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Visit our website: https://www.bbvaaprendemosjuntos.com/es Subscribe to our YouTube channel: / @aprendemosjuntos Follow us on Facebook: http://fb.com/aprendemosjuntosBBVA Follow us on Instagram: / aprendemosjuntosbbva Follow us on Twitter: / aprenderjuntos_ Listen to our podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07rXxtO... How can you tell the difference between false information on health issues and truthful information? Through science. Is it true that palm oil is dangerous? Is the Mediterranean diet better than other diets? Is sugar a white poison? In this video, biotechnologist JM Mulet debunks several myths about food and science one by one. “We have many examples of conclusions drawn from studies that later turned out to be completely the opposite. The Mediterranean diet was invented by Ancel Keys at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s. It is based on a study that was done after the Second World War comparing the diets of seven countries, and it turned out that the best health indices were in Crete. What did they eat there? Olive oil, cheese, little meat, lots of cereals and they drank wine. That is the origin of the myth that a glass of wine a day is healthy, which we now know is not true. They did not take into account that it was a poor country, with a much lower daily calorie intake than other countries, and where the most common professions were agriculture or shepherding, the opposite of a sedentary life. But that was not mentioned,” says the researcher. JM Mulet is a professor of Biotechnology at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and a researcher at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, dependent on the CISC and the UPV. In his latest book, 'What is healthy eating?', he scientifically analyses and debunks the most widespread myths about nutrition. Is panela healthier than sugar? Do children need an increase in glucose consumption to improve their school performance? Both statements are false, with scientific data on the table. A disseminator of topics related to food, biotechnology and science through regular collaborations in the media and his blog 'Tomates con genes', Mulet is also the author of titles such as 'Comer sin miedo', 'Los Productos Naturales, ¡vaya timo!' and 'Medicina sin engaños'. #AprendemosJuntos