#1 of 10 Common Nutrition Misconceptions

When it comes to nutritional advice, everyone has an opinion. The problem is that there are so many varying opinions that it is many times very hard to find the truth. Some misguided notions are harmless, but others can be dangerous and can lead to health problems. Many nutrition myths get repeated over and over until they are mistaken for the truth. The good news is that slowly, the real truth is finally emerging. Truthful, accurate information is your number one weapon in taking control of your health. Nutritional advice from mainstream “experts” may not be based on science, but on outdated misinformation.

This is a 10 part series, attempting to separate the truth from misconceptions:

Misconception #1: Breakfast Is the Healthiest Meal of the Day and You Should Eat Many Small Meals a Day - There is now a good deal of research supporting the health benefits of intermittent fasting, which can provide similar health benefits as a constant calorie restricted diet. Many studies have shown that a calorie restricted diet dramatically increases the life span in animals.

In addition to turning you into an efficient fat burner, intermittent fasting can also boost your level of human growth hormone production, or the “fitness hormone” by as much as 1,200% for women and 2,000% for men and improve metabolic risk markers, such as reducing insulin resistance.

Other benefits include reducing inflammation, improving blood pressure, increasing lean body mass and improving brain function.

One of the easiest intermittent fasting programs is to simply skip breakfast and limit your eating to a narrow window of time each day, between 11am and 7pm.

The advice to “eat six small meals per day” comes from seemingly logical principles of keeping your energy up by stabilizing your blood sugar. Eating that way has not been shown to provide these benefits. We seem to need periods of fasting for optimal metabolic function. We are genetically programmed not to eat like this. Our ancient ancestors did not eat 6 times a day. They went through regular periods of feast and famine. The problem is that many Americans are in 24/7 feast mode. Implementing intermittent fasting is a way to jump start your body into burning fat .

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