Amanda - MS, RDN

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On paper these meals were twins. Same calories, same protein, same fiber, same salt. One ultra-processed, one not. Blood sugar after? Basically the same. Insulin was not. Their bodies needed much more of it for about two hours after the processed meal, and the normal switch into carb burning mode got blunted. 32 people, both meals on different days, young healthy adults. One meal, so no forever claims. But the label said identical and the body said absolutely not. I eat ultra processed food too btw, not demonizing it. Just a genuinely interesting study. #ultraprocessedfood #nutritionresearch #dietitiantok #nutritiontips #foodscience

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Myth busting 5! Dihydrogen monoxide sounds terrifying. It's water. That rule, if you can't pronounce it don't eat it, sounds like common sense until you actually read a label out loud. Cholecalciferol? Vitamin D3. Pyridoxine hydrochloride? Vitamin B6. Cyanocobalamin took me a few tries too, also a vitamin, B12 this time. Long scary names are usually just chemistry being chemistry. Some ingredients do deserve a side eye, but that has nothing to do with their syllables. Judge the ingredient. The syllables are innocent. #dietitiansoftiktok #nutritiontok #nutritionmyths #nutritionmyth #foodmyths

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Myth busting 4! Brown sugar is just white sugar in a trench coat. I wish I was kidding. It is white sugar with molasses mixed back in, that is the entire secret. The molasses brings the color and the flavor and yes, technically some minerals too. Calcium, potassium, a little iron. You would have to eat something like a cup of the stuff before those minerals added up to anything, and at that point the sugar is the story. Calories are basically a tie and your blood sugar genuinely cannot tell them apart. I still bake with brown sugar btw. Cookies taste better. That is a flavor decision, it was never a health one. #dietitiansoftiktok #nutritiontok #nutritionmyths #healthmyths #healthmyth