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The Top 17 Nutrition Myths of 2017
Orphia
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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.
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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I don't see ACV on the list anywhere.... guessnit fallsnunder the detox bullet point?17
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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 2017.7
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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.9
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I don't see Dr. Oz (and other experts of his ilk) anywhere on that list...6
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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.
There was someone here the other day arguing vehemently that as long as you eat "healthy" foods, you can eat as much as you want and your body will magically get to a healthy weight on its own. Then, another one was telling people that as long as they took their vitamins and drank at least two gallons of water a day, they would naturally burn double the calories without changing any other thing. These people were insisting their opinions were fact. Drove me nuts...
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ladyreva78 wrote: »
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.4 -
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?1 -
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.27 -
Great list. I do like examine.com.1
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singingflutelady 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.1 -
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Myth 18: soda contains a high amount of sodium9
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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.8
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What about "organic is healthier than conventional." But that might fall under eat clean.4
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Today the NYT reached all the way back to 2010 to reprint an article about #16.0
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Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
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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.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?
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They aren't all alternative FACTS though. Alternative thinking yes, but a lot of the myths have been debunked by actual science.Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
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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.
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Very few of us are bodybuilders or athletes. Most of us are a whole lot more average than we'd like to admit.
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They aren't all alternative FACTS though. Alternative thinking yes, but a lot of the myths have been debunked by actual science.Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
:P
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
You haven't been watching the news, have you
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Alatariel75 wrote: »
They aren't all alternative FACTS though. Alternative thinking yes, but a lot of the myths have been debunked by actual science.Don't think of these as nutrition "myths", think of them as nutrition "alternative facts!"
:P
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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.1 -
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.4 -
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.3 -
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")2 -
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!1
I'm just happy "carbs are bad" is number 1. 
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