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Believe it or not, the world will always be full of myths, old wives’ tales, folklore, superstitions, or whatever you call ’em. Fact is, we grew up with some of them, a lot of them mere figments of the imagination. As small children who loved chewing gum (and loved sticking it anywhere and everywhere our sticky fingers would take us), we were warned — nay, scared out of our wits — by our elders that if we swallowed chewing gum (which we often accidentally did), the gooey culprit would remain inside our body for years and years. Talk about sticking around! We were mortally afraid of swallowing santol seeds because we were told that if we did, a santol tree would grow inside our stomach. With all the seeds we had swallowed, we would have grown an orchard! Whenever we played in the backyard or out in the streets, we were warned against stepping on a rusty nail lest we get infected with tetanus and have lockjaw. We refrained from any physical activity (including jumping for joy) after eating because we were warned that doing so would cause appendicitis. As we grew up (and started growing pimples), we were made to believe that eating chocolates, which we loved more than anything in the world, caused acne, which we dreaded more than anything in the world in our pubescent years. We were encouraged to eat carrots because they were said to improve our night vision. But like Ellen Degeneres said, “If carrots were really good for the eyes, how come there are many dead rabbits on the road?”
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-09-09 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Ching M. Alano
                    [SectionName] => Health And Family
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Busting common health myths

By Ching M. Alano | September 9, 2008 - 12:00am

Believe it or not, the world will always be full of myths, old wives’ tales, folklore, superstitions, or whatever you call ’em. Fact is, we grew up with some of them, a lot of them mere figments of the...

Health And Family