Processed Meats Increase the Risk of Cancer
Processed meats, like bacon, cause a small increase in the risk of cancer. Processed meat is classified as Group 1 by the IRAC, carcinogenic to humans.
Health and Fitness
Health refers to physical, mental, and social well-being. It’s a broad category that contains fitness and exercise, nutrition, health science, and mental health.
Eating Tomatoes Helps Prevent Sunburn
Tomatoes contain lycopene, which may help protect your skin from UV damage, this means eating tomatoes may work as a natural sunblock to prevent sunburn.
Electronic Cigarettes are Safer Than Regular Cigarettes
Studies have shown that both vaping and smoking tobacco are harmful. There is no conclusive evidence that shows that electronic cigarettes are safer than tobacco cigarettes.
Weight is Based on Caloric Balance
Weight loss and weight gain are complex, but at its core weight is based on caloric balance; calories stored as fat vs. calories used.
Cheat Days Work
Cheat days (days where you don’t exercise or diet) can help maintain the effectiveness of a diet or workout regime, but only in moderation.
Foods Can Have Negative Calories
There is no negative calorie food. Not even low calorie or fibrous fruits and vegetables burn more calories than they contain, but some drinks can.
You Can’t Die From a Marijuana Overdose
There are no recorded deaths due marijuana overdose, however overdose is theoretically possible at about 40,000 times the amount needed to get high.
Crossing Your Eyes Can Make You Permanently Cross Eyed
Crossing your eyes can’t make you permanently cross eyed; the muscles holding the eye will fatigue and the eye will return to it’s original position.
The Term Malaria Means “Bad Air”
The term malaria comes from two medieval Italian words “mal” and “aria,” which when put together mean “bad air.” This came about before we understood that the disease was passed from a parasite carried by misquotes who lived in the wet ground, and not through “the bad air of swamps”.
Malaria Killed Half the People Who Have Ever Lived
Malaria would have needed to kill an average of about 5 ½ million a year to kill half of everyone ever, we don’t have data to prove this. However, we know almost half the world’s population is at risk of Malaria and it kills up to a million a year today.