Top 5 Medical Myths

People love to panic and make up silly myths that are passed from generation to generation. The following are the top 5. It was pretty interesting! I didn't know that some of these were just myths!!
     
     1. Eating sugar makes children hyper. 
People all over the world are sure of the fact that if children eat too many sugar-coated candies, they will start jumping around and tire themselves out in no time. However, this is not true. Most children are naturally hyper and if they like to bounce up and down on the bed, it has nothing to do with the cereal they ate for breakfast.
     2. If you swallow chewing gum it takes 7 years to leave your system. 
This myth is as ridiculous as the one which says that if you swallow a fruit seed, a tree will grow in your stomach. Even though gum does not get digested by the human digestive system, it will leave the system quite easily. 
     3. If you crack your knuckles you will develop arthritis when you are older.
When you crack your knuckles and hear the sound, it only means that the gas bubbles are bursting. The above mentioned myth is not true and the worst thing that can happen is that your finger joints will get weak by the time you are 70.
     4. If you eat before you sleep at night, you will put on weight
Fact is that if you eat a lot but do not exercise, you will put on weight but if you burn more calories than you consume, you will lose weight. There are no two ways about it.
     5. Cancer does not get treated
Many people feel that chemotherapy will only make them weaker and ultimately the cancer will kill them. However, fact is that while 90% of all children with leukemia died about 30 years ago, today 80% manage to win the battle against the disease. 

I found these pretty interesting! Hope you enjoyed them!


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