Health Factoids

The 21-Day Turning Point
Your tongue naturally replaces all of your taste buds every 21 days. That means if you’re trying to change your diet and switch to soy milk from cow’s milk, for example, after 21 days the taste will seem right instead of foreign.
— http://www.alive.com

Truths
Toothpaste can clear up a breakout since the paste absorbs oil. Just avoid whitening formulas with bleach, or cinnamon flavors because they can be irritating.
Eating poppy seeds can make you fail a drug test. Poppies also give us morphine and codeine, and their seeds contain small amounts of each. If there’s a pee test in your future, don’t eat the seeds for at least two days prior.
— http://www.womenshealthmag.com

It Ain’t Necessarily So
Don’t blame cold and rainy days for giving you a cold or the flu. They’re caused by direct contact with viruses and germs—always. Look to your closed-in environment during bad weather, recycled office air and questionable hygiene as the likely culprits.
— http://www.womenshealthmag.com

Good and Good For You
Research shows that dark chocolate is loaded with antioxidants, which can help reduce chronic illness. The higher the cocoa concentration, the better it is for you; 70 percent is the optimal level. Just keep an eye on those fat calories—a little chocolate goes a long way if you just let it melt on your tongue.
— http://www.naturalhealthmag.com

Strange Truths
Toothpaste can clear up a breakout since the paste absorbs oil. Just avoid whitening formulas with bleach, or cinnamon flavors because they can be irritating.
Eating poppy seeds can make you fail a drug test. Poppies also give us morphine and codeine, and their seeds contain small amounts of each. If there’s a pee test in your future, don’t eat the seeds for at least two days prior.
— http://www.womenshealthmag.com

It Ain’t Necessarily So
Don’t blame cold and rainy days for giving you a cold or the flu. They’re caused by direct contact with viruses and germs—always. Look to your closed-in environment during bad weather, recycled office air and questionable hygiene as the likely culprits.
— http://www.womenshealthmag.com