You can't always believe everything you've been taught...

You can't always believe everything you've been taught... 

....(or the things you just "absorbed" into your brain by osmosis or whatever.)

Just because you've always believed it, doesn't mean it's true.

I hate to say this, but just because your mother believes it, doesn't make it true.

Just because you learned it in school, doesn't make it true.

Just because your best friend or spouse believes it, doesn't make it true. 

Just because you read it on the Internet or in a best selling book or hear it on TV doesn't make it true.

Every adult has the responsibility to evaluate ideas (beliefs, ways of doing things, etc) themselves.  Yeah, it can be a bit of work, but do you really want to just be a sheep... and blindly follow, or do you want to determine your own path?   (okay.. yeah... I'm specifically talking about diet, but this applies to all aspects of life, a subject much too large for this blog and my current energy level.)

This is a lazy post.. the information is from a link that was just shared with me by my friend, Carb Tripper. It's too good not to pass on.
 
The 11 Most Destructive Nutrition Lies Ever Told:

• Eggs are unhealthy - WRONG
• Saturated fat is bad for you. - WRONG
• Everyone should eat grains. - WRONG
• Eating a lot of protein is bad for your bones and kidneys. - WRONG
• Low fat foods are good for you. - WRONG
• It's good to eat many small meals instead of 2-3 larger ones. - WRONG
• Carbs should be your main source of calories. - WRONG
• High Omega 6 seed and vegetable oils are good for you.  - WRONG
• Low Carb diets are dangerous. - WRONG
• Sugar is bad because it contains "empty calories". - WRONG (there are many worse reasons) 
• High fat foods will make you fat. - WRONG  

  Please go to the original source to read more details.

I'm betting that you will see at least one thing on that list that you may wonder about, maybe many. I found one.  I thought that eating many small meals (or snacking often) was better than eating 2-3 larger meals per day.  I am re-evaluating that now.

 The 11 Most Destructive Nutritional Lies Ever Told

Maybe it's time to re-examine the road map in your head?

Side note... I have done (and still do) a lot of research in determining my eating preferences.  I usually can remember WHAT I have decided is good (or best, or worth a try), but UNFORTUNATELY I'm horrible at retaining and conveying the reasons why I decided it.

The way I figure it... my brain can only hold a certain amount of information... so when I am done with the little details, I just discard them and keep the conclusion... I don't want to overload my brain and besides I need room for new info if it comes my way.  I wish I could retain more... but.. oh well.

Actually, it just occurred to me that I probably haven't discarded anything, I just archive it.. compress it and stash it in some corner of my brain that I'm unaware of.   Kind of like my desk.... and file cabinets.  I have file cabinets full of folders of  information that I have saved, but trying to locate a specific thing can be a challenge.  I keep the MOST important stuff easily accessible... (my conclusions) the rest would just clutter up my desk (or brain). 

(And.. In spite of the file cabinets, at times my desk gets soooo cluttered that for my sanity I just shove it ALL into a box and move it out of sight!  I rationalize that someday (haha), I will sort and file it... sorry, another side track.)

HOWEVER, it's a bit of a drag when I try to share my conclusions and can't back them up.. well, I could back them up if I took the time to locate my "reasons" or did the research all over again...   but I have sooo many other more important things to do and thoughts to think..  

Besides... 
Just because I believe it, doesn't make it true.  

Everyone has to do their own research and choose their own path.