diet and exercise myths that pack on pounds

TayJoMama

Found this interesting article on yahoo. Thought I'd share.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/10-diet-and-exercise-myths-that-pack-on-pounds-2497440/

NBabi91

I really don't like how the bash drinking a healthy daily amount of water.

JennMuc

hahaha, sorry...I didn't even look up the article after the comment about water...but now I have to watch Despicable Me! Thanks OP for the profile picture!

thea1986

:bigsmile:

NBabi91

I just dont see the need not to drink 8 glasses of water a day. The rest of the article is great (I read it earlier) but idk I disagree with the author about the water.

Schwiggity

I really don't like how the bash drinking a healthy daily amount of water.

It's not. It's saying it's not a replacement for healthy eating.

pixieval

I didn't get that they were bashing it so much as saying you can't just drink a lot of water and expect to lose weight if you don't make any other changes.

pebbles72

A very interesting read, thank you :happy:

mynameiscarrie

I really don't like how the bash drinking a healthy daily amount of water.

They don't bash it... they say that if that's the only thing you do it's not going to help... which is true. Assuming one is an average person (size weight activity etc) If youre eating 2000 calories a day and not working out but drinking 64 oz of water you're not going to lose weight...why would you? water doesnt make you lose weight. it flushes your system which can help when it comes to one or two pounds but it doesn't make you lose weight consistently

FabCheeky

Awesome post.

ShrinkingNinja

I really don't like how the bash drinking a healthy daily amount of water.

Totally not what was said in the article.

Kelly_Wilson1990

Good article.

6heatherb6

Thanks..interesting

wills2be

Great read!

auntiebabs

I really don't like how the bash drinking a healthy daily amount of water.

I didn't think it bashed drinking a "healthy amount of water"
it said "Chapel Hill study found that people who regularly drink water eat nearly 200 fewer calories daily"

1) But it also stated that there were usual other factors involved that coincided with water consumtion.
Such as using it as a replacement for other higher calorie beverages or foods.

2) It implied that drinking an excessive amounts of water was unnecessary, but no where in the article did it define what a "healthy amount" was or what an "excessive amount" was.

There are many sides to the water issue.

I went to a nutritionist some time back and she said that 1 CUP OF WATER FOR EVERY 25 lbs of body weight was a good rule of thumb, Why would water have a one-size fits all answer when no other dietary criteria does?

(Now this is 3rd hand, but...) Also a friend of mine was talking to the daughter of a GASTRIC BYPASS SURGEON. It seems the Dr.'s opinion was that water fills you up short-term, but actually stretches out your stomach, so long-term you'll be hungry as ever.

Now, I've also read articles on how when you get to over be 60-65 your less apt to recognize that you are thirsty. Dehydration is much more common in the elder.

Now water does a lot of wonderful thing for say brain function and cleansing toxins from our systems. But there are lots of angles to this.

I, myself, shoot for the 1 cup/25 lbs., but I don't sweat it. Some day's I'm under, some I'm over.

jessbennett1986

this article had a lot of good information in it. However, your body does not know the difference between 500 calories of junk food and 500 calories of healthy food. The fact is, you can eat more healthy food to get you to the 500 calories vs 500 calories of a small serving of junk food. There article stated that there are studies to show that the body does know, but so are there studies to show it doesn't. The fact that healthy food is better on your bodys digestive system is true. And that calories are treated different. Well that may be true to a point. For example, there are 4 calories in a gram of protien as well as a gram of carbohydrates. Fat has 9 calories to a gram. The body will burn the protien and carbs easier than fat because it takes longer to break fat down. The unused portion of ANY calorie source is stored as fat. The body can tell the difference between a fat, protien, and carb. That's why high fat junk food items are more likely to be stored as fat but is not always the case. To say that if you eat a healthy meal the body will say, “oh! This is a healthy 500 calorie meal and not junk food so I'm going to burn it all off instead of storing it as fat vs 500 calories of junk food ” is false. You can still gain weight if you overeat on healthy food. All and all I think the article was good but just worded some things wrong.