Sunday, April 21, 2019

The most popular myths about health

 The most popular myths about health  American doctors published a list of the most popular myths about health. Authors publishing - Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vrimen - surprising vitality of certain stereotypes that for decades replicated not only among ordinary people, but also through numerous media .
So:

Myth:   Do not eat at night!
True:   Overweight people are not picking up on what time of day he eats. Even if in the morning and in the afternoon we consume more calories than you can burn then, the fat is provided to us. No matter when you eat, it is important, how to burn excess weight .

Myth:   It is necessary to drink at least eight glasses of water a day!
True:   In general, true, but many perceive this advice literally whipped the water glasses. But these capacities simply measure the amount of fluid required. Meanwhile, in a plurality of water contained in foods, fruits and vegetables, tea and coffee. Do not forget to consider all this.

Myth:   You can not swallow the gum!
True:   Some humorist started a rumor that swallowed gum stays in the stomach for seven years. Yes, chewing gum is really not digested. But our body is often faced with here indigestible substances, and just sends them further. What is called the exit.

Myth:   Men with big feet small penis.
True:   Study 3 100 men proved that there is no connection between the size of the feet or hands to the magnitude of the penis does not exist. How many more need to carry out such studies, these myths have disappeared?

Myth:   Men think about sex on average every seven seconds.
True:   If we agree that the adult male is awake for 16 hours a day, it turns out that to him one day have 57,000 times come the thought of sex. Do you think this is real?

Myth:   Reading in dim light ruins your eyes.
True:   No evidence of this science is not provided. Indeed, if you read the book a long time in the light of a torch, the eyes begin to hurt you from stress. But after a vacation vision will return to normal.

Myth:   Flu vaccines lead to infection with influenza.
True:   Complete nonsense! The vaccine against influenza is only "dead" virus, which protects our body from a "live".



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