Some diets and advice have become so ubiquitous that they are blindly believed and accepted as fact.
Keep in mind that this is the same mindset that led us to believe that low-calorie grains were healthy for us—until we discovered the enormous amount of sugar in them, Wall writes.
While that myth originates from the 90s and early 2000s, we should always be skeptical of the health advice we receive, especially given the subjective nature of the evolving health and wellness space. Glamor Health recently presented the worst and most influential health advice they have ever heard.
Today we present you the three biggest surprises from the list of "healthy" tips:
A diet that includes foods high in fat but low in carbohydrates will enhance training.
Due to the popularity of the Atkinson diet, carbohydrates have been labeled as the product of the devil since the 2000s. Athletes are particularly affected by this and are instructed to avoid carbohydrates and fat accumulation before training.
"Carbohydrates are the most important fuel during high-intensity exercise, and there are countless studies that prove it," registered dietitian Edwina Clark told Glamor . "Carbohydrate reduction may work for some athletes during endurance training, but it's not something 'regular' people should be doing, especially without the supervision of a coach."
Consumption of soy can lead to breast cancer.
It is very well known news within the health community that soy consumption can lead to breast cancer due to phytoestrogens in foods such as tofu and tempeh. But as Glamor points out, only some forms of breast cancer are linked to estrogen, so soy "will have almost no effect," says Clark. This is especially true if you consume one or two servings of soy per day.
In order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume.
This advice covers almost every diet today, but recently it has been proven that counting calories doesn't actually do anything for weight loss. The caloric value on the declaration is not equal to the caloric value of the food after it has been entered into our body. Moreover, cutting calories can often lead to unhealthy cycles of weight loss and weight gain, as your body tries to compensate for the lack of calories, reports Radio Sarajevo.
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