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Top 10 diet & Nutrition Myths
1. Sugar Causes Diabetes
The most common nutrition myth is probably the misconception that sugar causes diabetes. If you have diabetes, you do need to watch your sugar and carbohydrate intake, with the help of your Registered Dietitian, to properly manage your blood sugar level. However, if you do not have diabetes, sugar intake will not cause diabetes. So far, a diet high in calories, being overweight and an inactive lifestyle are the main risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. 2. All Fats are bad The fact is we all need fats. Fats help nutrient absorption, nerve transmission and maintain cell membrane integrity just to name a few functions. However, when consumed in excessive amounts, fats contribute to weight gain, heart disease and certain types of cancers. Not all fats are created equal. Some fats promote our health positively while some increase our risk for heart disease. It is a long-held nutrition myth that all fats are bad. The key is to replace bad fats (saturated fats and trans fats) with good fats (monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats) in our diet. 3. Brown Sugar is better than White Sugar The brown sugar sold at the stores is actually white granulated sugar with added molasses. Yes, brown sugar contains minute amounts of minerals. But unless you eat a gigantic portion of brown sugar everyday - the mineral content difference between brown sugar and white sugar is absolutely insignificant. The idea that brown and white sugar have big differences is another common nutrition myth. Not to c/p all, read more on: http://www.important-vitamins.com/ar...tionMyths.html Niko |
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Top 10 diet & Nutrition Myths
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:53:55 +0200, Niko wrote:
1. Sugar Causes Diabetes The most common nutrition myth is probably the misconception that sugar causes diabetes. If you have diabetes, you do need to watch your sugar and carbohydrate intake, with the help of your Registered Dietitian, to properly manage your blood sugar level. However, if you do not have diabetes, sugar intake will not cause diabetes. So far, a diet high in calories, being overweight and an inactive lifestyle are the main risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. Do not forget to mention that you are not the author of the above text, you copied it from somewhere. I suggest finding another forum for promoting your website. i |
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Top 10 diet & Nutrition Myths
I suggest finding another forum for promoting your website. I c/p it from that site that i mentioned...it isn't my site. Niko |
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Top 10 diet & Nutrition Myths
On Aug 13, 10:53 am, "Niko" wrote:
It is a long-held nutrition myth that all fats are bad. The key is to replace bad fats (saturated fats and trans fats) with good fats (monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats) in our diet. If you believe this, you are replacing a very severely outdated nutrition myth with merely an outdated one which is perhaps even more dangerous. First of all, many people eat too much saturated fat and too much unsaturated fat already. By no means is it any kind of ``key'' to replace the saturated portion with unsaturated. The outdated belief that all fats are bad is /nearly/ right. It requires only two corrigenda: the recognition of essential fats, and the recognition of fats as carriers of fat-soluble vitamins. These requirements can be met on a diet that is nevertheless very low in fat. Any dietary advice which indiscriminately promotes unsaturated fats as a replacement for other fats, and doesn't talk about omega-3 and omega-6 essential fats, should be regarded as outdated and misleading. |
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Top 10 diet & Nutrition Myths
On Aug 13, 1:02 pm, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
On Aug 13, 10:53 am, "Niko" wrote: It is a long-held nutrition myth that all fats are bad. The key is to replace bad fats (saturated fats and trans fats) with good fats (monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats) in our diet. If you believe this, you are replacing a very severely outdated nutrition myth with merely an outdated one which is perhaps even more dangerous. First of all, many people eat too much saturated fat and too much unsaturated fat already. By no means is it any kind of ``key'' to replace the saturated portion with unsaturated. The outdated belief that all fats are bad is /nearly/ right. It requires only two corrigenda: the recognition of essential fats, and the recognition of fats as carriers of fat-soluble vitamins. These requirements can be met on a diet that is nevertheless very low in fat. Any dietary advice which indiscriminately promotes unsaturated fats as a replacement for other fats, and doesn't talk about omega-3 and omega-6 essential fats, should be regarded as outdated and misleading. Right. I think people who eat a lot of fat try to somehow say it is good for them to eat more than is required...makes them feel good about a high-fat diet I guess. Rather than studying the diet information and coming up with a reasonable diet mix of protein, fat and carbs, it seems like people just decide what they are already doing, then go web surfing to try and find some info to support their preferred diet. Unfortunately there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to support almost any diet, and if there isn't, it is easy to say the evidence isn't in yet, which is also true. I have chosen a vegetarian very low fat diet based only partly on what I like to eat, but mostly on what I have gleaned from reading. The evidence is not overwhelming by any means though. dkw |
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