Mum Was Right! “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!” “If you go out in the rain, you’ll catch a cold!” “If the wind changes, your face will stick like that…” Okay, so maybe the last one was one of those little white lies your parents told you to get you to behave, bit it turns out that more often than not – Mum got it right with all those famous clichés. According to researchers at Yale University, we’d have done well to pay attention to those Old Wives Tales, as many of them are seeded in truth. Think telling you that eating carrots would help you see in the dark was just a way to get you to eat your veggies? Turns out, carrots are a rich source of Vitamin A which is needed for night vision. Sure, eating one won’t give you x-ray vision, but they’re definitely a diet staple for those wanting to keep their eyes healthy. Scoff at the thought that counting sheep can help get you off to sleep? Again, Mum had the right idea! The researchers found that doing something boring gives you a ‘quiet mind’, which helps you drift off to sleep. Apparently, the trick is to count the same two or three sheep going in and out of the gate. Now I know that would make me fall asleep! Want to know what other health clichés are actually true? Check out this article: dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2917259/Mum-right-Going-rain-cold-health-cliches-actually-turn-absolutely-true.html While you can pull as many silly faces as you like without fear of transforming yourself into a rather dodgy Picasso painting, and eating the crusts on your sarnie won’t give you an afro to rival the Jackson 5; some of those tall tales Mum used to tell might be worth paying closer attention to…
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:20:04 +0000
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