10 diet rules that are proven wrong!

Interesting. But what are your sources for all these?

Not sure what their source is for this information but there are plenty of people on here, including me, that will disagree with the assertion that some of these rules are "wrong" especially the first few. It's not that they are right or wrong for weight loss its that it does not matter either way if you eat breakfast, big dinner, snack, exercise on an empty stomach, etc... as long as you are hitting your calorie goals.

10 diet rules that we had wrong (backed by science & featured in shape magazine):
1: You CAN skip breakfast if you want.
2: It's OK to eat a big dinner. (you have a calorie limit. if you don't go over, then it doesn't matter when during the day you have more calories for a meal.
3: Snacking does NOT affect metabolism. (no evidence of improved weight loss by eating smaller, more frequent meals)
4: Eat carbs to get lean. (avoid processed carbs. get them from whole foods such as fruit & veggies)
5: There is a weight loss pill worth buying. Vitamin D3.
6: Exercise on an empty stomach.
7: Eat saturated fats. (cholesterol is important for healthy kidneys)
8: Consider fasting for better health. (a study found if people fasted 1 day a month, they were 40% less likely to suffer from clogged arteries)
9: Going organic won't help lose weight. (yes it helps avoid pesticides & toxins which is important, but not all organic foods are weight loss friendly. high calorie or high sugar is still bad whether organic or not)
10: There is no such thing as too much protein. Just keep an eye on calories.

Avoid processed carbs? Not proven wrong

Vit D for weight loss? Ephedrine is a weight loss pill worth buying

Are you supposed to exercise on an empty stomach or not?

And yes there is such thing thing as too much protein for certain medical conditions or being at risk for them

I think all her points were things you SHOULD do. So in the case of empty stomach, she is saying you are supposed to. As for the processed carbs, I think the point was that you dont need to avoid carbs to get lean (Atkins)

I'm just glad I don't diet so I don't have to read or adhere to rules or keep track of whether or not they are true or false this week.

in response to #9...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/06/18/137249264/organic-pesticides-not-an-oxymoron

I do love the no rules thing, and it used to work for me, but as I am approaching 40, if I don't have rules, the weight just does not budge. I'd love to be able to just have it happen without my own personal rules for myself. I have to think it may be this way the rest of my life...depressing.

before you post such stupidity actually THINK...many of your rules are RIGHT..geniass

Assuming "diet" means eating for fat loss, there really is only one proven diet rule. Consume less than you burn.

No one ever said you couldn't exercise on an empyty stomach, it's just that if you do high intensity workouts for a prolonged period of time on an empty stomach you do risk hypoglycemia., which just sucks haha

10 diet rules that we had wrong (backed by science & featured in shape magazine):
1: You CAN skip breakfast if you want.
2: It's OK to eat a big dinner. (you have a calorie limit. if you don't go over, then it doesn't matter when during the day you have more calories for a meal.
3: Snacking does NOT affect metabolism. (no evidence of improved weight loss by eating smaller, more frequent meals)
4: Eat carbs to get lean. (avoid processed carbs. get them from whole foods such as fruit & veggies)
5: There is a weight loss pill worth buying. Vitamin D3.
6: Exercise on an empty stomach.
7: Eat saturated fats. (cholesterol is important for healthy kidneys)
8: Consider fasting for better health. (a study found if people fasted 1 day a month, they were 40% less likely to suffer from clogged arteries)
9: Going organic won't help lose weight. (yes it helps avoid pesticides & toxins which is important, but not all organic foods are weight loss friendly. high calorie or high sugar is still bad whether organic or not)
10: There is no such thing as too much protein. Just keep an eye on calories.

1.) Of course you CAN skip breakfast if you want to but it's better to eat breakfast because, as the name says, it breaks your fast. Breakfast is quite an important meal but if you want to skip it, by all means feel free.
2.) Of course it's OK to eat a big meal, that is up to personal preference but generally it is better to go from big meal to small meal. Of course, it depends on the person. Everyone divides their calories differently and one should figure out what works best for them.
3.) Yeah snacking really doesn't affect metabolism that's been known for ages *yawn* boring fact.
4.) There are CERTAIN carbs that are good for losing weight, for example lentils are good because they are a complex carb.
5.) Vitamins in pill form are not worth buying. The best way to get vitamins is through your diet. When you take vitamin in pill form, you don't absorb enough of it to be worth taking. While it may say there's x amount in each capsule your body only absorbs a very small portion of that.
6.) Exercising on an empty stomach is good if you're looking to lose a certain kind of weight. Do research on what to eat before exercising. It truly depends on the exercises you're doing! Are you building muscle? Burning calories? Burning fat? Different foods help each different thing.
7.) *siiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
8.) Don't fast. Fasting for religious reasons? Fine. Otherwise? Please don't.
9.) You're right, going organic won't necessarily help but if you buy foods from farmers' markets you're more likely to know exactly what's in them and there won't be added things that are really bad for you and assist in putting on weight. In fact, knowing what is in your food is really important to losing weight so if you're going to buy bread, yogurt, whatever, I suggest buying it from a farmers' market where you can actually find out what goes into your food!
10.) There is most definitely such a thing as too much protein. Everything should be portioned out correctly and there is a certain maximum amount a person should eat a day. It is something that is going to be different based on height, body composition, exercise routine, medical issues, etc. Too much protein is BAD.

