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So. What's the worst weight loss myth?
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Back to the thread, I think that both of these are problematic diet myths:
1-You must exercise a lot to lose weight. (Yes, you should exercise for your health, and it is easier with exercise, but for weight loss, CICO no matter how you do it...)
AND its converse, which has been making the rounds in clickbait articles:
2-Exercise doesn't help you to lose weight. (Well, sure, if you run a mile and then eat a family sized bag of Doritos. But again, CICO!--much easier to get a deficit with exercise, and it has appetite-suppressant effects to a point as well.)
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quiksylver296 wrote: »
I also liked their assertion that coffee would destroy your organs because of acidity.3 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »
I also liked their assertion that coffee would destroy your organs because of acidity.
I'm doing my part to dissolve my organs right now.
Thanks, Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut K-Cups!3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »
Oh man, I remember that book. It was like an espresso of stupidity, so much concentrated woo.
They spent pages railing against sugar and processed food and when you looked at their product recommendations in the back of the book, it was just organic and "natural" versions of . . . sweet processed food. Like substituting Newman-Os for Oreos.2 -
French_Peasant wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »Almost exactly like following common sense, long-term weight/fitness control techniques instead of running from Cabbage Soup Diet to ACV Diet to whatever the woo of the day is.
Anyway, it was an awesome wicked thai soup I had made.
"Dear Lord in Heaven, preserve us" may have been more appropriate. Or "Satan, begone!"
I spent the weekend arguing diet woo with my beloved brother and his wife. Coincidentally, I am also now the proud owner of a Himalayan pink salt lamp and an essential oil diffuser since it was our (very late) Christmas get-together. So now my air is cleansed of its (bad) positive ions and diffused with the disease-preventing power of Thieve's Oil. Yay!
Positive... ion... i.e. proton... i.e. in the nucleus of all atoms (matter)... which must also have neutrons and electrons else it may become unstable... ... I just... science... but...1 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Not sure where to put this, so I'm dropping it here. Not really myth related.
I'm in for four gallons of Skittles!5 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »
I also liked their assertion that coffee would destroy your organs because of acidity.
I'm doing my part to dissolve my organs right now.
Thanks, Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut K-Cups!
Me, too! Coconut Mocha Donut Shop K-Cups, here!3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »
I also liked their assertion that coffee would destroy your organs because of acidity.
I'm doing my part to dissolve my organs right now.
Thanks, Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut K-Cups!
Me, too! Coconut Mocha Donut Shop K-Cups, here!
Those are my favorite.0 -
I heart this thread.1
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Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »
I also liked their assertion that coffee would destroy your organs because of acidity.
I'm doing my part to dissolve my organs right now.
Thanks, Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut K-Cups!
Me, too! Coconut Mocha Donut Shop K-Cups, here!
Those are my favorite.
Have you tried the Green Mountain brown sugar crumble donut?!? YUM!1 -
French_Peasant wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »Almost exactly like following common sense, long-term weight/fitness control techniques instead of running from Cabbage Soup Diet to ACV Diet to whatever the woo of the day is.
Anyway, it was an awesome wicked thai soup I had made.
"Dear Lord in Heaven, preserve us" may have been more appropriate. Or "Satan, begone!"
I spent the weekend arguing diet woo with my beloved brother and his wife. Coincidentally, I am also now the proud owner of a Himalayan pink salt lamp and an essential oil diffuser since it was our (very late) Christmas get-together. So now my air is cleansed of its (bad) positive ions and diffused with the disease-preventing power of Thieve's Oil. Yay!
Positive... ion... i.e. proton... i.e. in the nucleus of all atoms (matter)... which must also have neutrons and electrons else it may become unstable... ... I just... science... but...
Here is a 'splainatory quote from a physics forum that made me laugh (although actually the amount of salt you get with a lamp is a MUCH better value than what you pay for the Himalayan salt in the little grinder at the grocery):
"I think these products work on the principle of Conservation of Stupidity. The quantum theory of stupidity implies that stupidity is carried by the same virtual particles that are used in electronic money transfers. In this particular case, when you use your credit card to pay money to the Himalayan salt miners, their stupidity decreases, and yours does the opposite..."
Reference https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/got-an-ionizing-himalayan-salt-lamp-for-xmas-does-it-work.729952/15 -
That early hominids ate like the paleo diet claims they did.7
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Not sure where to put this, so I'm dropping it here. Not really myth related.
I prefer this one (referenced)
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The Crème egg comparison is ridiculous. I mean why would anyone eat three Crème eggs when you could have the superior Cadbury caramel egg instead?13
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smotheredincheese wrote: »The Crème egg comparison is ridiculous. I mean why would anyone eat three Crème eggs when you could have the superior Cadbury caramel egg instead?
Or a Reese's egg?!9 -
Fat makes you fat. Fat does NOT make you fat! Look at eating paleo/primal low carb diet.....0
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Fat makes you fat. Fat does NOT make you fat! Look at eating paleo/primal low carb diet.....
Paleo and Primal aren't necessarily low carb... there are variants like that, but they didn't really start out that way. And I can guarantee you, that I can easily gain on those diets.. But I do agree that fat doesn't make you fat... calories do.2 -
Fat makes you fat. Fat does NOT make you fat! Look at eating paleo/primal low carb diet.....
Confession: I only read the first 5 pages but this^^ gets my vote for worst. Another confession: I came of age in the fat-makes-you-fat era, and it definitely messed me up for years. I had an all carb diet--avoided fat & protein like it was poison. And let me tell you, I gained.
I've read, and maybe you have too, where some obesity researchers attribute our population-wide weight gain to that ridiculous fat-makes-you-fat nonsense and the corresponding dietary guidelines that gave rise to the explosion of no-fat-sugar-packed super palatable foods. Many of us were misguided. So this gets my vote for all time worst myth (despite the plethora of others that are super annoying--I'm looking at you, jump start juice cleanse).7
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