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

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:53:55 +0200, Niko <Niko@yahoo.com> 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

> 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

On Aug 13, 10:53 am, "Niko" <N...@yahoo.com> 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.

On Aug 13, 1:02 pm, Kaz Kylheku <kkylh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 13, 10:53 am, "Niko" <N...@yahoo.com> 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