Every day I hear friends and colleagues regurgitating common nutritional myths. I was thinking, there ought to be a sticky in the nutritional section that catalogues all of these myths for newbies. I know there is "Nutrition For Newbies & Must Read Threads" (https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=136691851) which covers some of the myths, but they are scattered across different sub-threads, some of which are now invalid.
So anyway, here are the myths that I constantly hear in no particular order (I tend not to correct people when I hear them, I just lol inside). Please feel free to add your own as I'd be interested to hear them. I'm also open to being corrected if any of the myths I've posted are actually true:
#1 Eating simple carbs/sugar will make you fat. False.
#2 Eating fat will make you fat. False.
#3 Eating healthy fats (nuts, avacados, etc) will convert belly fat into a "better" fat that will burn off more easily. False.
#4 Eating only protein and fat will put your body into fat burning mode. False.
#5 Bread is bad for you. False.
#6 Bread contains lots of added sugar. False. Granted it can contain added sugar (for example, brioch buns), but there is plenty of bread with only naturally occuring sugar.
#7 Eating food late at night or before bad will be converted straight into fat. False.
#8 You need 1 gram of protein, ideally more, per pound of body weight. False, I think studies have shown that 0.7 - 0.8 grams per pound of LEAN body weight is adequate.
#9 You shouldn't eat fruit because it's high in sugar. False. As well as numerous health benefits (some of which we might not even know about or understand yet) fruit is generally very low in calories.
#10 Brown rice/pasta/bread is healthy but white varieties aren't. False.
#11 Protein can't be converted into fat. False.
#12 Diet soda will cause an insulin spike which will cause fat gain. False. Diet soda has no calories so where is the fat going to come from, thin air?
#13 Diet soda is worse than regular soda for weight loss/gain. False.
#14 If you don't eat enough, your body will go into starvation mode where it clings on to fat and only burns muscle. False.
#15 High-glycemic carbs will make you fat. False.
So anyway, here are the myths that I constantly hear in no particular order (I tend not to correct people when I hear them, I just lol inside). Please feel free to add your own as I'd be interested to hear them. I'm also open to being corrected if any of the myths I've posted are actually true:
#1 Eating simple carbs/sugar will make you fat. False.
#2 Eating fat will make you fat. False.
#3 Eating healthy fats (nuts, avacados, etc) will convert belly fat into a "better" fat that will burn off more easily. False.
#4 Eating only protein and fat will put your body into fat burning mode. False.
#5 Bread is bad for you. False.
#6 Bread contains lots of added sugar. False. Granted it can contain added sugar (for example, brioch buns), but there is plenty of bread with only naturally occuring sugar.
#7 Eating food late at night or before bad will be converted straight into fat. False.
#8 You need 1 gram of protein, ideally more, per pound of body weight. False, I think studies have shown that 0.7 - 0.8 grams per pound of LEAN body weight is adequate.
#9 You shouldn't eat fruit because it's high in sugar. False. As well as numerous health benefits (some of which we might not even know about or understand yet) fruit is generally very low in calories.
#10 Brown rice/pasta/bread is healthy but white varieties aren't. False.
#11 Protein can't be converted into fat. False.
#12 Diet soda will cause an insulin spike which will cause fat gain. False. Diet soda has no calories so where is the fat going to come from, thin air?
#13 Diet soda is worse than regular soda for weight loss/gain. False.
#14 If you don't eat enough, your body will go into starvation mode where it clings on to fat and only burns muscle. False.
#15 High-glycemic carbs will make you fat. False.
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