FUN AND FUNNY FACTS ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK!!

You consume one tenth (0.1) of a calorie when you lick a stamp.

A can of spam is opened every 4 seconds.

Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.

Americans eat more bananas that any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.

McDonald's salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers.

Coffee beans can be mixed into B type blood changing it into O type blood.

According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on Ebay.

The U.S. Army packs tabasco pepper sauce in every tation kit they give to soldiers.

Lemons contain more sugar that strawberries.

Half of the world's population live on a staple diet of rice.

During a lifetime the average person consumes 35 tons of food

Vitamin A is known to prevent " night blindness," and carrots are loaded with vitamin A

The longer that fruits or vegetables sit around waiting to be sold or eaten, the more nutrients they lose. But fruits and vegetables grown for freezing are usually frozen right after they're picked. Therefore, they have less time to lose their
nutrients.

When a source of Vitamin C (orange, lemon, grapefruit, strawberry, tomato, potato, etc.) is eaten with meat or cooked dry beans, the body makes better use of the iron in the protein food.

It Takes 3500 Calories To Make A Pound Of Fat!

The Average Person Eats Almost 1500 Pounds Of Food A Year!