3 popular dietary myths

Dietary myths: you shouldn’t eat after 6 pm

One of the most frequently recurring dietary myths is that of the time of eating dinner. Many "experts" in the field of nutrition and healthy eating repeat that the last meal of the day should be at 6 p.m. at the latest, while a later dinner can be extremely dangerous for the body shape and increases the risk of gaining extra weight. Nothing could be further from the truth! According to common knowledge, the last meal must be eaten at the latest 2 hours before the planned bedtime - this time is sufficient not to feel hungry while falling asleep and at the same time does not increase the risk of the carbohydrates consumed being deposited in extra fat tissue.

Dietary myths: prolonged fasting helps to lose weight

Systematic physical activity in the form of exhaustive strength and endurance training or other sporting disciplines is inextricably linked to an increase in the usage of energy, which is extracted by the body from the macronutrients. Determining the appropriate number of calories is the starting point for getting rid of the excess weight. Many people during weight loss think that consuming small amounts of food will bring quick results. This is a very often repeated dietary myth, which brings with it a number of adverse consequences. Insufficient food intake increases the risk of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the daily diet. The consequences may turn out to be extremely unfavourable for health and lead, for example, to disorders of the proper functioning of muscles and the nervous system, worsening of concentration, disorders of the proper metabolism of nutritional macroelements or weakening of the bone condition. In order to support your daily diet, it is worth to reach for Vita-Mine Multiple Sport from the Olimp Sport Nutrition brand. It is a complex of essential vitamins and minerals in easily assimilable forms, created in the form of handy capsules. High-quality raw materials, which have undergone the necessary microbiological purity analysis, guarantee the safety of the dietary supplement produced in the modern Research and Development Centre of the Olimp Laboratories pharmaceutical company.

Dietary myths: plant protein is not valuable for building muscle mass

A large part of society cannot imagine life without meat and animal protein sources. In fact, plant proteins are equally valuable to athletes, as many prominent athletes (such as Frank Medrano, who is a vegan) confirm. The dietary myth of the ineffectiveness of plant proteins in the process of building muscle mass and shaping the athletic body is slowly becoming obsolete. Dieticians more and more often recommend the use of chickpeas, soya, tofu, beans or peas in their dietary plans, all of which have proven to be a great source of protein. Veggie Protein Complex protein supplement by Olimp Sport Nutrition may also be a good choice. It is a supplement providing as much as 26 grams of complete protein from three plant sources (peas, wild rice and pumpkin seeds) in a single portion, which is available in two flavours (natural and chocolate with real cocoa). The formulation is completely free of animal-based ingredients.