Ever since we were kids we were taught to eat a big breakfast, stay away from the chocolate bars and, more recently, avoid carbohydrates at all costs.
But while much of the nutritional advice that we read about or that gets passed on to us does have a founding in science, many nutritional tips are nothing more than popular myths.
Check out these top three food facts that have no truth in them whatsoever:
Actually, acne starts to form when we produce too much sebum, a substance that clogs our pores. And sebum is caused by hormones, not chocolate.
But before you get all excited and break into the Dairy Milk, unfortunately, it’s still a fact that chocolate does contain high amounts of sugar and fat, so you should still consume it in moderation, or stick to dark chocolate if you’re looking to maintain a healthy weight loss programme.
While eating them in excess can pile on bulk, it has nothing to do with the carbohydrates themselves. Eating too many calories and eating more calories than you burn in a given day is what makes you put on fat.
So you don’t need to cut your carbs, but modify your intake of them and try to choose good carbs, such as sweet potato and veggies, over doughnuts and white bread instead.
Of course, you can help it out by putting less toxins, like alcohol and chemicals from processed foods into your body, but you don’t need to go to such extremes as a juice cleanse.
In fact, juices are high in sugar and that (coupled with the fact that you’ll be so hungry after a week of ingesting nothing but fluids) means that instead of flushing out toxins, you’re more likely to replace them all when you dive into that lasagna and chocolate pudding you’ve been craving.