Drop some common dietary myths/misconceptions below!


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If you want to lose fat, eat often (your stomach must to be full nearly all the time to avoid slowing down your metabolism) but the total must be around 1200 kcal (at least for women, only gender matters).
Those are very common but an acquaintance of mine is losing fat right now and it was painful to hear her. She was all for skipping breakfast though (she drinks cocoa but that’s not a meal for her). She was happy she could eat bread with duck fat when she wants it. In that 1200 kcal, what a great idea… But she can eat ANYTHING…
Each to their own but she very strongly recommended it for others and said the 1200 kcal was told by a dietician…

Keto == quick weight-loss.

IF == quick weight-loss.

Long term fasting doesn’t cause any muscle loss.

Too much protein (significantly more than needed) throws us out of ketosis.

More than 2 eggs a week is unhealthy. But 2 eggs a day isn’t doable anyway for long, we will get disgusted by it.

We can’t use more than 30g protein per meal. We need carbs to gain muscles.

Carbs are needed. LOTS of carbs are needed (50% at least but I’ve heard a few times from overzealous carb lovers that 80% is ideal. For exeryone). Pure sugar is needed too. We should eat EVERYTHING anyway, it’s bad to ban any food, that’s silly and ascetic, we WON’T be able to do that for long. And lots of fruits and vegetables is needed for health (and they make fat-loss easier), of course. Healthy carbs like grains are needed. But butter is extremely unhealthy. Saturated fat is unhealthy, even coconut oil.

And so on. There are popular misconceptions about water and salt intake (in both directions) and everything.