There are so many diet myths out there that makes us believe in certain things that we should do to lose weight. But these rumors are sometimes unhealthy and even back-fire the effect of weight-loss. The following are the diet myths that we should all ignore (Shape.com):
Diet myth 1: Only eat when you’re hungry.
Diet facts: Spacing food evenly throughout the day is key to weight-loss success. People who eat healthy food at regular intervals, starting with breakfast, are better nourished. Meal skippers are more prone to weight problems probably because once they do eat, they eat too much of all the wrong stuff. People who successfully maintain a healthy weight eat nutritious foods every four to five hours, regardless of whether it’s a weekday, weekend or holiday.
People often think they can save calories by skipping meals, but most people more than make up for those saved calories at other times of the day.
Diet myth 2: There are no bad foods, everything in moderation.
Diet facts: You may have heard that there are no good foods or bad foods, only good and bad diets. But truth be told, some foods just don’t stand up nutritionally speaking.
Not to say you can’t enjoy bad foods once in a while and in reasonable portions, but focus on eating fresh healthy foods and be aware of your own trigger foods.
Diet myth 3: A low carb diet flushes calories from the body.
Diet facts: Many people believe the body can excrete fat fragments (called ketones) in urine while on a low carb diet, essentially flushing calories out.
Cutting carbs restricts so many foods that are normally accompanied by fat, that dieters often end up slashing calories overall. The initial rapid weight loss they experience is caused by the body draining glycogen stores for energy. With each gram of glycogen used, 3 grams of water are released, with the result being almost immediate weight loss due to increased urination. After about 10 to14 days, increased urination ends and so does the rapid weight-loss phase.
Diet myth 4: Certain diets can banish cellulite.
Diet facts: Medically speaking, there is no such thing as cellulite. It’s a marketing term for plain old pudge that ripples (mostly on the thighs) in varying degrees in 50 to 90 percent of women, regardless of clothing size or fitness level.
Since cellulite is just ordinary body fat, there is no unique low carb diet trick or cellulite treatment to remove it. The bottom line? A calorie-controlled diet that consists of whole, healthy foods plus exercise will help you lose fat throughout your body
Diet myth 5: When you work out you need extra protein in your diet.
Diet facts: Even if you exercise regularly, you don’t need any more protein than the average couch potato! Most Americans consume more than enough protein, averaging 77.5 grams a day, or 146 percent of the Dietary Reference Intake (53 grams) for a 145-pound adult.
There’s nothing better to eat many servings of whole grains, fruits and vegetable. Then to make weight-loss work, incorporate it with exercise and water!
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