Any foods or supplements that claim to help \u2018detox\u2019 your body are red flags. Our liver and kidneys are our professional detox organs, and nothing we eat will change that.<\/p>\n
Eat as many superfoods as you can<\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are many foods that are \u2018good\u2019 for you, meaning that you can eat a lot of them \u2013 most fruit and vegetables sit in this category.<\/p>\n
There are, however, no such things as \u2018superfoods\u2019, which are simply foods with good PR.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nFat is good for you (or bad) <\/strong><\/h2>\nIt doesn\u2019t matter if you are part of the fat is GOOD for you or BAD for you brigade, the important question to ask is the source of the fat.<\/p>\n
If it comes from a land-based animal, and is likely to be solid at room temperature, then it is saturated fat. Whereas if it comes from fish or plants, and it is likely to be liquid at room temperature (coconut fat is a rare exception), then it is unsaturated fat.<\/p>\n
All the evidence indicates that eating more unsaturated fat than saturated fat decreases \u2018all-cause mortality\u2019<\/a> \u2013 essentially, it lowers your risk of dying early.<\/p>\nNatural sugar is better<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe vast majority of sugar we consume is sucrose. It is the white powdered stuff we cook with and have in our tea, and is made up of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
How about sugar from honey or maple syrup or agave nectar? They are often marketed as natural, so are better for you, or more curiously, as a \u2018sugar-free\u2019 alternatives (Great British Bake Off <\/em>and your \u2018sugar-free week\u2019, I\u2019m looking at you).<\/p>\nThis is simply not true. They do taste different from sugar because one is in effect bee puke, another is tree sap, and another concentrated cactus juice, so naturally each brings its own distinct flavour to different recipes. But they are all sweet because of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The majority of sugar people consume is sucrose, which consists of glucose and fructose. \u00a9 Getty<\/span><\/figcaption> \u00a9 Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nHigh-pH (alkali) water will revitalise your body<\/strong><\/h2>\nAt a pH of 7.4, our blood is slightly alkali (less than 7 is acidic, more than 7 is alkali). Some people therefore think we need to eat alkali foods, and that includes drinking water with a high pH.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t drink the Kool-Aid! Everything we eat or drink passes through the stomach, which, at a pH of 1.5, is the most acidic part of the body. It is then neutralised to a pH of\u00a0 7 when it enters into the small intestine.<\/p>\n
Nothing we eat will change the pH of our blood. Don\u2019t waste your money on alkali water and diets.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nRead more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Here\u2019s what happens if you only eat one meal a day<\/a><\/li>\n
- The fast metabolism myth: Here\u2019s what actually determines how slim you are<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>
Don\u2019t eat anything you can\u2019t pronounce<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is part of the push to eat \u2018natural\u2019 or \u2018clean\u2019 foods. But whether they\u2019re natural or highly processed, all foods are full of chemicals, you just don\u2019t happen to know the scientific names for them.<\/p>\n
For example, should you fear \u2018phenylthiocarbamide\u2019, because you can\u2019t pronounce it? This is simply the chemical responsible for the bitter taste found in brassicas, the plants in the cabbage and mustard family. This type of advice is simple scaremongering.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t eat food with more than five ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\nSimple foods can be very tasty indeed, but they are not necessarily healthier for you. If I, for instance, use Chinese five spice powder in a recipe, that would presumably count as one of the five ingredients. However, what if I added the typical components of five spice powder, so star anise, fennel seeds, Szechuan peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon, separately into a dish?<\/p>\n
Does that mean my recipe suddenly becomes bad because it has more than five ingredients?<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Ozempic: Everything you need to know about new weight loss drug semaglutide<\/a><\/li>\n
- Can artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?<\/a><\/li>\n
- What happens to lost body fat when we lose weight?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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Fat is good for you (or bad) <\/strong><\/h2>\nIt doesn\u2019t matter if you are part of the fat is GOOD for you or BAD for you brigade, the important question to ask is the source of the fat.<\/p>\n
If it comes from a land-based animal, and is likely to be solid at room temperature, then it is saturated fat. Whereas if it comes from fish or plants, and it is likely to be liquid at room temperature (coconut fat is a rare exception), then it is unsaturated fat.<\/p>\n
All the evidence indicates that eating more unsaturated fat than saturated fat decreases \u2018all-cause mortality\u2019<\/a> \u2013 essentially, it lowers your risk of dying early.<\/p>\nNatural sugar is better<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe vast majority of sugar we consume is sucrose. It is the white powdered stuff we cook with and have in our tea, and is made up of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
