7 Bad Habits That Are Secretly Harming Your Health

By Vanshika Gaur
05 Feb 2025, 15:30 IST

Habits are essential in shaping our daily lives, but some habits can secretly harm your health. Here are a few habits that might be damaging your well-being. Tap to read and try to change them.

Biting Nails

Biting nails is a harmful habit as it can lead to illness, as nails carry many germs. It can also damage the skin around the nail bed.

Eating Too Much

Eating too much, even if you are eating healthy food but in larger quantities, can lead to weight gain, heart disease, high blood pressure, and more.

Eating Junk Food

Junk Food is high in calories and has little to no calories. Eating too much junk food can lead to serious health problems such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and more.

Not Getting Enough Sleep

If you are not getting enough sleep then it might raise many health issues such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and depression.

Cracking Knuckles

Cracking knuckles helps remove the tiny bubbles in the synovial fluids which helps joints move, but cracking them often can lead to swollen hands and a weaker grip.

Using Phone Before Bed

Using your phone before sleeping is not good for your health, as the blue light emitted from the phone can disrupt the sleep cycle, resulting in less amount of sleep.

Sitting For Longer Periods

Sitting for longer hours in one place slows down metabolism, which can lead to weight gain and other health issues, such as heart disease.

Information Credits

This information is sourced from WebMD. It is advisable to consult a healthcare professional to help you make changes in your habits.