"Water makes you lose weight"

False! According to some, drinking plenty of water throughout the day would help you lose weight. This idea about the diet is hard. Yet water has no direct effect on the melting of fats. On the other hand, even if it can not really make you lose weight, water remains an interesting ally in your diet. On the one hand, you can drink as much as you want without the risk of gaining weight because it displays 0 calories. In addition, it helps to detoxify the body and makes you feel more quickly satiated.

"You have to skip meals to lose weight"

Bad idea ! While it may be tempting to skip a meal or two in the hope of losing weight faster. But this is one of the most serious mistakes made during a diet. Not only skipping a meal does not help to lose weight, but it has the opposite effect! Indeed, this deprivation of food causes the body to store twice as much as usual at the next meals to make up for the lack. Which leads to weight gain ... To lose weight, eat regularly at a fixed time.

"We must say goodbye to chocolate"

False! It is quite possible to lose weight without depriving yourself of chocolate! Good news, because chocolate is good for morale (it boosts pleasure hormone secretion). It is enough to consume it in moderation: one or two squares per day maximum. Choose dark chocolate containing at least 70% cocoa: in addition to being low in sugar, it is good for the heart!

"Apple and other fruits burn fat"

Intox! Several fruits, such as grapefruit, apple and pineapple, have the reputation of being excellent fat burners. To the point of being the staple foods of some diets relatively farfelus, even potentially dangerous for the health when they exclude all the other foodstuffs: beware of the nutritional deficiencies! However, even if these fruits are full of nutrients good for the health, their slimming effects are far from proven. In the case of pineapple, its reputation comes from bromelain, an enzyme that improves digestion and protein assimilation. Only problem: bromelain is only present in small amounts in pineapple because it is mainly concentrated in the stem of the fruit ...

"The light products are the allies of the regime"

Partially false. The controversy around the products lights swells. Indeed, light products have many things to blame. The words "light", "lightened" or "thinness" do not ensure that the product is of better nutritional quality than the original food. Example: a bar of light chocolate may be less rich in sugars than a normal bar. However, to correct its taste, it can contain much more fat than a traditional bar ... In addition, it is common to consume too much light products because their low calorie content reassures. But in the end, the caloric bill is heavy ... So eat these products in moderation.