Nutrition myths

• The origins of the breakfast myth

  

  Much of the research suggesting that breakfast is absolutely crucial for health is funded by cereal makers. Compani...

  Eating breakfast is not a good weight loss strategy, scientists confirm

• Breakfast and weight loss/gain

  

  There’s no clear evidence that breakfast consumption promotes weight loss or that skipping breakfast leads to weight ...

  Eating breakfast is not a good weight loss strategy, scientists confirm

• Fruit juice is not that healthy

  

  Fruit juice, even if it is freshly pressed, 100 percent juice, is little more than sugar water.  Whole fruit i...

  Perspective | People think juice is good for them. They're wrong.

• Feeling full

  

  You might feel full immediately after drinking a glass of juice or a fresh smoothie, but that sensation goes away qui...

  Perspective | People think juice is good for them. They're wrong.

• The health halo of breakfast

  

  ...is not backed up by research. It is possible for breakfast to have health benefits, especially for some groups (...

  Eating breakfast is not a good weight loss strategy, scientists confirm

• Recommended breakfast foods

  

  If you’re going to eat breakfast, seek out foods that give you the vitamins and nutrients you need to stay healthy, l...

  Eating breakfast is not a good weight loss strategy, scientists confirm

• Celery is not a miracle cure

  

  Phytochemicals in celery can help reduce blood pressure and inflammation, as well as fight against oxidative stress. ...

  Celery Juice: Healthy or Hype?

• Celery juice lacks fiber

  

  When celery is juiced, the fiber is removed, and fiber provides a wealth of benefits, including sparking weight loss,...

  Celery Juice: Healthy or Hype?

• No clear benefits of coconut oil

  

  There are many claims being made about coconut oil being some kind of superfood, wonderful for lots of different thin...

  Coconut oil: The facts behind 'pure poison' claim

• Better on skin that in your food

  Health organizations tend to discourage the use of coconut oil. The American Heart Association says it's better on y...

  Coconut oil: The facts behind 'pure poison' claim

• Limiting coconut oil use

  You don't have to absolutely avoid coconut oil, but rather limit the use of it or replace it. The American Heart As...

  Coconut oil: The facts behind 'pure poison' claim

• Coconut oil and cholesterol

  

  In relation to cholesterol:  Coconut oil increases LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, which has been assoc...

  Coconut oil: The facts behind 'pure poison' claim

• Coconut oil is calorie-dense

  

  It is more than 80% saturated fat. And just one tablespoon has 120 calories.  About the same as a large apple ...

  Coconut oil: The facts behind 'pure poison' claim

• Suppliments don't replace a healty diet

  

  Supplements are never a substitute for a balanced, healthful diet . And they can be a distraction from healthy lifes...

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• Organic junk food is still junk food

  

  From a macronutrient perspective, organic junk foods are often identical to their conventional counterparts.  T...

  Organic Snacks Aren't Necessarily Healthier Than Junk Food

• Organic isn't always healthy

  

  Many organic brands tend to cater to a health-conscious crowd, meaning they’ll often use less processing or healthier...

  Organic Snacks Aren't Necessarily Healthier Than Junk Food

• Perceptions around natural vs. synthetic medicine

  

  A lot of people believe that when it comes to medicine, “natural” is better, healthier, and safer than “unnatural” or...

  Natural Doesn't Necessarily Mean Safer, or Better

• The “health halo” effect

  

  It refers to a scientifically researched phenomenonin which certain claims, such as “low fat” or “made with organic i...

  Organic Snacks Aren't Necessarily Healthier Than Junk Food

• Checking the labels

  

  In general, a lengthy list of ingredients means a food’s been highly processed, especially if it contains refined swe...

  Organic Snacks Aren't Necessarily Healthier Than Junk Food

• Big business, little evidence

  

  More than 90,000 products generate about $30 billion every year in the United States.  But even though supplem...

  Do you need a daily supplement?

• Natural doesn't mean effective

  Some dietary and herbal supplements have failed to show a benefit when scientists have studied them.  For exampl...

  Natural Doesn't Necessarily Mean Safer, or Better

• Dietary supplements

  

  This is about an umbrella term that includes everything from vitamins and minerals to botanicals and biosimilar produ...

  Do you need a daily supplement?

• Natural doesn't mean safe

  Natural medicines, contrary to what many may think, are not without side effects. Some can even have serious safety c...

  Natural Doesn't Necessarily Mean Safer, or Better

• Why people take supplements

  

  People often think of them as something extra they can do to be sure their basic nutritional needs are covered. ...

  Do you need a daily supplement?

