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Given their centrality in the lives of billions, nutrition facts are regarded as a novelty; something that you dipped into once in a while at the cognizance of a blatant alteration in body shape. Bolstering this argument, they more often aid and abet to engender the minds of several fitness fanatics into believing false facts. To all intents and purposes, the almost limitless scope of the online world offers ample opportunity to weave fraudulent stories about nutrition; more often in plethora. Their drafters, not inadvertently, but rather intentionally, use the gullibility of readers as a catalyst in obfuscating minds and hampering normal eating schedules. Such knotty situations are not just reprehensible, but also noxious. This article serves the purpose of debunking all the nutrition myths and false perceptions of eating habits.

In the realm of eating, before getting into tactics and returning to the reassuringly solid world of dusty tames and archived files, some misconceptions must languish. People often believe that going on fad diets serves the purpose of weight loss. While this argument serves no purpose, with the exception of jeopardizing the health of the person in question, a healthy person is he who consumes the healthy food. Below are a few listed myths of eating habits and whether this will weed out the rotten apples in the reader's mind is anyone's guess. Hopefully, if the pointers are useful and helpful, which they should be, then I will be much delighted for you to have read the article till the very end.

1. EATING FAT MAKES YOU FAT

This is not a fact. It is a myth. Some foods such as avocados, nuts, seeds and oils are found to provide incredulous health benefits. Essentially, it is of more severity for you to eat fewer calories overall, rather than peter out the consumption of a particular food item. It is proven that diets high in BOTH fat and carbs make you fat, not just fat alone. In reality, diets high in fat (but low in carbs) are found to assist weight loss, rather than low fat (and low carb) diets.

2. SALT CONSUMPTION INCREASES BLOOD PRESSURE, RISK OF HEART ATTACKS & STROKES

There is no scientific support to this. Although reducing the consumption of salt can in turn reduce BP by 1-5 mm/Hg, it does not lead to heart attacks, strokes or consequently death. Most people on an average consume salt in excess and we all know the simple do's and dont's of life. Excess of everything is bad. Excessive consumption of sodium, is not linked with BP or heart attacks, but may be associated with other health issues.

3. EGG YOLKS DRIVE HEART DISEASES

Since egg yolks are high in cholesterol, innumerable consumers of eggs refrain from eating the yolks. Exposing this myth, egg yolks contain dietary cholesterol. However, research has proven that dietary cholesterol has almost nothing to do with serum cholesterol (found in blood). Consequently, heart diseases have no connection with the consumption of egg yolks. The entirety of the issue is however, the fact that a substantial percentage of people do not realize that eating eggs for breakfast could decrease your calorie intake for the remainder of the day, as they shut off hunger hormones faster than imagined.

4. COFFEE SHOULD BE AVOIDED

Coffee contains caffeine, something that most of us abhor. Debunking this enigmatic argument, coffee is the biggest source of antioxidants. Coffee drinkers are found to have a much lower risk of depression, type two diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and many more. They are even found to have a much longer life span than non coffee drinkers.

5. HIGH PROTEIN DIETS SHOULD BE AVOIDED

High protein diets are found to increase the risk of osteoporosis, which is a loss in the bone mineral density. The theory behind this states that a high protein diet increases the acid in your body, causing calcium to get leached out of your bones to neutralize the acid. However, this is false. There are a handful of studies showing that protein can improve bone mineral density, lower risk of fractures and increase IGF-1 and lean mass. 

Some people also believe that high protein diets put the kidneys on a stress mode. These are found to increase glomerular filtration rate (GFR), that puts stress on kidneys. Again, an untrue fact. In reality, excess of consumption of proteins is not harmful to bones or kidneys.

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