Although it does not hurt to wear a hat when we go out in winter, the idea thatthe head is the part of the bodywhere we lose the most heatit is totally wrong. As reported by Rachel Vreeman and Aaron Carroll in the magazine’s Christmas issueBritish Medical JournalAlthough even a US Army field manual warns soldiers that “40% to 45% of body heat goes through the head,” the reality is that only 10% of heat is lost through the upper part of the body. our body.
It’s one of thesix myths linked to winter and the holidays that researchers disprovein your article. In relation to diet, for example, they assure that, after reviewing all the scientific literature, until now there is no evidence that consuming sugar makes children hyperactive, or that they gain more weight by having dinner late than having dinner early. “The only certainty is that people gain weight because they consume more calories than they burn,” say the authors. In other words, a piece of nougat is the same fattening if we take it at 3 in the afternoon or at 11 at night.
As for a hangover, the only way to avoid it, Vreeman says, is to “drink in moderation.” Neither aspirin nor herring nor pickles, frequently used as home remedies, alleviate the discomfort caused by excess alcohol.
In addition, the researchers dismantle two other popular beliefs:suicides don’t increase at ChristmasYpoinsettia(Euphorbia pulcherrima) it is not toxic.
Vreeman and Carroll are also the authors of an article published at the end of 2007 in which seven more medical myths were disproved, such as that we should drink eight glasses of water a day, that nails and hair continue to grow after death or that we use only 10% of our brain.
