8 Common Food Myths Debunked

8 Common Food Myths Debunked

Today most people need to lose weight. That happens because they cannot follow a healthy diet. However, there are some food myths that you need to have debunked to go on with your life.

These food myths are strongly attached to our common conscience and cannot easily get dissolved. In this short article, we aspire to debunk these myths to the point you learn the truth and accept it.

Let’s analyze the eight most powerful myths and how you could easily dissolve them in your mind. As soon as you do so, you will be ready to follow a healthy diet and be sure that you will lose weight and improve your lifestyle.

Junk Food is the Least Expensive Choice

One of the greatest myths about food is that junk food will cost you less. It’s true that you will pay less at the cashier’s desk when you receive your order for a burger. However, it will cost you a lot more to recover when you want to come back to a healthy nutrition plan.

Burgers and sweets give you an artificial flavor that makes your mind blow. They also add many empty calories to your body and give you excessive body fat. In the long run, you will need a lot more to spend on your health, making junk food an expensive choice for daily meals.

Gluten-Free Products Are Not For Everyone

Lately, we have seen many people experiment with gluten-free products. Gluten is a protein that is present in wheat and can give you allergies and absorbance syndromes in your intestine.

Even though the removal of gluten from foods is an expensive process, you will need to have that kind of food if you are diagnosed with gluten intolerance. Even when you have no issues with gluten, consuming less of this substance will also make you feel better and avoid abdominal bloating.

So it’s a myth you don’t need gluten-free products no matter what your state is with gluten.

You Can’t Eat Full-Fat Dairy Products

Full-fat dairy products were said to be non-competent for a healthy diet. Nutritionists mentioned for ages that full-fat milk or yogurt could bar your efforts to lose body fat.

However, that is a myth that was busted in the previous decade. It seems like you can lose weight even though you eat full-fat products when you follow a low-carb diet. Your body only uses the fatty acids as energy cells and will not lead them to the fat depositories in your belly and thighs. You can keep on enjoying your favorite full-fat milk without feeling guilty when you are on a diet.

Proteins Can’t Make You Fat

Some people also believe in the myth that you can eat as many proteins as you like without getting fat. However, that is a myth we need to debunk here.

When you eat too many proteins, you force your liver to work double shifts. These proteins are dissolved into amino acids that can pass in the cells and become fatty acids through the Krebs cycle.

As a result, you can get fat from an excessive protein diet, so you need to be careful with the quality and quantity of proteins you consume.

Carbs Should Be Eliminated From Your Diet

After Dr. Atkins announced his low-carb diet, everyone believed in the myth that carbs were increasing your body fat. However, that is only one part of the truth. Carbs were abundant in nature to help humans build their civilization.

You can eat as many carbs as you like and still retain your normal weight as long as you exercise a lot. The primitive people were living in cages and hunting all day long. That was the reason the early bread consumption by that time was not making them fat. Today when you don’t move a lot and consume more carbs, you will surely get more body fat.

In general, when you follow a healthy diet and training plan, you have no issue with consuming carbs in a normal quantity.

Heavy Exercise Can Make You Lose More Weight

When you are a novice gym user, you want to start exercising hard to lose weight. However, a heavy training plan does not necessarily mean you will lose more weight in the long run.

That happens because you need to have normal nutrition with many proteins to build your muscles. If you fail to do so, you will only destroy your muscles as your body will seek proteins and energy into their fibers.

Not to mention that when you perform excessive training, you risk having a quick build-up of creatinine in your blood. That could lead to apoptosis in your muscle cells, an acute situation that may need hospitalization. So starting with a normal and feasible exercise plan is better for losing weight in the long run.

Fish Is Hard to Cook

Another myth about food is that fish is hard to cook. However, if you remove its skin, fish is a lot easier and faster to cook than any other food.

The easiest and safest way to cook fish is steam. You can use your steam cooker to place the fish filets inside and expect them to be ready in less than 15 minutes. Fish gives you all the necessary omega-3 fatty acids that will enhance your health and make you feel better overall.

Eating Sweets Can Satisfy Your Appetite

Finally, another myth is that you can feel full only by eating sweets and chocolate. That is a great myth we need to dissolve here.

Sweets are full of cane sugar that sends some sentiments of joy in your brain. You may even produce more dopamine in your brain and feel better. However, this action is only temporary and will not make you feel full like normal food will.

Not to mention that sugar will increase your blood insulin levels. When insulin is up, you will crave more food, and that is a vicious cycle you better avoid getting into.

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