Most people want to be as healthy as they can be so they can reach old age. Perhaps we're not as devoted as tech millionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson, but we make do with what we have. We try to eat healthier, exercise more, and cultivate healthy relationships.
Indeed, 59% of Americans say they're worried about their health. That sometimes leads us down rabbit holes about detox smoothies, intermittent fasting, HIIT workouts, and many more. The thing is, not all of them work. At least not for everybody.
There's no one-size-fits-all approach in life in general, but it's especially true for health, and more and more people are becoming aware of that. We've rounded up the health trends most people think are unnecessary or straight-up bogus from two recent threads on Reddit.
"What's the most overrated 'healthy' habit that people push on everyone, but you think is total BS and why?" the netizens asked. Turns out, people have lots of opinions about what a healthy lifestyle really looks like!
#41
Marathon running. It’s touted like it’s this goal that we should all ideally be working towards and yes, running is healthy, but at a certain point you are actually causing damage to your body. We have somehow equated maximizing physical discomfort with maximizing health outcomes but there is definitely downsides to pushing yourself too hard.
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#42
Eating more protein than your body can process. Stop it y'all.
RandomChance:
Started weight training and I'm struggling to hit the MINUMIM without crossing 1700 calories a day. There is only so much greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, grilled chicken, egg whites, and protein powder you can consume in one day.
There are many independent papers, funded before crazies took over control of funding science, that all all recommend "protein intake should be significantly higher than the standard Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 0.8 g per kilogram of body weight. For healthy older adults, a recommended intake of 1.0–1.2 g/kg/day"
That means a minimum of 90g per day... even if they are not working out. Just to not lose muscle to aging.
That would be 16 eggs...
RandomChance:
Started weight training and I'm struggling to hit the MINUMIM without crossing 1700 calories a day. There is only so much greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, grilled chicken, egg whites, and protein powder you can consume in one day.
There are many independent papers, funded before crazies took over control of funding science, that all all recommend "protein intake should be significantly higher than the standard Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of 0.8 g per kilogram of body weight. For healthy older adults, a recommended intake of 1.0–1.2 g/kg/day"
That means a minimum of 90g per day... even if they are not working out. Just to not lose muscle to aging.
That would be 16 eggs...
9points
#43
The idea people have that hormone free milk is hormone free. By its very nature milk is full of hormones. You don’t get milk from any species without hormones.
Guess what- the human body does not accept binding in its receptors to react to bovine hormones.
But hey- get on your soapbox about wanting animal derived milk products to be hormone free! 🤷🏼♀️.
Secretary-Visual:
I usually see hormone free milk touted more as an animal welfare issue than a human health one. The use of hormones to stimulate excessive dairy production can cause mastitis in cows. That can also increase the amount of pus in the dairy milk, which may be where the human health perspective comes in. But the allowable amount of pus in dairy milk is legally regulated.
Guess what- the human body does not accept binding in its receptors to react to bovine hormones.
But hey- get on your soapbox about wanting animal derived milk products to be hormone free! 🤷🏼♀️.
Secretary-Visual:
I usually see hormone free milk touted more as an animal welfare issue than a human health one. The use of hormones to stimulate excessive dairy production can cause mastitis in cows. That can also increase the amount of pus in the dairy milk, which may be where the human health perspective comes in. But the allowable amount of pus in dairy milk is legally regulated.
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#44
Probably an unpopular opinion, but running. Obviously not total BS, It is great for cardio, but out of all of my friends who regularly go running, most of them have suffered at least a semi-serious injury from it and one just can't do it any more from a shattered ankle that never healed properly. Swimming is far better imo, if that's an option.
captainporcupine3:
Dont disagree that swimming is the better option overall, but its also very expensive compared to running around your neighborhood, not to mention much more time consuming. I get my full jogging workout in 30 minutes flat including prep and cool down. As an adult with kids that's the only way I'm getting exercise into my day.
captainporcupine3:
Dont disagree that swimming is the better option overall, but its also very expensive compared to running around your neighborhood, not to mention much more time consuming. I get my full jogging workout in 30 minutes flat including prep and cool down. As an adult with kids that's the only way I'm getting exercise into my day.
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#45
Cold plunge. It's not total BS if you're an athelete that works out multiple times a day and needs to recover fast asf for training. But otherwise I think that one is more about expressing discipline.
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#46
Diet of the month mentality … gluten- free this, keto that, etc. in reality, very few people * need* specialty diets.
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