How about sugar from honey or maple syrup or agave nectar? They are often marketed as natural, so are better for you, or more curiously, as a \u2018sugar-free\u2019 alternatives (Great British Bake Off <\/em>and your \u2018sugar-free week\u2019, I\u2019m looking at you).<\/p>\nThis is simply not true. They do taste different from sugar because one is in effect bee puke, another is tree sap, and another concentrated cactus juice, so naturally each brings its own distinct flavour to different recipes. But they are all sweet because of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The majority of sugar people consume is sucrose, which consists of glucose and fructose. \u00a9 Getty<\/span><\/figcaption> \u00a9 Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nHigh-pH (alkali) water will revitalise your body<\/strong><\/h2>\nAt a pH of 7.4, our blood is slightly alkali (less than 7 is acidic, more than 7 is alkali). Some people therefore think we need to eat alkali foods, and that includes drinking water with a high pH.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t drink the Kool-Aid! Everything we eat or drink passes through the stomach, which, at a pH of 1.5, is the most acidic part of the body. It is then neutralised to a pH of\u00a0 7 when it enters into the small intestine.<\/p>\n
Nothing we eat will change the pH of our blood. Don\u2019t waste your money on alkali water and diets.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nRead more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Here\u2019s what happens if you only eat one meal a day<\/a><\/li>\n
- The fast metabolism myth: Here\u2019s what actually determines how slim you are<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>
Don\u2019t eat anything you can\u2019t pronounce<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is part of the push to eat \u2018natural\u2019 or \u2018clean\u2019 foods. But whether they\u2019re natural or highly processed, all foods are full of chemicals, you just don\u2019t happen to know the scientific names for them.<\/p>\n
For example, should you fear \u2018phenylthiocarbamide\u2019, because you can\u2019t pronounce it? This is simply the chemical responsible for the bitter taste found in brassicas, the plants in the cabbage and mustard family. This type of advice is simple scaremongering.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t eat food with more than five ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\nSimple foods can be very tasty indeed, but they are not necessarily healthier for you. If I, for instance, use Chinese five spice powder in a recipe, that would presumably count as one of the five ingredients. However, what if I added the typical components of five spice powder, so star anise, fennel seeds, Szechuan peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon, separately into a dish?<\/p>\n
Does that mean my recipe suddenly becomes bad because it has more than five ingredients?<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Ozempic: Everything you need to know about new weight loss drug semaglutide<\/a><\/li>\n
- Can artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?<\/a><\/li>\n
- What happens to lost body fat when we lose weight?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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Natural sugar is better<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe vast majority of sugar we consume is sucrose. It is the white powdered stuff we cook with and have in our tea, and is made up of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
How about sugar from honey or maple syrup or agave nectar? They are often marketed as natural, so are better for you, or more curiously, as a \u2018sugar-free\u2019 alternatives (Great British Bake Off <\/em>and your \u2018sugar-free week\u2019, I\u2019m looking at you).<\/p>\nThis is simply not true. They do taste different from sugar because one is in effect bee puke, another is tree sap, and another concentrated cactus juice, so naturally each brings its own distinct flavour to different recipes. But they are all sweet because of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> The majority of sugar people consume is sucrose, which consists of glucose and fructose. \u00a9 Getty<\/span><\/figcaption> \u00a9 Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nHigh-pH (alkali) water will revitalise your body<\/strong><\/h2>\nAt a pH of 7.4, our blood is slightly alkali (less than 7 is acidic, more than 7 is alkali). Some people therefore think we need to eat alkali foods, and that includes drinking water with a high pH.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t drink the Kool-Aid! Everything we eat or drink passes through the stomach, which, at a pH of 1.5, is the most acidic part of the body. It is then neutralised to a pH of\u00a0 7 when it enters into the small intestine.<\/p>\n
Nothing we eat will change the pH of our blood. Don\u2019t waste your money on alkali water and diets.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nRead more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Here\u2019s what happens if you only eat one meal a day<\/a><\/li>\n
- The fast metabolism myth: Here\u2019s what actually determines how slim you are<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>
Don\u2019t eat anything you can\u2019t pronounce<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is part of the push to eat \u2018natural\u2019 or \u2018clean\u2019 foods. But whether they\u2019re natural or highly processed, all foods are full of chemicals, you just don\u2019t happen to know the scientific names for them.<\/p>\n
