10 Common Nutrition And Beauty Myths -- Busted

By Jessica Anderson for YouBeauty.com

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Is The High Salt Count In Low-Calorie Frozen Meals Really That Problematic?

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Sorry guys, but you need to put down the frozen burrito. In sad news for boob-tubers everywhere, it's important to know that your beloved TV dinner can have distressingly high sodium levels. Why so dangerous? Because the average American should only intake up to 1500-2300 mg of salt daily (depending on age and health profile), and some nuke-able meals hit that mark in just one sitting. That means increased risk for high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, even kidney failure -- all reasons to skip the salt lick and opt for fresh meals or leftovers instead. Trust us, "The Bachelor" can wait the extra 10 or 15 minutes it takes to cook up a healthier meal choice. Here's lookin' at you, DVR! More From YouBeauty.com: QUIZ: What's Your Eating Style? Are Low-Fat Foods Making You Fat? QUIZ: How Healthy is Your Skin?

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Sorry guys, but you need to put down the frozen burrito. In sad news for boob-tubers everywhere, it's important to know that your beloved TV dinner can have distressingly high sodium levels.

Why so dangerous? Because the average American should only intake up to 1500-2300 mg of salt daily (depending on age and health profile), and some nuke-able meals hit that mark in just one sitting.

That means increased risk for high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, even kidney failure -- all reasons to skip the salt lick and opt for fresh meals or leftovers instead.

Trust us, "The Bachelor" can wait the extra 10 or 15 minutes it takes to cook up a healthier meal choice. Here's lookin' at you, DVR!

More From YouBeauty.com:

QUIZ: What's Your Eating Style?
Are Low-Fat Foods Making You Fat?
QUIZ: How Healthy is Your Skin?

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[Diane Kidman]

08:36 AM on 09/30/2011

Taking some time to find quick and easy food that's also healthy can go a long way to helping out your diet. I like low sodium replacements such as Bragg's Amino Acids (you can even add water to it for lower sodium & it still works great), lemon juice, garlic and onion. I lowered my own salt intake years ago. After awhile, I was amazed to find the foods I once viewed as not that salty seemed intensely so! Your body will adjust, and you simply won't require much anymore.

[researcher]

04:46 AM on 09/30/2011

THE FINAL WORD ON NUTRITION

After an exhaustive review of the research literature. here's the final word on nutrition and health.

1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

4. Italians and French drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

CONCLUSION :
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you !

[jbarnes444]

09:08 PM on 09/28/2011

If you would do any research at all you might find some scholarly studies by Loren Cordain specifically proving the link between Western (high carbohydrate, processed foods, including your whole grains) and acne.

Funny how you don't hear about studies like this because they don't make any money for anybody, especially chemical companies who spend millions on making you think you need their products for your acne.

[SLC717]

06:57 PM on 09/28/2011

really helpful

[Coloradogary]

11:57 PM on 09/27/2011

I found more food myth busters here http://video214.com/play/1mCACRmwZRcTDz273nO3PA/s/dark

[NathaninSeattle]

02:33 AM on 09/24/2011

I was interested until you cited the EWG. They are the laughing stock of the scientific and medical community. How a journalist could attempt to be taken seriously while using the Westboro Church of chemophobia groups as a source for their story is beyond me.

[silverhair01]

08:39 PM on 09/23/2011

Skipping breakfast does not slow metabolism. Just saying'

[jbarnes444]

09:03 PM on 09/28/2011

You're right, because your metabolism is already slow from the fasting state you are in during sleep. Eating food as soon as you wake up increases your metabolism.

[Longtallsally]

07:16 AM on 09/29/2011

Slow metabolism is a GOOD thing.

[Vera GurajMinuz]

05:53 PM on 09/23/2011

eating healthy ,you will be healthy for ever

[Louise Aloft]

12:57 PM on 09/28/2011

until you die.

[Danchi]

09:08 AM on 09/23/2011

Looking at the breakfast meal in image 3, I wonder how many people would drink orange juice if they knew:

-For industrially-produced orange juice, after the oranges are squeezed, the juice is stored in giant holding tanks and the oxygen is removed from them, which allows the liquid to keep for up to a year without spoiling. It also makes the juice completely flavorless. So the industry uses “flavor packs” to re-flavor the juice. Juice companies hire flavor and fragrance companies ... to engineer flavor packs to add back to the juice to make it taste fresh. Flavor packs aren’t listed as an ingredient on the label because technically they are derived from orange essence and oil. Yet those in the industry will tell you that the flavor packs, whether made for reconstituted or pasteurized orange juice, resemble nothing found in nature.”
-The formulas vary to give a brand’s trademark taste.
-http://civileats.com/2009/05/06/freshly-squeezed-the-truth-about-orange-juice-in-boxes/
"Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice"

This does not apply to freshly squeezed orange juice you create yourself. If it comes in a bottle or a box-you can't be sure of it's source regardless of where you purchased it.

