| Myth: You'll be OK with a high protein/low carb | | | | means extra calories that do not belong into your |
| diet | | | | diet. So make sure you check the list of |
| Fact: This type of diet aims to secure most of | | | | ingredients on packages whenever you decide to |
| the daily required amount of calories from protein | | | | buy low-fat. |
| foods, such as meat, dairy products and eggs, | | | | Myth: Switching to vegetarian food will help you |
| with a very small part taken from foods | | | | lose weight and stay healthy. |
| containing a lot of carbs (bread, pasta, potatoes | | | | Fact: I know this is a hard pill to swallow, but no |
| and fruits). The biggest problem with this diet is | | | | food plan will work for you unless you take |
| that many common and popular foods are | | | | charge of your eating and make sure that |
| forbidden, which makes it easy for the user to | | | | everything that goes past your lips is the right |
| get bored or frustrated. When boredom and | | | | kind of food. The key here is to be absolutely |
| frustration set in, quitting time is never far off. | | | | sure that the vegetarian diet will give your body |
| Another problem is the lack of nutrients that are | | | | all the nutrients and calories it needs. Eating heaps |
| usually brought in by carbohydrate foods, while | | | | of foods that do nothing for you from the |
| allowing the user to eat bacon and cheese that | | | | nutritional point of view, outside maybe of filling |
| raise cholesterol levels. | | | | your stomach, can bring you a lot of trouble in |
| The bottom line is that high protein/low carb diets | | | | the future. |
| result in fast weight loss in some users, but it's | | | | Since plants tend to have a lower concentration |
| not just fat that goes away. People also lose | | | | of nutrients than meat, you will have to eat more |
| some of their lean muscle mass and a lot of | | | | food than before to make up for this difference. |
| water as the kidneys work harder to rid the body | | | | Not to mention that a strictly vegetarian diet will |
| of excess waste from protein and fat. | | | | not get you enough vitamin B12, vitamin D, iron, |
| The added stress to your kidneys is not healthy | | | | calcium and zinc. These substances are taken |
| at all and, in the long run, will lead to dehydration, | | | | mostly from dairy products and eggs in a regular |
| headaches, feelings of nausea and dizziness. | | | | diet, but true vegetarians can't touch those. You'll |
| Before engaging in a long-term diet, you would do | | | | have to rely on the few and uncommon |
| well to discuss it with your physician. And if you | | | | vegetables that can provide these substances. |
| are really keen on dieting, try a balanced diet first, | | | | Myth: Dairy products cause heart problems and |
| because it will help you lose weight without hurting | | | | make you fat. |
| your system. | | | | Fact: Well, thanks to modern medicine everybody |
| Myth: Permanent weight loss can be achieved with | | | | knows that eating a lot of dairy products is a |
| fad diets. | | | | surefire path to high blood pressure and stroke, |
| Fact: This is yet another common myth among | | | | although a large group of people from France |
| the weight loss crowd. Like any other diet that | | | | refuse to die despite the large quantities of |
| tells you to cut this or that food from your daily | | | | cheese and wine they consume. |
| meals, fad diets are not healthy for you. The | | | | Dairy products are the main source of calcium |
| cornerstone of any diet is supplying the body with | | | | that keeps your bones strong and healthy. It is |
| all the calories, proteins and minerals it needs. | | | | absolutely essential for children and can be in no |
| Diets that cut out foods without regard for the | | | | way overlooked by adults. Dairy products also |
| needs of your body cannot be healthy for you. | | | | contain vitamin D, which is crucial to maintaining |
| Fad diets fail to deliver on the promise of | | | | the normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in |
| permanent weight loss because people will always | | | | your bloodstream. |
| crave the forbidden foods and will always end up | | | | If you don't want to gain weight from dairy |
| breaking the rules and ditching the diet. | | | | products, then choose low-fat or non-fat brands. |
| The key to making weight loss permanent is | | | | There are enough of those around. If you are |
| more exercise and to avoid eating food that | | | | lactose-intolerant, drink soy or rice milk. It does |
| makes you fat without nourishing your body. Our | | | | not taste exactly the same as true milk, but it's |
| extensive studies confirmed the importance of | | | | still good and nutritious. |
| exercising and of a well-balanced diet. | | | | Butter and margarine are the only dairy products |
| Myth: Low-fat or no fat food is always a good | | | | you should worry about. They do contain big |
| choice. | | | | levels of fat. Still, if you can't do without them, at |
| Fact: The only low fat foods that are also low in | | | | least eat butter. Margarine is an over-processed |
| calories are fruits. The rest of the huge low-fat or | | | | fat that is not particularly good for you. Butter |
| non-fat group are not a safe choice if you are | | | | may be a bit fatter, but it definitely is the |
| dieting. These products may have added sugar, | | | | healthier of these two. |
| starch or flour to make them taste better, which | | | | |