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1、Unit35 WeightLossMyths Dietingandweightlossisasubjectfilledwithmyths,half-truthsandinaccuracies.Herearesomeofthemorecommonfallaciesaboutlosingweight. Myth1.BeingOverweightisUnhealthy:Beingoverweightmaybeunfashionablebutit'snotnecessarilyunhealthy.Ind
2、eedthereisevidencethatpeoplewhoareupto15poundsoverweightactuallylivelongerthanthoseofnormalweight.itisonlywhenwebecomeseriouslyoverweightor"obese"thatourhealthbeginstosuffer.Anotherimportantfactoriswherewecarryourexcessweight.Forexample,anobesemanwhocar
3、rieshisexcessweightaroundhismiddleismorevulnerabletodiseasethananobesemanwhoseexcessweightisdistributedmorewidely. Myth2.LosingWeightMeanseatingSmallPortions:Weareallbrainwashedintothinkingthatlosingweightordietingmeanseatingtinyportions.Butit'snottrue
4、,becausesomefoodscontainalotmorecaloriesthanothers.Forexample,onesmallpastrycanbehigherincaloriesthanawholeplatefulofchicken,potatoesandvegetables.Losingweightmeanseatingfewercaloriesthanweneed.However,bychoosingfoodswhicharelowincalories(andtakingregul
5、arexercise)wecanoftenloseweightWITHOUTeatingless.Infact,sometimeswecanactuallyeatMORE. Myth3.WecanLoseWeightFromSpecificPartsofOurBody:Nonsense.Whenwestartaweightlossplan,ourbodyburnsfatfromallavailablefatstores,notjustfromparticularparts.Wecannotcontr
6、olthisprocess.Ifadietclaimstohelpyouloseweightfromyourthighsonly,don'tbelieveit! Myth4.SomePeopleAreFatEvenThoughTheyEatNexttoNothing:Eachofususesupcaloriesataslightlydifferentrate,accordingtoourmetabolicrate.Also,certainfoodsareverycalorie-dense.Soeve
7、nthoughweeatlikeasparrow,wecanstillweighlikeahippo!Also,studiessuggestthatwhenweareoverweightwetendtounderestimateourcalorieintake.Unlessweareinaspecificmedicalcondition,thereasonwebecomeoverweightisbecauseweareeatingmorecaloriesthanweuse.Theunusedcalor
8、iesarethenstoredasfat. Myth5.LateNightEatingLeadstoWeightGain:Ourbodymetabolisesfoodinthesameway,whetherit'smiddayormidnight.It'snotWHENyoueatthatcounts--it'sWHATyoureat.Soalthougheatinghigh-caloriefoodslikecookies,icecreamandca