[fnygy]

10:35 AM on 09/23/2011

Did not know that. Thanks for the info!

[mzrecycle]

08:13 AM on 09/23/2011

Don't know about biotin for nails, but depending on how much is required, I'd say that may not be the most valuable supplement. I had wimpy nails all my life. Even when taking calcium. It was only when I switched from whatever calcium to calcium citrate. Within a short time, my nails were great! For the first time in my life I need to clip and file them all on a regular basis. For years, there would maybe be one that would last to get strong.
I don't baby them. I garden, pull weeds and never wear polish.

[ChicagoBob]

02:16 AM on 09/23/2011

Unless pesticides are systemic they wash off.
About breakfast, eat when you are hungry.
You can get very fat eating a low fat diet. High carb consumption makes you hungry in an hour or so.
Everything in moderation? Weight control is calories in v. calories out. Health is something else.
Drink when you are thirsty.
Cupcakes and chocolate and corn syrup have nothing to do with acne, or so little it doesn't matter.
Don't know anything about finger nails.

[Longtallsally]

07:17 AM on 09/29/2011

High carb consumption does NOT make you hungry an hour later. Processed, junk carbs do.

[Fromageball]

09:43 PM on 09/22/2011

I keep hearing that diet isn't so much the cause of acne because "it is hormonal" but doesn't diet affect our hormones? Maybe eating a crappy diet causes hormonal changes which leads to acne?

[thereal brian]

06:18 PM on 09/22/2011

what a bunch of nonsense. salt is fine if your diet has enough potassium. [salt is sweaty. coincidence? no. its important. animals like salt licks for a reason. its essential to health.]
the only healthy soy that wont kill you is natural, non-montasano-GM garbage, and either raw [edamame] or fermented. soybean oil IS killing us slowly.
no, breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. Dinner is. there is a reason why we evolved a way that allows a "food-coma" and its to promote sleep once the sun goes down. cavemen didnt eat breakfast, why do you? millions of years of evolution is not wrong, the way we interpret it is.
fat is not bad for you. never is, never was. fat from healthy sources like animal meats, legumes, and the modest amount in vegetables in the forms of amino acids are essential for many things.
"everything in moderation including moderation." helps keep you sane. 'diet' is a bad choice of words. its called 'lifestyle' and thinking in this way will actually help you lose weight and avoid the doctors. also, get off the prescription drugs. they do more to hurt than help.
diet and exercise are essential - and diet in the sense of an all encompassing food culture you engage in, not something you do on the weekend to purge yourself. human beings might be far from the endangered species, but common sense sure is.

[Longtallsally]

07:18 AM on 09/29/2011

animal fat is not healthy, legumes have almost no fat in them.

[SiobhanLandis]

02:51 PM on 09/22/2011

Well, I'll go along with the "You should eat breakfast" recommendation, at any rate. A well-chosen breakfast is a great way to get more nutrients into your day. I swear by green smoothies (and I'm always happen when yet another person in my life tells me that they've started drinking them too). Leafy greens - hugely nutritious - are something that most people consume very little of, but tossing them into a blender with some fruit makes it possible to dramatically increase your intake. I had about half a pound of spinach in my drink this morning. Yesterday was parsley. Kale the day before. Watermelon-kale smoothies... Yumm!

And another great thing about green smoothies - it takes about 5 minutes to make, and you can pour it into a bottle, and drink it whenever it's convenient for you (so, for me, breakfast is consumed mid-morning, at my desk, when I start feeling hungry).

Try my watermelon/kale smoothie recipe, while watermelon is still in season:

http://www.naturallyradiant.info/site/watermelon-smoothies/226

[Shaktiva]

02:08 PM on 09/22/2011

Each time I eat breakfast, I go hungry all day...very bad for my health.

I eat once a day and that's mostly enough for me. I stay on weight and alert all day. (but that depends on how much work/ exercise I do) I eat at 16.00 and only have a craving for protein when that was a low- intake.

What a balloony by the way to say you're running on empty, our ancestors had to go out there to forage for meals before eating. No good hunting with full stomach.
Also kind of general to say we're all the same, it's not for no reason so many can't eat breakfast in the morning, no matter how little.

By losing weight and exercise, I found my body asking for more water.

Sorry, not listening to you folks, I listen to my body.