Food Facts
Fun food facts
- Apples are more effective than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.
- A hardboiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft boiled egg will not.
- Avocados have more protein then any other fruit.
- Bananas aren’t fruit. They are a type of herb.
- Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy.
- Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
- Darker green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter green leaves.
- Carrots can help you see better in the dark! Carrots contain vitamin A which is important for good eyesight, especially at night.
- Blueberries are a good source of vitamin C and fibre.
- Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.
- Peanuts are not actually nuts. They are members of the legume family.
- Coca-cola was originally green.
- It takes four hours to hard boil and ostrich egg.
- Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
Fatty Facts
How much fat or sugar is hidden in the foods you eat? Click on the links below to see how much you are really eating.
Burn it off!
A single can of soft drink contains 11 teaspoons of sugar. To burn up the calories from a can of soft drink you would have to walk 3 kilometres.
A medium serve of fries takes 1.5 hours to walk off or you could run for 35 minutes.
An average milkshake will take 7.5 kilometers to walk off.
For every 2 chocolate biscuits you will have to run 4 kilometres to avoid weight gain.
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