1 and 4 hor... really anyhow...
Drinking more water helps your body clear toxins away faster,
and has many other benefits.
Then vitamin C, 0.2g for research... Most other research that
claims its benefits, I believe, reaches dosage of 0.5g to 1g
I think you have to read carefully...
1 Drink eight
glasses of water a day.
There's no scientific backing for this oft-cited rule, which
has seen the water bottle become a ubiquitous accessory. It's
such a popular myth it was endorsed by Kidney Health Australia
(KHA), until it reviewed the policy about five years ago and
discovered a "distinct lack of evidence.
The origin of "8X8" - eight glasses of eight ounces
(240mls) - is unclear, although a potential suspect
is a 1974 book by American nutritionist, Dr Frederick J
Stare.
KHA Medical Director, Dr Tim Mathew, says the best rule is
drink when you're thirsty, and choose water. You can use the
colour of your urine as a guide - pale amber is good, darker means
you're dehydrated.
Point No. 1 : It doesn't say to
NOT drink water. All it says is, it's not necessary, not
die-die MUST drink EIGHT GLASSES, ie works out to a total of 1,920
litres!
An individual's need for water
varies, and there are some medical conditions where fluid
restrictions have to be imposed and it therefore becomes
detrimental to drink 1,920 L a day. We do have to drink
water, just not 1,920 L of it.
4 Vitamin C stops
you getting a cold.
Despite widespread use of the vitamin for this purpose, a
Cochrane Review this year concluded that there's not much
point.
The results of 30 trials showed that taking Vitamin C supplements (orally 0.2g+) makes
almost no difference to whether you get a cold, unless
you're doing extreme exercise and / or in very cold temperatures
(marathon runners, skiers, soldiers on sub-arctic
exercises).
Taking Vitamin C before the
cold can cut its duration, but after you have symptoms it
makes no significant difference. Severity
isn't affected.
And that's true, because taking
Vitamin C regularly doesn't mean that you will NEVER catch a cold
ever.
And also, if you have already
caught a cold, remember that it CAN help you recover faster, but it
will not be able to reverse the situation. It just augments
the recovery process, but isn't a miracle cure.
