Can we start a mythbusting thread?

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Honey_bearz
Honey_bearz Posts: 15
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I'll start, and it'll work as an example;


I've heard that eating carbs (or just eating at all) after 6pm should be avoided because when you're sleeping it's harder to break it down, but I've also heard that this isn't true. If it is true then it's a good tip I guess.
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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
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    Myth: You should eat 6 small meals a day

    Fact: This does absolutely nothing in terms of weight loss. If 3 meals a day plus snacks keep you satisfied, then go for it. If 6 small meals is more to your liking, great- then eat that way. There is no magic combination of meals that will make you lose weight any faster.
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
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    If we're myth-busting do I get to blow some *kitten* up? I will grow a moustache and wear a delightful hat if necessary.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
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    Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.
  • Kat5343
    Kat5343 Posts: 451 Member
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    Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.


    Dammit!!! :grumble:
  • pitbullmama
    pitbullmama Posts: 454 Member
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    Myth: you MUST drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to lose weight.

    Truth: No one really knows where that number came from.
  • LondonEliza
    LondonEliza Posts: 456 Member
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    Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.

    That must be true, I've been flushing water down the toilet for years and the damm thing has not got any smaller :laugh: :tongue:
  • Quattrone21
    Quattrone21 Posts: 49
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    How about a mythbusters episode on once you go black you never go back
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
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    Myth: Breakfast jump-starts your metabolism.
    Fact: It doesn't.



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  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
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    I'll start, and it'll work as an example;


    I've heard that eating carbs (or just eating at all) after 6pm should be avoided because when you're sleeping it's harder to break it down, but I've also heard that this isn't true. If it is true then it's a good tip I guess.

    Yes, that is a myth. You can eat at any time.

    Myth: You can only absorb 25-30g of protein in a sitting.
    Truth: Only a moron would believe this.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
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    Myth: Anything anyone ever says about insulin

    Fact: Don't eat too much
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
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    Myth: Starvation mode
    Fact: lol
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
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    Myth: You cant trust men

    Fact: I am a gynecologist
  • tschaff04
    tschaff04 Posts: 296 Member
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    That ones just funny. If it were true I would be drinking my butt off....literally!
    Myth: Drinking a lot of water flushes fat out.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
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    Myth: You'll gain 5 pounds of fat after having a single cheat day

    Fact: it takes work to lose it and it takes work to gain it. One cheat day will not drive a 5lb gain on the scales the next day. Not pooping and water retention may do that, but it's not a fat gain from one cheat day.
  • tschaff04
    tschaff04 Posts: 296 Member
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    Thank you for this one!!! I despise breakfast time. I am never hungry before lunch and get annoyed with people telling me I should be eating breakfast. :explode:
    Myth: Breakfast jump-starts your metabolism.
    Fact: It doesn't.



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    Registered trademark of Jackpotclown)
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
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    Myth: You have to "eat more to weigh less"

    Fact: Most of us are here because we got fat eating too much and "EMWL" is often (but not always, settle down) a tag line for justifying crappy food. Please, 5' females, stop letting 6'2, 210 pound male body builders tell you how much to eat and then start a thread a month later on why you aren't loosing. DERP.



    Myth: "Curvy"

    Fact: That word is rarely used in the proper context.
  • katcunock
    katcunock Posts: 664 Member
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    myth: you have to eat less than 5% fat to lose weight
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
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  • _stephanie0
    _stephanie0 Posts: 708 Member
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    Myth: You cant trust men

    Fact: I am a gynecologist


    LOL!!

    :laugh:
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
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    Myth: Baby fat

    Fact: You're 32 d*mnit

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