The problem with following myths is that it leads you down the dead end that are red herrings. A non-audio example would be the fact that most Americans and Canadians are overweight (BMI >25.0) or obese (BMI > 30.0). Most people would rather be skinny (BMI <23), so why do people struggle with their weight?
If your philosophy follows the Energy Balance hypothesis, you're bound to follow the health recommendations of the last 50 years: eat less, move more. If you have a lot of willpower and enjoy being miserable, it can work. Most of us don't have a lot of willpower nor enjoy being miserable.
The alternative is the Hormonal hypothesis, which mostly blames insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. Insulin controls not only fat storage and fat metabolism, but also hunger. If you understand that North Americans live in an insulin-stimulating culinary environment, you can understand why 88% of North Americans have hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance (as measured by HOMA-IR and Hg-A1C).
It's a deep rabbit hole if you're willing to look at the latest science, but these two videos summarize the state of the art without the gobbledegook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPGGOhsK29o&list=LL&index=8&t=219shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs5GnUDJVrk&list=LL&index=11So it's not that myths bother me, it's that your life gets better when you understand why they take you off track of your goals.
