7. Going out in the cold with wet hair will make you sick.
We’ve all heard this advice more than a few times, but is it really possible to get sick by going out in the cold with wet hair? The answer is no. Colds and flues are caused by bacteria and viruses, not cold weather. While going out in the cold with wet hair may make you chilly, it won’t make you sick … unless of course you happen to run into someone who has a cold.
So do you still have to eat your carrots and stop cracking your knuckles? Of course. But only because your mother said so.
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Actually going out with your hair wet makes you succeptible to colds. There are proofs that exposure to cold temperatures can weaken immune systems thereby leading to a greater susceptibility to illnesses. Cold air rushing into and drying out the nasal passages makes infections more probable by compromising the nose's ability to filter infections.
Your entire thought process on #1 and water intake is extremely irresponsible. "We can get liquid love from tea" .. not if it's caffeinated, sweetheart. The caffeine will dehydrate you, completely contradicting your very thought process. Who even writes these articles? Why not encourage the intake of WATER. Why bother to tell people that it's OK not to drink water, but instead, drink tea, juice, and (eat) fruits. As already mentioned, tea (caffeinated) will dehydrate you, juice and fruits have sugar in them, so drinking 8 glasses of juice a day will mess with your blood sugar levels. People, don't buy into this nonsense. Drink your 8 glasses of h20 per day, and get/stay healthy. We're humans, we need straight water to survive, and not *contaminated* water (so-to-speak) by mixing it with coffee and tea. Any doctor will tell you that the water that comes from juices, coconuts, fruits, is not a sufficient source of h20 for a healthy living.
Regarding food: Chocolate (and other sweets and dairy) feeds acne because there are many fake modified milk ingredients in chocolate. These, along with barely useful dairy fat, are squeezed out of your pores (when you don't eat enough fiber to scrape them out internally) and feed bacteria on the skin, producing the lesions we see as acne. Same goes for all the sugar in there. It's not specifically chocolate, it's garbage food and sweets in general. As for feeding a cold, eating sugar depresses the immune system, making you sick as heck. If as soon as you feel a cold coming on, you cut out sugar (and even carbs) completely, except for a little fruit, you will defeat the cold before it makes you sick. During a cold or flu, stop eating sugar, cut most carbs out, and eat lots of protein and fat (real, thick, lardy steaks) and you can potentially kill it within a day or two... or at least reduce symptoms literally 80%.
This by far has been one of my favorite post and there is some truth is some of these things.I found the one about the carrots to be quite interesting.I was always told that carrots were good for me when I was growing up and in reality..They are.Carrots might not stop things from happening to us, but they are healthy.They do contain Vitamin A, which is good for vision.They also contain potassium, which is good for blood pressure and aids in the prevention of cysts and tumors.I'm not saying that's all you need, but they do play a part.Excellent post!
-An apple a day keeps the doctor away. You forgot to mention the mass amounts of fiber gained from eating an apple. I think most people don’t realize fibers importance in your bodies ability to stay healthy. Fiber is the workhorse and helps keep your body clean on the inside, ...and no, not just the bowels. As you can see, your lacking many “facts” in your article. Simply placing your opinion out there and calling it scientific fact is a little careless. I feel sorry for the people that believed every word of your Health Myths Debunked.
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