Antibacterial Soap
It may sound weird, but this kind of soap actually helps you poison yourself. The FDA actually issued a ban on the sale of soaps and hand washes made with triclosan, which leads to abnormal hormone function in children and increases the risk of developing bacteria.
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Olive oil A 2011 study found that people ages 65 or older who regularly used olive oil (for both cooking and as a dressing) were 41 percent less likely to
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Your pharmacist has spent more time studying drugs than even your doctor has Go ahead and call me doctor; I’m just not that kind of doctor. Since mid-2004, pharmacy students
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2 thoughts on “20 Things You Think Are Healthy But Actually Aren’t”
I was surprised by some of these and not surprised by others. No wonder our bodies are so unhealthy. Things that have been developed in the last 50 years (plastic products, baked chips, frozen yogurt) all seemed to be wonderful. Now we find that we’re probably slowly killing ourselves. You hear more & more cases of cancer than ever before and now it makes sense.
I am 94 yrs old & have not nor do not eat any of these so far, think that my have anything to do with my healthy years now? Good thinking on your part to show all of these, I see so many eating all of them, thank you. Olive Pierce