Whether you’re brainstorming New Year’s resolutions or generally hoping to make healthy changes, you might find yourself online, searching for healthy habits.
For better or for worse, there’s no doubt you’ll find some. Among dietitians on Instagram, doctors on TikTok and “real people” sharing their experiences, it’s not hard to discover someone who’s trying to push a habit, pill, catchy motto or health suggestion into the world.
Since “health” advice is commonplace, often comes with an ulterior motive and is found on the Internet (where, let’s be real, you can’t always trust it), it’s important to be able to decipher what habits are actually healthy versus myths shared in an attempt for views. Further, and unfortunately, many of the health habits you’ve heard recently are on the “naughty” side, according to the experts interviewed by HuffPost.
Ahead, various types of doctors, dietitians, therapists and other experts dive into common, recent advice that sounds healthy but actually isn’t.
1. Eating only when hunger strikes.
