Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba a4 Winnipeg free press Friday december 21, 2007 top news snapshot pearls of incorrect Wisdom medical facts Are fiction study researchers debunk Long accepted health beliefs by Sheryl Ubelacker t Oronto ? they re As Perva Sive As they Are compelling Little morsels of medical and anatomical Wisdom that everyone seems to know we should drink eight glasses of water daily fingernails and hair continue to grow after death and eating Turkey makes you sleepy. Turns out researchers say that these and Many other Long accepted beliefs Arent actually True. People tend to believe things that other people or experts Tell them says paediatrician or. Rachel Vreeman of Indiana University who co authored an article in fridays British medical journal debunking a number of med ical myths. I think the biggest reason is that people Seldom take the time to think about what the evidence or the real reasons Are behind the things that they believe she said noting that Doc tors Are As guilty As anyone of buying into such assumptions. Take the water thing for example. Vreeman and Indiana University co author or. Aaron Carroll found no Evi Dence after searching the scientific literature that the body requires eight glasses about two litres of water a Day for Good health. I completely believed that we really were supposed to drink eight glasses of water Vreeman conceded thurs Day by phone from Indianapolis. And i think most people feel guilty about it because even if they completely believe that As Well they Are not Actu ally drinking eight glasses of water. But the important thing is there is actually no medical evidence whatsoever that you need that much water she said. The Only reference she and Carroll could find was a 1945 recommendation from the . Nutrition eight glasses a Day Good Luck can West news service archives you la have to find a new excuse for your drowsiness this Christmas. A new study says Turkey does not make you drowsy contrary to popular belief. Council which suggested that people should ingest about eight glasses of fluid a Day. But that fluid can be found in other foods that you re eating already fruits and vegetables. And the fluid in things like Coffee and soda actually count so it does to have to be just another food related myth that gets trotted out a lot this time of year is that eating Turkey makes a person drowsy because the Gobbler contains the sleep inducing agent tryptophan ? a notion Vreeman and Carroll both freely admit to believing before looking into its Validity. Turkey does contain tryptophan and tryptophan does actually have the Abil Ity to cause drowsiness Vreeman said. But the real problem with blaming Turkey for your Sleepi Ness is that Turkey does not contain any More tryptophan than other types of Chicken and beef have about the same amount As Turkey while pork and Call 222-2222 order online @ 2006 07 5116 dec. 21, 2007 if this matches your press card number Call 697-7580 to claim $50 in pizza hotline gift certificates. Prize must be claimed within 5 Days of publication. 2008 Dodge ram 2500 Quad cab 4x4 2004 Chrysler Sebring touring Cummins diesel loaded with Protection group trailer Tow Gap. & Sirius satellite radio. St 8140 was $55,015 Gold plan warranty boxing week Sale 45,337 9,440 Swiss cheese have More. So if we re going to blame anything for our Sleepi Ness it should be something like a Ham and Swiss cheese Sandwich ? and even that probably in to enough tryptophan to make you some other widely held beliefs the researchers deflate we use Only 10 per cent of our brains this myth arose As Early As 1907, propagated by multiple sources advocating the Power of self improvement and tapping into each persons unrealized latent abilities the authors write. Brain imaging shows no part of the brain is non functioning. Reading in dim Light ruins your eyesight a common admonition from mothers and grandmothers. Although it can cause Eye Strain with multiple Tempo Rary negative effects it is unlikely to cause a permanent change to the function or Structure of the shaving causes hair to grow Back faster or coarser this notion was disproved in 1928 in a study that compared hair growth in subjects who had patches shaved off with those who did to but the myth continues to persist. Vreeman said hair that grows Back appears Darker because it has not been exposed to Sun Light and its Blunt ends make it seem thicker but its just not hair and fingernails continue to grow after death the truth is its probably an optical illusion said Vreeman. After death the skin and other soft tissues dry up and retract making it appear that the hair and nails have grown when they have Only become More prominent. For the nails and for the hair to Actu ally grow really requires a pretty com plex interplay of hormones. Its a process that a just not there once peo ple have while the researchers did to set out to be myth busters they Hope their study and a Book on the subject they Hope to publish next year will make people think twice before accepting so called truisms. We Hope that the general Public will consider the fact that there Are things we hear All the time that we should ques Tion Vreeman said. We especially Hope that people in positions of More responsibility or authority ? especially people like physicians who have Access to a lot of medical information ? would really apply their Good Sci ence to coming up with answers for the questions about Peoples cellphones Are dangerous in hospitals the duo found no deaths caused by the use of a Mobile phone in any med ical facility and say 510 tests with 16 medical devices by the Mayo clinic in 2005 concluded the incidence of Clini Cally important electromagnetic inter Ference was 1.2 per mama always Tell you Reading in dim Light would ruin your eyes your mama was wrong we will give a discount equivalent to the Post & get tax of the item purchased see store for details. government certified Canadian diamonds mined Cut & polished in Canada Polo Park 786-1388 St. Vital Centre 237-1388 Portage place 956-1388 Brandon shoppers Mal l 727-1388 1900 main Street ? 1-866-387-0052 open 24 hrs shop online All incentives to dealer. $1500 rebate included in lieu of 3 for free. 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