10 Popular Health Practices that You Need to Think Twice About

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

You could be actually harming your health while thinking that you’re making healthy choices! The reason why this is commonly happening for many people is that they usually follow the advertisers’ suggestions without a second thought.

Some individuals were taught certain things from their parents who, in turn, learned it from their parents, and so it goes. After all, we all do some things in the name of our optimal health.

But do you really know whether the healthy things you do are truly beneficial? The following slides might challenge your health practices beliefs.

10 Popular Health Practices that You Need to Think Twice About

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#1 – Hand Sanitizer

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NPR

Teachers at schools nationwide are recommending their students to use hand sanitizers. This is after they have held the annual school supply drive for parents to get a list of some necessary items, including hand sanitizer.

Those teachers would probably think twice if they knew the actual dangers of using this product. As a minimum negative effect, hand sanitizer creates wrinkles on the hands of users since it dries out the skin.

It also consists of chemicals (besides alcohol) which can be very harmful if used so often. What’s more important is that the use of this type of products is creating more resistant viruses and bacteria. And soon, using hand sanitizer will be useless, except for relieving our anxieties.

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#2 – Taking Antibiotics

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Financial Tribune

Much like hand sanitizer, people who frequently use antibiotics are helping to create resistant bacteria. Soon, these drugs will be useless to those with bacterial infections. As for the common cold, you just have to wait it out with plenty of rest and fluids anyway. Another negative effect of antibiotics, including rifampin, is the risk of getting pregnant.

In fact, many women realize that their birth control pills become useless when they take some antibiotics. Unfortunately, there is a certain number of women who don’t know this and risk pregnancy by taking antibiotics.

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#3 – Drinking Filtered and Bottled Water

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