Swallow the cud - there will be a turn of the intestines
... And, perhaps, even you will die! This myth used to go around among children and was actively supported by some adults. The reasoning was this: the chewing gum would get stuck in the intestine, get stuck and stay in the body forever, poisoning it with "harmful chemistry." In fact, the chewing gum that gets into the stomach goes the same way as any other food, and, pushed by the walls of the intestine, leaves the body naturally. Under the influence of gastric juice, which is a concentrated acid, the chewing gum loses its stickiness and does not stick to anything. Only one physician is unanimous: one should not chew the gum on an empty stomach, it activates the secretion of gastric juice, and the empty stomach is "idle" for the benefit does not go.
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You walk in winter without a hat - you will get sick with meningitis
This pugalka necessarily accompanied by a storyabout a certain boy from a neighboring school who, after this very meningitis, even though he survived, but "became a fool." The very boy, however, no one has ever seen. We will. What is meningitis? It is an infectious disease caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. When meningitis, the membranes of the brain and spinal cord become inflamed. Bacterial meningitis is called the most dangerous of all types. The disease is insidious, because the symptoms are very similar to the flu. Meningitis is fraught with disability, and in the most severe cases and death. Everyone can gain a meningococcal infection, but it is more dangerous for people with weakened immunity and for children under 5 years old, whose immunity has not yet been formed. Head cooling may well lead to weakening of immunity and provoke development meningococcal infection. Walking in a frost without a cap does not guarantee meningitis, but it may well be its cause.
Swallow sweet - the priest will slip
Laughter with laughter, and in childhood in such a time was believed. But in vain. No pop can get stuck with sweets. In fact, adults joked about it, and protected sweet tooth from another: from chronic pancreatitis, from gastritis, from obesity and type 2 diabetes. That's why sweet abuse is dangerous.
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You walk in the winter in a short skirt - you can not have children
Well, who thinks about some kind of future children incarefree 16 years? In the 90s it was fashionable to flaunt in mini-skirts, to zero - to freeze the kidneys to the ice crunch in short jackets and thigh-suited jeans, now the young people are horrified by their manner of glittering in January with their bare ankles from under the shortened trousers. What is dangerous hypothermia? The emergence of inflammatory processes and the violation of blood circulation due to the constant narrowing of blood vessels. Inflammation of the appendages of the uterus can go into a chronic form and provoke obstruction of the fallopian tubes. That is, in fact, infertility. So mothers were right. Girls need to protect themselves from hypothermia of the pelvic organs.
You will smoke - you will not grow up
Just about to become an adult, beautifultightened a thin cigarette, elegantly released smoke, and then on you - do not grow up! What do not come up with tiresome adults to ruin a person's life ... The growth of our body lasts up to 25 years. But if you become addicted to smoking during the period of the most active growth, that is, during the adolescent period, then you really risk hindering this process. And all because tobacco smoking adversely affects the body's absorption of vitamins, inhibits the production of growth hormones and testosterone, provokes oxygen starvation of muscle tissue. However, the growth of guys, and not girls, is most affected - the results of medical research speak about this.
If there are seeds with husks, there will be appendicitis
The cause of appendicitis is a blockage of the vermiformprocess in the human intestine. And cause it can be a variety of reasons. For example, helminthic invasion or regular abuse of heavy, high-calorie food. However, all sorts of "garbage", not digested by the body, like cherry seeds or sunflower husks, increases our chances of being on the surgical table with the diagnosis of "appendicitis". Therefore, there is some truth in this warning: it is better to consume seeds in a purified form.
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You can not look at welding: you will go blind
In fact, "forever" will not go blind, butYou can catch "bunnies", but you also risk getting burned eyes if you look very close. Welders do not wear a special mask for nothing - the electric arc gives powerful ultraviolet radiation that can burn both the skin and the cornea of the eyes. We will also read with the lying , whose harmfulness was also frightening us. If you read in good light and keep the text no closer than 30 cm to your eyes, then nothing terrible will happen. However, physicians say that in the supine position the body is adjusted to rest, so the information is remembered worse.
Refuse from soup - you will earn an ulcer
In fact, the stomach ulcer causes the bacteriumhelikobakter pylori, and stimulate the occurrence of the disease frequent stress, smoking and alcohol abuse. Of course, spicy and fatty foods also play a fatal role, dietary soups would be much more useful. Medics also found no connection between the lack of soups in the diet and the development of gastritis. The main thing is to take care that immunity does not weaken. However, hot soups are good as an incentive to immunity during the cold weather. But the sick stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers in general with soups should be more careful - thick, rich, on concentrated meat broths of the first course they can not be categorically.
Tossing your eyes to your nose, you can remain so
But this is in case if you are someone in thisthe moment will scare or hit the head. But that's not true. This is possible only in one case - with a congenital eye disease, the so-called instability of the eye muscles. And if these muscles are stable, then you can squint your eyes as much as you want, even training will be for the muscles of the eyes.
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If you take a frog in your hands, there will be warts
Interestingly, a frog will not have contact with youwarts, and you will certainly have ... Parotids, that is, tubercles on the skin of a toad, are nothing more than a passive way of this animal to protect itself from external aggression. And it looks tasteless, and even a corrosive liquid can get such a skin. Therefore, if the child has squeezed the frog to the point that it damaged its skin, make sure that he does not lick this unfortunate amphibian. But the toad can not be shared with warts with a man. This cosmetic defect causes the human papilloma virus, which can sleep in the body for years and become more active with a weakening of immunity. But for the game with homeless kittens and puppies, your parents did not in vain scold: deprive them of catching quite possibly.
