Publisher's Synopsis
Men with big feet have big penises
You should drink at least 8 glasses of water a day
Sugar makes kids hyper
If you have green snot you need to take antibiotics
Eating at night makes you fat
Chewing gum stays in your stomach for 7 years
Every day, you hear or think things about your body and health that are just not true.
Maybe you saw them on TV, read them in magazines, or heard them from friends (or even a doctor). This book is for anyone who has wondered about the truth behind these myths.
Have you ever walked over a cemetery and thought for just a moment about the growing fingernails of the corpses underneath you? Did the turkey you ate for lunch make you sleepy? Do you take vitamin C if you think you're about to get a cold? If so, you believed a medical myth. Funny, wacky and full of fascinating facts, Don't Swallow Your Gum explains why so many of those weird and worrisome things we think about our bodies are mistaken.
