7 diet 'truths' you should actually ignore

Drink hot lemon and pepper to boost your metabolism. Do a juice cleanse for better skin. Cut calories to lose weight.

No matter your diet goal, chances are you've received conflicting advice, and no matter how hard you've tried, not all of it has worked.

This is because many of the diet tips and tricks you may know to be true are, in fact, doing more harm than good.

In order to sift through what can be an overwhelming amount of diet advice, we asked clinical nutritionist and dietician Filip Koidis of W1 Nutritionist which common diet "truths" and myths we should be ignoring.

From detoxing to packing your diet with superfoods, these are the biggest myths in the world of food and nutrition, alongside the advice you should be listening to instead.