Myths that got debunked pt3

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1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

So, it's a saying that every parent says to his children, and the child grows up saying his to his own child, so lets state some facts here people,yes eating an apple is very important, gives you most vitamins and nutrients that the body needs and will help provide long term health, but this will not keep the doctor away if any disease entered the body the apple won't help you in this case, go to the doctor and get your shot and checkup and in the same time eat your apples :)

2. Is milk actually important?

This made my brain explode, literally.

one of the things that our parents taught us is that milk makes our body stronger because it contains vitamin C and will help the growth of any child, the advertisements of any milk brand can target all different audiences from a child to an old man but apparently, The US Department of Agriculture tells adults to drink milk at least three cups per day but there isn't an association between drinking more milk and having fewer bone fractures.

3. Chocolate gives you acne?

i already knew this one hehe

Scientists did an experiment on people to see if its myth is actually true and related to acne or not, scientist fed people candy bars 10 times more than the usual amount of chocolate, and dozens of other fake chocolate bars. they saw and counted the zits before each diet as what happened was there was no difference between both of the two groups which means that the chocolate didn't actually cause acne.

4. Sugar causes hyperactivity in children?

There was no scientific study at all that supports this myth, it was rumored in 1974 when Dr. William Crook wrote a letter and was published and stated that. "Only in the past three years have I become aware that sugar ... is a leading cause of hyperactivity" but it doesn't says any research and there were no papers that support this letter, nut according to the National Institute of Mental Health: "The idea that refined sugar causes ADHD or makes symptoms worse is popular, but more research discounts this theory than supports it."

5. Dogs and cats are colorblind?

This myth made a lot of cat and dog owners sad that they think that their pet is colorblind, but good news they have better eyesight than us, they see better as both of them can see in blue and green, and have more rods which are the light-sensing cells in the eye as a human has it as well, so they can see better in low-light situations. Reds and pinks may appear more green to cats, while purple may look like another shade of blue

6. Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

The movie jaws literally terrified me when I was younger because of this myth I was always making sure i don't have cuts when I'm going to the beach, they can distinct orders which all them to smell blood so yes t is true but at the same time, you are not in a pool, in the ocean which is way larger thank you think it can take a while until your odors to reach the shark.

7. Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

it can strike twice at the same place, plus a tip, if you find your hair flying up in a weird way and the sky, is kind of stormy, run away from the part of the land because mos likely it will hit this place in a few seconds, it was stated that the empire state had been struck more than 100 times per year.

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- Farah Kareem

Sources: 

https://www.businessinsider.com/worst-science-health-myths-2016-1#myth-lightning-never-strikes-the-same-place-twice-36