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    The Top 17 Nutrition Myths of 2017

    Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited November 2024 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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    • Posts: 4,080 Member
      Orphia wrote: »
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      :smiley: I'm just happy "carbs are bad" is number 1.

      But but but... they are bad for you! :tongue:
    • Posts: 86 Member
      ladyreva78 wrote: »
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      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.
    • Posts: 99 Member
      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?
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      Great list. I do like examine.com.
    • Posts: 103 Member
      singingflutelady wrote: »
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      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.
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      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"
    • Posts: 1,450 Member
      edited January 2017
      What about "organic is healthier than conventional." But that might fall under eat clean.
    • Posts: 3,053 Member
      Today the NYT reached all the way back to 2010 to reprint an article about #16.
    • Posts: 3,053 Member
      dasz88 wrote: »
      Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
      :P

      You win!
    • Posts: 49,126 Member
      mcraw75 wrote: »
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      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?
      While a correlation, I believe that it likely true due to kids usually not eating a lot in the first place. Now I wonder if this same analogy happens in other countries where the kids are in school much later in the day than in the US.

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    • Posts: 18,780 Member
      dasz88 wrote: »
      Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
      :P

      That's it, thread's done.
    • Posts: 49,126 Member
      dasz88 wrote: »
      Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
      :P
      They aren't all alternative FACTS though. Alternative thinking yes, but a lot of the myths have been debunked by actual science.

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      newheavensearth wrote: »
      Where does "the scale doesn't matter and the BMI charts are wrong/don't apply" fall? IMHO, I think they matter for something. We're not all bodybuilders or athletes.

      +1

      Very few of us are bodybuilders or athletes. Most of us are a whole lot more average than we'd like to admit. :)
    • Posts: 4,647 Member
      Alatariel75 wrote: »
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      You haven't been watching the news, have you ;)

      Too broke for tv service (praise Reekris!) but I've seen enough headlines on fb to get the jist of it.
    • Posts: 7,097 Member
      Orphia wrote: »
      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.

      5 months into the year, and I think this needs to be bumped.
    • Posts: 5,864 Member
      I'd not seen it so thanks for bumping.

      I'm glad carbs come near the top. The amount of times people remark that they are surprised I eat bread or chocolate desserts.
    • Posts: 5,600 Member
      RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
      I'd not seen it so thanks for bumping.

      I'm glad carbs come near the top. The amount of times people remark that they are surprised I eat bread or chocolate desserts.

      yes! I could told there was no way I could eat the carbs that I do (approx. 300g a day) because I should be fat (because of how your "body processes carbs")
    • Posts: 542 Member
      I am eating lowish fat but good fats and a reasonable amount of carbs. Averaging 1600-1700 cals a day. Slow loss of 114 kg to 105-106 kg in 4 months which included 5 weeks off diet due to holidays etc. Minimal exercise due to dodgy hip....it can be done!
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