Every single year hundreds of new diets hit the bookshelves. And the world keeps on getting fatter and fatter, thus there is profit to be made.
The bad news here is that for the average consumer, figuring out what is fact and fiction can be virtually impossible.
So here are some odd facts about nutrition that you should know about:
1. Eating carbs will save your muscles: If you simply knock out carbs from your diet, you will burn through a lot of precious muscle. Recall that muscle dictates how many calories you burn even while sleeping. So please do not stop eating carbs.
2. As glycogen goes down so does caloric expenditure during exercise: Glycogen is the technical term for carbohydrates that are stored in your muscles for energy. And if you have low stores of muscle energy, you can’t workout with the highest level of intensity.
3. Weight loss is independent of dietary composition: You can lose weight with any combination of macronutrients as long as you are in a caloric deficit. The main difference here is how painful different combinations are.
4. Eating a BMR level of calories will cause anyone to lose weight: The lowest BMR among the adult population is 1200 calories. So virtually any adult eating this level of calories will lose weight, assuming all systems in the body are functioning properly.
5. You can increase strength when in a negative caloric state: The key here is to not restrict calories so much that your body breaks down. But this is good news because you can actually make progress while burning fat.
6. Hypnosis is not backed by science: So please do not waste time or money on this modality. You are far better off using your hard earned resources on better modalities. Cognitive therapy, for instance, is backed by solid science.
There is a lot of information out there on diet and nutrition. So make sure you stay away from all the marketing hype and stick with solid sources of information.
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