Hope this helps

1.) Of course you CAN skip breakfast if you want to but it's better to eat breakfast because, as the name says, it breaks your fast. Breakfast is quite an important meal but if you want to skip it, by all means feel free.
2.) Of course it's OK to eat a big meal, that is up to personal preference but generally it is better to go from big meal to small meal. Of course, it depends on the person. Everyone divides their calories differently and one should figure out what works best for them.
3.) Yeah snacking really doesn't affect metabolism that's been known for ages *yawn* boring fact.
4.) There are CERTAIN carbs that are good for losing weight, for example lentils are good because they are a complex carb.
5.) Vitamins in pill form are not worth buying. The best way to get vitamins is through your diet. When you take vitamin in pill form, you don't absorb enough of it to be worth taking. While it may say there's x amount in each capsule your body only absorbs a very small portion of that.
6.) Exercising on an empty stomach is good if you're looking to lose a certain kind of weight. Do research on what to eat before exercising. It truly depends on the exercises you're doing! Are you building muscle? Burning calories? Burning fat? Different foods help each different thing.
7.) *siiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
8.) Don't fast. Fasting for religious reasons? Fine. Otherwise? Please don't.
9.) You're right, going organic won't necessarily help but if you buy foods from farmers' markets you're more likely to know exactly what's in them and there won't be added things that are really bad for you and assist in putting on weight. In fact, knowing what is in your food is really important to losing weight so if you're going to buy bread, yogurt, whatever, I suggest buying it from a farmers' market where you can actually find out what goes into your food!
10.) There is most definitely such a thing as too much protein. Everything should be portioned out correctly and there is a certain maximum amount a person should eat a day. It is something that is going to be different based on height, body composition, exercise routine, medical issues, etc. Too much protein is BAD.

Hope this helps

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yaa i think u should have started off by clarifying that these are the things u should do haha

1.) Of course you CAN skip breakfast if you want to but it's better to eat breakfast because, as the name says, it breaks your fast. Breakfast is quite an important meal but if you want to skip it, by all means feel free.

Doesn't that really mean that the first meal one eats then is break fast? Mines after 12pm.

4.) There are CERTAIN carbs that are good for losing weight, for example lentils are good because they are a complex carb.

In the end, all carbs are broken down to glycogen for the body. Some carbs have better nutrient value, but GI doesn't matter that much when it comes to weight loss.

8.) Don't fast. Fasting for religious reasons? Fine. Otherwise? Please don't.

Fasting for 24 hours isn't harmful to the body. If there is I'd like to see it.

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10 diet rules that we had wrong (backed by science & featured in shape magazine):
1: You CAN skip breakfast if you want.
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10: There is no such thing as too much protein. Just keep an eye on calories.

1.) Of course you CAN skip breakfast if you want to but it's better to eat breakfast because, as the name says, it breaks your fast. Breakfast is quite an important meal but if you want to skip it, by all means feel free.
2.) Of course it's OK to eat a big meal, that is up to personal preference but generally it is better to go from big meal to small meal. Of course, it depends on the person. Everyone divides their calories differently and one should figure out what works best for them.
3.) Yeah snacking really doesn't affect metabolism that's been known for ages *yawn* boring fact.
4.) There are CERTAIN carbs that are good for losing weight, for example lentils are good because they are a complex carb.
5.) Vitamins in pill form are not worth buying. The best way to get vitamins is through your diet. When you take vitamin in pill form, you don't absorb enough of it to be worth taking. While it may say there's x amount in each capsule your body only absorbs a very small portion of that.
6.) Exercising on an empty stomach is good if you're looking to lose a certain kind of weight. Do research on what to eat before exercising. It truly depends on the exercises you're doing! Are you building muscle? Burning calories? Burning fat? Different foods help each different thing.
7.) *siiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
8.) Don't fast. Fasting for religious reasons? Fine. Otherwise? Please don't.
9.) You're right, going organic won't necessarily help but if you buy foods from farmers' markets you're more likely to know exactly what's in them and there won't be added things that are really bad for you and assist in putting on weight. In fact, knowing what is in your food is really important to losing weight so if you're going to buy bread, yogurt, whatever, I suggest buying it from a farmers' market where you can actually find out what goes into your food!
10.) There is most definitely such a thing as too much protein. Everything should be portioned out correctly and there is a certain maximum amount a person should eat a day. It is something that is going to be different based on height, body composition, exercise routine, medical issues, etc. Too much protein is BAD.

Hope this helps

Where do you get your sources from? I'd like to see you back most of what you're asserting as fact here.

- "it's better to eat breakfast because, as the name says, it breaks your fast" - how is that a reason?
- "it is better to go from big meal to small meal" - Why? I don't think that's true.
- "lentils are good because they are a complex carb" - How is being a complex carb in itself a reason for why something's good at losing weight?
- Why are you sighing at eating saturated fats? I recommend you do research on this if you still think saturated fat is evil.We've been eating saturated fats for a long long time and it never caused the health issues that we see today.
- Why not fast? I fast and have found it to really helps me. I'm more alert in the mornings and it helps me stay within my calorie limits. There is also a lot of evidence that it helps with general health as well.
- It is true that there *could* possibly be such a thing as too much protein. I think that this is a non-issue for 99% of the population though. Unless you're pounding back whole chickens, protein shakes and bars, and more protein shakes and bars, I don't think there's much of an issue. It's like saying 'There is no such thing as drinking too much water'. Yes, you can definitely go overboard and get water poisoning, but as a general rule, people aren't going to harm themselves by having too much water.

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5.) Vitamins in pill form are not worth buying. The best way to get vitamins is through your diet. When you take vitamin in pill form, you don't absorb enough of it to be worth taking. While it may say there's x amount in each capsule your body only absorbs a very small portion of that.

Actually from my experience as a nurse and having multiple patients on and off Vitamin D with weekly and monthly labs to prove whether it is working or not this is incorrect. I have personally seen it work in too many patients. Not to say that happens with all.