Top 10 Food Myths Busted

True or false – Will carbohydrates make you fat? Does salt increase blood pressure? If you think that the answer to both our questions is ‘true,’ you have reached the right destination.

There are several myths your parents and friends will tell you, but are they scientifically true? We blow the cover of ten most common food myths that you have heard so often.

Food Myth: Fat free food is calorie free

You can eat as much fat free food as you want. But will it help you slim down? Well not really, if you are trying to lose weight, try burning calories or consume fewer calories.

Nutritionist, Mansi Belani from Evolve Medspa cautions: “A low calorie diet works on the simple principle that calories in terms of energy give us fuel for the day-to-day activities. If you reduce calories less than the body requires it will burn fats (at initial stage) to replace them. If you are eating fewer calories, than your body needs to burn fat.”

Food Myth: Eat lots of protein to build muscles

Our strength and conditioning coach Arnav Sarkar says that protein consumption levels ‘depend on the size of the person and the intensity of his or her training. In general I would recommend 1 gram per kg (of the person’s weight) to be a good place to start.’

But those engaged in intensive training need to increase their protein intake. ‘The most that it’ll increase to will be 1.2 or 2 grams for each kilo that you weigh – but do note that this cannot be self prescribed.’

On the flip side, the notion that extra protien will help you muscle up even though you only workout at low intensity 3-4 times a day, while leading an otherwise sedentary life, is wrong.

Food Myth: Excess intake of salt increases high blood pressure
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