Diet
Myth or fact: egg yolks are bad for you.
Myth. Egg yolks are good for you.
Myth or fact: carrots give you night vision.
Myth: carrots are good for your eyes, but not that good.
Myth or fact: caffeine stunts your growth.
Myth. Your genetics determine how tall you are.
Myth or fact: doing crunches will give you a six pack.
Myth. Doing crunches is good, but will not give you six pack. You also need to have a balanced diet and other types of exercise as well.
Myth. You should actually apply it at night after a shower.
Myth or fact: cholesterol is good for you.
Fact. There is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. The good gets processed through your liver, the bad get stuck in your arteries.
Myth or fact: turkey does not make you sleepy.
Fact: tryptophan, the chemical that makes you sleepy, is in lots of foods, not just turkey. Turkey doesn't have a lot of it. Sleepiness comes from eating so many carbohydrates at dinner.
Myth or fact: bottled water is better than tap water.
Myth. Tap water is just as good, and does not use up lots of plastic, which is bad for the earth.
Myth or fact: the bigger you are, the less healthy you are.
Myth. There are many factors that tell you how healthy you are, including diet, exercise, sleep, and stress.
Myth or fact: loofahs and washcloths should be changed frequently.
Fact. Change them every few days.
Fact. All meals are important, and should be balanced and low in calories.
Myth. Vegetable chips are high in salt and saturated fat.
Myth or fact. Energy drinks have special energy boosting ingredients.
Myth. Energy drinks use caffeine, the same ingredient in coffee. They also have lots of other chemicals your body doesn't need.
Myth. Your body needs more calories when you are sick.
Myth or fact: you should apply sunblock all year round.
Fact. UV rays are present all year round, and UV rays are what can cause cancer.
Myth or fact: starving yourself is an effective way to lose weight.
Myth: the best diet is a balanced low calorie one.
Myth or fact: chocolate gives you acne.
Myth. Chocolate does not effect you skin. Eating lots of unhealthy, processed food with not be good for your skin.
Myth or fact. You do not need to drink eight glasses of water every day.
Fact. It totally depends on how much you exercise and how hot it is.
Myth or fact: flu shots don't make you sick.
Fact. Flu shots contain inactive flu virus.
Myth or fact: Everyone needs 8 hours of sleep a night.
Myth. Most people need around 7. It also depends on the quality of sleep, and the consistency.
Myth or fact: organic foods are better for you.
Myth. Organic foods have the same amount of nutrients. The difference is not in the nutrients they have, it is if they have pesticides on them. Organic foods are not healthier, they have the same amount of nutrients.
Myth or fact: gluten is good.
Fact. Gluten alone does not determine if your diet is good or bad.
Myth or fact: all sugar is bad for you.
Myth. It depends on how much and what type of sugar, and how much you exercise.
Myth or fact: cold, wet weather makes you sick.
Myth. People get sick from viruses and bacteria. People get more sick in the winter because people spend more time inside together passing around viruses and bacteria.
Myth or fact. Cracking knuckles gives you arthritis.
Myth. Cracking knuckles is just the releasing of gasses like air.