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an era of Los Angeles influencers flooding timelines with filtered pictures of green juice and boomerangs of low-calorie meals as they bathe in the sun, nutrition has become a hot topic on the internet. The trendiness of nutrition has turned the focus away on understanding what is actually nutritious and what isn’t. Post after post, social media influencers clog up the apps with their self-proclaimed health expert knowledge and advice. The nonstop stream of nutrition “rights” and “wrongs” make determining the truth seem like a battle of conflicting instructions. An Instagram infographic will claim that cutting out a certain food will save your diet, but then a TikTok dietician will post a minute-long video about the many benefits of that very food. These strict sets of rules tend to conflict with one another, which makes cultivating a healthier lifestyle difficult. However, eating more nutritious foods should be simple, easy, and encouraging. Despite all the uninformed and unverified information floating around the internet, there are some examples of genuine advice that comes from trustworthy sources. This article will look through popular online nutrition “do’s” and “don'ts” to determine what is fact and fiction. We will break down the perceived benefits of three common misconceptions about nutrition and explore the actual effects of making those changes to your diet.
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Following a Keto Diet Keto— the notorious dietturned-meme— may be the most recognizable diet in the online nutrition world. The ketogenic diet consists of cutting down carbohydrates and eating more high-fat foods and has been a wide-spread phenomenon for people trying to lose weight or eat healthier. While many people have committed themselves to the intense diet, keto has also been scrutinized online. Critics suggest that the diet
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