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It's just amazing how much "common knowledge" about food has been shown to be completely wrong: * Breakfast is the most important meal [0] * Saturated fat

It's just amazing how much "common knowledge" about food has been shown to be completely wrong: * Breakfast is the most important meal [0] * Saturated fat is bad [1] * Carbs are evil [2] * You regain more weight after a fast diet [3] Many will argue but studies have show each one of these to be wrong. [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/10/the-science-of-skipping-breakfast-how-government-nutritionists-may-have-gotten-it-wrong/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/10/the-s... [1]: http://www.eufic.org/page/en/show/latest-science-news/fftid/Study-no-association-dietary-saturated-fats-cardiovascular-disease-risk/ http://www.eufic.org/page/en/show/latest-science-news/fftid/... [2]: http://www.nature.com/nutd/journal/v6/n2/full/nutd20162a.html http://www.nature.com/nutd/journal/v6/n2/full/nutd20162a.htm... [3]: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587%2814%2970200-1/abstract http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-85...

lucb1e 10y ago
On mobile so I won't look up sources now, but from memory you can add "diamonds are rare" (no, they're monopolized) to the list.
mrfusion 10y ago
I thought the jury was still out on saturated fat? Can I start eating butter with abandon?? I'm excited.
visakanv 10y ago
I think if there's one big idea about nutrition, it should be that there are no one-size-fits-all answers. I skipped breakfast for most of my childhood, and I had no idea why I was so lethargic all the time. I was typically anxious from undone schoolwork, etc and had no appetite in the morning. I'd self-medicate with cigarettes. I started forcing myself to eat breakfast about a year ago and my mind is so much clearer, seemingly as a function of relatively-stabilized blood sugar levels. But that's just me. It could be totally different for someone else.
- Aelinsaar 10y ago
  So very true. We're all crazy variable as humans. I'm 6'2" and broad, and thick. I've had a great friend from childhood who's 6'2" and skinny as a rail. We could not have more dissimilar ways of eating healthfully, but doesn't that make sense when you think about it? He basically eats little meals all day, and I concentrate my calories so that I don't stay constantly hungry and engaged in eating. The only advice that's truly universal, is that you can't lose weight unless the equation is (Calories-In - Calories-Out) = Gain/Loss. How you get there is totally individual though.
- akgerber 10y ago
  My bike ride into work usually feels significantly more sluggish if I skip breakfast and/or coffee.
  - antisthenes 10y ago
    The coffee and the timing of your last meal on the previous day(6pm? 10pm?) probably has a lot more to do with it than the breakfast. If you eat breakfast at XX:XX and start cycling at XX:XX+30, you won't actually be using the energy from the food you just ate, whereas the caffeine will take effect almost immediately.
- fasteo 10y ago
  That was also my case as an adult. Solved by eating much more at night, carbs included. I was just not consuming enough calories. So, another myth - carbs are bad at night - that did not apply to me.
  - vixen99 10y ago
    To which you might add 'at this period in my life'. Your requirements may well change. For many older people, 'carbs are bad at night' is not a myth.
    - fasteo 10y ago
      Agree. I do believe that carbs are bad with people with broken metabolisms (poor insulin sensivity, poor glucose control, etc), but once you have that fixed, carbs are an excellent source of nutrients and energy. Again, that was my case (38 years old at that time; 45 now)
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Xcelerate 10y ago
That's why I don't put stock in any of it and just eat what I like.
abandonliberty 10y ago
In some cases you are correct while in some you're making the same types of errors seen in science reporting. * [0] Completely agree. This falls into folklore: was never really scientifically investigated, and all recent findings don't support it. * [2] This is a single study on a very particular mechanism. The null hypothesis wasn't "Carbs aren't evil". The experimental setup was designed to determine if there was a benefit in LCHFD diets for NZO prediabetic obese mice eating ad-libitum compared to traditional rodent feed (which by no means mirrors the type of high carb diet humans eat). They failed to demonstrate that. Some carbs are probably evil. Like sugar. * [3] This is how science works: You make an observation: "You regain more weight after a fast diet." Yet a controlled laboratory environment doesn't show the same result. You're missing something. Reality is almost always more complex and subtle than we'd like it to be. The medical field right now is starting to focus on lifestyle changes and lifelong treatment. The shred of truth here is that slow weight loss is probably associated with creating long term habits. https://www.medweight.ca/ https://www.medweight.ca/.

