Comments on: Medical Myths Even Experts Fall For http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:41:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-21621 Dave Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:05:11 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-21621 I dispute your take on cell phones. See Forbes magazine for an excellent article last year by the man who was hired by the industry to validate cell phones as being safe. He found they are not safe, even with lower levels of exposure, and was subsequently relieved of his duties. I imagine it'll take 20-30 years before we start seeing epidemic brain tumors on a massive, global scale. And no, I'm not a fear monger by nature, but I do feel we are all being duped and exposed to needless hazard. I dispute your take on cell phones. See Forbes magazine for an excellent article last year by the man who was hired by the industry to validate cell phones as being safe. He found they are not safe, even with lower levels of exposure, and was subsequently relieved of his duties. I imagine it’ll take 20-30 years before we start seeing epidemic brain tumors on a massive, global scale.
And no, I’m not a fear monger by nature, but I do feel we are all being duped and exposed to needless hazard.

]]> By: Fritz http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-20575 Fritz Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:56:17 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-20575 Glad you like my legs photo :-) Glad you like my legs photo :-)

]]> By: Scott Kustes http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-20518 Scott Kustes Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:21:43 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-20518 The one about turkey always amuses me. People say "Whew! I'm sleepy. Must be the turkey." And I want to say, "You don't think it could be the sugar crash resulting from the mashed potatoes, candied yams, and 4 rolls?" As for hair growing back faster, another reason it may appear to grow back faster is because the change is greater proportionally. If you assume that hair grows at a constant rate, say 1cm per day, then hair that is 10cm long will only grow an additional 10% the next day, whereas hair that is trimmed to 0cm (as in shaving) will grow exponentially. Hair that is 1cm long will double in size the next day. It's all about proportions. Cheers Scott Kustes <a href="http://www.modernforager.com" rel="nofollow">Modern Forager</a> The one about turkey always amuses me. People say “Whew! I’m sleepy. Must be the turkey.” And I want to say, “You don’t think it could be the sugar crash resulting from the mashed potatoes, candied yams, and 4 rolls?”

As for hair growing back faster, another reason it may appear to grow back faster is because the change is greater proportionally. If you assume that hair grows at a constant rate, say 1cm per day, then hair that is 10cm long will only grow an additional 10% the next day, whereas hair that is trimmed to 0cm (as in shaving) will grow exponentially. Hair that is 1cm long will double in size the next day. It’s all about proportions.

Cheers
Scott Kustes
Modern Forager

]]> By: LabRat http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-20514 LabRat Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:48:36 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/medical-myths/#comment-20514 That "only use ten percent of your brain" thing drives me INSANE, because it falls completely apart on even light prodding. Who has ever heard of a stroke, brain bleed, concussion, brain tumor or other head injury being no problem because the location of the wound was in the ninety percent of the gray matter that wasn't doing anything but taking up space? That “only use ten percent of your brain” thing drives me INSANE, because it falls completely apart on even light prodding. Who has ever heard of a stroke, brain bleed, concussion, brain tumor or other head injury being no problem because the location of the wound was in the ninety percent of the gray matter that wasn’t doing anything but taking up space?

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