The 19 worst health trends in 2019

Lollipops of appetite to the carnivorous regime, these health fades must go.


Health trends are not always, well, healthy. In fact, more often, these "fashionable" weight loss products and the regimes you see on social media are supported by little scientific evidence and are really more harmful than they are useful. In the spirit of transforming a new leaf for the new year, we gathered the 19 worst health trends in 2019.

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THE PEGAN REGIME

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In one way or another, someone has found a way to aggravate the paleo diet. How? 'Or' What? By undressing a few good things he had - to know, meat and fish - and doing it mostlyvegan diet too.

By themselves, both a paleo diet and a herbal diet can be perfectly healthy. However, when these two health trends are combined in the "Pegan regime", as we know, they essentially prevent a person fromConsume essential vitamins and nutrients. This regime is contradictory, confusing and unhealthy, so let it simply in 2019.

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Steam

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Once upon a time, electronic cigarette manufacturers were pioneered in the wellness area. Why? Well, their revolutionary product was not intended to be adrugbut rather a way tocigarette.

Of course, things have a way to go horribly badly, and that's exactly what happened with these electronic devices. In November 2019, researchers fromCollege of Medicine from the University of Penn State found that Juul - the type of the most popular electronic cigarettes - offer nicotine as effectively asA regular cigarette. While the Juula could have been a way to help adults stop smoking, they transformed a new generation into nicotine addictions. According toThe Washington Post"Some young people have used theft of their parents or sell electronic cigarette initiatives to support their habits".

And then there is theDiseases and deaths bonded by steam. As of October 28, 2019, theCenters for Disaster Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that there were 34 deaths of steam-related pulmonary injuries on its registration.

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Put the CBD in everything

CBD Oil Drops
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Today you can not go to aextra charge Shop, a hipster coffee, even a spa without locating a product containing cannabidiol or CBD. However, the jury is always about whether this substance - one of the active ingredients of cannabis - can actually make all companies claiming.

"[CBD] has a potential medicinal value, but when we put it in the mascara and we put it in buffers ... for me, it's a scam"Yasmin Hurd, director of the Mount Sinai Institute of Addiction in New York, saidThe New York Times. CBD could have a place in 2020As an anti-anxiety complement or even as a sleep help, but there is really no need to put this product inall.

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Celery juice

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Every year, a kind of "miracle" food product becomes popular in the world of health as healing, all for all, weight loss to autoimmune diseases - and in 2019, the trendy miracle healing substance to try was the celery juice. Everybody ofJennifer AnistonToSELMA BlairTohas seen the benefits Green drink!

However, as nutritionistLisa R. Young Notes in a post forNBC News,"There is certainly no evidence that the celery is a panacea for everything that has you. It is even possible that in escaped a green vegetable in your diet, you are absent from the health benefits of others. " Eating celery as a snack is well encouraged, even! - But this obsession with celery wood is one of thehealth trends that have to go.

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Terebenthin drink

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In an interview with 2018 withGq, actressTiffany Haddish Revealed its cure for common cold: drinking turpened. "A terebenthin coffee spoon will not kill you," she said. "The government does not want you to know that if you have a cold, just take a certain turpentine with sugar or castle or honey and it will leave the next day."

Is Tiffany Haddish a licensed doctor? Absolutely not. And yet, drinking turpentine has become a way in one way or another has become a good health of semi-popular health in 2018 and until 2019. When theGq Profile is out,Gizmodo even felt the need to write an article entitled "Please do not drink Turperentaine"Just to prevent people from this toxic product. Turitus is not supposed to be consumed, so please turn off clearly.

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Appetite removal lifts

Woman holding lollipops
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Consumers are vulnerable to advertisements that they consider via social media, especially when people who promote them are celebrities. WhenKim Kardashian Posted on Instagram Promote Flatumm appetite appetite lifts in 2018, they are immediately becamethe Health product to try among diet people.

If the lollipops of appetite removal, it is too good to be true, it is because they are. "Meting [Safran] in a lollipop and tell people to eat it [is not] a healthy approach to weight loss, body image or nutrition," endocrinologistRekha Kumar, MD, explained toRefinery29. Not only do these lollipops do not do what they claim to do, but they also promote the disordered manger. In 2020, the only lollipops we want to eat are Tootsie rollers in the center.

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Weight loss tea

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Seriously, however, there is no miracle product in weight loss, no matter what Kim tells you. And "weight loss tea" is no exception.

In 2019, Kardashian's detoxification tea became such a big problem that a Senator Connecticuct evencalled a survey in the product. In September, Instagram also announcednew policies This prohibited the promotion of weight loss remedies and cosmetic surgeries to prevent its users from being influenced by phony products without health benefits, including weight loss tea.

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Activated carbon products

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Health companies like to try to sell customers about the benefits of activated carbon, especially when it comes todental bleaching. However, as a 2017 review published inThe American Dental Association Notes, the backup data is insufficient that this product is safe and effective as a teeth cleaning paste.

What is worse is that according toWebmdThe activated carbon is mainly used to treat overdoses and intoxication because it "helps to rid the body of undesirable substances". It's really not something to spoil at home.

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Yoni Eggs

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Yoni Eggs - Who are jade stones carved in a form of eggs in order to be used inside the vagina-internet by storm whenGwyneth Paltrow's Healthy life siteGoop Asked that they could balance hormone levels and even help control the bladder. However, taking the Internet by Storm is not always a good thing: in September 2018,Goop settled a trial agreeing to pay $ 125,000 for the false affections they made on these eggs, and it was the end ofthis Bizarre Health Fad.

