We need to educate ourselves. Luckily, when Reddit user MarbleMimic asked others on the platform to share “disgusting” pieces of advice they were skeptical of at first but that ended up being actually helpful, folks stepped up and revealed a lot of interesting details about bodily functions.
Image credits: MarbleMimic
deys_malty , Matheus Bertelli / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
raginghearton , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“I was initially thinking of ‘uncomfortable yet true’ advice, but I was as surprised as anyone that foolproof ways of getting out stains rose to the top.”
clockjobber , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
cwsjr2323 , Yaroslav Shuraev / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Dr. Rob Sinnott, Chief Science Officer for USANA, the global health and wellness company that commissioned the aforementioned study, said “We have so much going on in our lives, we sometimes forget that our health should come first and for a lot of us, our high school anatomy classes were ages ago.”
VikuSam , Anastasia Shuraeva / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
schtefferson , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
46 percent respondents of their study reported they want to expand their knowledge around mental health, while 38 percent would like to look into cardiology, and 32 percent want further education on reproductive health.
LiterallyADiva , John Finkelstein / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
bayouprincess88 , Miriam Alonso / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
“I’m a fan of true crime, and others will look at me sideways and assume it’s because of that that I know that blood dries brown and not red (not, you know, the fact that I have a period).”
Jefffahfffah , Max Vakhtbovycn / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Horror_Goat_4611 , Kyle Glenn / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
And if a Reddit thread helps us to fill the gaps, who cares if it’s just an online scroll?
mellowmadre , Carlos Santiago / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
BetterRemember , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
latchkey_adult , Vie Studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
megan1010m , Nadin Sh / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
florabundawonder , Alex Simpson / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
wildbillnj1975 , Alexas Fotos / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
RunsWithCrashCarts , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Individual_Will_2503 , Fahmi Garna / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
impossible12345 , João Jesus / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
CoatFullOfBees , Tima Miroshnichenko / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
goe4it , Elevate / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report
Smegmatron9000 , ROMAN ODINTSOV / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
AdBroad8817 , Los Muertos Crew / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
behold_the_pagentry , Micheile OlivieStrauss / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
Fish_tacos_ , Daria Obymaha / pexels (not the actual photo) Report
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