The Top 17 Nutrition Myths of 2017

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Orphia
Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
From a great site, Examine:

https://examine.com/nutrition/awful-nutrition-myths/

The list of myths:

Myth 1: Carbs are bad for you
Myth 2: Fats are bad for you
Myth 3: Protein is bad for you
Myth 4: Egg yolks are bad for you
Myth 5: Red meat is bad for you
Myth 6: Salt is bad for you
Myth 7: Bread is bad for you
Myth 8: Whole-wheat bread is far better than white bread
Myth 9: High-fructose corn syrup is far worse than sugar
Myth 10: Foods are always superior to supplements:
Myth 11: Supplements are superior to foods
Myth 12: You should eat "clean"
Myth 13: You should "detox" regularly
Myth 14: To lose fat, eat more often
Myth 15: To lose fat, don't eat before bed
Myth 16: To lose fat, do your cardio on an empty stomach
Myth 17: You need protein right after your workout

Read the link for explanations why you shouldn't believe these myths.

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  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
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    Orphia wrote: »
    duddysdad wrote: »
    How about those people who eat keto or vegan and think calories don't matter? It always irks me when I see someone saying that.

    :smiley: I'm just happy "carbs are bad" is number 1.

    But but but... they are bad for you! :tongue:
  • NoNameJustMe
    NoNameJustMe Posts: 86 Member
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    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    I don't see Dr. Oz (and other experts of his ilk) anywhere on that list...

    They might spew garbage that belong to the weightloss myth category, but they themselves are only quacks...

    Oz would make it on the top 10 list of myth propagators though...

    He recently had an "expert" on his show explaining how and why you need to "detoxify" your liver. I didn't watch. I could barely sit through the commercials for the episode.
  • mcraw75
    mcraw75 Posts: 99 Member
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    Ryokat wrote: »
    What about breakfast being the most important meal of the day? I hate that one, although it's been around a lot longer than just 2017.

    Research has shown that children who eat breakfast have higher test scores than those that don't. It's the most important meal for the brain, but maybe not the body?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Great list. I do like examine.com.
  • fourtherecord
    fourtherecord Posts: 103 Member
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    singingflutelady wrote: »
    mcraw75 wrote: »
    Ryokat wrote: »
    What about breakfast being the most important meal of the day? I hate that one, although it's been around a lot longer than just 2017.

    Research has shown that children who eat breakfast have higher test scores than those that don't. It's the most important meal for the brain, but maybe not the body?

    Children who don't eat breakfast usually live in poverty/very low income families and have a lot more going on than just not eating breakfast.

    Anecdotally, I find that if don't eat breakfast (and similarly on fast days when I used to 5:2) my brain feels 'fuzzy' and unclear and it's difficult to concentrate.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,950 Member
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    elphie754 wrote: »
    I don't see ACV on the list anywhere.... guessn it falls under the detox bullet point?

    Or "Myth 11: Supplements are superior to foods"
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    edited January 2017
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    What about "organic is healthier than conventional." But that might fall under eat clean.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
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    Today the NYT reached all the way back to 2010 to reprint an article about #16.
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
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    dasz88 wrote: »
    Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
    :P

    You win!

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