The Little-Known Truth…

Myth-Buster, Myth-Buster, Bust Us A Myth (or three!)

🥫 Let’s can this myth for good

People think of “canned foods” as meaning “processed foods” and therefore bad. But the reality is it’s all dependent on what’s in the can (check the ingredients!). And as for nutrients?

Many canned fruits and vegetables contain more nutrients than fresh ones! This is because the way they’ve been stored preserves them better. For example:

• Canned tomatoes contain more bioavailable lycopene than fresh
• Canned spinach contains more bioavailable carotene than fresh
• Canned corn contains more bioavailable lutein than fresh
• The list goes on, but you get the idea!

Don’t Want To Take Our Word For It? Read The Scientific Paper Here!

💪 Gaslight, Gymkeep, Girl-loss?

Many women and girls avoid doing weight-training as part of their exercise—or use only the smallest weights—to avoid “bulking up” and “looking like a man”.

Many men, meanwhile, wish it were that easy to bulk up!

The reality is that nobody, unless you have very rare genes, packs on a lot of muscle by accident. Even with the genes for it, it won’t happen unless you’re also eating for it!

Resistance-based strength training (such as lifting weights), is a great way for most people to look after an important part of their long-term health: bone density!

You can’t have strong muscles on weak bones, so strengthening the muscles cues the body to strengthen the bones. In short, your strength-training at age 45 or 55 (or earlier) could be what helps you avoid a broken hip at 65 or 75.

We’re Not Kidding, It Really Is That Important (Read The Study Here)!

👃 Something doesn’t smell right about this

There’s been a big backlash against anti-perspirants and deodorants. The popular argument is that the aluminium in them causes cancer.

This led to many people buying “deodo-rocks”, crystal rocks that can be run under water and then rubbed on the armpits to deodorize “naturally”. But, those crystal rocks are actually alum crystals (guess what they contain…).

The belief that deodorants cause cancer came from studies done by applying deodorant to cells (like the canine kidney cells in this study) in petri dishes. So, assuming you don’t cut out your kidney and then spray it directly with the deodorant, the jury is still out!

A more recent systematic review sorted out quite clearly the ways in which aluminium was, or was not, harmful, and said:

❝Neither is there clear evidence to show use of Al-containing underarm antiperspirants or cosmetics increases the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease or breast cancer. Metallic Al, its oxides, and common Al salts have not been shown to be either genotoxic or carcinogenic.❞

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

…but also says that you should avoid eating aluminium while pregnant or breastfeeding. We hope you can resist the urge.

See The Summary For Yourself Here!

(actually the whole article is there, but we know you value condensed knowledge, so: the abstract at the top will probably tell you all you want to know!)