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Medical Folklore
Usually Wrong
While much of medical folk lore is now obsolete and largely forgotten, there are still many completely erroneous beliefs about their health held by size able numbers of people in our so called age of enlightenment.
TODAY S UK \I. 1 H OUDh the American Medical Assoc ia lion's manual of health informa tion for the American family, points out that grandma is not always wrong in her concepts of health. But she often is wrong
Flic book lists some of Uncommon misconceptions about health —
• Fating between meals is a I ways harmful (untrue).
• Bad breath means disease (not so)
• Milk should not be taken at the same time as sour fruits (not so) .
• Proteins and c arboh\ dra tes should not be eaten at the samemeal (incorrect).
• l)ail\ bowel movements ate nccessarv for health (untrue).
• Pain in the- back must null cate kidney disease (incorrect)
• Pain in the- abdomen means .in overloaded stomach (wrong)
• A laxative is good . for ah dominal pain (it is sometimes dangerous) .
• Food kept in an open tin can is necessarily poisonous mot if properly refrigerated)
• Seales from scarlet fever and measles spread the disease (nose and throat secretions actually do) .
• Sewer gas makes people sick (no—it's just unpleasant)
• Fried and higlilv seasoned foods are harmful mot in model ation)
• A cold can be broken up or cured (it cannot) .
• Non feed a cold and starve a fever (no) .
• Fve muscle exercises will eliminate the need for glasses (a dangerous fallacy)
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