The British Medical Journal recently did some serious myth-busting (see part one and part two). Apparently, all of the following are myths:
- Sugar causes hyperactivity in children
- Suicides increase over the holidays
- Poinsettia is toxic
- Not wearing a hat causes excess heat loss
- Eating late in the day makes you fat
- You can cure a hangover
- People should drink at least eight glasses of water a day
- We use only 10% of our brains
- Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death
- Shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, or coarser
- Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight
- Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy
- Mobile phones create considerable electromagnetic interference in hospitals.
Fascinating…
