Let’s look at three nutrition myths and see why all the experts are telling you these lies.  These nutrition myths are very common in the health world and they really amount to a bunch of bogus hype and information that has been passed down from one mis-informed person to the next.

Don’t fall for the same mistakes that the masses are.  The basics of good nutrition are not as difficult as many make them out to be.  This is because everyone wants to sell you on their new diet plan, or their new gimmick diet pill.  Making the right decisions is as difficult as it gets, that’s because making the right decisions involves your will power!

Nutrition Myth 1 – Eating Fruit Makes You Fat

I want to laugh out loud every time someone tells me they can’t eat an orange or a banana because they are watching their weight.  The flat out truth is that eating anything that Mother Nature grows for you isn’t going to increase the bulge.  Eating things that are refined and processed is what is going to make you fat!

Look at some calorie counts on your favourite fruits. 1 medium apple is 75 calories, 1 medium banana is 100 calories, 1 cup blueberries is 80 calories the list literally goes on and on.  The fact is that these are not the foods that are weighing you down it’s the other foods that are sneaking into your diet that is the problem.  You don’t have to cut fruit out of your diet, that’s for sure.

Nutrition Myth 2 – Don’t Eat Late

Honestly if you are eating late it really shouldn’t be a bad thing.  If for example you got tied up at work, then your son had soccer practice and you didn’t get home until 9 pm are you just going to go to bed and listen to your stomach grumble at night.

Sure you should be eating 6 smaller meals a day, and those smaller meals should be whole fresh foods but lets face it we are all human and we sometimes miss the boat.  The important thing is that we continuing to fuel our bodies well, if that means eating at 9 then so be it.  It would definitely be better if you didn’t scarf down a cheesecake blizzard with a double quarter pounder with cheese, but that is just common sense. 

Eat healthy whole foods and ensure that your body is well nourished, while continuing to exercise intensely.  It wont matter if you have supper a bit later once in a while, we are all busy and we need to ensure that our diets can fit our schedules.

Nutrition Myth 3 – You Need Your Protein Shake

Listen, I am an expert who is in favour of having a protein shake after your workouts.  This is because in my opinion there is no better way to get your muscles the protein and carbs they need immediately after a workout.  That being said there are a number of well respected experts out there that think that everyone needs a couple protein shakes every day.  This is simply not the case.  Your body needs about 1 gram of protein for every pound of lean muscle.  This doesn’t mean you have to choke down protein shake after protein shake everyday. Let’s look at an example for men and women.

An average 175 pound guy a 145 pound lady each with 20 percent body fat.  This means that they guy has about 140 pounds of lean muscle and the lady has about 115 pounds of lean muscle.  This is really not difficult to get in a single day out of a balanced diet.

So while I do recommend having a protein shake after a workout, it is more for convenience than anything else.  If you want to scarf down a chicken breast and some salad or rice right after you work out, but if you are anything like me a protein shake works better in this situation.  Check out www.internethealthandfitnessdatabase.com for more great info like this.

But on non workout days, there is no need for me to mix up protein shakes because I have no problem meeting my daily needs for protein intake.  Also as a side note I am personally 200 pounds with about 10-12 percent body fat so my protein needs are actually much higher than the ones above, and it is still not a problem.  Stay clear from this diet myth as well as the ones above, they are put in place by diet corporations that have only one goal.  That goal is to sell you on the next fad diet

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