4 Diet Myths You Shouldn't Believe!
You can rethink these diet myths with a clear conscience!
In hardly any other area are there so many myths as in dieting and fat loss. Here it is claimed that carbohydrates are harmful, and you are led to believe that you gain weight instantly from the smallest bite of pasta. Further diet myths revolve around fat, which supposedly makes you fat automatically, and around the idea that every diet leads to weight gain afterwards. What isn't true, you'll learn in this article!
Carbohydrates in the evening make you fat
Of all diet myths, this one holds the top spot by a wide margin. While you can, for example, reach for carbohydrate-rich food at 8 a.m. or at
12 noon, it is considered an absolute no-go during a diet from 6 p.m. onwards. Myths surround carbohydrate-rich food, even though studies have long proven the opposite. Believing this myth makes no sense and noticeably restricts you when you create a balanced meal plan. The slower metabolism at night does not prove the myth either. In the morning, insulin activity is higher than in the evening. This factor also feeds into diet myths and leads you to conclude that carbohydrates after 6 p.m. really do make you fatter.
In reality, insulin intensity is the same at any time of day, and the fact that it appears higher in the morning is simply because you usually haven't eaten anything overnight. The fact is: carbohydrates in the evening do not make you fat, and if you prefer to have your main meal in the evening rather than at midday, you don't need to let diet myths mislead you any longer. What matters more is that you choose your portion size wisely. Oversized portions always make you fat, and this is not limited to carbohydrate-rich food or to a particular time of eating.
You gain weight instantly from carbohydrates
In general, carbohydrates are said to have a fattening effect. This claim is also an outdated diet myth that need not have any place in your life. The weight gain that occurs, for example, with regular consumption of pasta has nothing to do with pasta itself. One serving of potatoes has 105 calories, while one serving of pasta has 215 calories. That is indeed more, but still no basis for an instant weight gain. The problem, and thus the stubborn clinging to these diet myths, lies with the sauces. Pasta is mostly combined with creamy sauces. That these accompaniments make you fat cannot be denied, and it certainly does not belong among diet myths.
To understand the role of carbohydrates in nutrition, you should first look at the differences between the individual carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are roughly divided into 5 groups, which have different effects on the body depending on their molecular chain length. Unprocessed carbohydrates are health-promoting and get your circulation going. Cutting them out completely, as the position of carbohydrates in diet myths often suggests, does the opposite and triggers intense cravings for sweets.
Fat makes you fat
Fat makes you fat sounds logical at first. Yet this claim is one of the stubborn diet myths that stand in the way of a balanced and healthy diet. Fat is important and healthy, provided you choose the right fat and keep the amount you eat in check. The diet myths about fat have given rise to an entirely new industry and brought numerous light products onto the market. When it comes to classifying fats, you should distinguish between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
Both types of fat are needed by the body and do not make you fat if you enjoy them in moderation and stimulate your metabolism through activity. The body has developed a natural protective mechanism against too much fat. If you eat a larger amount of fatty food, your body reacts with nausea. If you go without fat in your diet, on the other hand, you tend to get cravings and feel less full. Consuming light products means you are constantly hungry and eat much more than you would with "normal" foods with a natural fat content. That fat leads to weight gain and makes you fat can therefore well be classed as a diet myth.
Every diet ends in the yo-yo effect
What is the point of a diet if you end up gaining weight and putting on far more fat than before you started? Countless diet myths revolve around the yo-yo effect. But does every diet really end in weight gain, or can this worry remain in the realm of diet myths? To understand the problem, you should know one more point among the diet myths. The rumour persists that your metabolism slows down during diets and that food is metabolised differently. That is not true, because your body works at roughly the same pace.
Why a diet leads to weight gain afterwards in most cases comes down to a complete elimination of a food group and the loss of muscle mass. If you cut out carbohydrates, you will feel an immense appetite for them after the diet. The same goes for fat. Restrictive diets therefore make little sense, so you can file all weight-loss promises based on deprivation under diet myths. To avoid the yo-yo effect, you should work out a plan for changing your eating habits during the diet itself. And: the diet should not forbid you any food, but be based on a balanced approach to eating. If you approach your ideal weight this way, the yo-yo effect stays away and can remain in the thick book of diet myths where your diet is concerned.
Spot reduction of fat is possible
Wrong! This really is a statement that belongs among diet myths. Focusing on a problem area is possible neither with a diet nor with sit-ups and other special fitness exercises. Every woman has experienced during a diet that first the breasts, then the bum and thighs get slimmer. It takes a long time before the belly fat goes. The fat stored on the hips and stomach is the last to be attacked, despite targeted exercises and so-called "belly-off diets". The idea of spot fat reduction belongs entirely among diet myths.
