Should you use hydrogen peroxide on a wound? Do eggs raise your cholesterol? Does going outside with wet hair make you sick? No, no, and no. Don’t Cross Your Eyes, They’ll Get Stuck That Way! debunks these health myths and 72 more. Two pediatricians use science and studies to explain why so many things we’ve always thought were true are in actuality falsehoods or at best, exaggerations.
If you’ve grown up believing a potato dropped into soup will absorb excess salt, a chili’s burn is in the seeds or that you shouldn’t refreeze meat, then Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them and 100 Other Myths about Food and Cooking is right up your alley. Cookbook authors debunk 101 myths about food and cooking and include recipes to demonstrate the principles they present.
Please click through to the Kirkus Reviews blog to learn more about what doesn’t cause or cure the common cold and some food-related falsehoods. I’d love for you to join in the conversation and tell me if you were surprised by the same things I was.
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Nancy found herself saying “huh” and “no way” a lot while reading these two books. She writes about her boys, books and life in Colorado at Life With My Boys and Books.