In my last post I exposed that diet, light and no-fat products will not make you skinny, that is a myth. Today I am going to share with you another common nutrition and weight loss myth and that is:

Simply Eating a Low-Calorie Diet Will Help Drop the Pounds
FALSE: It’s true that your body needs a certain amount of calories to survive and eating too many calories can lead to weight gain, but what’s so much more important than how many calories is where those calories come from. All calories are not created equal. A 200-calorie jelly donut supplies you with refined flour, sugar, and altered fats, which must be burned as energy or stored as fat. Eating 200 calories of almonds, on the other hand, supplies you with good fats for your brain, good protein for muscles, and good carbs for energy, plus vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and fiber. Your body has way too many good purposes for all that almonds provide to store them as excess. Be mindful of where your calories come from, eat until you are 70% – 80% full, and then eat again in a few hours.

Stay tuned for Weight Loss Myth #7, coming up in a couple of days!

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In my last post I exposed that skipping meals is good for weight loss is truly a myth. Today I am going to share with you another common nutrition and weight loss myth and that is:

Diet, Light and No-Fat Products Will Make You Skinny
FALSE: Again, if this were true, we wouldn’t be where we are today with a global obesity epidemic! Take a look in people’s carts next time you’re in the grocery store – are the ones with the low-fat mayonnaise and diet soda the healthy, ideal weight people you want to be emulating? Artificial sweeteners trick your body – it thinks it’s getting a hit of sugar when it’s not…but it goes ahead and makes space for that extra (non-existent) sugar, taking sugar out of the bloodstream and into cells (making fat). In addition, your blood sugar is now too low, and that creates hunger. Artificial sweeteners make you eat more food. Light and no-fat products are no better; fat tastes good, so when it’s removed, sugar, artificial sweeteners, or a whole whack of chemicals must be added to make the food palatable. Fat is required for important functions like your brain and emotional health, plus it’s also filling for a long period of time. Keep the diet, light, and no-fat products out of your cart and stick to the natural version of foods. 

Stay tuned for Weight Loss Myth #6, coming up in a couple of days!

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In my last post I exposed that all carbs are bad is truly a myth. Today I am going to share with you another common nutrition and weight loss myth and that is:

Skipping Meals is Good For Weight Loss
FALSE: When you skip meals, more often that not your blood sugar levels will dip lower than desired. This puts your body into “crisis” mode – it reacts by releasing cortisol to allow the release of sugars stored in your liver and muscles. Once your body senses crisis, it holds on to all stored fat, as a way to make sure it has energy available if the crisis is long-lasting. This is especially true for breakfast – your body has been fasting and repairing all night, and now you want it to run around to all the things that make up your day with no source of fuel. The best thing you can do is eat regularly – every 3-4 hours during waking hours. Meals and snacks or mini meals throughout the day will supply the fuel to keep you out of crisis mode. When your body knows it’s getting fuel on a regular basis, it can burn up that energy stored on your hips.

Stay tuned for Weight Loss Myth #5, coming up in a couple of days!

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In my last post I exposed that all carbs are bad is truly a myth. Today I am going to share with you another common nutrition and weight loss myth and that is:

Increasing Your Protein Intake Burns Fat 
FALSE: Eating protein doesn’t in itself cause weight loss. It does keep you fuller longer than just eating carbohydrates, which can result in less food being ingested, but what’s important about protein is that one of its roles is being a building block of muscle. Muscle requires more energy to run its cells, so the more muscle you have, the more energy you can burn even when standing still. Eating more protein does not guarantee more muscles – you must DO THE WORK to get the muscles – EXERCISE! Strength training is an important part of any weight loss plan, so even if you eat the same amount of calories, you can use more and potentially lose excess fat. Eat a small source of protein with every meal or snack, like lean meat, eggs, fish, nuts, seeds, or beans. 

Stay tuned for Weight Loss Myth #4, coming up in a couple of days!

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In my last post I exposed that fats make you fat is truly a myth. Today I am going to share with you another common nutrition and weight loss myth and that is:

All Carbs Are Bad
FALSE: Cutting carbs is not the answer to all your problems by any means. Carbohydrates are your body’s main source of energy, and the only source useable by your brain. Decreasing your carbohydrate intake can result in low energy and decreased mental faculties…without the weight loss! There are, however, good carbs and bad carbs.  Good carbs like fruit, vegetables and whole grains provide fiber, water, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, along with carbohydrates required to make energy. When eaten in their whole forms, these parts and pieces work synergistically, allowing a slow release of the sugars for you to use during the day. Bad carbs are void of their fiber, vitamins and minerals, like in refined white flour, white sugar, white bread, white pasta, and white rice. Their sugars then flow quickly into the bloodstream, spiking your sugars. Excess insulin is released; sugar is removed from the bloodstream and stored in cells as fat. Cutting refined carbs and increasing your fruit and vegetable carbs will go miles in your weight loss journey.

Stay tuned for Weight Loss Myth #3, coming up in a couple of days!

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