25 Common Food & Nutrition Myths

spottedlee

Interesting reading.

http://www.eiu.edu/dining/files/25 Common Food Myths.pdf

drmerc

I take issue with #15 and #22

Melo1966

I love this very good info here. Thanks for posting.:happy:
Balance and eating throughout the day is the key and drink more water.

Sarauk2sf

Actually, this is very good. Except:


#15 - you need sufficient protein to build/maintain muscle and, unless you have a medical condition, the dosage of protein that would cause health issues is very high. Just make sure you stay hydrated enough.
#22 - only relevant to some individuals and only relevant to any individual if they are not tracking food intake.

That being said, this is 200% better that the usual articles posted.

bostonwolf

^agreed. Fasting is sometimes and excellent way to lose weight and spur fat loss.

Calantorntain

Things like this would be much better if they sited research studies.

deb3129

This is a great article. Thank you for posting!

arosegeo

thank you

Melo1966

Protein is very important but the myth is you need to overeat protein. Such as more than 70g for a female not working out is too much.

dreilingda

"The only difference that exercise has been found to have on food was that food is reported to taste better after
exercise."

Beer certainly does.

T1mH

I love this very good info here. Thanks for posting.:happy:
Balance and eating throughout the day is the key and drink more water.

8 glasses of water a day is a myth, I'm surprised that wasn't listed.

Sarauk2sf

Protein is very important but the myth is you need to overeat protein. Such as more than 70g for a female not working out is too much.

Overeating by definition is not necessary, but it will not do you harm. How is 70g for a female not working out too much? What is the basis for that assertion?

deb3129

Protein is very important but the myth is you need to overeat protein. Such as more than 70g for a female not working out is too much.

Overeating by definition is not necessary, but it will not do you harm. How is 70g for a female not working out too much? What is the basis for that assertion?

This is one blurb about protein requirements that I found:

Our protein needs depend on our age, size, and activity level. The standard method used by nutritionists to estimate our minimum daily protein requirement is to multiply the body weight in kilograms by .8, or weight in pounds by .37. This is the number of grams of protein that should be the daily minimum. According to this method, a person weighing 150 lbs. should eat 55 grams of protein per day, a 200-pound person should get 74 grams, and a 250-pound person should eat 92 grams.

This is pretty consistently the answer you will get from most health authorities. People need WAY less protein than most people here seem to think, and you can indeed get too much. Like I said, the paragraph below is just one source. But if you look at a bunch of different sources, most of the recommendations are the same. Based on the research I have done, I need around 45 or so grams a day. I have done quite a bit of research because when most people here I am vegetarian, that is the first thing they worry about, how much protein I am getting.

n0ob

Myth 13: Ketosis caused by high protein diets reduces hunger.
FACT: Ketosis is the process of the body burning fat as its main energy source because there are not enough
carbohydrates available to burn. It is not the Ketosis that causes the loss of appetite, but an adequate amount of
protein intake will help reduce one’s hunger. Most of the weight lost on these diets is made up of water weight and
lean muscle mass and is easily regained once the diet is stopped.

lost me...

Sarauk2sf

Protein is very important but the myth is you need to overeat protein. Such as more than 70g for a female not working out is too much.

Overeating by definition is not necessary, but it will not do you harm. How is 70g for a female not working out too much? What is the basis for that assertion?

This is one blurb about protein requirements that I found:

Our protein needs depend on our age, size, and activity level. The standard method used by nutritionists to estimate our minimum daily protein requirement is to multiply the body weight in kilograms by .8, or weight in pounds by .37. This is the number of grams of protein that should be the daily minimum. According to this method, a person weighing 150 lbs. should eat 55 grams of protein per day, a 200-pound person should get 74 grams, and a 250-pound person should eat 92 grams.

This is pretty consistently the answer you will get from most health authorities. People need WAY less protein than most people here seem to think, and you can indeed get too much. Like I said, the paragraph below is just one source. But if you look at a bunch of different sources, most of the recommendations are the same. Based on the research I have done, I need around 45 or so grams a day. I have done quite a bit of research because when most people here I am vegetarian, that is the first thing they worry about, how much protein I am getting.

Source please.

Also, I would like to add that people on a deficit usually require more protein. The above is probably about folks on maintenance (but I am assuming here as there is no source quoted) and as such are not running the risk of losing LBM while on CR.

Sarauk2sf

Myth 13: Ketosis caused by high protein diets reduces hunger.
FACT: Ketosis is the process of the body burning fat as its main energy source because there are not enough
carbohydrates available to burn. It is not the Ketosis that causes the loss of appetite, but an adequate amount of
protein intake will help reduce one’s hunger. Most of the weight lost on these diets is made up of water weight and
lean muscle mass and is easily regained once the diet is stopped.

lost me...

Good spot - I missed that last piece - water weight, yes, LBM,???

Chief_Rocka

Myth 13: Ketosis caused by high protein diets reduces hunger.
FACT: Ketosis is the process of the body burning fat as its main energy source because there are not enough
carbohydrates available to burn. It is not the Ketosis that causes the loss of appetite, but an adequate amount of
protein intake will help reduce one’s hunger. Most of the weight lost on these diets is made up of water weight and
lean muscle mass and is easily regained once the diet is stopped.

lost me...

Good spot - I missed that last piece - water weight, yes, LBM,???

I think the author is confused because technically LBM = anything that's not fat, which would include water. The author is lumping in LBM with muscle mass.

mmapags

Protein is very important but the myth is you need to overeat protein. Such as more than 70g for a female not working out is too much.

Overeating by definition is not necessary, but it will not do you harm. How is 70g for a female not working out too much? What is the basis for that assertion?

This is one blurb about protein requirements that I found:

Our protein needs depend on our age, size, and activity level. The standard method used by nutritionists to estimate our minimum daily protein requirement is to multiply the body weight in kilograms by .8, or weight in pounds by .37. This is the number of grams of protein that should be the daily minimum. According to this method, a person weighing 150 lbs. should eat 55 grams of protein per day, a 200-pound person should get 74 grams, and a 250-pound person should eat 92 grams.

This is pretty consistently the answer you will get from most health authorities. People need WAY less protein than most people here seem to think, and you can indeed get too much. Like I said, the paragraph below is just one source. But if you look at a bunch of different sources, most of the recommendations are the same. Based on the research I have done, I need around 45 or so grams a day. I have done quite a bit of research because when most people here I am vegetarian, that is the first thing they worry about, how much protein I am getting.

"The standard method used by nutritionists to estimate our minimum daily protein requirement"

Key word in that statement is minimum and I would dispute that! Minimum does not mean recomended. It means not to go below. If you are acitve with exercise at all these minimums would be ridiculously low and cause catabolism in my opinion.

n0ob

Myth 13: Ketosis caused by high protein diets reduces hunger.
FACT: Ketosis is the process of the body burning fat as its main energy source because there are not enough
carbohydrates available to burn. It is not the Ketosis that causes the loss of appetite, but an adequate amount of
protein intake will help reduce one’s hunger. Most of the weight lost on these diets is made up of water weight and
lean muscle mass and is easily regained once the diet is stopped.

lost me...

Good spot - I missed that last piece - water weight, yes, LBM,???

I think the author is confused because technically LBM = anything that's not fat, which would include water. The author is lumping in LBM with muscle mass.

if they explicitely said that, then I would have no objection. Saying LBM gives the connotation to a lay person that you're talking muscle.

UsedToBeHusky

Can we plaster #19 on every page of this site???

n0ob

Can we plaster #19 on every page of this site???

25 as well.