9 Myth of Health who may have been your Misleading

We've heard a lot of health information that is circulated from mouth to mouth in public. We take it as truth because most people believe. In fact, some of the myths that are not supported by scientific truth. Here are nine of them.

1. Reading in the dark ruin your eyes
Have you ever been advised not to read in the dark because it can damage the eye? Reading in the dark will only be tiring eyes but does not damage our eyes.

2. The heart is on the left chest
Almost every person when asked where the heart it will be holding the left chest. This is a wrong understanding. The heart is located almost in the middle of our chest, stored safely in the back of the chest cavity.

3. Stress can make hair gray overnight
Evidence did show that stress can speed up gray hair. Someone who is experiencing tension and sadness in a long time can more quickly have gray hair. However, the process is not in one night. The process changes the color becomes gray hair occurs gradually. The pattern of discoloration is usually genetic, there are still black hair there is also a change of gray.

4. The best way to be slim is to eat as little as possible.
If you eat very little, your weight will go down quickly, which seems very effective. But in the long run it is bad for your health and your weight. If you eat too little, you will lack vitamins and minerals so weak and tired. Your body will lack the energy needed and will seek alternative sources of energy by burning fat muscle. Also slows down your metabolism, because muscle mass is reduced to make slower combustion. Your body becomes very efficient. If you then break your diet and eat more (the majority of people do), then the combination of efficiency and excessive calorie intake will make your weight quickly rose again. Often the weight you are more than ever. This is often called yo-yo effect. The best way to be slim is with a program that combines a gradual decline in calorie intake and increase in combustion.

5. The best way to overcome the hiccups is to drink water
Medically, there is no evidence of the effectiveness of drinking water or hold your breath in overcoming the hiccups. Instead, according to the old recommendation from the New England Journal of Medicine (1971), swallowing a spoonful of granulated sugar was more effective. According to the study, this tactic succeeded in stopping hiccups in 19 out of 20 patients.

6. Chills makes you vulnerable to the flu
A study was conducted at the Common Cold Research Unit, Salisbury, England, where a group of volunteers inoculated with influenza virus is brought near to their noses. Half the group was placed in a warm room while the rest take a bath and soaked for half an hour, then dressed but wearing wet socks for several hours. The group did not get the flu more wet than the dry group. Conclusion: The cold does not affect the immune system.

7. Warm milk make children fall asleep easily
Milk contains little tryptophan, a type of amino acids that affect sleep easy. However, you need gallons of milk to feel the effect. When you find your child is so easy to fall asleep after drinking milk, actually rutinitasnyalah that helps children become calm.

8. We only use 10 percent of our brain.
Numerous brain imaging studies have shown that no one else in the brain region that is really silent or inactive. Detailed brain imaging has failed to identify 90 percent of the contents of the brain that "are not utilized." The myth that only a small portion of our brains are used may come from sellers who try to offer a "new innovation" in improving the ability of the brain.

9. Shaving makes hair grow back more quickly and harshly.
Waxing, shaving or tweezing will not change the texture or growth rate. The new hair grows back is blunt, but in time they will look exactly like your hair before.