Eggs will raise your cholesterol, and other myths
- From: "Lee K" <lee_keedick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:35:21 GMT
Eggs will raise your cholesterol, and other myths
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070403/hl_nm/eggs_cholesterol_dc_1
Tue Apr 3, 12:37 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Avoid eggs. Drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Eating carbs will make you fat. Nutritional advice such as this has been
touted for years -- but is it accurate?
Not necessarily, according to Wendy Repovich, an exercise physiologist at
Eastern Washington University in Cheyenne, Washington, who did her best to
dispel several common nutrition misconceptions during an American College of
Sports Medicine-sponsored health and fitness summit held recently in Dallas.
"Eating eggs will raise your cholesterol." This myth started because egg
yolks have the most concentrated amount of cholesterol in any food, Repovich
told Reuters Health. However, when eaten in moderation, eggs do not contain
enough cholesterol to pose health risks, she said.
"Most people avoid eggs and probably if they have any kind of cardiovascular
risk their physicians tell them to avoid eggs," Repovich said. "But really,
there aren't a whole lot of studies that show that one or two eggs a day
really make a difference to cholesterol levels."
"Eating carbohydrates makes you fat" is another myth. Cutting carbs from the
diet may help a person shed pounds due to water loss from a decrease in
carbohydrate stores, Repovich said, but eating carbs in moderation does not
directly lead to weight gain.
Here's another myth. "Drink 8 glasses of water a day." Repovich said people
need to replace water lost through breathing, urinating, sweating each
day -- but that doesn't necessarily total 64 ounces of water.
"I see an awful lot of people carrying bottled water around," Repovich said.
"I think people are still under the impression that they have to drink 8
glasses of water a day, but most people don't realize they get water from
other sources in the diet."
And too much water can be harmful, Repovich warned, leading possibly to an
imbalance in the body of sodium, a condition called hyponatremia.
It's also a myth, Repovich said, that everyone needs vitamin supplements,
although she admits to popping a multivitamin each morning. People who eat a
variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, along with moderate amounts of
a variety of low-fat dairy and protein and the right quantity of calories,
probably don't need a vitamin supplement, she said.
"But for the most part, we don't eat the way we should so probably a simple
multivitamin is good for most people," Repovich said.
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