Myth: Eating smaller regular meals throughout the day is better for the metabolism
Many popular nutritional plans lately claim that eating smaller regular meals throughout the day helps you burn more calories and allows the metabolism to run better.
This is not actually the case. Up Until recently with the sudden abundance of food the human race have evolved and been well used to long periods without food throughout the day.
Although it may be helpful to keep hunger at bay or more convenient for some people to eat every 3 hours it had no specific advantage over having just 2-3 larger meals per day.
Most studies on this subject show that muscle repair, recovery and the metabolism react in the exact same way whether you eat 5-6 small meals or 2-3 larger meals per day.
The most important factor is actually overall calories and the right amounts of protein, carbs and fats.
Once they are correct it’s up to you whether you want to eat lots of small meals or fewer large meals.
Myth: Egg yolks should be avoided because they are high in cholesterol and raise the chance of heart desease
This is one of the oldest food myths around.
The majority of the nutritional studies over the past ten years have not only disproven this myth but suggested that eggs are actually a super food.
Egg yolks contains mostly good cholesterol which in fact help lower blood cholesterol not raise it.
Whole eggs are also one of most nutrient dense foods on the planet which the human body very effectively digests and absorbs into the blood.
It can however raise the risk of heart disease and high cholesterol in diabetics which is where the myth may have come from in the first place.
So if you’re not a diabetic then keep your yolks knowing full well the great benefits of eating the entire egg.