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.