>>> WELCOME BACK, THIS MORNING
ON YOUR HEALTH, COMMON MYTHS
THAT MAY BE MISGUIDING YOUR DIET
DECISIONS.
A REGISTERED DIETICIAN IS HERE
TO CLEAR THESE THINGS UP ONCE
AND FOR ALL.
NORRA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WE HAVE FIVE NUTRITION MYTHS WE
ARE GOING TO DEBUNK.
I SHOULD SAY THERE ARE THREE OF
US HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NUTRITIONIST, A LITTLE
POOCH, A LITTLE BABY IN THERE.
BOY OR GIRL, WE DON’T KNOW.
FIRST ONE, I SHOULD AVOID ALL
CARBS THIS IS A BIG ONE AND SOME
THOUGH BELIEVE THAT IF THEY
TOUCH A CARB THEY’LL EXPLODE.
>> GOOD NEWS FOR CARB LOVERS,
EVERYBODY, CARBS ARE YOUR
FRIEND, AND THEY ARE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF A HEALTHY
BALANCED DIET, THEY DO A LOT FOR
US, THEY ARE OUR BODY’S
PREFERRED SOURCE OF FUEL, SAME
WITH OUR BRAIN, THEY HELP OUR
DIGESTION, AND THEY MAKE US FEEL
GOOD.
>> SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG
THEN?
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, I
GUESS, OBVIOUSLY I SHOULDN’T
HAVE CARBS BEFORE BED, BUT WHERE
ARE WE GOING WRONG?
>> EXACTLY.
WHEN IT COMES TO CARBS, IT IS
JUST ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CARBS
THAT YOU’RE PICKING, AND THE
QUANTITY THAT YOU’RE CONSUMING.
THAT’S REALLY WHERE A LOT OF
PEOPLE GO WRONG.
OVERCONSUMING THINGS LIKE
RETINED CARBS, SWEETS, BREADS,
THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IF YOU
FOCUS ON PORTION, CHOOSE MORE
COMPLEX CARBS.
>> WHAT’S A GOOD CARB?
GIVE ME A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
>> FRUITS VEGETABLES, WHOLE
GRAINS, CEREAL.
>> AND PROACH PRODUCE IS
HEALTHIER THAN FROZEN OR CANNED.
>> THIS IS NOT TRUE OR AT ALL.
SOMETIMES THE FROZEN OR CANNED
OPTION CAN BE MORE NUTRITION.
THERE IS A STUDY FOUND THAT
VEGETABLES CAN LOSE 15 TO 55% OF
THEIR VITAMIN C BY THE TIME
THEY’RE PICKED, BY THE TIME THEY
MAKE IT TO YOUR GROCERY SHELF.
>> REALLY?
>> SO FROZEN ARE TYPICALLY FLASH
FREEZE ON THE SPOT SO YOU’RE
PACKING A LOT NUTRIENTS AND A
LITTLE BETTER FOR YOUR WALLET.
>> A COST BENEFIT AS WELL.
>> EXACTLY.
LESS FOOD WASTE.
OFTEN TIMES THEY ARE MORE BUDGET
FRIENDLY AND SOME GOOD THINGS ON
HAND, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A
SMOOTHY, A SALAD, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OUR NEXT MYTH THIS IS A GOOD
ONE, PLANT MILK IS HEALTHIER
THAN DAIRY MILK.
WHAT SAY YE?
>> THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
THIS ONE REALLY COMES DOWN JUST
TO PREFERENCE.
BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT SEEING A
MILLION DIFFERENT PLANT MILKS
OUT THERE AND OPTIONS GALORE,
WHICH IS GREAT, BUT COW’S MILK
IS STILL A REALLY GREAT OPTION.
ONE CUP OF SKIM MILK, PACKS 10
GRAMS OF PROTEIN AND A QUARTER
OF YOUR DAILY CALCIUM NEEDS
WHERE PLANT MILK, ALMOND MILK
HAS ONE GRAM OF PROTEIN PER
SERVING.
>> IT DEPENDS IF YOU’RE LACTOSE
INTOLERANT WITH A DIETARY ISSUE.
>> EXACTLY.
THIS ONE, ONE IS NOT BETTER THAN
THE OTHER.
IT COMES DOWN TO CHOICE AND IF
YOU’RE PICKING A PLANT MILK, YOU
WANT TO PICK VARIETIES WITH LOW
OR NO ADDED SUGAR AND ONES MORE
FORTIFIED WITH THINGS LIKE
CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D THAT YOU
MIGHT NOT BE GETTING IF YOU’RE
PICKING COW’S MILK.
>>> PLANT MILK, SOME DO HAVE A
LOT OF SUGAR.
I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT.
>> SOME DO.
BE SAVVY.
>> AND LOW FAT, ALL FAT.
SO THE NUTRITION, MYTH NUMBER
FOUR, ALL FAT IS BAD.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT.
>> THANK GOODNESS THAT LOW FAT
CRAZE IN THE ’90s AND THEREAFTER
IS OVER, BECAUSE WE KNOW NOW
THAT FAT, MOST IMPORTANTLY MONO
AND POLYUNSATURATED FATS ARE
REALLY GOOD FOR US.
IT IS STILL AMERICAN HEART MONTH
AND WE WANT TO GET THOSE FATS IN
FROM AVOCADOS, NUTS, SEEDS,
OTTIVE OIL AND FATTY FISH TO
HELP PROTECT OUR HEALTH, AND
BOOST OUR HDL AND LOWER OUR LDL,
OUR BAD DLEFRL.
>> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU’RE EATING,
YOU DON’T KNOW WHICH ONES IS
RIGHT.
>> AVOID CERTAIN FAT, SATURATED
FATS THAT THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION SAYING WE SHOULD
STAY BELIEVE 13 GRAMS A DAY FOR
A HEART HEALTHY DAY.
>> AND GET A PACKAGE, AND FLIP
OVER THE BACK AND SATURATED
FATS, HOW MANY GRAMS?
>> 13, APPROXIMATELY.
PER DAY.
SO THAT IS PER DAY.
SO IF YOU HAVE FOUR OUNCES OF
KIND OF LEAN GROUND BEEF, YOU’RE
ALREADY AT THAT 13 MARK.
SO YOU WANT TO BE A REAL SAVVY
LABEL EATER.
>> MYTH NUMBER FIVE.
SO I.
I’M INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU SAY.
SO I INCREASES RISK FOR BREAST
CANCER.
>>> I HEAR THIS ONE ALL THE
TIME.
>> ME, TOO.
>> IT IS STILL VERY COMMON AND
ABUNDANT.
SO THIS MYTH REALLY STEMS FROM
THE FACT THAT SO I CONTAINS
SOMETHING CALLED PHYTO ESTROGEN,
AND WE KNOW THAT ESTROGEN CAN
SOMETIMES BE LINKED TO AN
INCREASE IN BREAST CANCER.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT THE ESTROGENS IN SO I ARE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE
MAMMALIAN ESTROGENS IN OUR BODY
AND THEY ACT DIFFERENTLY AND
THEY CAN BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST
THINGS LIKE BREAST CANCER
BECAUSE WHAT WE’VE SEEN IN ASIAN
COUNTRIES WHERE THEY CONSUME
MORE SO I IS THAT BREAST CANCER
RISK IS ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER.
>> DOES IT DEPENDS ON THE
PRODUCT OR WHAT KIND OF SO I YOU
ARE CONSUMING?
>> NOT REALLY.
AGAIN, THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION SAID 25 GRAMS OF SO
I PROTEIN PER DAY CAN BE HEART
PROTECTIVE.
YOUR TOFU, YOUR SO I MILK YOUR