No carbs after five will help you lose weight. You need to eat
meat to get enough protein. Myths about food and nutrition still
dominate many people's eating habits. So how is your nutrition
knowledge? Do you know which popular nutrition ideas are, in
fact, fiction? Myth one: chocolate is bad for you. Dark
chocolate is high in antioxidants, which help 'mop up' free
radicals that can damage cells in our body. In particular, the
flavonoids found in dark chocolate can assist in heart-disease
prevention by increasing our good cholesterol and reducing blood
pressure. Eating chocolate also triggers the release of feel-
good endorphins in our body, which is why it boosts our mood.
However, as chocolate comes with sugar, saturated fat and
caffeine, it is still a good idea to limit the amount of
chocolate you eat to a small amount of dark chocolate now and
then. Myth two: avoiding carbs after 5pm will help you lose
weight. There is nothing magical about not eating carbs after
5pm. A search of more than 4800 scientific