Health Myths

10 Health And Fitness Myths You Still Believe

Posted 05.13.2012

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By Jessica Smith for Shape.com Top experts set the record straight on myths that just won't die. For more on fitness and exercise, click her...

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9 Health Myths Debunked

Timothy Caulfield | Posted 04.30.2012

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Timothy Caulfield

In the hope of getting to the basic truth about the best way to optimize health, I have spent several years immersed in the world of health and fitness. What I found was a sea of myths and misinformation. Here are a few of my favorites:

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BUSTED: 7 Diet Half-Truths, Explained

Robert J. Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.12.2012

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Robert J. Davis, Ph.D.

Hardly a day goes by without a headline trumpeting what we should or shouldn't eat. But often these snippets about diet and nutrition are only half true: They're partly supported by science, but overall they're misleading because they come with big caveats.

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Biggest Nutrition Traps, Part 2: Quality vs. Quantity

Monica Reinagel, MS, LDN, CNS | Posted 04.02.2012

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Monica Reinagel, MS, LDN, CNS

In my last post, I talked about the all-important difference between natural and healthy. People often make the mistake of thinking that something is good for you just because it's all-natural or organic. Today, I want to focus on a different nutritional blind-spot: quality vs. quantity.

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Has Health News Become Sensationalized?

Dr. Pamela Peeke | Posted 08.30.2011

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Dr. Pamela Peeke

I admit, I always check the customized Google alerts that are delivered right to my handheld device. But we all need to take a step back, especially when looking at the latest health news.

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9 Health Myths To Stop Stressing About (PHOTOS)

Health.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the old days, health misinformation would spread slowly. Not today. "The Internet has given people the ability to send everyone on their email li...

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6 Biggest Myths About Food Busted

EatingWell | Posted 05.25.2011

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The other day while I was making zucchini bread, I cracked an egg and dumped it right down the drain. Total mistake. (With a baby who still wakes up ...

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11 Common Health Myths, Busted

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Myths, half-truths and wives' tales persist in medicine. Sometimes doctors and nurses even believe things that aren't true or at least are unproven. T...

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The Top 10 Men's Health Myths: Debunked!

Times Online | Dr Keith Hopcroft | Posted 11.17.2011

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1. Well Man clinics are a good idea WHAT ARE THEY? These are clinics, run by GPs and private companies, that offer health once-overs for men, checkin...

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8 Health Myths Exposed

Telegraph | Posted 11.17.2011

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In physicist Claudius Galen's day - around 130AD - illness was thought to be the excess of one of the four humours (yellow bile, black bile, phlegm a...

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