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Dieting is hard.

Sure, itmight be the most obvious statement since Trumps declared the health care system to be complicated,but it doesnt make it any less true.

Its hard enough to keep yourself motivated and on track when it comes to dieting, but whats even more difficult is separating fact from fiction when youre looking up the best health tips out there.

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According to nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert, several of the most common diet tricks people useturn out to bepretty detrimental to their efforts to lose weight, and even their overall health.

Here are some of the most popular dieting habits out there, and the real scoop on what theyre actually doing to your body:

According to FitDay, skipping a meal can result in decreased energy levels, lowered nutrition and even serve as a gateway to other poor dietary habits.

Plus, our parents werent lying to us when they said breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Skipping thatfirst meal has been linked to weight gain, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2003.

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Despite the popularity of sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade, these beverages actually tend to put more calories into the body than what was just burned off duringthe workout, MailOnline reports.

These types of drinks should be saved for endurance exercises like running a marathon, rather than a quick trip to the gym.

As a rule of thumb, CamelBak has a great calculator for your hydration needs, which are dependent on things like your gender, age, weight, activity level, etc.

So many people believe calorie counting is the cornerstone of any effective diet.

While theyre definitely important to monitor, calories arent the end all, be all to a healthy lifestyle.

Two foods can easily have a similar or even equivalent calorie count, but it doesnt mean they provide the same type of nutrients for your body.

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Plus, as Olumia Life points out, the psychological aspect of counting calories can be really detrimental.

If you look at your diet as a number of calories you cant ever go over, then you tend to (falsely) think of all foods, even the junkier ones, as fine, as long as they dont push you over the limit.

Foods labeled fat-free obviously sound like a good idea on the surface, but a closer look at the nutrition label will likely reveal the unfortunate truth about them.

In order to make up for the lack of fat (which usually alsomeans lack of taste), food manufacturers will often compensate by adding more sugar, salt and other artificial ingredients to improve the flavor.

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Red meat is one of those frustrating foods the experts cant seem to agree on.

Its good for you, its bad for you which is it, exactly?!

According to an article in Authority Nutrition, its important to distinguish between different types of red meat. Grass-fed and organic meat, for instance, is very different from factory-farmed, processed meat.

Overall, a consensus seems to suggest as long as youre eating unprocessed red meat and avoiding any burnt or charred pieces, youre probably in the clear.

Supplements are great, but most experts seem to agree these should never replaceactual food.

No matter how many benefits a supplement claims to offer, it will never replace a healthy lifestyle, which should include real meals, regular exercise and good sleeping patterns.

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