We all have them — habits we think are healthy because we heard them somewhere on the news or from a health-conscious friend. And no matter how much we hate them, we just keep doing them because we think they’re good for us.
Take avoiding gluten, for example. Is it really healthy?
Or taking a daily multivitamin: Healthy habit or a little bit of nonsense?
Using a standing desk
A recent long-term study looking at data on nearly 4,000 US adults found no benefit in terms of overall risk of dying from standing as opposed to sitting. In the short-term, however, standing does burn more calories per minute, so if losing weight is all you’re worried about, stand on!
Using toilet-seat liners
Viruses like HIV and herpes are fragile, meaning they don’t survive well outside of a nice, warm human body. By the time you sit down on a public toilet seat — even if it was recently shared by someone else — most harmful pathogens likely wouldn’t be able to infect you. Plus, your skin is an effective block against any microbes. Unless, of course, you have a cut or open wound there, which could allow the bacteria to get in.
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