FALLACIES ABOUT YOUR BODY

DRINKING ORANGE JUICE CURES COLDS

Although orange juice does contain some vitamin C (but not as much

as you think), and vitamin C is helpful to your immune system, it is

not a magic drug and will do very little in the way of curing a cold.

TILT YOUR HEAD BACK WHEN YOU GET A NOSE BLEED

This is actually quite a silly thing to do. The blood will now run down

your throat and into your stomach, potentially causing you to vomit.

Instead, try pinching your nose, sitting down, and leaning forward.

Blood might get on the floor, but that’s better than puking it up

and getting your vomit on the floor too.

PEEING ON A JELLYFISH STING NEUTRALIZES

THE PAIN

This is a popular myth that is not true at all. Jellyfish stings are

activated by fresh water and most of your pee happens to be just that.

HEART ATTACKS ALWAYS HURT REALLY BADLY

About 40-60 percent of heart attacks go unnoticed, especially in

women. If you do feel the heart attack there is a good chance that it

will feel something like heart burn, tooth pain, or any number of

other symptoms.

CRACKING YOUR KNUCKLES CAUSES ARTHRITIS

The crack is just negative pressure pulling nitrogen into the joint

and that isn’t harmful.

ALCOHOL WARMS YOU UP

Alcohol only makes you feel warm but only because it causes

blood vessels near the surface of your skin to dilate. Ironically,

this actually cools down your core body temperature.

YOU CAN SWEAT OUT TOXINS

Sweat consists of water, salt and electrolytes. Because your

sweat glands are superficial and only found in your skin, that

is all that your sweat will ever consist of. There is no way for any

mysterious “toxin” to be released through your sweat.

GOING OUT IN THE COLD, ESPECIALLY WITH WET HAIR,

MAKES YOU ILL

This is wrong. You get ill because of viruses. Viruses do not care

about the temperature. Furthermore, your immune system is not

significantly affected by the cold because your body maintains a

core temperature of about 37C (98.5F). If this drops by even a

couple degrees you will get hypothermia and die. The reason more

people get ill in winter is because you are likely to stay indoors

and around other people, which is exactly where all the viruses are.