harangued for not drinking enough because I hate busting to the toilet frequently at work!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"people need to drink 8 glasses or water...myth

*puts down my glass of water*

Really? Phew!

There's no medical proof to the 8 glasses of water.

I suspect that bottled water ad men could find you some"

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I've worked with people who pride themselves on the amount of water they drink. It seems to me that they spend an lot of their day up and down the corridor to the lavatory

Exactly! I get harangued for not drinking enough because I hate busting to the toilet frequently at work!! "

I rarely drink water...I'm alive and hydrated

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've worked with people who pride themselves on the amount of water they drink. It seems to me that they spend an lot of their day up and down the corridor to the lavatory

Exactly! I get harangued for not drinking enough because I hate busting to the toilet frequently at work!!

I rarely drink water...I'm alive and hydrated

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By *owdyboy 890Man
over a year ago

Country West

"I've worked with people who pride themselves on the amount of water they drink. It seems to me that they spend an lot of their day up and down the corridor to the lavatory

Exactly! I get harangued for not drinking enough because I hate busting to the toilet frequently at work!!

I rarely drink water...I'm alive and hydrated

I'd drink a lot of water seeing your profile photo

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