25 Common Food & Nutrition Myths

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Balance and eating throughout the day is the key and drink more water.

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

25 as well.