Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” And that has proved true over and over again in the field of nutrition. The lies told about nutrition have done a lot of harm in the health of many, and it’s beyond time to set the record straight. Kris Gunnars does just that in his article, 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition:
1. Eggs Are Unhealthy
There’s one thing that nutrition professionals have had remarkable success with… and that is demonizing incredibly healthy foods.The worst example of that is eggs, which happen to contain a large amount of cholesterol and were therefore considered to increase the risk of heart disease.But recently it has been proven that the cholesterol in the diet doesn’t really raise the cholesterol in blood. In fact, eggs primarily raise the “good” cholesterol and are NOT associated with increased risk of heart disease. Keep reading…
11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition
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