Three Weight Loss Myths You Should Drop Right Now!
By: Bean Jones
Eat wisely. Make healthy food choices instead of being fooled by diet myths.
Some people have become so obsessed with fighting fat and losing weight that they end up believing just about any quick-fix claim. I don't blame them for being tricked by promises of instant weight loss, but they deserve to know the truth about some of the most common diet myths being hyped today. Otherwise, they'll end up frustrated by their misinformed efforts or, worse, completely giving up on getting fit.
Here are three diet myths that you ought to ditch ASAP:
1. Only grease food can make you feel full. "In our studies, we varied the proportion of sugar and fat--and found little or no differences in satiety ratings," reveals Dr. Barbara J. Rolls, professor of Nutritional Sciences at Pennsylvania State University and author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan. If your aim is to feel full, she advises that you go for high-fiber food--such as fruits and vegetables--and whole grains.
2. Ditching carbs will make you instantly thin. In 2006, a study done at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University disproves low-carb diets fanatics' claim that you can excrete fat fragment (called ketones) in urine if you ditch carbs. The rapid weight loss initially experienced by low-carb dieters is simply because the body reacts to the absence of carbs by draining its glycogen (a cell component which is responsible for the storage of fats) stores for energy. With each gram of glycogen used, about three grams of water are released. But this doesn't last long--as the increased urination and the temporary "rapid" weight loss--experienced by low-carb dieters ends after 10 to 14 days. After that, the weight loss tapers off. Plus, not having enough carbs is not exactly healthy--as studies show that it could lead to the brain being starved of carbohydrates, reduce energy levels, as well as cause other gastrointestinal problems.
3. Standing up while eating helps you burn more calories. Various studies and a whole league of diet experts state that this practice "has no scientific basis whatsoever." More often than not, eating while standing causes you to overeat because you don't really get to pay attention to what you're eating.
Rather than subscribing to myths that could harm you or throw off your body's natural processes, the wise thing to do is to get clued in on the right kinds of food to eat and scientifically-sound fat loss moves. The need to be fit should be part of your lifestyle--and not just adopted when you feel like it.
Credits: Photo by Anna Cercova, courtesy of Public Domain Pictures.
Comments
Ok. Useful information but not a credible de-bunking of anything. A study a few years ago found that the greasy McBurger and fries actually turns off the part of the brain that tells you when you've had enough - making engorgement actually easier to do.
Here's the secret to losing weight from a dietary perspective:
master your desires.
Easier said than done of course. The most indsidious food desire and probably the root of the others is blood lust - the hunger to eat the bodies of animals. Conquer this desire and many others are paltry by comparison.
The victory lies in the courage to make a decision to leave the desire behind.
Actually sugar makes people more hungry. I crave sugar and seem to have to have some everyday. Not allot, but some.
Low carb diets do not work for me. I loose 6 pounds then stop and go no further. I hate that kind of diet.
I do not like to stand up and eat. I am 50 pounds over weight and 60 years of age. Loosing this weight has been the hardest thing to do. I cannot seem to stick to any diet more than a day if I'm lucky.
hello,stop dieting,i lost 70 pounds,with the secret
just put on your scale the weight you want to have and love yourself more everything who came from your mouth it will be, you are beautifull,and perfect only perfection is around us,when you ask,beleived you will received,repeat to yourself how beautiful you are and say thank you to the universe,be grateful
with my love to all beautiful womens who dare to believe
Stop driving.
As a yoga therapist i always
tell my students to eat only
when you are truely hungry,
and what is hunger? when you
are ready to eat 3 days old
stale bread that is hunger.
Most of the time it is just
appetite or craving to eat
tasty food which is quite
different from true hunger.
Next chew your food properly, not necessary 32
times but till the mouthful
of food becomes liquid.
Lastly don't miss your
Yoga/or any of your exercise
and in 3 months time you will see the difference.
With warm wishes,
Sudhakar
How we can know the true hunger? if i'm hugry and don't eat, i'll have gas problemsFfn(no
The "secrets" to weight loss are really simple, the hard part is the self discipline needed to get there. Taste cravings such as for sweets, take about 2 weeks to change-avoid that morning donut-w/ your coffee & in about 2 weeks, you will no longer crave it-substitute some fresh fruit & yogurt w/ walnuts. As for the rest of your meals, again its simple, cook your meals fresh, stay away from prepared foods, take out meals etc..they are loaded w/salt for flavoring and are high in fats. When you shop, except for some canned goods like beans, tomatos for sauce etc, breads and cereals, stay away from the middle aisles where all the snacks are. The outer aislses have your basics:veges, meats, fish poultry, dairy products. Do this, get more active like walking briskly for a half hour 2-3 or more times a week and you will trim down-Its really that simple. Oh and lay off the snacking after dinner.
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