“Healthy” Things You Are Doing That Are Ruining Your Health

I know. I know. You take care of yourself. You exercise. You floss. You maintain your health.

The problem is some of these “healthy” things are not good for you. Uh, like flossing. Let’s start there.

Flossing

“You’ve got to floss!” says the dentist’s assistant every time you go in for a cleaning. Why? The medical benefits have never been proven.

However, the real reason you should avoid flossing is to keep blood off your hands, arms and clothes. Something can’t be good for you when it leaves you looking like a victim on Dexter.

Hand Sanitizer

You love hand sanitizer. I hear you. It’s the first thing I reach for after shaking hands with that crazy lady at work who everyone thinks is an escaped convict.

But hand sanitizer doesn’t do nearly the job of cleaning of good old soap and water. That means you’ll have to take a shower after every time you come into contact with your favorite escapee.

Multi-Vitamins

Almost half of Americans take a multi-vitamin every day. Yet several studies found they aren’t helping you at all.

That means you should be eating fruits and vegetables like they told you when you were 7 years old. The problem here is unless they are at the perfect peak of ripeness, most fruits and veggies taste like asphalt mixed with the bottom of a possum’s foot.