Do you abuse your youth without even knowing it? It can go beyond binge
drinking and skipping your nightly moisturizer. There are some things
you’re doing right now that may not be showing consequences yet, but
when they do, they’ll hit you with a vengeance. Your body will withstand
a lot when you’re young without complaining, but it remembers what you
put it through when you’re older. And since all of your organs—from your
heart to your skin—need to work twice as hard to be healthy as you age,
they can’t afford to have you tire them out in your twenties and
thirties. So, you have to ask yourself, is slacking off on this, or
indulging in that, really worth the price you’ll pay later in life? It hardly is. Here are 20 unhealthy habits of today that will haunt you tomorrow.
Holding in your anger
You may not want to be
a “drama queen.” Maybe you don’t want to stir up issues in your
relationship. You don’t want to fight with your mom. But holding in your
anger can cause digestive issues, sleep issues, blood pressure issues
and more. So, if someone pissed you off, tell them. Let them take on the stress since they caused the problem.
Having a limiting diet
You want that perfect
crop-top body in your 20s, so you eat nothing but broccoli and chicken
every single day. But that’s not sustainable, and when the day comes
that you do need to expand your diet, you may have given yourself some
food allergies.
Taking exercise too seriously
As a part of
the crop-top plan, you may force yourself to do an hour on the
elliptical each day or hit your spin class every morning. And, the truth
is, you hate all of this. If you burn yourself out on exercise young,
and associate working out with stress and negativity, it will be hard to
get back into it when you really need it later in life.
Failing to floss
The intensive dental procedures needed to undo years of zero flossing can cost thousands of dollars. Yes—thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, a month’s worth of floss costs, what, $3?
Skipping your regular dentist appointments
Even
if you floss daily, you cannot do what your dentist can do. You need
your dentist’s skills and tools to remove the plaque and buildup that
you miss throughout the year. Skipping your dentist appointment to save
money now can mean procedures that cost tens of thousands of dollars
later. And you were hoping to put a down payment on a house.
Drinking daily
You may not see it right
away, but drinking daily dehydrates your body and causes wrinkles. There
is almost no amount of water that can make up for the dehydration
caused by daily alcohol.
Wearing tall heels
High heels push your butt
out, pull your chest forward and elongate the legs. While all of this
looks amazing, it feels terrible on your joints and spine and can cause long-term problems
Wearing shoes with bad soles
Not every foot
needs the same sole, which is why it makes no sense that most of us buy
our shoes at stores that mass-produce them. Depending on your foot and
the activities you regularly do, you could benefit from several types of insoles that will prevent problems later in life.
Eating microwavable meals
Eating
microwavable meals hurts you in two ways: 1) It deprives you of
nutrients since the foods have been dehydrated, frozen and blasted in a
microwave and 2) It makes you incompetent in the kitchen. You don’t want
to be 40 and have no clue how to boil rice.
Using social media at bedtime
If you’re a millennial, you almost definitely look at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or all of the above right before sleep. But studies have
found that looking at such sites before bed can greatly interfere with
one’s sleep, and not getting enough sleep can cause many other health
issues.
Skimping on sleep
Just because you can run
on 5 hours of sleep a night when you’re 20 doesn’t mean you should. Your
body knows you haven’t slept enough, even if your brain doesn’t, and it
will make you pay later in other ways.
Working too hard
Having a healthy social
life is important for fighting off depression. Fighting off depression
is important for fighting off health issues. Working too hard doesn’t
help fight any of that.
Wearing cheap sunglasses
The cute, trendy
sunglasses are $5. You don’t want to splurge on the $50 pair because you
always misplace your glasses. But the expensive ones are probably
expensive because they actually protect your eyes from the
wrinkle-causing, vision-damaging sun.
Wearing cheap materials
It’s fun to load up
your closet with $10 dresses, and $5 tops in your 20s. But these items
are usually cheap because they’re made of cheap materials, and those
materials can cause rashes, bladder infections and more. Having any of
these issues regularly can harm you in the long run.
Taking sleeping pills
Don’t look for the
quick fix when it comes to sleep issues. Get to the root of the
problem—determine why you can’t sleep and fix it. Take up meditation, or
try natural supplements. You don’t want to become dependent on sleep
medications.
Having an irregular meal schedule
Just
because you can go 16 hours without food doesn’t mean you should. If you
want your metabolism to treat you well when you’re older, you need to
treat it well now. Strengthen it while you still can.
Skipping your gyno appointments
When
something changes in your vaginal or reproductive health, it can change
fast. Skipping just one pap smear could mean that totally harmless
precancerous cells become cancerous ones—but your doctor could have
prevented that if he’d seen you in time.
Treating your friends (Or the Internet) like your doctor
Your
friends do not know why your stomach hurts in the morning or why your
head throbs after certain foods. The Internet doesn’t know either. Don’t
treat either of these resources like dependable medical resources, or
the consequences could be devastating.
Running
For goodness sake, don’t run daily.
It’s extremely hard on your joints. It can make you lose several inches
of height when you get older because of the stress on your back. And it
probably exposes you to too much sunlight.
Sitting at a computer too much
Don’t worry
about how goofy they look and order a standing desk, now. Sitting for
most of the day, every day, can cause back and neck pain, digestive
issues and more.
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