I thought that eating chicken gave me muscles (chicken and muscles sound the same in Mandarin).
A childhood belief about nasty food

others believed things like this
- When I caught chicken pox, I thought it was down to me eating too much chicken.— Helen
- I used to believe that if you buried a chicken bone in the backyard it would grow a chickenAnon
- I used to believe that the meat you eat is turning to be your own muscles.— Yossi
- I used to believe that all meats were chicken. I called everything chicken. :)— Girlfloyd
- I used to believe that eating chicken skin will give me nightmares.— zihui
- If you eat your fruits and vegetables you will grow much faster and your muscles will be very happy!— Bruno