Carrots and cheese among 10 food myths a lot of people believe

Carrots help you see in the dark, cheese gives you nightmares, and crusts make your hair curly top the list of common food myths believed by Brits, in a new study released today.

The study, which was conducted by FUNKIN COCKTAILS to celebrate the launch of Nitro Blue Raspberry Martini, revealed that despite not being a real fruit, more than a quarter of us are convinced that blue raspberries really exist.

The 10 most common food myths believed by the Brits:

1. Carrots can help you see in the dark (70%)

2. Eating cheese gives you nightmares (36%)

3. Eating toast crusts makes your hair curly (34%)

4. Gum takes seven years to digest (33%)

5. Vitamin C prevents colds (32%)

6. Eating apple seeds causes them to grow in your stomach (30%)

7. Spilling salt is bad luck (29%)

8. The five second rule works when dropping food on the floor (29%)

9. Tomatoes are vegetables (27%)

10. Eating spinach gives you muscles (27%)

71% of us recall being told one of these old wives’ tales by our parents, while nine in ten of today’s parents admit to having told at least one to their kids.