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According to the listening, super foods have no supernatural powers to reduce disease in humans. This contradicts information provided in the reading. The professor talks about myths regarding food. He establishes the difference between scientific proof and other ambiguous information without any basis.

First, The professor mentions that evidence about blueberries are good for preventing illness in the brain is true only for mice because only exists scientific proof for animals, not for humans. On the other hand, according to the reading blueberries are healthy for the brain. They have a kind of power to prevent the decline of the brain, to ease damage to brain cells and help the contact between neurons.

Secondly, the university lecturer states that eating tomatoes is beneficial for the body but there is no proof that if you eat tomatoes you won’t have cancer. However, according to the reading tomatoes have carotenoids and lycopene, which helps ease cholesterol and the risk of prostate cancer.

Finally, the lecturer points out that there are studies about garlic that show that for the first three months, garlic has an effect in decreasing cholesterol but after six months it doesn’t work anymore. In contrast the reading makes it clear that ingestion of garlic has a positive effect in lowering LDL blood cholesterol.

In conclusion, the professor states the difference between scientific evidence and opinions or vague information without any foundation. In contrast, the reading makes it clear that certain foods have some kind of superpower.

Juanna