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  1. ryalex

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    http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSARM15505420071221?pageNumber=3&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

    Revealed: The seven great "medical myths"
    Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:18am EST

    By Peter Griffiths

    LONDON (Reuters) - Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.

    These well-worn theories are among seven "medical myths" exposed in a paper published Friday in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally carries light-hearted features in its Christmas edition. Two U.S. researchers took seven common beliefs and searched the archives for evidence to support them...
     
  2. TexasF355F1

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    I've long heard the amount of water you need depends on your body. Some need less, some need more.
     
  3. wingfeather

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    I drink three coffees a day & two cans of Pepsi. No water at all. Still alive.
     
  4. 2NA

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    2 coffee, 1 or 2 Diet Coke, 1 or 2 beers.
     
  5. JLP

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    There is water in Coffee and Soda.
     
  6. Gilles27

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    Personally, I know I feel better when I drink more water.
     
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    You 'll take his word for it? Ask Stewie!

    Actually, we docs make up the 8 glasses of water thing because nobody can do it.

    That way we can blame any problem on the patient and their poor compliance with medical advice.
     
  8. gougoul

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    I have more than 8 glasses a day, but none of them is water :)
     
  9. 355dreamer

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    nobody can do it? I average 80 oz of water per day.
     
  10. ryalex

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    One I liked was the "Only use 10% of your brain" - next time I hear that said I'll have to bust out, "well, maybe *you* only do, but..."
     
  11. tundraphile

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    There are other myths of course, like being celibate or giving up alcohol helps you live longer. In truth you live the same amount of time, but existence is just so miserable that it seems tp take longer for your life to end.
     
  12. Remy Zero

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    water intake depends on what season i'm in. post w/out season like now, i don't drink as much water as i normally drink when i workout :)
     
  13. Stephanie

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    I've heard that you're supposed drink half your weight in ounces of water.
     
  14. Gilles27

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    Forget that--I don't need to feel that good!
     
  15. Tyler

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    That's funny. I know I feel better when I drink more alcohol. ;)
     
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    You've got to be shiittiing me! If I drank 115oz of water every day I would burst!
     
  17. FrostyAK

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    I typically drink a gallon of water a day. Do I NEED to? Maybe not, but I know I generally feel better when I do.
     
  18. 8 SNAKE

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    I've been told the same thing by a nutritionist. That doens't mean it's right, but does back what Steph was told.
     
  19. 62 250 GTO

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    All three depend on the person.

    Fat people need a lot more water than thin people, reading in dim light strains the eyes {which doesn't cause problems} but there are environments which do hurt eyes and having them strained worsens the effect and on a woman's legs, maybe the hair doesn't grow back faster but shaving where you have thin hair can make coarse hair grow in its place.
     
  20. Ferrariman355

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    60oz of water. Eekkk. I barely drink 1 bottle of water a day.
     
  21. 62 250 GTO

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    Maybe you don't know but coffee and pop is mostly water. :()

    Also for every cup of coffee or pop you should drink a cup of water since they are diuretics.
     
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    Yeah, give them a target to reach and when they don't they end up having enough.
     
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    As for other medical myths, if they were all true, I'd be using a Braille computer right now.
     
  24. 62 250 GTO

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    That's a lot of water and unless you have health reasons for it, I suggest cutting down, your body have to work to use the water and like any machine, it will wear out.
     
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    Two rumors combined don't have to equal fact.
     

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