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Megan Rabbit is a journalist.
She wrote a book called The New Rules of Women's Health and she says there's a lot that we
as women were never taught about this stuff.
I think that health class really falls short for so many of us and even our young girls today are not getting a real adequate education about their bodies,
their anatomy, their health.
And that means we might start to believe myths or ideas that have not been supported by evidence,
like the idea that you can maximize your workouts based on where you are in your menstrual cycle.
And this one surprises a lot of women, particularly young women,
who I think we were targeted for a while with the algorithm saying like,
if you're in your alludial phase, you have to do this type of workout or during your period,
during your menstrual phase, take it down a notch.
And there is no great data to back this up.
Megan says after interviewing more than 100 scientists and doctors and other clinicians,
what she learned above all is that the health tips that sound the most obvious are the ones that tend to be backed by research.
You know,
it's the tried and true lifestyle advice that we hear a million times and that can make us roll our eyes like,
oh, I've heard this before.
Don't tell me to eat well and sleep and exercise.
But if we stay consistent with those things,