Healthy Food Myths That Are Making You Fat

With people growing cautious about what they should or should not eat; dieticians and nutritionists are gaining much popularity. In addition, this has lead to much information flowing in the market about what is or is not healthy. Over the years, a large population has been lead to believe in many fabricated facts such as fats are unhealthy and such. Given following are some of these myths that need to be clarified before you can go on to adopt a healthy routine.

1. Fat is unhealthy (Cliché’)

Over the years, the culture of processed food intake has been increasing. This has lead people to consume more fat than they require, meanwhile avoiding many other nutrients. Hence, lower fat consumption was advised whenever you went to a dietician. This has somehow concluded to making fat unhealthy. Although fat is very important for athletes or other people who require much physical exertion in their daily life. However, the fat should come from a natural source (i.e. milk, meat fat, dry-fruit etc.) and not from a processed source (i.e. fast food, vegetable oil, etc.).

2. Eggs are full of Cholesterol

Cholesterol is another much feared terminology these days. While cholesterol is only a term defining the amount of energy consumption, people have started to believe that cholesterol makes you fat (it actually indirectly does make you fat). Eggs have too much cholesterol only means that they are really good energy sources. However, if the amount of energy consumed is not used, it will all turn into fat and store somewhere in your body. That is where cholesterol is bad for you.

3. Vegetable Oils are healthier than Butter

To put it simple, vegetable oil is a processed product whose cholesterol is eventually going to be bad for your health. However, butter made from grass-fed cows consists of pure fat, while the fat present in vegetable oils is made up of Omega-6 fatty-acids.

4. Products that say “healthy” on the packet are good

Starting with sugar filled cereals that are rich in whole grains, to subs that are made with fresh vegetables and meat are all a hoax. The cereals are full of difficult-to-digest sugar, while the subs are made up of bread that is completely a result of oven processing. To put it short and make it clear one more time, all processed food will eventually kill you, while the only food that is healthy is that which comes from natural sources and is not processed.