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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [Moonrocket] [ In reply to ]
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A Swedish friend told me that Absolut vodka will cure the flu. I tried it one night and it didn't work. Not much fun the next morning with a hangover and the flu.
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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [Moonrocket] [ In reply to ]
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Sleeping in wet socks will cure the common cold.
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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [Apollo71] [ In reply to ]
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Apollo71 wrote:
Sleeping in wet socks will cure the common cold.

A friend of mine at the gym told me the other night that her mom said "Put Vick's Vapo-Rub on the bottoms of your feet, then wear socks to bed, and it will clear up a cold"

Um, no thanks

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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [RandMart] [ In reply to ]
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RandMart wrote:
Apollo71 wrote:
Sleeping in wet socks will cure the common cold.

A friend of mine at the gym told me the other night that her mom said "Put Vick's Vapo-Rub on the bottoms of your feet, then wear socks to bed, and it will clear up a cold"

Um, no thanks

I don’t think it cures a cold but it sure does help with the nighttime coughing! I totally put Vick’s and socks on my feet if I’m coughing at night. And if it doesn’t work please don’t tell me as I like the placebo effect :-)

Maybe mom do this because it’s advice given for young kids when there are not a lot of allowed options and they are miserable all night.
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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [Furiosa] [ In reply to ]
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Furiosa wrote:
Alibabwa wrote:
I have a asthma so when I get sick it goes to my lungs and it takes a long time to kick. I have been told the reason I get lots of colds is because I eat meat or, when I was a vegetarian, because I didn’t. As a kid it was because I didn’t exercise enough, then as an adult because I exercised too much. I sleep too much/not enough. I need to cut out carbs and milk, or I’m run down because I don’t get enough. I need to take oregano oil/echinacea/vitamin C/kombucha ... whatever the latest trend is.

Generally the advice is given with a heavy does of judgement, as if getting sick is a moral failing in my part.


All of these contradictory pearls of wisdom, gleaned from both the magazine headlines at the supermarket checkout, or the evening news, or the internet, are why I stopped reading articles espousing the latest-and-greatest health news. I am still alive and not too fat or out of shape so I must be doing something right.

Dr Oz is a complete and utter fraud, but I find Daphne kinda hot



"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin
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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [RandMart] [ In reply to ]
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RandMart wrote:
Furiosa wrote:
Alibabwa wrote:
I have a asthma so when I get sick it goes to my lungs and it takes a long time to kick. I have been told the reason I get lots of colds is because I eat meat or, when I was a vegetarian, because I didn’t. As a kid it was because I didn’t exercise enough, then as an adult because I exercised too much. I sleep too much/not enough. I need to cut out carbs and milk, or I’m run down because I don’t get enough. I need to take oregano oil/echinacea/vitamin C/kombucha ... whatever the latest trend is.

Generally the advice is given with a heavy does of judgement, as if getting sick is a moral failing in my part.


All of these contradictory pearls of wisdom, gleaned from both the magazine headlines at the supermarket checkout, or the evening news, or the internet, are why I stopped reading articles espousing the latest-and-greatest health news. I am still alive and not too fat or out of shape so I must be doing something right.

Dr Oz is a complete and utter fraud, but I find Daphne kinda hot


You should get your vision checked
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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [Moonrocket] [ In reply to ]
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Moonrocket wrote:
RandMart wrote:
Apollo71 wrote:
Sleeping in wet socks will cure the common cold.


A friend of mine at the gym told me the other night that her mom said "Put Vick's Vapo-Rub on the bottoms of your feet, then wear socks to bed, and it will clear up a cold"

Um, no thanks


I don’t think it cures a cold but it sure does help with the nighttime coughing! I totally put Vick’s and socks on my feet if I’m coughing at night. And if it doesn’t work please don’t tell me as I like the placebo effect :-)

Maybe mom do this because it’s advice given for young kids when there are not a lot of allowed options and they are miserable all night.
This was the advice for babies/young kids because they are not smart enough to NOT put your hand in the vicks, and then touch their face. So the bottom of the feet was the place (and supposedly it was a good place for some reason that escapes me).
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Re: Weird health advice people have given you. [Moonrocket] [ In reply to ]
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Step in horse shit to cure athletes foot
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