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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes. – Mark Twain, C. H. Spurgeon. Ironic that this quote is credited to the wrong person, but I guess it shouldn’t be surprising. This quote goes back as far as 1710 “Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” – Jonathan Swift
Health & Fitness has a similar track record when it comes to information.
It’s pretty ironic that a quote about the truth falling behind a lie is attributed to the wrong person, but I guess it’s not very surprising! This kind of thing happens in every aspect of life, but something about the health industry has it perpetuated with myths and in some cases just blatant lies. There’s a reason behind both.
Firstly, the human body is a pretty complex organism, there multiple branches of science that dive into trying to understand just singular aspects. There are even non-human aspects to the human body that make it more complex like gut-bacteria, which is another rabbit hole to fall into. It’s not unusual for someone to read some research on a certain topic, talk or create a post about it, and from there on its a game of internet Chinese Whispers, over time, this leads to an overly simplified version of the original piece of information, as well as lacking context and the evidence no longer supporting the claims.
A good example of this is body types. Ectomorph, Mesomorph and Endomorph – the idea sounds promising, that there are specific differences between these body types that will have an effect on training and diet. The thing is, these were originally proposed by a psychologist and his research was deemed incorrect following peer review and thrown out. The idea of Somatotypes found its way into the health and fitness industry instead as a way to label body types. The actual usefulness of these labels is completely lacking, as they are simply a category and not a set point, someone described as an Ectomorph (thin build), can over time become a Mesomorph (medium build), and the reverse is also true. They have zero influence on training and diet protocols.
So, information can be misinterpreted innocently, following some studies it can be deemed useful / not useful and left aside or applied. Following on from this leads to snake-oil marketing tactics, a popular one currently is taking the above concept of Somatotypes and asking building to take a body type quiz, after going through this quiz, they are sold a “body type” training programme that will work specifically for them. This is not unusual to see with supplements as well, where they are sold with substantial claims like magic fat burning properties from strangely named plants, in some cases these may be backed by “research” – studies conducted by the supplement company, or genuine research, but the sold dosage is so low it will have zero benefit.
Let’s get on to some myths!
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