You should be waking up at 5 a.m. each day to maximize productivity. But a good night’s sleep is crucial, and you shouldn’t sacrifice it for anything. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! But if you’re not intermittent fasting until the afternoon, you’re going to gain weight. And don’t you dare put oat milk in your coffee if it has seed oils in it!
There’s a lot of contradictory information floating around health and wellness spaces. While being healthy was once as simple as eating a balanced diet, staying active and maintaining relationships with loved ones, people are constantly trying to complicate it to make a profit or simply confuse you. That’s why Reddit users have recently been discussing potentially harmful trends, behaviors and more that people often assume are “healthy." Keep reading to find a conversation with Kevin Pho, MD, and be sure to upvote the things you don’t trust either!
#21
Getting only 4 hours of sleep and calling it 'grind culture.'.
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26points
#22
The plethora of skin care and beauty products that are pushed on young people.
26points
#24
One thing that many people believe is healthy but actually isn’t is fruit juices. While they seem like a great source of vitamins, most commercial fruit juices are packed with sugar and lack the fiber found in whole fruits. This can lead to blood sugar spikes and contribute to weight gain over time.
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25points
#26
Doing high impact exercise when they're overweight. It doesn't help much, and there's a much bigger risk of injury. Taking a brisk walk and stretching are the best types of exercise to do when you're overweight.
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24points
#27
Waking up early if you aren't naturally a morning person.
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24points
#28
In the early 1900s it was thought smoking could open the lungs, and early Tour De France racers would often smoke a pack of cigarettes during the race to enhance their performance. Of course, this never worked.
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24points
#29
Jumping into CrossFit & other intense workouts if you're older or out of shape.
It's an endorphin rush & it's awesome to see your body start getting into shape so quickly. Combine those two, and it's difficult to not just push your limits every time you go in. However, that sort of intensity takes a toll on joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons that are unaccustomed to it. Eventually that wear & tear causes injury, which (among other things) makes any exercise at all more difficult.
Some folks can do those sort of intense workouts, but for anyone looking to get into exercise, it's best to just focus on establishing a sustainable routine. It might take longer, but if you can stick with that, then results will come & you'll be more likely to keep your positive gains.
It's an endorphin rush & it's awesome to see your body start getting into shape so quickly. Combine those two, and it's difficult to not just push your limits every time you go in. However, that sort of intensity takes a toll on joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons that are unaccustomed to it. Eventually that wear & tear causes injury, which (among other things) makes any exercise at all more difficult.
Some folks can do those sort of intense workouts, but for anyone looking to get into exercise, it's best to just focus on establishing a sustainable routine. It might take longer, but if you can stick with that, then results will come & you'll be more likely to keep your positive gains.
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23points
#30
Being surrounded only by people who share the same opinion. .
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21points
#32
Vitamin Water. Coca-Cola won a lawsuit claiming the branding was misleading. Their argument, iirc, was that they're Coca-Cola; nobody should expect things they make to be healthy, and it isn't their fault people are stupid.
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20points
#33
Trying to do a calorie deficit but just eat minimal amount to survive .
20points
#34
Pushing your body and overtraining. You can get serious injuries.
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19points
#35
Too little or not enough of many things. Extreme cutting for extended periods of time or very specific diets have side effects usually.
Unregulated words on food packages. Natural or non-processed have no actual meaning when it comes to health. The same with Fresh. You still have to wisely select foods as those words can be easily slapped on unhealthy food.
Exercise even. There is a reason why they suggest consulting with your doctor before doing vigorous exercise. Doing the same exercise over and over can be bad for you even. My dad lost 90 lbs, then one day passed out on a treadmill, hit his head and died. That doesn’t mean I don’t think people should exercise. Just that you have to be careful. .
Unregulated words on food packages. Natural or non-processed have no actual meaning when it comes to health. The same with Fresh. You still have to wisely select foods as those words can be easily slapped on unhealthy food.
Exercise even. There is a reason why they suggest consulting with your doctor before doing vigorous exercise. Doing the same exercise over and over can be bad for you even. My dad lost 90 lbs, then one day passed out on a treadmill, hit his head and died. That doesn’t mean I don’t think people should exercise. Just that you have to be careful. .
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17points
#37
“Drinking lemon water every morning doesn’t detox anything — your liver already does that.”.
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16points
#39
Wine.
My dad heard 2 drinks a day is healthy. So he was at his cardiologist and they asked how much he drinks a week and he said 14 drinks. The cardiologist was flabbergasted and told him to cut out drinking.
My dad heard 2 drinks a day is healthy. So he was at his cardiologist and they asked how much he drinks a week and he said 14 drinks. The cardiologist was flabbergasted and told him to cut out drinking.
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13points
