Summary
For the last few years we have been bombarded with advice to drink more water - up to eight glasses a day. And we've also been told not to read in poor light as it will affect our eyesight and even that shaving hair makes it grow back faster and coarser.
But is there any truth to these and other widely-held beliefs?See the full content of this document
Extract
Eight Glasses of Water and Other Medical Myths
A team of researchers from the US set out to discover whether there is any evidence to support seven such assumptions, including the big water question.
They found that most are either unproven or untrue, and should be regarded not as universal truths, but more likely as medical myths.The authors of the ...See the full content of this document
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