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[jawmo]

Thank Bog for Lasik and depilatories.

[kem]

A calorie is a calorie.

[Morvis13]

Interesting anecdote I just heard at the dentist:

Receptionist says that if you sing or otherwise exercise your numbness will wear off faster.

[seaotter]

What about the banana and pickle eating for cramps? Is that a myth? Sounds kinda grandmothers wisdom to me.

[Dolomedes]

Bananas contain a lot of magnesium, and some cramps are caused by a lack of magnesium. So this is at least plausible.

[MountainManPan]

I thought it was the potassium.

[FX]

 

Bananas contain a lot of potassium, and some cramps are caused by a lack of potassium. So this is at least plausible.

FTFY

[Dolomedes]

No, I did mean magnesium.

[WooFighter]

Hangover cures.

Please, tell me that there's one that works out there!

I have one that works and is absolutely 100% completely effective every time. But you're not going to like it: Don't drink.

[stands2reason]

Hangover cures.

Please, tell me that there's one that works out there!

I have one that works and is absolutely 100% completely effective every time. But you're not going to like it: Don't drink.

Or just drink very little. Seriously, is it just me, or is being full-on drunk overhyped and not that great at all?

[WooFighter]

How about the myth of 'localized fat burning'? That is, that if you exercise your abs you will only burn belly fat, if you exercise your thighs you will only burn thigh fat, etc. I have heard this endlessly from friends and occasionally even from trainers at the local gym.

[Duckhugger]

-Drinking your own fresh urine has it's benefits.

That one is a total myth! You have to store the urine in a fetid old glass bottle in your grandmother's attic, letting it age for at least a month or so, before you can expect to reap benefits from drinking it!

Speaking of drinking related myths... the whole "drinking liquid during a meal messes up your digestion" one kinda' pisses me off.

I remember I had some friends when I was a kid who's parents firmly believed in that one and wouldn't let them touch a drop of liquid till they were finished eating. I'd hate to be the poor kid stuck choking down dry food in that household... gah!

[Hampster]

Teething is not real, according to my Dr.

We could have sworn our kid was teething at 6 months.   He had all the symptoms, but his teeth never came in.  At 7 months his teeth came in with absolutely no fuss.  Our doctor said that studies have show people report this, but can't never be proven to be caused by teeth coming in.  It usually just another type of sickness.

Kinda like MSG-- another medical myth.  Everyone claims symptoms, but double blind studies show no relation.

--Dave

[MountainManPan]

A calorie is a calorie.

For the most part it is.  Except if you are talking about eating raw food. Like a raw apple may be rated for 100 calories, but we get maybe only 60 or so calories from it on accounta it is raw.

[Morvis13]

A calorie is a calorie.

For the most part it is.  Except if you are talking about eating raw food. Like a raw apple may be rated for 100 calories, but we get maybe only 60 or so calories from it on accounta it is raw.

Proof! we need proof.

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How about the statement that hot/warm water for hand washing kills more bacteria then cold.