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much sugar increases your risk of many
chronic diseases, including heart disease,
diabetes, and strokes. One of my biggest
pet peeves—not only as a trainer but as
a mom—is when I see kids constantly
drinking fruit juice. With the obesity
pandemic we have in America, the last
thing we should be doing is teaching our
children that fruit juice is the same as
eating a piece of fruit. Skip the juice and
have a crisp apple or drink water.”
MYTH #4 Your body needs a
cleanse.
“Whether a juice, liver, or colon cleanse, our
bodies already have a built-in detox system.
It’s our lungs, liver, kidneys, and digestive
tract all working together to eliminate
toxins from our bodies. We don’t need to
spend hundreds of dollars for shakes, juices,
and powders to ‘eliminate’ these toxins,”
Crivellone says. “If you really want a ‘detox,’
take a few weeks off from drinking alcohol,
eating processed foods, and get in some
good sweat sessions at the gym. This is the
type of ‘detox’ everyone needs!”
MYTH #5 Breakfast is the
most important meal
of the day.
“By definition, breakfast means to break
the fast,” says Pamela Connor, functional
medicine nutritionist at Connor
Wellness Clinic (connorwellnessclinic.
com). “This does not have to be done
at any particular time of day. I tell my
patients that breakfast is not the most
important meal of the day. If you’re
hungry in the morning, eat breakfast,
but avoid sugary, processed foods,
and focus on whole foods consisting
of healthy fats, clean proteins, and
unprocessed carbohydrates. If you’re not
hungry in the morning, then wait to eat
until you are. This is probably one of the
best golden rules: Only eat when you are
hungry. With that said, it's a good idea
to [meal prep], so when you are hungry
your meal is ready.”
MYTH #6 Sugar-free is
healthier for you.
“Though a sugar-free food item doesn’t
contain sugar and is thereby ‘safer’ for
diabetic blood sugar regulation, it would
be a stretch to call it ‘healthy,’” says Devon
L. Gaston, DC, MS, DACNB, founder of
Passport 2 Health (passport2health.
co). “These items contain several toxic
chemicals—aspartame, sucralose, and
saccharin—which all bind to receptors
in the brain and exacerbate ADD,
ADHD, and chronic pain syndromes,
like fibromyalgia. Plus, you can still
potentially have an insulin response,
i.e., gain weight from sugar-free foods.
In addition, high sugar or chemicalladen
diets are pro-inflammatory and
contribute to increasing systemic
inflation, which can lead to excess weight
gain and chronically inflamed joints.”
MYTH #7 A low-carb diet is the
best way to lose
weight.
“Carbohydrates are one of the three
macronutrients that we need to survive,
along with proteins and fat,” Crivellone
says. “While cutting out some carbs may
help with weight loss, labeling all carbs
as ‘bad’ and/or as ‘fattening’ is a harmful
myth. Those that we do want to limit
from our diet include starchy and/or
sugary food items—think cookies, cakes,
potato chips, etc. By choosing the ‘right
carbs,’ such as vegetables, fruit, legumes,
and whole grains like oats, brown rice,
and whole grain bread, we provide our
bodies with fiber and vitamins. So,
rather than cutting carbohydrates from
your diet entirely, focus on the quality
and quantity of the carbohydrates you
consume.”
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