5 Common Diet Myths Busted

 You see "low fat" food on a shopping rack and grab it instantly, or think cutting down rice will reduce my weight. 

You might be thinking that certain foods are healthy than certain foods. What are these myths? And what is the real fact? Here are some very common health related myths and the real fact about them. 

Myth no. 1 Brown Sugar Is Healthier Than White Sugar 

Many of us believe that brown sugar is healthy, but brown sugar is nothing but simply caramelised form of white sugar. So basically it's a cooked form of white sugar. It's a modern concept of caramelizing sugar to add extra flavour to the food so unfortunately, brown sugar is as bad as white sugar 

Myth no 2 Rice Can Gain Weight / Cause Diabetes 

No,this is a myth. Rice can never gain your weight or cause diabetes if you eat in enough amount and along with other nutrients especially proteins. Rice is rich in carbs, proteins, B complex vitamin, easy to digest and give you boost of energy. Why avoid that? Only remember to control the portion size and eat it with proteins and vegetables. 

Myth no. 3 Warm/Hot Water Melts All The Fats & Cold Water Solidifies Them

We must've heard that drinking hot water melts all fats in your stomach and cold water solidifies them. But its not true. Stomach temperature is anyway higher than room temp and cold water will automatically warmed in our body. And fats never melt in water is a simple term we learned from our school times. Warm water can improve your digestion as it boost up the secretion of digestive juices which might help in better assimilation of fats and other nutrients, but certainly doesn't melt fats. 

Myth no. 4 Skipping a meal can make you lose weight

Not at all. People mostly avoid breakfast and dinner thinking eating less will reduce calorie intake and so will weight. But it has inverse effect. It leads to gain weight. The science behind is- when you starve, your body’s capacity to burn fat goes down...resulting in more fat storage Another reason is it fluctuates glucose and insulin levels, which further leads to fat gain..... So, never skip a meal. And keep eating small and frequent feeds every 2 hour. 

Myth no. 5 Nuts, oilseeds and oils contain cholesterol

Again a myth. Cholesterol is only present in foods which are of animal origin. example, egg, meat, milk & milk products including ghee. 

Nuts like almonds, walnuts and all the others come from plant sources. 

Oils are extracted from oilseeds which again are of plant origin so it DOES NOT have cholesterol in it. 

Yes, but too much consumption of them can increase the fat levels which inturn increase cholesterol levels in the body, so quantity should be controlled.