What’s a healthy habit that’s actually completely made up? – 17 hacks that aren’t as beneficial as you think
10.
‘”Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” This was a marketing slogan created by Kelloggs in the 70s to get people to eat their sugary processed crap. It’s perfectly fine to start your day with a big healthy lunch. Also having sugar be the first thing that hits your stomach is bad for you in multiple ways.’
-angelknive5
11.
‘Tanning your asshole’
-Antman511
12.
‘Drinking 2-3 cups of milk per day. Plenty of better ways of getting the same nutrition! Pushing milk was a political move + marketing campaign and it became part of American culture.’
-FlyingHigh15k
13.
‘Orange juice as a healthy breakfast food.
‘An influential dude had a wacky theory about body acidity, and under his system drinking something acidic (orange juice) in the morning would help right the humors, bring balance to the force, harmonize the aethers
‘In reality, juice isn’t very good for you; it’s the all the sugar of fruit with none of the fiber etc’
-D-Alembert
14.
‘Monitoring every damn health parameter on smartwatch / smart devices’
-Solitary_Orbit
15.
‘Cranberry juice for a UTI. I’ve been doing that for years despite hating cranberry juice and I only recently learned it’s not even true.’
-NormalObligation59
16.
‘Carrots having anything to do with night vision or eyesight.’
-Ticksdonthavelymph
17.
’21 climaxes per month for optimal prostate health.’
-visitprattville
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