lucb1e 10y ago

On mobile so I won't look up sources now, but from memory you can add "diamonds are rare" (no, they're monopolized) to the list.

mrfusion 10y ago

I thought the jury was still out on saturated fat? Can I start eating butter with abandon?? I'm excited.

visakanv 10y ago

I think if there's one big idea about nutrition, it should be that there are no one-size-fits-all answers. I skipped breakfast for most of my childhood, and I had no idea why I was so lethargic all the time. I was typically anxious from undone schoolwork, etc and had no appetite in the morning. I'd self-medicate with cigarettes. I started forcing myself to eat breakfast about a year ago and my mind is so much clearer, seemingly as a function of relatively-stabilized blood sugar levels. But that's just me. It could be totally different for someone else.

Aelinsaar 10y ago
So very true. We're all crazy variable as humans. I'm 6'2" and broad, and thick. I've had a great friend from childhood who's 6'2" and skinny as a rail. We could not have more dissimilar ways of eating healthfully, but doesn't that make sense when you think about it? He basically eats little meals all day, and I concentrate my calories so that I don't stay constantly hungry and engaged in eating. The only advice that's truly universal, is that you can't lose weight unless the equation is (Calories-In - Calories-Out) = Gain/Loss. How you get there is totally individual though.
akgerber 10y ago
My bike ride into work usually feels significantly more sluggish if I skip breakfast and/or coffee.
- antisthenes 10y ago
  The coffee and the timing of your last meal on the previous day(6pm? 10pm?) probably has a lot more to do with it than the breakfast. If you eat breakfast at XX:XX and start cycling at XX:XX+30, you won't actually be using the energy from the food you just ate, whereas the caffeine will take effect almost immediately.
fasteo 10y ago
That was also my case as an adult. Solved by eating much more at night, carbs included. I was just not consuming enough calories. So, another myth - carbs are bad at night - that did not apply to me.
- vixen99 10y ago
  To which you might add 'at this period in my life'. Your requirements may well change. For many older people, 'carbs are bad at night' is not a myth.
  - fasteo 10y ago
    Agree. I do believe that carbs are bad with people with broken metabolisms (poor insulin sensivity, poor glucose control, etc), but once you have that fixed, carbs are an excellent source of nutrients and energy. Again, that was my case (38 years old at that time; 45 now)

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Xcelerate 10y ago

That's why I don't put stock in any of it and just eat what I like.

abandonliberty 10y ago

In some cases you are correct while in some you're making the same types of errors seen in science reporting. * [0] Completely agree. This falls into folklore: was never really scientifically investigated, and all recent findings don't support it. * [2] This is a single study on a very particular mechanism. The null hypothesis wasn't "Carbs aren't evil". The experimental setup was designed to determine if there was a benefit in LCHFD diets for NZO prediabetic obese mice eating ad-libitum compared to traditional rodent feed (which by no means mirrors the type of high carb diet humans eat). They failed to demonstrate that. Some carbs are probably evil. Like sugar. * [3] This is how science works: You make an observation: "You regain more weight after a fast diet." Yet a controlled laboratory environment doesn't show the same result. You're missing something. Reality is almost always more complex and subtle than we'd like it to be. The medical field right now is starting to focus on lifestyle changes and lifelong treatment. The shred of truth here is that slow weight loss is probably associated with creating long term habits. https://www.medweight.ca/ https://www.medweight.ca/.