Common Health Beliefs To Avoid

Health is one of the most important topic to discuss in any forum or conversation. With so many customs and beliefs about health in different cultures, you have to wonder what is right and what is not really beneficial. I have gathered some common health beliefs that you might already know and hopefully will give you some light on its truth reality.

1. Low fat foods constitutes to low calorie intake
All foods that are marketed as "low fat" or "less fat" doesn't mean that it has no fat content at all. As you know, less fat means less calorie intake, but products that are promoted as low fat simply means that its actual fat content was only reduced. This means that you are also ingesting high amount of fats in your regular diet. I suggest that you read the label carefully before you believe what a certain "low fat" products are trying to lure you from.

2. Single cigarette won't have any health effects
Many smokers believes that a single cigarette stick a day or two will have no negative effects in the body. Well guess what? A single cigarette puff immediately affects the central nervous system and increases the blood sugar level and heart rate twice compared to a non-smokers. This is the reason why most smokers are diabetic and has cardiovascular diseases. What more to those who chain smoke?

3. Commercial fruit juices are healthy
With today's commercial world, all foods are marketed as health friendly products especially those green teas, orange and prune juices and many more. But not all these products are good for you. These are artificial products which contains less natural content for what it is actually promoting. Fruit juices that are easily be obtained in a bottle in supermarkets can cause severe urinary tract infections, kidney and liver disorders and stomach aches. If you want to have a real healthy juice drink, the best thing to do is to prepare your own natural fruit juices at home.

4. Using the best cooking oil is not dangerous
It is true that popular cooking oils such as vegetable oil, canola oil, corn oil and olive oil do possess some health benefits especially the olive type. But did you know that using it for frying can also diminish its health benefits? Yes, heating up oils will reduced its health promoting properties but it still does not pose any health hazards. The only time it gets dangerous is when you use the oil twice or three times making it carcinogenic (cancer agent). This is the reason why most governments had issued that eating in fast food chains must be limited because these companies tend to maximize their profit by recycling their cooking oils over and over again.

5. Gym work is the best physical activity
People today are so conscious about their physical appearances. They tend to go facial spas, clinics and the gym just to look attractive and physically fit. But people are substituting the gym from natural physical activities. A study had concluded that people who spends three times in the gym on a weekly basis have reduced fewer calories than those people who are physically active without any regular workout plan. People who tends to walk, ride a bicycle and doing some house chores are much better than spending more time in the gym, plus it is much less expensive!

These are the most common health beliefs that are renowned worldwide. If you are one of those people who actually believes in these myths, you must think again and reconsider what I have just written in this article. Be objective especially in health, be conscious especially in your environment. Love you body and love your health!