Should I Eat the Yolk

the long version

Drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Aerobic exercise is the best thing for your heart. There are literally hundreds of these little nuggets of advice floating around, and after hearing them over and over again, many people start to assume they must be true. But are they? In Should I Eat the Yolk? exercise and nutrition consultant Jamie Hale looks at over 200 of these claims and separates fact from fiction. Hale has thoroughly surveyed the research behind each commonly held belief, and in this book he clearly and succinctly presents the scientific findings in a friendly fashion that is easy to understand. With an in-depth analysis of the most popular diet concepts, including no carb, good carb, and low GI, Should I Eat the Yolk? details which ones really work and which are a waste of time — and why. Hale's coverage includes the truth behind the Pilates hype and myths about the negative effects of weight training.