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Detox diets, juices and treatments are hugely popular, but the very idea that we can take steps to detox our own bodies is a myth.
Our bodies are built to get rid of toxins way better\u00a0than any diet or treatment can.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Myth<\/strong>- Drink 8 glasses of water a day Myth-<\/strong> Eating too much sugar causes diabetes Myth<\/strong>- Eggs are bad for your heart Myth-<\/strong> Microwaving your food kills nutrients Myth-<\/strong> Cracking joints leads to arthritis Myth-<\/strong> Chocolate causes acne Myth-<\/strong> Energy Drinks Contain Special Alertness-Boosting Ingredients Myth-<\/strong> Crunches give you a six pack Myth-<\/strong> Going out with wet hair gets you sick Myth-<\/strong> Natural sugars are better for you than refined sugar Myth- <\/strong>Microwave ovens cause cancer Myth<\/strong>- Everyone needs eight hours of sleep Myth-<\/strong> Weight Training Makes Women Bulky and Manly Myth<\/strong>- If You Stop Weight Training, Muscles Turn to Fat Myth<\/strong>- You should always peel fruits and veggies Myth:<\/strong> Exercising at night ruins your sleep <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis. Eating eggs gives you heart disease. For decades, health myths like these have influenced consumer decisions. \u200b Here is a list of the most persistent health myths that everyone needs to stop believing right now.\u00a0 Myth- It's good to go on a detox to cleanse your body of toxins Fact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6552,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions\/6552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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People who gulp a glass of water when they're thirsty\u00a0get enough to stay hydrated.\u00a0
Water-rich foods like soup, fruit and vegetables help\u00a0you get your fill
You might need to drink more water if your urine is\u00a0dark\u00a0yellow\u00a0or you don't go to the bathroom regularly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
Despite popular belief, sugar does not cause diabetes\u00a0right away.\u00a0
However, eating too much sugar can make you put on\u00a0more weight.\u00a0
Being overweight starts increasing the insulin\u00a0requirement by the body.\u00a0
This increases your risk for type 2 diabetes.\u00a0
The best way to reduce your risk is to watch your\u00a0weight even if it needs to reduce or stop sugar\u00a0consumption.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/eggs-04-1.jpg\")
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Eating an egg or two a day doesn\u2019t raise the risk of\u00a0heart disease in healthy people.\u00a0
Yes, the yolks have cholesterol, but for most of us,\u00a0the amount found in any one food isn\u2019t as bad for\u00a0you as the mix of fats from everything you eat.\u00a0
What\u2019s more, eggs have nutrients, like omega-3s,\u00a0that may lower the risk of heart disease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
There is no scientific evidence that microwaving food\u00a0reduces nutrient levels.\u00a0
If you use your microwave right, it's actually a better\u00a0way to retain vitamins and minerals.\u00a0
This is because lesser nutrients are lost from shorter\u00a0heat exposure, and the minimal amount of liquid\u00a0needed stops nutrients from leaking out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
It may drive you mad when your colleague cracks\u00a0their knuckles, but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not physically doing them any\u00a0harm.\u00a0
The cracking sound is caused by nitrogen gas being\u00a0pulled into the joint when pressure is put on\u00a0it.\u00a0
Painless cracking of joints is benign and\u00a0does not\u00a0cause damage or\u00a0arthritis.
If you do experience pain, speak to a doctor to check\u00a0for injuries or an underlying condition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
Doctors agree it just comes down to the individual.\u00a0
If you're prone to acne, you may want to limit your\u00a0consumption of chocolate.\u00a0
But you shouldn't need to swear off chocolate all\u00a0together.\u00a0
A good-skin diet is simply a healthy balanced diet\u00a0with plenty of fruits and veg as well as extra\u00a0antioxidants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"Close-up](\"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/energy-drink.jpg\")
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Despite containing a variety of vitamins and\u00a0extraneous substances, these products exert their\u00a0influence with that self-same ingredient, i.e.,\u00a0caffeine.\u00a0
Stick to coffee if you want.\u00a0
Forget the \u2018energy drinks.\u2019 They are a waste of\u00a0money.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
If those hours of ab exercises\u00a0haven\u2019t\u00a0resulted in a defined six pack, you might\u00a0want to reconsider what\u00a0you are\u00a0doing.\u00a0
If you maintain a layer of body fat over\u00a0those abdominals,\u00a0you will\u00a0never see your\u00a0six pack.
