There are many false beliefs about nutrition that are accepted as true by most people. Assertions are without foundation and may even interfere with proper nutrition. How much you know about nutrition?
1. The alcohol removes the cold
The Saint Bernard dog who comes swift with his barrel of rum to assist the skier is an image that all we keep in our memory. It should give joy to see your face approach with good-natured but today we know that it is best not to test the alcohol that carries his keg.
Alcohol is a vasodilator. It makes the skin capillaries dilate so that more blood reaches them. This produces a momentary sensation of heat to the cold comfort but in reality it is producing a heat loss, since the blood to be so close to the body surface cools faster.
This causes a decrease in body temperature that can cause death by freezing. Not infrequently, there have been cases of people drunk bastards who have died from cold.
2. Alcohol is a stimulant
Versa. Alcohol is a nervous system depressant. It causes disinhibition, so it gives the sensation of euphoria that you take.
But it stimulates the physical or mental functions, as even a small amount slows reflexes, coordination, mental alertness and ability to capture feelings.
Create an addiction very important, easier the younger you start drinking. It also produces the alcoholic abstinence syndrome, or “monkey” when you stop drinking.
The adverse effects in these cases primarily affect the liver (may appear alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis and even cancer), and the brain, pancreas and other organs like muscles or hearts.
3. The blend of carbohydrates and proteins fat
In principle take the hydrates and the separated proteins is virtually impossible because most foods have protein in their composition and carbohydrate predominates either though.
So both components are so common foods like bread or milk. The effectiveness of the diet is coupled to the dishes are less palatable (roast beef instead of just potatoes) and is therefore eat less.
This diet is not dangerous if over the day are taken carbohydrates, proteins and fats in the right proportion so as not to impair health.
Yes they are dangerous if every day we take only one type of food because the body does not get the necessary nutrients, but that it may be getting the same or more calories than if you conduct an offset intake which include fats, carbohydrates and protein, so do not get thin.
4. Quitting smoking is not fattening
It is true that people who quit smoking gain weight. The addition creates snuff and behaves like a drug (alcohol, morphine, cocaine, etc..) In the body in both psychological or behavioral and physiological level.
Nicotine is the drug that causes addiction snuff but also has other effects.
The nicotine in snuff consumption increases the body burns calories. On the other hand the snuff kills the appetite. Additionally snuff relieves stress and anxiety.
The lack of nicotine to stop smoking creates a calm anxiety that often with the ingestion of food especially rich in carbohydrates.
Following a good detoxification program, chopping fruit or vegetables instead of other foods, drink lots of water and take long walks, helps prevent weight gain.
5. The food “light” thin
The food “light” if indeed they are, provide fewer calories than the same foods do not “light”. But still provide a certain amount of calories.
Usually this contribution is 30% -50% less than the same product does not “light”. What is certain is that you may not get fat but not thin.
Also, if I eat more amount of the food “light” that would eat the normal at the end we will add the same amount of calories or more.
6. Water thins
Water has no calories so not fattening ever, but also decreases the calories we take. That is, neither fat nor thin. What it does is to facilitate monitoring of slimming diets.
7. Diuretics thin
No. What they do is promote diuretic water loss through urine. This loss of water resulting in an overall loss of body weight but not a real weight loss as fat mass is not lost.
Next to water also lost electrolytes like potassium or sodium that causes an imbalance in electrolyte balance, which is injurious to health if the loss is excessive.
Thus, the abuse of diuretics may appear dehydration, hypovolemia, hypotension, hyponatremia, hypokalemia, alkalosis, and hemoconcentration hypochloraemic.
8. Vitamins fat
Vitamins have no calories and thus not fattening. Neither increase appetite. Not thin.
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