"I don't swallow it!", the new video podcast from the ARA newspaper for eating with criteria

Every day we eat and decide. But do we really know what we eat? Surely you will have heard it said that frozen products lose nutrients, that bread makes you fat, or that vegetable fats are better than animal fats.

All these are false beliefs related to nutrition that are increasingly present among the population. The proliferation of platforms and the widespread dissemination of information means that users are subjected to excessive exposure to fake news.

How to know what is good and what is not?

Welcome to "No m'ho empasso" (I don't swallow it), a new video podcast format from Diari Ara in collaboration with the Government of Catalonia and the Food Channel. In "No m'ho empasso" we will debunk frequent myths about food.

Throughout five episodes, professors and researchers from universities and research centers in Catalonia will help us dismantle false myths about food based on scientific evidence.

In the first episode of “I don't buy it” we will debunk, together with Doctor Francisco Pérez Cano, one of the most repeated beliefs: “is it healthier to eliminate gluten from the diet?”.

Francisco Pérez Cano is a Doctor of Pharmacy, tenured professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of the University of Barcelona and director of the Institute for Research in Nutrition and Food Safety (INSA).

Let's start by talking about gluten

We want to break down the benefits of a healthy, science-based diet. In the first video podcast –Is it advisable to eliminate gluten from your diet?– and the following ones, we will answer the questions: Is sunflower oil better for frying than olive oil? Are hormones used in chicken production so they grow faster? Once the best-before date has passed, are foods no longer suitable for consumption? Should the liquid from legumes be completely discarded before consuming them?

Faced with doubts, we will debunk popular beliefs and discover what science really says about some of the most common nutrition questions, with clear explanations accessible to everyone so you can eat with criteria.