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Health Myths

Health Myths

By Barbara Phillips, NP Leave a Comment

 

If you are like me, you’ve grown up with all sorts of sayings about your health.

These are saying and “truths” passed down to use by our Mothers and Grandmothers, and meant to keep us healthy, as well as giving us a reason to do as we were told. I specifically recall:

  • Don’t go outside with wet hair or you’ll catch a cold
  • Cracking my knuckles would give me big knuckles
  • Swallow my gum would make my insides stick together

Now, two physicians have come out with a new book, “Don’t Swallow Your Gum! Myths, Half-Truths and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health” to dispel many of the myths we grew up with.

The book focuses on various types of myths about our bodies, about illness and disease, sex and pregnancy and about what we eat and drink.

If you’ve every wondered how often you should poop, if that green mucus was a sign of an infection or if it’s okay to double dip your chips…you’ll find the truths here.

What myths have you grown up with and which ones have you passed on to your children?

Filed Under: General Health Tagged With: Health Myths

Can a 90 year old marathon participant inspire you to exercise?

By Barbara Phillips, NP 3 Comments

 

Here is an excellent example of healthy aging!

At an age when most people are settling into a retirement home, one Waikiki woman shows no signs of slowing down, as she prepares for her fifth Honolulu marathon.

She’s known to many in the community as the “Gladyator.” And this year, as she celebrates her 90th birthday, she hopes to prove, that age is only a number.

At 90-years-old, Glady Burrill is probably more active than most people half her age. [Read more…] about Can a 90 year old marathon participant inspire you to exercise?

Filed Under: Healthy Aging Tagged With: fitness, Health Myths

The Aging Process

By Barbara Phillips, NP Leave a Comment

Old AgeIs there a disease called “aging”? I don’t think so, yet so many of the men and women I see, seem to think so!  They expect “to fall apart”, to have aches and pain, to have high blood pressure, and even diabetes. [Read more…] about The Aging Process

Filed Under: Healthy Aging Tagged With: Diabetes, Diet, Exercise, Health Myths

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