Your fave stupid food myth you've heard

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  • seleniumbaby
    seleniumbaby Posts: 18
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    That if you put a cookie in your yogurt the calories will leak out :) Actually that's my own myth. How about...raw milk is "healthier" than pasteurized milk because of the "enzymes"?
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
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    Coffee, tea, fizzy drinks aren't water and can not be counted as water.

    What ? Isn't this true? I have read this before and been told this by so many people, I honestly thought it was true. I heard for every coffee, tea, fizzy drink you should have 2 cups of water to balance it out.

    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    Drinking too much water can, in rare cases, lead to dilutional hyponatremia, which can be fatal.
  • Lavenda93
    Lavenda93 Posts: 23 Member
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    Drinking lots of water makes you fat.
  • tyediri
    tyediri Posts: 183 Member
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    'You can eat as much rice and curry and you wont gain weight. Its once you start eating bread, cakes and potatoes that you put on weight'.

    Having come from a South Asian background where rice is eaten everyday, sometimes 3 times a day, I used to hear this quite a lot. lol
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
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    Anything to do with meal timing.
  • Wilhellmina
    Wilhellmina Posts: 757 Member
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    Almost all above. It seems like when people start with any kind of diet they loose their senses and step into the realms of fantasy...
  • DuckDynastyMakesMeLaugh
    DuckDynastyMakesMeLaugh Posts: 363 Member
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    Coffee, tea, fizzy drinks aren't water and can not be counted as water.

    What ? Isn't this true? I have read this before and been told this by so many people, I honestly thought it was true. I heard for every coffee, tea, fizzy drink you should have 2 cups of water to balance it out.

    snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

    Drinking too much water can, in rare cases, lead to dilutional hyponatremia, which can be fatal.

    Also, from @Sarauk2sf http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/821181-myths-and-facts-about-hydration-requirements
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
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    BBqing your food all the time will give you cancer.

    This as a blanket statement isn't true, but charred food contains carcinogens which have been linked to cancer.

    Yeah, PAHs, same stuff that burning and/or smoke dried tobacco has that leads to cancers.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    Someone once gave advice about eating protein with carbs because the protein will cancel out insulin response.:huh:

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Michelle9055
    Michelle9055 Posts: 24 Member
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    GMOs give you cancer
    Dairy is bad for you
    Fruit is bad for you
    Organic is healthier
    Grains are bad for you
    Saturated fat is bad for you
  • BillnRVA
    BillnRVA Posts: 6 Member
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    You are what you eat... what?
  • abbyoncloud9
    abbyoncloud9 Posts: 48 Member
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    You need dairy in order to get enough calcium.
  • lacewitch
    lacewitch Posts: 766 Member
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    I'm alergic to salt....
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
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    That Santa Claus drinks Coca Cola....
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
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    You need grain in your diet!
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
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    We shouldn't eat potatoes because they are part of the nightshade family.
  • Arranna1212
    Arranna1212 Posts: 143 Member
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    Not really a food myth but..
    You can't have a cookie because you're on a "diet".
  • TripZeros
    TripZeros Posts: 144 Member
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    "You can't overeat if it's healthy food."

    or
    "If you eat while standing up, you burn all the calories."
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
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    Eating any amount of food will get you to a healthy weight IF it is the CORRECT types of food. i.e. clean or healthy or organic, etc.

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