In fact, many of the current health recommendations are causing an increase in health problems.
The Top 10 Health Myths are as follows:
Myth 1: Your genetics determine whether you will get cancer
Myth 2: For good health, follow the recommendations of the food pyramid
Myth 3: The sun causes skin cancer
Myth 4: People are overweight because they have slow metabolisms
Myth 5: Cows milk is a good source of calcium and builds strong bones
Myth 6: Eggs are high in cholesterol and should therefore be avoided
Myth 7: Margarine is a better choice than butter
Myth 9: You should eat a low fat diet
Myth 10: I should drink red wine as it’s recommended by my doctor for good heart health
Unhealthy diet, lack of exercise and poor lifestyle choices, play a major role in the development of many diseases, including cancer.
“It’s important to dispel the myth that cancer is down to genes,” says Thompson. “The evidence shows that an unhealthy diet and low activity levels cause three times more cancer cases than genes. Healthy eating and exercise turned crucial genes on and off.
Others, including some disease-fighting genes, were more active.
Not only do these results demonstrate that positive lifestyle changes can slow the progression of cancer, the results may also be significant for cancer prevention.
Myth 2: For good health, follow the recommendations of the food pyramid. Fact: Following the recommendations of the food pyramid is bad for your health!
Moreover, the original food pyramid advocates eating 6-11 servings of carbohydrate per day.
Myth 3: The sun causes skin cancer.
Fact: The body needs sunlight!
For example, many studies demonstrate that people who live in sunnier, southern latitudes and who have higher levels of vitamin D (as a result of their increased sun exposure) are much less likely to die from any type of cancer than people in northern latitudes.
Myth 4: People are overweight because they have slow metabolisms.
If you’re concerned that you have a slow metabolism, consult your health professional.
Myth 5: Cows milk is a good source of calcium and builds strong bones.
Myth 6: Eggs are high in cholesterol and should therefore be avoided.
Research showed that, in healthy adults, eating eggs every day did not produce an increase in cholesterol levels or constitute an increased cardiac risk.
There is NO correlation between dietary cholesterol and serum (blood) cholesterol levels.
Myth 7: Margarine is a better choice than butter.
Ask yourself, would you rather have a health food with healthful qualities?
Artificial Sweeteners are highly toxic to the body!
Myth 9: You should eat a low fat diet
Fact: The body needs fats! Especially ‘essential fats.’
Every cell in the human body requires fats for metabolic functions, the manufacture of hormones, brain function, plus many other vital functions.
The rights fats assist in lowering blood pressure, thinning your blood and preventing blood clots. Likewise, most inflammatory conditions can be prevented or controlled with regular omega 3 fats in the diet.
As the human brain is 70% lipid (fats) we need a regular intake of healthy fats and cholesterol to function properly.
Symptoms of insufficient fat in our diet include increased cholesterol levels, dry and flaky skin, loss of skin elasticity and wrinkles! (The benefits of healthy fats are similar to antioxidants.)
Hopefully I’ve convinced you to increase the amount of healthy fats in your diet…eat fat, just choose the right fats!
Myth 10: I should drink red wine as it’s recommended by my doctor for good heart health
The top 10 health myths finally exposed!
The Top 10 Health Myths Finally Exposed!
In the Western world, 8 out of 10 adults consume caffeine in some form. Presently many Americans are hooked on caffeine.
Caffeine occurs naturally in many plants, including coffee beans, tea leaves, and cocoa nuts. If predators continue to eat a caffeine-containing plant, the caffeine can cause central nervous system disruptions and even lethal side effects. With the spread of and popularity of coffee bars, coffee, one of the main sources of caffeine in people’s diet, is more popular than ever. (Tea and hot chocolate, also consumed at these coffee bars contain significant caffeine, but not as much.) Tolerance for caffeine for anyone drinking coffee can develop rapidly and lead to the desire to increase ones consumption. If you are seeking optimum health, however, you should severely curtail your coffee consumption, and eventually stop consuming it at all. The fact is, caffeine is an addictive additive in most commercial sodas.Caffeine has many effects on the body and brain. If sustained by regular coffee drinking over a lifetime, these increases in blood pressure and heart rate will elevate the risk of stroke and heart disease.
Caffeine at a high level can eventually lead to exhaustion of the adrenal glands. Caffeine is a chemical stimulant that increases blood levels of the hormones produced by the adrenal glands. The adrenal hormones regulate stress response, blood pressure, blood sugar, mineral levels, immune activity, inflammation, and cell growth and repair. Long term caffeine consumption contributes to adrenal insufficiency, in which over 150 hormones produced by the adrenals or metabolized from adrenal hormones no longer function adequately.Caffeine causes the body to produce greater amounts of cortisol, the body’s stress hormone.
February 20th, 2012 
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