• When supplements bring benefits

  

  Supplements prescribed by a doctor are helpful for people with certain medical issues.  Supplements can play a...

  Do you need a daily supplement?

• Healthy Dark Chocolate=the creation of Mars corporation

  

  Mars Inc. - the company that has brought us M&M's or Snickers - sponsored 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers sta...

  Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here's how that happened.

• There is no "best diet"

  

  The “best” diet is a theme: an emphasis on vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, and plain w...

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• Cocoa has never been proven to be good for your health

  

  The biggest health claim is that cocoa lowers blood pressure, but no study has proven that it reduces the risk of hea...

  Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here's how that happened.

• Best foods don’t have labels

  

  Because they are just one ingredient: avocado, lentils, blueberries, broccoli, almonds, etc.

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• The "Age" of vegetables

  

  The best vegetables are likely to be fresh and locally sourced, but flash frozen is nearly as good (as freezing delay...

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• Power bars

  

  ...are closer to junk food than they are to real food.   Many power bars have nutritional profiles similar to ...

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• Orthorexia

  

  It is a serious eating disorder , manifesting as an obsession with consuming only foods that are healthy, pure and pe...

  Why we fell for clean eating

• Clean eating and its rise in popularity

  “Clean eating” established itself as a challenge to mainstream ways of eating. It's perhaps best seen as a dream of p...

  Why we fell for clean eating

• "Pure" food

  

  Clean eating is about ingesting nothing but “whole” or “unprocessed” foods.  It has quickly become more of a b...

  Why we fell for clean eating

• Clean eating backlash

  

  Clean eating has been attacked by critics as being a form of body fascism. Others have pointed out that, as a method ...

  Why we fell for clean eating

• Clean eating and post-truth

  Clean eating shows few signs of dying and one possible explanation is offered by Hadley Freeman, who identified clean...

  Why we fell for clean eating

• #eatclean trend consequences

  

  From 2009 to 2014, the number of Americans who actively avoided gluten, despite not suffering from coeliac disease, m...

  Why we fell for clean eating

• Clean eating is not entirely false

  

  ....because it's right to say that we should eat more vegetables, less refined sugar and less meat. 

  Why we fell for clean eating

• “Everything in moderation” is risky advice

  

  Because the word “moderation” is vague and that makes it a friendly, big-tent kind of concept: however much...

  "Everything in Moderation" Is a Terrible Rule to Eat By

• Moderation should be a tool...

  

  ... for sticking to healthy diets easier.   Nutritionists mean by moderation small portions , especially when t...

  "Everything in Moderation" Is a Terrible Rule to Eat By

• Big companies and “moderation”

  

  Junk food companies love the concept of “moderation”. Some of them (e.g. the Sugar Association, Snack Food, and Gro...

  "Everything in Moderation" Is a Terrible Rule to Eat By

• The word "detox" is used in 2 different ways:

  

  Medical detoxification programs that help people with serious alcohol or drug problems to get clean. Home detox diet ...

  Can detoxing help your gut health?

• Our body has its own detoxing mechanism

  

  Your body is constantly detoxing itself without special teas, juices or diets. You can help it to do its job by eatin...

  Can detoxing help your gut health?

• Use detox as a metaphor...

  

  ... for changing old habits. Perhaps you should think of a detox as a new start, a metaphor for shedding old habits, ...

  Can detoxing help your gut health?

• Detoxing and Cleansing are Myths

  The body detoxifies itself daily ; that’s a primary job of the liver and the kidneys, and they are really good at it....

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• Ketogenic diet

  A diet that starves the body of glucose sources so that it’s forced to burn ketone bodies — products of fat metabol...

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• Good Carbs, Bad Carbs

  

  Highly processed grains and added sugar are bad because they’ve been robbed of nutrients , they raise insulin levels,...

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• Gluten intolerance

  Only 10% of people have problems with tolerating gluten.  About one percent of people have celiac disease, and ...

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• To lose weight: diet>exercise

  It's much easier to outeat running than to outrun all of the tempting calories that modern marketing encourages us to...

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• There are no superfoods

  No single food, separate from the overall quality and pattern of diet, exerts a major health effect. 

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• Quality and price

  

  Higher price doesn’t really mean higher quality. The higher price does not just reflect the added cost of organic a...

  Buying organic veggies at the supermarket is a waste of money

• Organic food and the environment

  

  Organic produce is not necessarily better for the environment. Many organic farmers, especially the large ones, don’t...

  Buying organic veggies at the supermarket is a waste of money

• Organic vs. conventional foods

  

  Any additional nutritional benefits from organic produce, compared with conventional, are very small. Ultimately, i...

  Buying organic veggies at the supermarket is a waste of money