6 Food and Fitness Myths Busted | Hello Healthy
Folks, if you are serious about your fitness and well being read this insightful blog post over at MFP. I’ve been a member there for some time (since Nov 2010 to be exact) and lost over 60 lbs so far with the help from MyFitnessPal.com. It’s free and has an awesome supportive community. Read the excerpt below and head over to their blog for the full post.
6 Food and Fitness Myths Busted by the MyFitnessPal Staff
In honor of Health Literacy Month, a time to extoll the virtues of understandable health information, we’re taking a look at 6 persistent fitness myths that need to be debunked. Keeping to a fitness plan is difficult enough without the added stress of conflicting information
Myth #1. No night bites. Is it ok to eat after 8pm? Conventional wisdom says if you eat close to bedtime you’ll gain weight. Recently, thinking has switched to more of a ‘calories in/calories out’ calculation–if you take in more than you burn you’ll gain weight, regardless of what time you eat.
What’s more important are the types of foods you eat before hitting the hay: Don’t go to bed hungry, but don’t sit down for a big meal right before hitting the lights. Avoid sitting down with a bag of chips or a box of crackers, too. Instead, have a light snack like a piece of fruit, small bowl of cereal or a handful of nuts rather than a big meal to take the edge off so you don’t go to bed with a grumbling tummy.
This will also help with another food-related sleep problem: acid reflux. To avoid acid reflux, refrain from eating 3-4 hours before you go to bed.
Myth #1. No night bites. Is it ok to eat after 8pm? Conventional wisdom says if you eat close to bedtime you’ll gain weight. Recently, thinking has switched to more of a ‘calories in/calories out’ calculation–if you take in more than you burn you’ll gain weight, regardless of what time you eat.
What’s more important are the types of foods you eat before hitting the hay: Don’t go to bed hungry, but don’t sit down for a big meal right before hitting the lights. Avoid sitting down with a bag of chips or a box of crackers, too. Instead, have a light snack like a piece of fruit, small bowl of cereal or a handful of nuts rather than a big meal to take the edge off so you don’t go to bed with a grumbling tummy.
This will also help with another food-related sleep problem: acid reflux. To avoid acid reflux, refrain from eating 3-4 hours before you go to bed.
– See more at: http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/2013/10/16/7-food-and-fitness-myths-busted/#sthash.TaOZrmBW.dpuf
Myth #1. No night bites. Is it ok to eat after 8pm? Conventional wisdom says if you eat close to bedtime you’ll gain weight. Recently, thinking has switched to more of a ‘calories in/calories out’ calculation–if you take in more than you burn you’ll gain weight, regardless of what time you eat.
What’s more important are the types of foods you eat before hitting the hay: Don’t go to bed hungry, but don’t sit down for a big meal right before hitting the lights. Avoid sitting down with a bag of chips or a box of crackers, too. Instead, have a light snack like a piece of fruit, small bowl of cereal or a handful of nuts rather than a big meal to take the edge off so you don’t go to bed with a grumbling tummy.
This will also help with another food-related sleep problem: acid reflux. To avoid acid reflux, refrain from eating 3-4 hours before you go to bed.
– See more at: http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/2013/10/16/7-food-and-fitness-myths-busted/#sthash.TaOZrmBW.dpuf
Myth #1. No night bites. Is it ok to eat after 8pm? Conventional wisdom says if you eat close to bedtime you’ll gain weight. Recently, thinking has switched to more of a ‘calories in/calories out’ calculation–if you take in more than you burn you’ll gain weight, regardless of what time you eat.
What’s more important are the types of foods you eat before hitting the hay: Don’t go to bed hungry, but don’t sit down for a big meal right before hitting the lights. Avoid sitting down with a bag of chips or a box of crackers, too. Instead, have a light snack like a piece of fruit, small bowl of cereal or a handful of nuts rather than a big meal to take the edge off so you don’t go to bed with a grumbling tummy.
This will also help with another food-related sleep problem: acid reflux. To avoid acid reflux, refrain from eating 3-4 hours before you go to bed.
– See more at: http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/2013/10/16/7-food-and-fitness-myths-busted/#sthash.TaOZrmBW.dpuf
Myth #1. No night bites. Is it ok to eat after 8pm? Conventional wisdom says if you eat close to bedtime you’ll gain weight. Recently, thinking has switched to more of a ‘calories in/calories out’ calculation–if you take in more than you burn you’ll gain weight, regardless of what time you eat.
What’s more important are the types of foods you eat before hitting the hay: Don’t go to bed hungry, but don’t sit down for a big meal right before hitting the lights. Avoid sitting down with a bag of chips or a box of crackers, too. Instead, have a light snack like a piece of fruit, small bowl of cereal or a handful of nuts rather than a big meal to take the edge off so you don’t go to bed with a grumbling tummy.
This will also help with another food-related sleep problem: acid reflux. To avoid acid reflux, refrain from eating 3-4 hours before you go to bed.
– See more at: http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/2013/10/16/7-food-and-fitness-myths-busted/#sthash.TaOZrmBW.dpuf
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