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People Explain Which Things Are Seen As 'Healthy' But Aren't At All

People Explain Which Things Are Seen As 'Healthy' But Aren't At All

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Everyone wants to live healthily.

Right?

But "healthy" seems to have a lot of meanings.

Many of the things we deem healthy and healing are often messy and problematic.

So it's time to make some changes.

And really do the research.


Redditor cheerfulspinach wanted to discuss the truth about being cleansed... so they asked:

"What is something people think is a 'healthy option' but actually isn't?"

We all need to research more to define 'healthy.'"

Sneaky, sneaky...

Hold On Waiting GIF by Nature ValleyGiphy

"Sugar sneaks it's way into all sorts of 'healthy' foods. Make sure to check the nutrition facts if you are watching for it. I'm looking at you, granola."

cottonfist

Cleanse Crap

"Those stupid juicing detox programs... your body's liver and kidney's naturally detox your body so long as you drink plenty of water. This whole notion that you are detoxing your body with juice is a*inine."

fihiv13853

"The financial director of the WORST place I've ever worked decided to go onto a juice detox. Each tiny bottle was like £5 (this is back in 2016) and his diet was literally 5 of those bottles a day."

"However during work he would get agitated and lacking energy so he'd 'top up' with haribo throughout the day to make sure he didn't collapse. Very freaking healthy."

luv2belis

75 pounds in a year...

"I had a friend in college who believed sub sandwiches were healthy. Like... not specific ones. The Subway health based commercials made her think that anything served in sub form was healthy. She was eating footlong white bread covered in cheese with double bacon and ham sandwiches with extra cheese, extra mayo, extra oil or ranch and whatever else she wanted on them or chicken bacon ranch subs with double cheese and double bacon. Devouring them 2-3 times a day to lose weight."

"She hadn't told anyone she was trying to lose weight but after she gained 75 pounds in a year, some of her friends started asking why she ate so many unhealthy sandwiches every day. Her mind was blown when we told her that sub sandwiches aren't magically healthy just because of the form factor."

SadLaser

Bad Rep

"Smoothies from smoothie shops They use sorbets, ice creams, and juices with an insane amount of sugar in them. My sister worked at a smoothie shop, and people would always come in after going to the gym. It’s not what most people think it is."

wekig10581

"Depends on the smoothie but yes most of those mainstream chains are like that."

iast68

Options

"'Low-fat' or 'fat-free' options. These products often have added sugars and other unhealthy additives to compensate for the lack of fat. In some cases, these options may actually be worse for you than the full-fat versions."

Appropriate-Land9451

"And not to mention they STILL taste worse than the full fat versions. Lowfat yogurt is the bane of my existence."

fallout_koi

Low does not mean no.

Smell the flowers...

"Vaginal washes on a daily basis so it smells like lavender instead of what vaginas are supposed to smell like. It's unnecessary and changes your pH down there and pre disposes you to infections."

fihiv13853

Take a Brake

"I think a lot of Millennials and Gen Zers are beginning to catch on to how bad it can potentially be, but I think dedicating your life just to work is really unhealthy. I mean fair enough if you have a job you really enjoy, but even so if you dedicate almost every waking moment to your job there's a problem generally. Its not a great attitude, live to work."

sopica8678

Buying into the system...

"Toxic positivity. The people who tell you that you need to love yourself regardless of whatever debilitating disability or mental condition you have that makes doing so near impossible Or the people who, whenever you try to reach out, immediately try to downplay your problems (you don’t hate your body, society just MAKES you buy more products/your not depressed, society sucks)."

"People who try to take what you say about yourself and twist it beyond recognition into some pseudo-'woke‘ actually society is the problem’ bulls**t and passively blame you for not waking up farting rainbows because actually everything you’ve ever disliked about yourself was created by 3 white dudes 200 years ago therefore making any doubt you have just ‘buying into the system.'"

LavaRoseKinnie

Muffins

"Honestly, a lot of whether or not something is healthy or unhealthy (especially in the context of weight loss) depends on the specific person."

"For example, I have to avoid eating nuts as a snack because they're extremely calorie dense while not being at all filling to me and hence I can overeat them really easily without thinking about them without any benefits of affecting my hunger level."

"But for someone who doesn't have my issue with snacking foods, a handful of nuts as a snack would absolutely be a great part of a balanced diet."

"On a more general level though, muffins. Most muffins you can buy are basically cupcakes but people treat muffins like a diet food."

badgersprite

Be Calm

Relaxing Chill Out GIF by Talk StoopGiphy

"Not getting angry. Holding in your negative emotions not only increases your cortisol stress levels, it also prevents you from opening up about the things that are holding you back."

"If you learn how to talk things out and express frustration before things boil over, you just might find that your relationships are more honest and fulfilling."

GoddessLeVianFoxx

Being healthy is all a state of mind.

Anything you'd like to add to this list? Let us know in the comments below.

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