Where was it? As recently as October 2019,Refinery29 Felt the need to publish a refreshment on the danger of using Jade eggs. And inWomen's healthOb-GynWhite kate, MD, warned in April 2019 that "there is no proven benefit to use a jade egg, but there are several risks". We really do not have to say that, but keep the stone eggs away from your private parts, please!

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Tattoos of sunburn

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Getting a real tattoo could be dangerous, but it's nothing compared to give you a "sunburn tattoo". In the summer of 2019,Ink The magazine reported that these tattoos were becoming popular on social media especially, with peopleburn Express, so much temporary designs would show on their skin. Unless you want to look likeLarry Davidaround 2011, do you have a favor and let this weird tendency in 2019.

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Waist

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If you follow anyone from the Kardashian / Jenner clan, then chances are familiar with the coaches of the size. These social media moguls - as well as countless other celebrities-swear by them as an easy and efficient weight loss solution, even if they are really dangerous.

"The coaches of the size] can cause difficulty breathing by restricting the thoracic cage and the diaphragm," specialist in force and conditioning certifiedGarrett van Aukenexplained toElite every day. What is worse is that when you use a size trainer, you're basicallytorture you no reason, as these devices can not change your internal composition or the size of your bones. Of course, you can sweat more when you wear one and lose weight from the water because of that, but at what cost?

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"Natural water

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"A new craze of the Silicon Valley could make people sick." What's thisVox written about the gross water trend at the back when it started to become popular in 2018. Since raw water has not been treated to maintain vitamins and essential nutrients in the liquid, The companies that sell it also fail to eliminate bacteria, pesticides, pests and any other contaminant that could be in water supply. Uh ... collaborate with water filtered in 2020, let's go?

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Colonics

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In case you are unfamiliar, a colony is a transformed health process the treatment of the spa used to rinse and empty the intestine. If it has been too often, it can be dangerous.

"There is undeniable proof that a healthy digestive system does an excellent body waste disposal work without any external help", note the experts toLos Angeles Colon & Rectal Homical Associates. The people who rest too strongly on the colonics discover everything from bloating to the colitis, so do not buy this dangerous health.

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Drops of vitamin IV

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Vitamin IV drops became so popular in 2019 that "lease-a-drop" the IV salons even began to appear throughout the country. However, most doctors agree that these drops -, supposed to inject essential vitamins and minerals right into the bloodstream for immediate benefits - are hardly only a rapid schema stratager of health society.

"Everything is really absurd"Stanley Goldfarb, MD, Professor of Medicine with the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, saidWebmd. "Just answer people who they take their health in their own hands."

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Coffee lotions

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Caffeinated lotions have health benefits. A 2015 study published inDermatology annalsFor example, found that subjects that used caffeine-containing cream on their cellulite twice a day for six weeks saw improvements.

However, doctors warn that skin skin products can cause something called "rebound redness" if you use them consistently, then forget about one day. This is because when your blood vessels are used to a daily dose of caffeine, they will hyperdrive and contract at the visible redness point without it.

"Let's say you drink coffee every day ... then one day, you forget to drink your coffee or that someone changes it for a decaf and you get rage headaches. You get that thrilling in your head [Because] these [bodywork] ships dilated even more, "dermatologistSusan Obagi, MD, explained toSelf on the mechanisms behind the redness rebound. You'd better stick to just as effective lotions that have no potential side effects.

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"Healthy" alternatives of ice cream

Woman buying low-calorie ice cream at the grocery store
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In 2019, the freezer alley of the grocery store was resumed by iced "diet" products. But how are these ice cream products in good health? Well, many of them use debatable ingredients such as propylene glycol-aka antigreeze - to get the same texture as the ordinary ice cream and fat.

In addition, many companies use artificial sweeteners to cut calories and "artificial sweeteners affect our sense of satiety", as nutritionistIsabel Smith, MS, RD, CDN, explained toEat this, not that! If you want ice cream, go ahead and you take ahead - because you opt for the "Low fat" version of your favorite flavor can simply fire in the long run.

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The carnivorous regime

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Eating meat is good for you, yes, but too much of all this is too much. Try to say that people onThe carnivorous regime, although. This strange diet is composed of products of animal origin, so it is limited to meat, eggs and dairy products. Translation? While the carnivorous diet could give you all the proteins and grease you need (then some), it is seriously lacking fiber, carbohydrates and other essential nutrients of plants.

In addition, eating only animal products is a sure way to raise your cholesterol levels andblessed your heart. A 2019 study led by researchers at theCleveland Clinic found that people who ate a rich red meat diet hadthrice The levels of Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a chemical linked to heart disease, only those who mainly ate white meat or plant-based protein.

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Lip injections

Woman getting lip injections
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In order to follow the Kardashians - Why everything on this list of bad health trends is it somehow relating to this famous family? - People started investing in lip loads. The problem? "When you enlarge the lips several times ... the load can act as a tissue extensor, permanently stretching the skin and cause lips sag and deflate when the load finally deteriorates, leaving you a worse shape that when you started, "cosmetic dermatologistKaryn Grossman explained toSeduce.

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Electrical stimulation workouts

Woman doing an electrical stimulation workout
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Ashley Graham andRome StrijdAre just some of the celebrities that swear electric muscle stimulation workouts. This type of workout sends an electric current to your muscles to trigger involuntary muscle contractions and helps you burn twice as many calories in half the time.

Although electronic stimulation is used in physical therapy and other rehabilitation facilities, its use at the gym is always very contested. In 2016, Swiss researchers even leaned a letter fromBmjCalling the "limited scientific evidence on the safety and effectiveness of this form of exercise", highlighting several cases in which the people who used it found themselves with the rhabdomyolysis, which involves the potentially fatal ventilation of muscle fiber.


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