A confused mind with confused possible answers then just go below and find the true answers and facts towards healthy eating.

Carbs make you fat.

Carbohydrates are the main energy source of body. Carbohydrates do not cause weight gain unless they contribute to excess calorie intake. What really matters is the amount and the quality. So go for low GI value and high-fibre carbs such as Chapati, Millets, Low GI rice, whole wheat bread, leafy & gourd variety vegetables. Consume fruits along with their edible portions..

Nuts are fattening and one should avoid if one wants to loose weight.

Although nuts are high in fats and calories, they are high in proteins and most of them contain mono unsaturated fat than saturated fat, e.g. almonds, walnuts which are good for heart and general health. 3 to 4no of these nuts daily will actually help you lose weight and lower the risk of heart disease. But one should cut down on more fatty and rich nuts like peanuts and cashew nuts..

Vegetarian people will not get enough protein.

This is absolutely false. One can get required protein from vegetarian foods or diet as well by incorporating milk and milk products such as paneer, curds, soy and pulses in form of dals or sprouts etc. Vegetarians should consume combination of cereal pulse preparations like Moong dal khichadi, tofu sandwich and Idli rather than single ingredient preparations

Skipping meals is a good way to lose weight.

One popular approach used to lose weight is skipping a meal, usually Breakfast .Studies show that people who skip breakfast and eat fewer times during the day tend to be heavier than people who eat a healthy Breakfast and eat four or five times a day. This is due to the fact that when Skipping a meal, you feel hungrier and tend to overeat at the next meal and pay less attention to your satiety cues. Skipping meals also lowers down BMR which further slows down process of burning calories.

Drink only when you are thirsty.

Thirst is the signal of dehydration. You should not wait till this stage. You should have sips of water throughout the day. You can take water along with your meals also. You can have fruit juices, coconut water, Sharbat, milkshake in between in your meals.

Sprinkling lemon juice on the fat on meat dissolves it

Lemon juice, although a good source of vitamin C, won't dissolve the fat in fatty foods. The best way to get rid of the fat on meat is to cut it off or choose leaner cuts.

Foods like Bottlegourd juice, cabbage soup, pineapple tablet burn fat and help in losing weight.

No foods can burn fat. These foods have very low calorie value. But you can not depend only on them as this can lead to nutritional efficiency. Weight loss pills may speed up the metabolism (the way your body uses calories) for a short time, but they do not cause weight loss. Smarter way to lose weight is to consume balanced diet and to do regular physical exercise.

If I eat after 8 p.m. I'll put on more weight.

Food doesn't know time. The body burns more fat when you're more active, less fat when you're less active. But it does not store fat depending upon the time of the day. Fat storage depends on your basal metabolic rate (BMR). And in general BMR slows down as day pass since we get less active by night. So it's not when you eat but what you eat and what your lifestyle which makes all the difference.

If you want to boost BMR during evening time, include dietary fiber, good quality protein food in your evening meal and night meals.