The article highlights various common health and wellness myths, emphasizing that not everything we hear about diets, exercise, and body care is accurate. Contributions from Reddit users illuminate misconceptions such as the belief that melanin offers complete sun protection, and the notion that 'natural' products are inherently safe. Other insights include warnings against the culture of constant hustle which can lead to burnout, and correcting the myth relating vaccine safety to autism rates, explaining that increased diagnoses are due to better awareness.
"I thought black people (like me) didn't need sunscreen because melanin protects us against the sun. Evidently, that's not entirely true."
"Natural means nothing. It's a logical fallacy. Arsenic is natural, mercury is natural, lots of natural things are toxic. Oh, and that goes triple for chemicals that are used. Natural doesn't mean it's better."
"That you need to constantly hustle and grind with no days off if you want to make progress. It took me WAY too long to figure out that 'push yourself' did not mean 'push yourself to the point where you're beyond physically and mentally burned out.' And I ended up with a permanently damaged shoulder because of it."
"Autism is more prevalent these days due to vaccines. Actually, it's more prevalent because we learned more about it and are actually diagnosing people."
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