Top weight loss myths debunked from experts – from which carbs, when to eat and detoxes

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For a person attempting to lose weight, the best options can seem like a conundrum. There is a lot of conflicting advise out there leaving a person more confused than when they first started.

From the best time to eat, the low down on fat, which diet helps burn the most fat and whether detoxes are your best; it’s a tough call.

Nick English from BarBend and other experts reveal the biggest diet and nutrition myths and misconceptions. Dietitian Julia Zumpano explains its rather the types of carbs which are important and reveals the facts behind common carbohydrate myths. “Carbs are a type of macronutrient that’s found in certain foods and drinks.“Fibre, sugar and starch are considered carbs and they can be either simplex carbs or complex carbs.Complex carbs are types of carbs that are digested easily, which can cause your blood sugar to spike.”These are the types of carbs that should be reduced. “Typically, people who are eating at night have probably consumed an evening meal, so then their night eating would entail snack items like ice cream, cookies, popcorn or chips,” says Betsy Day, UAMS Weight Loss Clinic Manager. “And most of the time this eating is associated with other activity like watching TV and playing on the computer, which leads to mindless eating and, typically, over consumption.”She recommends that most people should have the biggest meal in the evening and the smallest meal for breakfast, making this myth more of a reality.A common diet myth is that eating high fat foods causes you to gain weight.While it's true that eating too much of any macronutrient, including fat, makes you gain weight, consuming fat-rich foods as part of a healthy, balanced diet does not lead to weight gain.English added: “The idea.