Interesting Food Facts

• Kiwi fruit can improve your eyesight as it's a good source of lutein, an antioxidant that protects your vision.

• Humans are born craving sugar.

• A red bell pepper has more vitamin C than an orange.

• There are so many varieties of apple that it would take you over 20 years to eat every one if you ate an apple a day.

• Dairy may cause acne.

• Chocolate was once used as currency by the Aztecs.

• The most expensive pizza in the world costs $12,000 and takes 72 hours to prepare.

• Apples have small traces of cyanide in their seeds!!!

• India has the world's lowest meat consumption per capita.

• Honey can stay edible for 3000 years!

• Artificial sweeteners can make you fat as fructose can cause disorders in your metabolism and make you gain weight.

• Green tea can prevent you from getting a cold.

• Broccoli can help fight diabetes.

• Fruit juice can rot your teeth.

• Oklahoma's state vegetable is the watermelon.

• One of the most popular pizza toppings in Brazil is green peas.

• About 70% of olive oil being sold is not pure olive oil.

• There is an amusement park in Tokyo that offers Raw Horse Flesh-flavored ice cream.

• White chocolate isn't chocolate.

• Raw oysters are still alive when you eat them.

• Scientists can turn peanut butter into diamonds because of its high carbon content.

• Potatoes are 80% water and 20% solid.

• Carrots were originally purple.

• Grapes will explode if you put them in the microwave.

• Every banana you eat is a clone.

• Tomato sauce was once believed to have medicinal qualities that could cure diarrhea.

• Apples float in water because 25% of their volume is made of air.

• In emergencies, Coconut water can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.

• Octopuses are eaten alive in Korea.

• Pears can help treat arthritis.

• Almonds are a member of the peach family.

• Apples belong to the rose family, as do pears and plums.