Nutrition editor Leah McLaughlin debunks some common food fibs.

Well there’s a couple. People think that if they take a multi-vitamin each day, that they don’t need to eat their five servings of fruits and vegetables daily, and that’s just not true. Vitamins give you lots of minerals, lots of vitamins, lots of other things, but fruits and vegetables really give you the nitty gritty of your diet, they give you fiber, they give you carbohydrates,they give you phidochemicals that you can’t get anywhere else.

So eat those fruits and veggies! Vitamin supplements are only to be used as an addition to, but not a substitute for a healthy, well-balanced diet. Moving onto another area of controversy..are eggs really bad foryou?

Actually eggs are not bad for you. Eggs are one of the best sources of high quality protein you can get and they are not very high in fat, there’s about 5 grams of fat per egg. It’s a very good source of nutrients, and the American heart association says that if you don’t have a problem with cholesterol, you can have up to five servings a week. 

And how about the belief youshould avoid carbohydrates?

Totally false! You should never go on a diet that doesn’t allow you to eat complex carbohydrates.03:23 They’re an excellent source of nutrients and excellent source of minerals, and they’re your body’s top source of energy. 

For Fitness Magazine, I’m Bonnie Kaye.