The 8 most popular myths come from childhood
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Some myths take shape over the years, and from year to year they roam, gathering new details. Surely many have heard that you can not crunch your fingers, because my mother said that you can earn arthritis. This is just one of the few examples of what everyone has heard, but the truth is it or not, no one could say for sure.
Ilive presents the 8 most popular myths from childhood.
Do not crack your fingers
There is no medical evidence that this habit can lead to the development of arthritis. However, doctors recommend fighting the habit of "breaking" your fingers, because it can lead to the appearance of cracks or dislocations. Whatever it was, the crunching of the fingers affects some people irritatingly, so it's better not to loosen the nerves of others, otherwise the injury will be exactly, but not because of the crunch.
You can not go out with wet hair
Many girls heard this more than once, when they did not dry their hair, went out into the street under Mamina's lamentations that tomorrow one can expect a high temperature. Of course, moms are right, but only that you can freeze, but do not get sick the next day. The cause of flu and colds are viruses and bacteria, and not a wet head and cold weather.
Eight glasses of water daily
Until you feel thirsty and your urine is clear, you do not have dehydration and you get enough water. Therefore, the cherished eight glasses, a myth that does not understand where it comes from, does not justify itself. In addition, a person receives water also with food and other drinks, in which there are also nutrients.
You will read in the dark - you will go blind
Well, this phrase in my childhood probably heard if not all, then many for sure. Poor lighting during reading can not cause such radical irreversible damage, odako due to eye strain the headache is guaranteed. The same applies to the TV and computer monitor - if you sit too close, your head will hurt.
Sugar makes children hyperactive
This is a common and groundless myth. Research scientists prove that the consumption of sugar or its substitute aspartame in much larger than recommended doses does not have a negative impact on the behavior of children.
Rapidly lifted is not considered to be fallen or a rule of five seconds
Unfortunately, microbes do not have a stopwatch that counts the very five seconds for which a person will have time to lift a candy that has fallen to the floor. Therefore, if something falls out of your hands directly on the floor, then do not doubt, microbes instantly find themselves on this subject.
If there are symptoms of a cold, you should eat tightly, if the temperature - then no crumbs in your mouth should be
If you think about it, it sounds barbarous. Is it possible to deprive our weakened from the fight against the virus organism without support in the form of nutrition, which gives him strength? Eat, eat and eat again if you are sick.
You need to sleep at least eight hours a day
Not everyone needs eight hours of sleep per day. Some sleep well in six, but others are few and nine to function normally all day. The amount of sleep required varies from a number of factors, including diseases, stress, physical activity and much more.