Thursday is health/tech day on invisibleblog.com.

by Jason Proe

Recently, a friend laughed at me when I told them that my mother used to get me to eat the edges of toast by explaining to me that the edges were more nutritious.

“You fell for that?” she said with disgust. “That’s not true. You don’t believe that now do you?”

“Umm, of course not,” I said.

Wow, mom. First, Santa and now this. What else have you told me that is just not true? Fortunately, Jane Brody of the New York Times has attempted to test several health facts that most people accept as universal facts such as - you should not swim after eating or that you should drink 8 glasses of water everyday.

I had long believed that eight glasses of plain water or caffeine-free beverages a day were important to keep the body hydrated and to prevent constipation. Perhaps the toilet paper manufacturers were behind this notion. Researchers have been unable to find scientific support for it.

For more exploration of health “facts” check out the rest of the article here.

Source(s):[The New York Times]