Health is the most significant factor in everyone’s life and it is only our habits that affect our health. Some of the habits are taught to us by our parents and some, we adopt from our surroundings. There are some aspects that are crystal clear to our mind whereas some are tricky enough for us to believe that they actually matter. Some facts and habits related to our health are so weird that we actually don’t believe them to be true. There are various misconceptions regarding our healthy habits, some of which we are writing below for your reference so that this aspect becomes clear to you regarding your health:
1. To prevent illness, avoid anti-bacterial soaps:
Many soaps mentions themselves as anti-bacterial but are they true to their words? Fighting germs on your body is not an easy task and your anti-bacterial soap might not be very effective in doing that job. According to a study, these soaps don’t stop you from passing your germs to others and would also expose you to health risks and hormonal changes.
2. Stop using Diet Soda:
A huge percentage of people think that diet soda is helpful in losing weight but that’s not true at all. The fact is sugar intake registers sweetness into our bodies and increases calorie intake but those artificial sweeteners trick our body and eventually lead to weight gain.
3. Don’t have energy drinks when tired:
The most active ingredients of every energy drink are Taurine and Caffeine. When they come together, they try hard to blunt the effect of each other. Whereas, some studies have even proved that Taurine activates some receptors that decrease mental alertness.
4. You can have a better nap after Coffee:
This might be confusing for you but we are here to explain. Our brain has a chemical compound called Adenosine known to slow down our brain’s activity and makes us feel sleepy. But as far as coffee is concerned, caffeine fastens brain activity. So, when we sip coffee right before a 20-minute nap, adenosine gets cleared naturally and we wake up completely refreshed.
5. A full grown beard can attract allergies:
Just like our clothes and skin if we don’t clean our face regularly, there are more chances that we attract allergies and fall sick. Beards come in contact with germs and dust so it is very significant that you clean your beard at least twice a day and trim or shave them regularly for a bacteria free life.
6. Sniffing an Apple can stop your Migraine:
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” this is a saying that we all know but do we know that sniffing an apple every day can also keep your migraine away. As per a study, the smell of green apple also reduces the symptoms of a migraine and lowers its impact. So, now when you get a severe headache, just smell a green apple and you are ready to go.
