Thursday, October 23, 2008
Can you skip breakfast, ditch your multivitamin and monthly breast self-exam and still be guaranteed good health? This article in Redbook magazine suggests you can.
Filling out the list of five health myth-busters are staying inside when its cold (not necessary) and not eating after 7 p.m. in order to lose weight. I have to admit, I was happy to read that last one, as I've found it difficult, if not impossible, to get dinner consumed and digested before 7:30. But skip a monthly breast exam? I've known women who have found cancer-containing lumps that way.
While the story is peppered with caveats, I think it's dangerous to suggest that some of these health-promoting habits (eating breakfast) and behaviors (breast exams) are unnecessary.
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cariedaway (anonymous) says...
I have to say I completely disagree with this article. First off, doctors are the LAST people to rely on for nutritional information, unless they have specialized in it. Western medical training is woefully inadequate on teaching doctors about nutrition. So, this article's assertion that breakfast is unnecessary and that multivitamins don't help is just junk! Most Americans do NOT get everything they need from their daily diets, no way! And I can personally attest that based on deliberately trying life with and without vitamins, my health is better WITH. And cutting-edge nutritional thinking indicates that breakfast (while it doesnt have to be immediately upon awakening) within the 1st hour of rising does stoke up your metabolism to run efficiently all day. The article may be right about going outside when it's cold, but the other parts are ridiculous assertions!
October 23, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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