Myths about nutrition. Is it fair to them?

Health, handsome figure, a moderate weight, the strength of our muscles does not start at the dinner table and in the gym. They start in my head. It is known that people with low self-esteem, shy more often obese than those who self-confident, goal-oriented, open and sociable, inclined to communicate. 

Around the theme of the useful and healthy food always been talk, debate and discussion on the basis of which there are persistent misconceptions, prejudices, myths and biases, often without a real basis. On the site they named much as 50, with 3 of them are devoted to products from GMOs . And curiously, the proponents of GMOs can scientifically prove the benefits of using products from them, but opponents simply can not scientifically prove their injury. 

We have all heard a lot of popular opinion about nutrition; many of them support the belief that since many people say so, then - it's true. However, the general opinion is not always true, and sometimes harmful. This is often the result of massive media exposure, imposing common opinion about the food in the interests of advertisers. Call first at least seven of these misconceptions or myths. 

Raw food is cooked more useful. It is not always the case. For example, beans, eggplant and some other raw foods contain toxins (poisonous substances), which decay and become harmless to humans only after heat treatment. 

Table salt increases blood pressure. The scientists, who once voiced that argument, now less sure about him. As it turned out, the complete exclusion of salt from the diet promotes the development of human heart disease because it increases the level of "bad" (harmful) cholesterol (low density cholesterol, which causes the development of atherosclerosis, heart attacks and strokes). 

Spicy foods harmful for the digestive tract. It turns out the opposite: pepper, horseradish, mustard kill bacteria and thus improve liver and gallbladder. 

Chicken eggs raise cholesterol levels. In the eggs really a lot of cholesterol, but it does not come directly into the blood. If a person has normal metabolism, it can be fearlessly have eggs without causing yourself any harm. In any case, one egg a day just does not hurt anyone. 

Fresh vegetables are more useful than frozen. No one would argue that fresh vegetables straight from the beds of the most useful. So it fresh, straight from the beds. And we buy them in the store, where they received after storage in a warehouse, and then put in the refrigerator and keep there is sometimes a long time. During this time, Vegetables lose a lot of useful properties, while the frozen vegetable retains nutrients longer. 

Fry over an open fire healthier than in the pan. This is quite untrue. When fat drips on the coals, he burns to form carcinogenic substances, which together with the smoke rise up and saturated with product. Well, if so want to roast, and then wrap the product in aluminum foil, and only then - on fire. 

When food intake can not be read, talk and watch TV. Quite the contrary. Abstracting, we eat slowly and chew food more thoroughly, so it is better to digest. But those who eat fast, "in haste", at risk of ulcer and gastritis. 

All we repeatedly hear from nutritionists that the "snacks" during the day is harmful, but rather a full meal three times a day. It turned out that most useful is not when the clock strikes, and when there is a physiological need for food. It's not a rich breakfast, no food, no later than 18 hours, and how much food we eat during the day. And it is very harmful to overeat. From the table to get up with a slight hunger, as saturation will be felt in about 20 minutes. 

And the worst thing for the body - it is starving. The effect of it - short and injury - long. During fasting the body as energy source began to use their tissue. For the brain - the main organ regulating the whole body, the main energy source is glucose, which supplies in the human body lacks less than a day. When the reserves in the body of the protein, which is synthesized from glucose, depleted, the body begins to break down proteins of skeletal muscles, liver and other organs. Therefore, damage from starvation far outweigh its benefits, it is pointless, but its effects can appear after long time. 

You can often read like a useful cereal, pretzels with beer or coffee, muffins "muffin" , a pizza with mozzarella, Japanese cuisine - all this is nothing more than a myth. Each muffin contains 600 calories, the average slice of pizza - 700-800 calories, and of Japanese cuisine can be considered as dietary miso soup, salad and sashimi. So not all Japanese are equally useful. 

Advertised on all channels of TV chips from natural organic potatoes by themselves, and even with an excess of salt, are "heavy", food. Olive oil is good, no doubt, if he does not drink glasses and do not add all the dishes. Suffice it to 2 tablespoons salad. That's it! 

We are told what to drink during the day 2 liters of water, without specifying where we are. This very much. Main Used fluid - a thirst. And quenches her need clean water. 

They say that from the noodles and potatoes grow fat. But they just do not fat! It is dangerous to that with which they cook and eat. 

Do not have a lot of raw vegetables and fruits. Their relationship to the cooked food should not exceed 2:3. And most importantly - do not overeat either one or the other. 

Common sense - this is the best defense against fantasies, myths and legends about the useful and healthy food. There is a measure, not to overeat, chew; balancing her on nutrition, to control their numbers in the day, and everything will be fine. 

And the doctors, especially a nutritionist should be treated only in case of any pathology. But their recommendations must be treated critically, recheck, consultation, etc. We are talking about how cool you are your body! I personally have always liked the setting eating should be less!