Top Seven Health Myths

This article is pointing at medical practitioners who think that the"myths" are "fact". You are simply proving the point. If you want to sway people into believing, then submit some facts with documents and studies preformed to back it up.

When I try to access "Top Photo Galleries" for your sites on the 4 on pg.8in this week's Nwsweek I cannot access them. How come?

I have a newspaper article and picture of my policeman father from the Goshen News (Indiana) back in the 70's, holding an apple with razor blades in it.

The Myth of Hair Growth and Fingernail Growth probably is the result of not knowing exactly the time of death.
In some cases of Death in days past, some appeared dead and yet they were really still alive, rather shallow heart beat and comatose, yet they were really alive.

Even today we read about an individual having been declared Dead and whild awaiting either Autopsy or Embalming the so called Stiff got Loose and awoke to Startle all around.

Doc Pearce clearly you are not really a doctor. Diabetes is caused by numerous problems...However, sugar is not necessarily one of them. I have studied this extensively because their is a strong family history on my side and I worried about my children. I carefully curtailed sugars as they grew up. I ensured that starches were complex and high in fiber. I restricted even great amounts of juices, but freely allowed milk. I was careful to instill an understanding that they should drink plenty of water, and when they were little, I gave them four to six glasses (8 oz or more each) in addition to their milk. Even as babies, I gave them extra bottles of water. My doctor told me I was being so careful that I was frightening my children. Well, 2 developed diabetes anyway. However, I am obese, a sugar junkie, and would rather go without than drink water, it tastes obcene (unless you purchase bottled, which is prohibitively expensive); yet I have no symptoms of even developing diabetes. My sugar has been stable at 110-118 every six month doctor check since I was 25 and began putting on so much weight. That was 31 years ago.
However, my husband, who has NO family history and rarely eats sweets (although he does like breads) developed diabetes at 41. This article is not suggesting that you not dirnk water, but my doctor said that consuming more that 3 quarts of fluid (unless an athlete of constant training) is excess and if more than half of that is water, it could destabilize the electrolites by over-flushing the body's systems. People need to know that everything, EVERYTHING, even liquids and water ishould be consumed in moderation. That is 8 (8oz) glasses of fluid (at least half of which is water) and no more than one soda per day is moderate and HEALTHY!!! Your comments simply show that you also have preconceived and some-what unfounded myths. My weight problem is not caused by food (although it certainly doesn't help) but by a damaged and hyper-vigilant adrenal gland, which in turn stimulates my thyroid and other glands, some of which make me feel hungry even though I have completed a full and (for most people) satifying meal. Don't try and pretend to be a doctor when you clearly arn't!!!

Well, as a medical practitioner, I have to say that some of these so-called "myths" are NOT so, There HAVE been documented cases of tampered-with halloween candy given by sociopaths...and not only poisons, but high potency laxatives (same thing to a child), glass shards, metal fragments and razor blades.

As for eye strain, it is not the length of time you are reading, but the pattern of repeated stess that ends up eamaging eyes, decreasing accomodation and leading to myupitiv stress.



Just as being in the cold does not automatically make you sick, it DOES suppress your immune system at a time when you are going to be prone to pick up something you otherwise would not...thus it is a major contributing factor...and most parents know that getting too cold facilitates ear pain, contracting the eustachian tube, increasing mucoidsecretions...an medial otitis waiting to happen.

Nails and hair, because of their composition, do grow for a few days. Not significantly, but the cells do get pushed from the cuticle and follicle after the rest of the ystem has shut down. So that is not entirely unture, either.


As far as the water issue, kidney function is vital to good health balance. Caffeine is a diuretic and does not support intra/intercellular water levels. Sugary concoctions (sodas, etc) are also detrimental to the system and are not counted in the water needs on a daily basis. The best way to keep one's sytem healthy and functioning at an optimal state is to keep the system flushing out toxins and providing poure water (not filled with heavy metals such as our tap water).

I'm not sure who wrote this article, but they are either under-informed or falsely claiming expertise where none exists.

I personally agree with the Halloween candy. We never hear of kids being poisoned by candy, yet every year parents worry that their children will be harmed in some way. They just need to take a deep breath and calm down.

A woman in Sacramento, CA died of water intoxication earlier this year, because of a radio contest, so I don't think that the author was exaggerating all that much. Also, in regard to soda as a source of water, there's always diet soda which can be drunk "in a pinch," so to speak. Lastly, I've worked in medical offices for the past 25 years and, believe me, the best doctors have earned the right to have big egos, they're that good at what they do.

I personally know a Marine who had water intoxication, or hyponutremia. He was very close to death, and without treatment, would not have survived. This happened in the 120+ degree heat of Kuwait.

The author is a bit exaggerated in his water intoxication leading to death. Takes quite a bit of water to do that, and 8 glasses will not. I would like to see the scientific evidence proving how much water is in our food, etc. Considering a large majority of people are walking around dehydrated, it's always a good thing to drink more water!

The author is a bit exaggerated in his water intoxication leading to death. Takes quite a bit of water to do that, and 8 glasses will not. I would like to see the scientific evidence proving how much water is in our food, etc. Considering a large majority of people are walking around dehydrated, it's always a good thing to drink more water!

The author is a bit exaggerated in his water intoxication leading to death. Takes quite a bit of water to do that, and 8 glasses will not. I would like to see the scientific evidence proving how much water is in our food, etc. Considering a large majority of people are walking around dehydrated, it's always a good thing to drink more water!

Wow. Water intoxication. Are you serious? Do you have any idea how much water you would have to drink to even get close to water intoxication? And you don't need 8 glasses of water per day to stay hydrated (unless you exercise intensely which most of you don't) but it does help to flush the system of toxins. Lastly I wouldn't let soda be my source of water unless I want to develop diabetes, be very lethargic, and become obese. Dr. Pearce