10 myths about diets with which powder to us the head

1 MYTH: the calories consumed after 8 in the evening turn into fat

Fact: It is a city legend which no more truthful, than a concept that crocodiles wander on sewer pipes of New York, Liz Neporent, the trainer and the author of the book "'The Fat-Free Truth" says. Another matter if you consume more calories, than burns your organism next day: excess calories will be reserved as fat. You consume them in the morning or in the evening - does not matter: there is no considerable communication between calories and hours.

2 MYTH: for efficiency of a diet you have to starve

Fact: It is not necessary to starve! To miss meals – the easiest way to spoil a diet and to do much harm to itself. Though starvation can help you to lose temporarily weight, but it is mainly water weight, Dine Jackson Blatner (Dawn Jackson Blatner), RD, of the Northwestern Memorial Wellness Institute says. Starvation is dangerous as the lack of food can become the reason of fatigue and dizzinesses. Eventually the hunger strike leads to two things, Blatner (Blatner) says. "You become hungry and ailing". As soon as you strongly yearned, all common sense is lost - and in such state can easily eat high-calorific or greasy food. So, than longer you do not eat, that high probability of the fact that it will lead to an objedaniye.

3 MYTH: low-carbohydrate diets (with high content of protein) - the most effective way of loss of weight

Fact: Before completely to limit itself in bread, it is necessary to know: though preliminary researches say that corpulent people can lose more than the weight, keeping to low-carbohydrate diets, than on usual fat-free, the effect of them can last not for long, tells Neporent. The annual research on comparison of two of these diets showed that the people keeping to a low-carbohydrate diet in 6 months begin to gain the lost weight. And by the end of the year have no advantage before keeping to the fat-free diet. It is interesting that the number of dismissals among both groups was extremely high. And all because of too irrational balance between the number of the consumed and burned calories. Therefore it is very important to pick up a diet, acceptable for existence. And the complete elimination of the whole groups of products (especially which include tasty, firm bread) is not recommended.

4 MYTH: Consumption of white products is harmful

Fact: You do not judge food on its color. Some of the most useful foodstuff have white color, Cynthia Sass (Cynthia Sass), the representative of the American dietary association says. Color of products has no relation to their nutrition value, and it - not always sign of how food was processed, she says. Instead of going in cycles in color of a product, pay attention to other parameters - and you will understand, it is possible to eat it or not. Find out what nutrients and vitamins it contains. Look at the list of ingredients of which the product and also on a way of its preparation consists.

5 MYTH: consumption of a large amount of water helps to lose weight

Fact: If you are accustomed to drink every day many sweet teas, juice and alcoholic drinks, then replacement with their water leads to smaller consumption of calories, and, therefore, and to loss of weight. But just increase in amount of the consumed water, unfortunately, will not help you to get rid of extra kilos, Sass says. Though drinking water can force your stomach to feel temporarily full, you have to remember that hunger - not just function of your stomach: your organism cannot live without nutrients so filling of a stomach water will not satisfy you long time. Of course, water is important for maintenance of energy and functioning of an organism, but, contrary to popular belief, drink will not strengthen your metabolism much or to exterminate fat.

6 MYTH: When you keep to a diet, juice can be used in unlimited number

Fact: Juice is overloaded with sugar and preservatives. So check labels to be convinced that you really buy 100% juice. Prevention! As juice much more koncentrirovanny fruits, it is necessary to consume it in smaller quantities. Limit yourself to 100 grams of juice, Sass advises. Of course, if it is possible, it is necessary to give preference to fruit, but not juice as the fruit contains fibers which sate you.

7 MYTH: any sugar is harmful to you

Fact: Not all sugar has identical origin. Grocery labels do not specify difference between the added sugar and sugar which initially contains in any product, Sass says. For example, most of the people keeping to a diet would not begin to use tinned fruit because of the sugar specified on a label. However, if fruit are preserved in own juice, only vegetable sugar which initially contained in fruits is their part. Therefore instead of looking at amount of sugar, you look, first of all, at components. The products containing a large amount of fructose have to be consumed on a minimum.

8 MYTH: Physical exercises next the heart help to burn more calories

Fact: When you do fitness, your organism burns carbohydrates which you consumed recently, Sass says. So if you miss meals before warm-up, then you will not have reserves of carbohydrates for combustion. And it does not mean that all fat will be burned it (is physiologically impossible). Instead your organism begins to burn down own muscles. And the smaller number of muscles means lower metabolism – that is not your purpose. It is not necessary to remind that, doing exercises next the heart, you will strongly get tired therefore to burn less calories. Ideally it is necessary to eat in 3-4 hours or to have a bite in 1-2 hours before warm-up.

9 MYTH: consumption of liquid substitutes of food will help to reduce a stomach

Fact: It is useless! Liquid diets – only for babies! Any reduction which happens from a liquid diet probably will be in your imagination - but not in a stomach, Blatner says. Why? "Your stomach - muscular body which will temporarily stretch when you eat and then to be narrowed back to the normal sizes". There is nothing what would help you to reduce a stomach, she says. As you keep to a diet, through some time you can get used to smaller quantity of food, but it not because your stomach actually clenched.

10 MYTH: Eating of grapefruits will help you to reduce weight

Fact: That continuous consumption of grapefruits helps to lose weight – one of the most settled dietary myths. "It is ridiculous", - says Neporent. "There is no such product which can destroy fatty enzymes". If you want to eat grapefruit as a part of a diet, then it is useful. They are rich with lycopene (lycopene) – antioxidant which protects from a cardiac disease and chest cancer, Keecha Harris, the representative of the American dietary association says. Include in the daily diet the grapefruits and other products rich with lycopene (lycopene), such as tomatoes and watermelon, she says.