Health and fitness myths: debunked !

When it comes to eating well and getting fit, we hear all sorts of myths. But how much of what we’re told actually works? We’ve enlisted the help of David Wiener, a training specialist from leading fitness app Freeletics (www.freeletics.com), and nutritional health coach Holly Zoccolan (www.thehealthzoc.com) to sort the fact from fiction and find out exactly what does the trick...

Myth # 1

YOU SHOULDN’T WORK OUT ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

David says: ‘Exercising on an empty stomach is also known as fasted cardio, and this type of exercise is believed to have benefits when it comes to weight loss because your body feeds off certain fats and carbohydrates which are stored by the body.

‘However, while there’s some research to support working out on