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40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular

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We’re living in the era of wellness. The industry is expected to reach $7 trillion this year. But with its explosive growth comes a flood of questionable products and widespread misinformation.
Worried about getting lost in the noise, Reddit user Urasianbella asked the community to share which popular claims about healthy living they believe no longer hold up. The responses came pouring in, revealing that sometimes, "advice" might be doing more harm than good.

#1

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Autism isn't more prevalent these days due to vaccines its because we learned more about it and are actually diagnosing people rather than burning them or throwing them into an asylum 🫔.
66points

#2

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That you need to do a cleanse to get rid of toxins.

Our liver and kidney clear out what’s not necessary. Cleanses are a scam.
64points

If we look at the big picture, most think they're able to to take care of their lifestyle. A survey assessing Americans' health-related behaviors and attitudes found that 71% rate their overall health and wellness as good (54%) or excellent (17%).

However, that was true for only 60% of those with a household income of less than $50k, and 81% of those with a household income of $100k or more.

#3

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Potatoes are actually nutrient dense, not just starch.Ā 


Edit: the myth is that taters are just starch.
58points

#4

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Natural means nothing. It’s a logical fallacy. Arsenic is natural, mercury is natural, lots of natural things are toxic. Stop trying to convince me that something is good because it’s natural. Oh and that goes triple for chemicals that are used. Natural doesn’t mean it’s better. I recently read how a winery was using a natural herbicide. It’s a lot more toxic than the artificial ones. They were poisoning people.
57points

When asked what areas in their lives are most in need of improvement, the top two choices were physical health (42%) and financial stability (41%).

Mental health came in third (29%), however, its need for improvement was higher among younger age groups: 18-34 (44%), 35-44 (37%), 45-54 (29%), 55-64 (20%), and 65 and older (10%).

#5

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
You can do everything 'right', illness, disease and old age will still happen.šŸ™„.
51points

#6

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That you can target fat by doing specific workouts.

You can't. You can build muscle by doing specific workouts but your body will burn fat from where it wants, not in that one area.

Luckily, it's made weeding out the workout frauds much easier!
50points

#7

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Eggs raise cholesterol. They are actually packed with nutrients and healthy fats that are good for overall health.
50points

Americans were also asked what health services they would like to have better access to (i.e., geographically close and/or more affordable), and more than a third (39%) said dental care, while (33%) said primary care or a family physician.

Nearly a quarter (24%) want better access to emergency care, while 21% said psychology/psychiatry, and 19% said specialty care (e.g., oncology, gastroenterology, cardiology).

#8

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That universal healthcare in the US would cost taxpayers more than they pay now for healthcare.
49points

#9

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
British dental health is significantly better than American, they're just less interested in cosmetic dentistry.
48points

#10

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That heart disease is essentially a one-way trip. You can absolutely reverse arterial plaque buildup with the right diet and a bit of exercise.
42points

#11

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Eat fat, get fat.

Fat is actually important in your diet.
42points

#12

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Slightly off topic but people haven't learned the recent news that we now believe we know what the appendix does. It's a backup storage for gut bacteria so it can help replenish itself, like after antibiotics.
41points

#13

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
I thought black people (me) didn’t need sunscreen because melanin protects us against the sun. Evidently that’s not entirely true.
36points

#14

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That poster of the food pyramid that was in every classroom growing up.
35points

#15

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That fitness influencers look like that because they work hard.Ā 


The majority of them are on steroids.
35points

#16

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
That carbs are the enemy. Turns out your body actually needs them to function properly.
31points

#17

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Artificial chemicals aren't inherently bad for you. If you can't pronounce it, it's a skill issue.
29points

#18

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Women just need cardio.

Wrong. Women need resistance/strength training even more than men because of bone density issues at menopause and resistance training is the primary means of increasing bone density.
28points

#19

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
Myth: dieting is temporary.

Truth: losing weight is a whole lifestyle change.

If you temporarily change your diet to lose X-lbs and then change back to your normal diet, you’re also going back to your normal weight.

To lose weight and keep it off, you need to change your relationship with food. Maybe you do need to change what you eat, maybe you only need to eat less of it, maybe you need to modify when you eat, maybe you need to change macros.

If you don’t change your lifestyle, you’ll go back to it.
26points

#20

40 Myths About Healthy Living That People Cannot Believe Are Still So Popular
There's no real such thing as a "cleanse". Own a liver? That's how we do a cleanse for real.
25points
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