10 Diet Rules Meant to be Broken

10 Diet Rules Meant to be Broken (Kindly click at the title to read the entire article) Some food 'dos and don'ts are best ignored, experts say. By Colette Bouchez WebMD FeatureReviewed by Louise Chang, MD Do these diet truisms ring any bells in your mind?: Don't eat before bedtime or you'll gain weight. Skipping meals will help you take off the pounds. If you want to stay on a diet, eat at the same time every day. Experts say these are among dozens of silly food 'rules' we often try to follow to the letter. "Some are half-truths, some are complete myths, and some are clearly more harmful than others, but most of them won't help you lose weight or make dieting any easier," says Elizabeth Somer, MA, RD, author of 10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet. Yet many of us persist in believing our weight loss programs won't be successful if we don't "follow the rules.""In some instances, rules can offer hope, almost like a superstition," says Abby Aronowitz, PhD, author of Your Final Diet. "In other instances, they can offer the promise of control -- certain familiar food rules offer a sense of comfort." In the end, nutrition experts say, many of the food and dieting rules we hold dear are meant to be broken - without guilt! Three experts gave WebMD the low-down on what they say are some of the silliest food rules around. 10 Food Rules to Ignore http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/10-diet-rules-meant-to-be-broken