My brother sent me this article that was pretty interesting and just reiterated what we already have been told on our Paleo Journey.
1. Eggs are bad for you- Remember that commercial with the jingle, “The Incredible Edible Egg?” Well they are exactly right, eggs are so good for you! They are a great source of protein, vitamins, minerals and choline, which people don’t get enough of. They don’t increase heart disease and can even help you lose weight!
2. A calorie is a calorie- People pay too much attention to calories. Think of it this way, a 2000 calorie of 10 donuts a day, is not the same as a 2000 calorie of healthy nutritious food. A diet of donuts messes with your hormones and your metabolism. You are much better off eating a diet of meats and vegetables, and trying to eliminate all chemicals and keep it all natural. Eating protein can boost your metabolism and keep you full so naturally you won’t eat as much.
3. Saturated fat is bad. Many recent studies are now showing that saturated fat increases heart disease. It helps raise the good cholesterol and change bad cholesterol.
4. Eating a lot of protein is bad. Studies have been shown that healthy individuals who eat a lot of protein reduce their chances of developing diabetes and high blood pressure.
5. Everyone should eat “whole wheat”. Wheat is full of gluten and many people don’t realize how great they can feel when they eliminate gluten from their diet. I believe everyone should cut gluten from their diet for 2 weeks just to see how amazing they will feel.
6. Coffee is bad for you. My husband and I don’t drink coffee. We just can’t stand the smell of it and it grosses us out. My sister, who was shocked to hear we don’t drink coffee asked us once what we did when we were tired. We told her we went to sleep. That’s probably why we go to bed so early. I had a 3rd grade teacher once who had really bad coffee breath and it grossed me out so much, that I can’t stand the smell. Coffee is full of antioxidants but it becomes bad when people add sugars and chemicals to their coffee to make it taste better.
7. Meat is bad for you. The problem is people are eating too much processed meats. Processed meats are full of nitrates which has been shown to cause cancer. People need to eat nitrate free processed foods and unprocessed red meats.
8. The healthiest diet is a low fat, high carb diet. Studies are now showing that the low fat, high carb diet can be harmful to people with metabolism problems or people with diabetes.
9. Vegetables oils are healthy. Vegetable oils contain too much omega-6 fatty acids which can play a role in many diseases. Stick with olive or coconut oil, which are low in omega-6 and extremely good for you.
10. Low carb diets are harmful. Study after study has been shown that low carb diets is the most effective way to lose weight and fix metabolic problems.
11. Cut back on sodium. Cutting back on sodium does help reduce blood pressure for people who have high blood pressure to start with, but if you don’t have any problems cutting back on sodium won’t improve anything. The biggest foods that have too much sodium are processed foods, so as long as you stay away from that, you don’t have to worry about your sodium intake.
12. Sugar is bad because it’s “empty” calories. As I talked about before with the donuts and the calories in them, you shouldn’t stay away from sugar because it is high in calories, but you should stay away from it because of what effects it can have on your metabolism.
13. Fat makes you fat. Many studies have been shown diets high in fat and low in carbs leads to much greater weight loss than diet low in fat and high in carbs.
Read the full article here http://www.businessinsider.com/13-nutrition-lies-that-made-the-world-sick-and-fat-2013-10?op=1
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