For example, should you fear \u2018phenylthiocarbamide\u2019, because you can\u2019t pronounce it? This is simply the chemical responsible for the bitter taste found in brassicas, the plants in the cabbage and mustard family. This type of advice is simple scaremongering.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t eat food with more than five ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\nSimple foods can be very tasty indeed, but they are not necessarily healthier for you. If I, for instance, use Chinese five spice powder in a recipe, that would presumably count as one of the five ingredients. However, what if I added the typical components of five spice powder, so star anise, fennel seeds, Szechuan peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon, separately into a dish?<\/p>\n
Does that mean my recipe suddenly becomes bad because it has more than five ingredients?<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Ozempic: Everything you need to know about new weight loss drug semaglutide<\/a><\/li>\n
- Can artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?<\/a><\/li>\n
- What happens to lost body fat when we lose weight?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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This is simply not true. They do taste different from sugar because one is in effect bee puke, another is tree sap, and another concentrated cactus juice, so naturally each brings its own distinct flavour to different recipes. But they are all sweet because of glucose and fructose.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>High-pH (alkali) water will revitalise your body<\/strong><\/h2>\nAt a pH of 7.4, our blood is slightly alkali (less than 7 is acidic, more than 7 is alkali). Some people therefore think we need to eat alkali foods, and that includes drinking water with a high pH.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t drink the Kool-Aid! Everything we eat or drink passes through the stomach, which, at a pH of 1.5, is the most acidic part of the body. It is then neutralised to a pH of\u00a0 7 when it enters into the small intestine.<\/p>\n
Nothing we eat will change the pH of our blood. Don\u2019t waste your money on alkali water and diets.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nRead more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Here\u2019s what happens if you only eat one meal a day<\/a><\/li>\n
- The fast metabolism myth: Here\u2019s what actually determines how slim you are<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>
Don\u2019t eat anything you can\u2019t pronounce<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is part of the push to eat \u2018natural\u2019 or \u2018clean\u2019 foods. But whether they\u2019re natural or highly processed, all foods are full of chemicals, you just don\u2019t happen to know the scientific names for them.<\/p>\n
For example, should you fear \u2018phenylthiocarbamide\u2019, because you can\u2019t pronounce it? This is simply the chemical responsible for the bitter taste found in brassicas, the plants in the cabbage and mustard family. This type of advice is simple scaremongering.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t eat food with more than five ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\nSimple foods can be very tasty indeed, but they are not necessarily healthier for you. If I, for instance, use Chinese five spice powder in a recipe, that would presumably count as one of the five ingredients. However, what if I added the typical components of five spice powder, so star anise, fennel seeds, Szechuan peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon, separately into a dish?<\/p>\n
Does that mean my recipe suddenly becomes bad because it has more than five ingredients?<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n- Ozempic: Everything you need to know about new weight loss drug semaglutide<\/a><\/li>\n
- Can artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?<\/a><\/li>\n
- What happens to lost body fat when we lose weight?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n This is part of the push to eat \u2018natural\u2019 or \u2018clean\u2019 foods. But whether they\u2019re natural or highly processed, all foods are full of chemicals, you just don\u2019t happen to know the scientific names for them.<\/p>\n For example, should you fear \u2018phenylthiocarbamide\u2019, because you can\u2019t pronounce it? This is simply the chemical responsible for the bitter taste found in brassicas, the plants in the cabbage and mustard family. This type of advice is simple scaremongering.<\/p>\n Simple foods can be very tasty indeed, but they are not necessarily healthier for you. If I, for instance, use Chinese five spice powder in a recipe, that would presumably count as one of the five ingredients. However, what if I added the typical components of five spice powder, so star anise, fennel seeds, Szechuan peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon, separately into a dish?<\/p>\n Does that mean my recipe suddenly becomes bad because it has more than five ingredients?<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n From ‘natural sugars’, to fat mistruths, here are the largest nutritional red flags you need to spot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28661,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"4"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/the-7-biggest-lies-social-media-tells-you-about-weight-loss.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"From 'natural sugars', to fat mistruths, here are the largest nutritional red flags you need to spot.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Don\u2019t eat anything you can\u2019t pronounce<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Don\u2019t eat food with more than five ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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