Just last week, I overheard a woman say that she couldn't eat any carbs after 7 p.m. because they would turn to fat.  Ugh!  It's not true!!!!  Really.  Not true.

To help de-bunk some of the fitness and nutrition myths, I put together a list of 30 (yes, thirty) that I hear pretty often.  You can read them on one of the fitness websites I write articles for, shapefit.  After you read them, come back to my site and let me know what you think.  Which were surprises?  Which did you already know weren't true?  Click here for the link.

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"I'll just have a salad."

How many people say this in a restaurant, thinking they are making a healthy choice?  The answer:  WAY TOO MANY!

Salads can be healthy meals, but more often than not, the typical ingredients make them calorie- and fat-laden.  Salad dressing, bacon, and....

Many people say they can’t afford to buy “healthy” food. They claim that fruits and vegetables, lean ground beef, turkey, fish, and chicken, and whole wheat grains and pasta just cost too much.

My response? Baloney (not bologna).

Let’s compare the long-term cost of regularly eating and drinking soda, candy, cakes and cookies, potato chips, alcohol, pizza, and fast food. I could price check each of these at local grocery stores, but since I'm not Consumer Reports, I offer the following:

Most will agree that.....