If you really want a tight and defined core,\u00a0combine strengthening exercises with a\u00a0super clean nutrition plan that balances\u00a0veggies, protein, complex carbs and healthy\u00a0fats.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
It turns out, though, that leaving the house just\u00a0after a shower isn\u2019t going to make you sick\u2026\u00a0unless you\u2019re already sick, that is.\u00a0
In 2005,\u00a0researchers tested\u00a0the hypothesis that\u00a0chilling your body increases your chances of being\u00a0infected with the common cold virus.\u00a0
Their results found that, no, it doesn\u2019t. But it can\u00a0cause the onset of symptoms if the virus is\u00a0already in your body.\u00a0
However, people with sinusitis or migraine can\u00a0have a headache triggered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
Coconut sugar, brown sugar, honey, raw\u00a0sugar, jaggery, palm sugar are all sugar.
They just sound healthier, but still count\u00a0toward your daily added sugar intake.
Sugar in fruit comes with fiber, vitamins,\u00a0antioxidants and minerals, which makes it\u00a0more nutritious than sugar-laden snacks or\u00a0candy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/microwave-food.jpg\")
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Fact<\/strong>
Microwaves heat your food: nothing more,\u00a0nothing less
They do emit electromagnetic radiation, a form of\u00a0non-ionizing radiation like the radiofrequency\u00a0waves that come from your cell phone (which\u00a0also\u00a0won't give you cancer).\u00a0
Non-ionizing radiation isn't known to cause cancer\u00a0in humans because it isn't strong enough to alter\u00a0the structure of cells.\u00a0 Myth- Everyone needs eight hours of sleep<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
Everyone has a unique circadian rhythm that\u00a0determines how much sleep is optimal for\u00a0them.\u00a0
Seven to nine hours is still the standard\u00a0recommendation for adults, but you should\u00a0treat sleep like hydration and exercise.\u00a0
Get enough so you feel your best but not so\u00a0much that it starts affecting you negatively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
This is a myth that often keeps women from\u00a0pumping some iron, worried that it might\u00a0make them bulk up and lose their ladylike\u00a0figure.\u00a0
Because women do not, and cannot, naturally\u00a0produce as much testosterone as males do, it\u00a0is impossible for a woman to gain huge\u00a0amounts of muscle mass by merely touching\u00a0some weights.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
Muscle and fat are two totally different types of\u00a0tissue
What happens many times is that when people\u00a0decide to go off their weight-training programs,\u00a0they start losing muscle due to inactivity and they\u00a0also usually stop their healthy diet as well.\u00a0
So, the bad eating habits combined with their\u00a0lower metabolism (due to inactivity) and lower\u00a0levels of muscle mass, give the impression that a\u00a0person\u2019s muscle is being turned into fat while in\u00a0reality, what is happening is that muscle is being\u00a0lost and fat is being accumulate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"Close-up](\"https:\/\/www.healthvectors.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/person-peeling-apple.jpg\")
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Fact<\/strong>
The skin on fruit and vegetables like potatoes,\u00a0apples, carrots and citrus fruits are packed with\u00a0beneficial nutrients.\u00a0
The skins of fruits and vegetables are high in fiber\u00a0and can help you feel fuller for longer, which is\u00a0beneficial for weight loss.\u00a0
There is growing evidence showing that adequate\u00a0fiber intake may benefit your digestion, improve\u00a0blood sugar control and improve cholesterol and\u00a0blood glucose control.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Fact<\/strong>
Not for everyone.\u00a0
Researchers have found that nighttime exercise\u00a0may have\u00a0no impact whatsoever on your sleep\u00a0quality, and for some people, exercising before\u00a0bed can even\u00a0result in better ZZZ's.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n