The 20 largest health mistakes
Time and again, keep rumors, mistakes and assumptions on the subject of health. We clean up with the typical and known errors. The following 20 false assumptions are closely examined, refuted, and corrected, so that it is no miracle healer or amateur doctor more in the trap. Vegetarians live longer? How to treat tinnitus? Is snoring dangerous? Protects against sunburn vorbräunen in the solarium? Answers are here:
Spots on fingernails mean calcium deficiency
Wrong. The white spots that appear in the nail and grow out with are not the result of calcium, zinc or vitamin deficiency. In most cases these are small injuries or bruises, caused for example in nail care or air pockets in the nail plate.
Carrots are good for the eyes
Wrong. While carrots provide an early form of interest to the eye vitamin A, beta carotene. This has, however, in normal amounts does not affect our eyesight. However, there is a substance that is for light / dark vision is responsible. It consists of a protein and vitamin A. The night vision is actually a question on vitamin A. A deficiency of this vitamin is in contrast to some developing countries, but only rarely in this country.
Vegetarians live longer
Wrong. Some studies show that vegetarians have a longer life expectancy. However, this is not a waiver together on meat or other animal products, but with the otherwise very conscious lifestyle of vegetarians – with a balanced diet, low in alcohol and cigarettes and exercising more.
Alcohol warms
Wrong. Directly after drinking alcohol, although it is actually warm for a short time because of alcohol raise your heart rate going. The also caused vasodilation and decreases the blood pressure decreases, however, so that a reasonable circulation is no longer guaranteed. The body s going auszukühlen quickly, which has exactly the opposite effect resulted.
Reading in dim light hurts the eyes
Wrong. Read in low light is one thing above all: to strain your eyes. They dry out and begin to burn, so that really limited for the moment the vision. Driving, for example, avoid it. After a recovery phase, the eyes are full again, however powerful.
Spinach is healthy because it contains much more iron
Wrong. Spinach is a precious vegetable, which stimulates muscle growth, vision and strengthens the respiratory system. Aaber it contains little more iron than chocolate. And that actually contained iron in spinach is not even good recyclable. The tale of this most iron-rich vegetables has its origin in a comma errors. In an analysis of iron, more than 100 years, the actual iron content was 2.9 milligrams in 100 grams of spinach mistakenly indicated with 29 milligrams. This point error for generations Sun
Fresh vegetables are healthier than frozen vegetables
Wrong. When the vegetables is not from the garden or a farmer from the area, it can be assumed that frozen vegetables contain more vitamins and therefore healthier than vegetables from the supermarket. Because vegetables are often transported over long distances and stored for a long time. Moreover, it is often already harvested immature, while frozen vegetables are ripe and harvest fresh-frozen within one hour. In this state, building nutrients is very slow.
Tinnitus can be aligned against anything
Wrong. It is important that the first ringing in the ears or the first tinnitus, a doctor should be consulted. A fortiori, if the symptoms are recovering after a few hours or overnight sleeping no less. If there are additional symptoms such as loss of hearing or feelings of dizziness, a doctor should be consulted immediately. The earlier tinnitus is treated, the better the chances of successful therapy for tinnitus. The greatest opportunities exist here in the first three months of onset of symptoms.
Snoring is harmless
Wrong. Snoring is a complex relationship between breathing and flaccid muscles of the nose and pharynx. Whenever the airways are narrowed, there is the typical snoring sounds. There are some anatomical conditions such as enlarged tonsils and adenoids that enhance the effect. With age also relax the muscles, which encourages snoring too. People who snore have sleep choking part. While this mostly unnoticed is choking the breath out on up to two minutes left. Harmless snoring on the other hand for colds with runny nose.
Vorbräunen protect against sunburn
Wrong. Vorbräunen on the sunbed not good. In solariums is mainly UVA radiation. These tan but once the skin, but provide general did not constitute an adequate protection of the skin because only by means of the UVB rays of the sun, a protection of the skin can be built.
Wet hair lead to the common cold
Wrong. At least, wet hair alone is not a trigger for a cold. Only when cold viruses have a set in the mucous membranes of the nose and throat, wet hair can promote the onset of a cold, because it cools the body. The same is true for cold feet. The blood supply of the nasal mucous membranes is reduced, so that dry out the mucous membranes – for cold viruses an ideal settling place.
Vitamin C helps prevent colds
Wrong. Vitamin C can at most help to get over a cold better. Several studies have found no evidence that increased intake of vitamin C strengthens the immune system.
Who wants to burn fat, perquisites must be 30 minutes
Wrong. The body begins to burn fat a few minutes after having started the sport. Even an easy continuous run is sufficient to burn fat. However, it makes sense to push for targeted fat burning three to four times a week to 30 to 45 minutes endurance sports. After all, the burning of fat is also some further time after the exercise.
Of stone fruits should we drink water
Wrong. Earlier this warning may have been appropriate, because drinking a long time had the quality we are accustomed today. This bacteria are caught in the stomach that cause along with the fruit fermentation processes, so it came to stomach complaints such as abdominal pain.
Swimming is good for the back
Wrong. Only backstroke is good for your back and posture. In the breaststroke, the muscles tense up in the spine, especially when the head is above water. This is anything but healthy for the back muscles and may also overload the knee joints.
Refreshing ice cold drinks at the best
Wrong. Cold drinks ensure that the body is deprived of energy. Is drunk as cold water, the body of this warm to body temperature before it arrives in the esophagus. The heat can cool the body more energy expended than the cold drink. Therefore, it is useful to refer to the summer lukewarm drinks.
Wounds to heal in the air
Wrong. Doctors also have held this view long, but has now been recognized that air dries out the wound more likely. Due to the increased scabbing can look for the healing of the injury scars remain. It is better to put a plaster on the wound. Connective tissue can help ensure a traceless healing process.
Eating Late at night makes you fat
Wrong. Ultimately counts the calories, which was taken on the day itself. Was the positive energy balance, was more energy consumed as recorded. In this case, fat would be recognized. A negative energy balance on the other hand provides a breakdown of fat. Many people eat in the evening still nothing. The reason for this is the digestion. The stomach rumbles and brings so many to sleep.
Coke helps with diarrhea
Wrong. While Coke is good for the body to quickly deliver fluids and minerals, it has lost because of diarrhea. At the same time stimulates the caffeine of Coke in the kidneys but to drain, thereby amplifying the dehydration. In addition, carbon dioxide irritates the affected bowel.
When muscles do more sports
Wrong. Muscle soreness is a symptom of an acute overload. The pain with every movement caused by tiny tears in the muscle tissue. This can even lead to local inflammation and swelling. Therefore should be maintained as long as until the soreness over with sports. For then are the small muscle injuries have healed and sports without pain also makes much more enjoyable.