Mixed in with the useful information there's a good chance you've come across at least a couple of metabolism myths that could be sending you down the wrong path. By getting it straight from the start, you put yourself in a better position to see results.

Here are some of the main metabolism myths you should know about.

1. Eating Before Bed Will Lead to Fat Gain

The first metabolic myth that many people fall for is that foods eaten before bed will automatically turn to body fat. The truth is that it's the total calorie intake over the course of the day that determines whether a food will turn to body fat or not. It doesn't matter when the calories are eaten, just that they don't put you over your total daily calorie intake.

Spreading your calories out evenly throughout the day will help maintain a stabilized energy level, but from a fat gaining perspective, eating before bed won't cause weight gain in and of itself.

2. Eating More Frequently Will Speed Up Your Metabolism

Another common myth is that eating more frequent meals will boost your metabolism. If you've ever heard someone tell you that you should eat six times a day for a faster metabolism, you're being given misinformation.

The point to remember here is that each time you eat a meal, your metabolism increases. This increase is impacted by how large the meals higher in carbohydrates and fats）.

Assuming total macronutrient composition and calorie intake stays the same over two different diets, one consisting of three meals and one of six, both diets will experience the same metabolic increases. The only difference is the individual eating six meals a day will have smaller increases six times while the other individual will have larger increases three times a day.

3. No-Carb Diets Cause Faster Fat Loss

When you start up on a very low carbohydrate diet such as Atkins or a Ketogenic diet, you enter into what is referred to as ketosis, where your body switches from running on carbohydrates as fuel to using a source called ketones. Many individuals believe that there is something special about being in ketosis that speeds up the rate of fat loss you experience.

This is not the case. Low carb diets offer the benefit of hunger control, but in terms of actually changing the rate of the metabolism, they're not going to have any influence. In fact, if you go without carbohydrates for too long, your metabolism could decrease because carbohydrates are the main macronutrient that influences the thyroid gland.

关于新陈代谢问题，人们在接收到一些有用的信息的同时也会接收到一些错误的观点。如果从一开始你接收到的信息就是正确的话，你会比别人收到更好的效果。

以下是关于身体代谢的几个常见认识误区。

1、睡前吃东西将转换为脂肪吸收。

第一个大家普遍认为的新陈代谢误区是，睡前吃东西将会自动转换为脂肪吸收。事情的真相是你一整天的热卡摄取量决定你吃的事物是否会转变程脂肪。不管你什么时候吃东西都没关系，只要它不超过你一天热卡需求量。

每天均衡摄取热卡将有助于你保持能量平衡，但是从脂肪增重的角度来说，睡前吃东西并不会增加你的体重。

2、一日多餐会加速身体新陈代谢

另一个误区是一日多餐会加速身体新陈代谢。如果有人告诉你应该一天吃6餐加速新陈代谢，那么你被骗了。

有一点你应该知道是每吃一次饭，你的新陈代谢就会增加。增加量主要由饭餐里的碳水化合物和脂肪量决定的。

一日三餐和一日六餐这两种不同的就餐方法，如果他们提供的营养物质和热卡量都相同的话，那么他们各自引起的新陈代谢增加量也是相同的。唯一不同是每日六餐每次新陈代谢增加比较小，而另一个一日三餐的方法，每次新陈代谢增加量比较大。

3、不含碳水化合物的饮食可以去除身体多余脂肪

当你开始每天食用低碳水化合物的食品例如减肥专家或者生酮膳食，也就和糖尿病酮症患者的饮食差不多了，即本来以碳水化合物为身体主要能量变成依靠酮体作为身体能量。许多人认为这种可以加快减肥速度减肥方法比较特别。

事实不是这样，低碳水化合物饮食可控制人的饥饿感，但是事实上它并没有改变了新陈代谢的速率。如果你长时间不食用含碳水化合物食品，你的新陈代谢就会减少，因为碳水化合物是影响甲状腺的主要营养物质。