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Everyone has heard old-fashioned health cures, or superstitions, that have been passed down through generations. Often known as old wives\u2019 tales or folk remedies, these are the health adages you may have grown up hearing. They\u2019re statements like, \u201cAn apple a day keeps the doctor away.\u201d But is there any merit to these sayings or are they better left in the past?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

6 common superstitions about your health<\/span><\/h2>\n

Here, learn more about the most common old wives\u2019 tales to find out what\u2019s fact and what\u2019s fiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Mostly fiction.<\/b><\/p>\n

This old wives\u2019 tale favorite is one of the earliest ones many of us heard. Unfortunately, a 2015 study published in <\/span>JAMA Internal Medicine<\/span><\/i><\/a> found that there was no significant difference in doctor\u2019s visits between people who ate an apple a day and those who didn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not all bad news\u2014daily apple eaters did appear to use fewer prescription medications. And of course, apples are packed with fiber, vitamins, and are a good snack choice for most people, including those on a<\/span>\u00a0low-cholesterol diet<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Feed a cold, starve a fever.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Mostly fact.<\/b><\/p>\n

Should you be focused on food when you\u2019re sick? This folk remedy rings mostly true. Eating when you have a fever can <\/span>raise body temperature<\/span><\/a> further and can make you feel worse, especially if there is nausea or vomiting involved, says Julie Miller Jones, Ph.D., emeritus professor of nutrition at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn., and a member of the<\/span> Grain Foods Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board<\/span><\/a>. To lower a fever or keep it from rising, it\u2019s best to stick to chicken broth, fluids, and foods that are easy to digest, like scrambled eggs, toast, pasta, or applesauce.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soups and broths when you have a cold are a good idea, she said, because they\u2019re hydrating and often use veggies in their preparation. The protein and other nutrients in easily digestible foods benefit the immune system and can help fight a cold. \u201cFor both cold and flu, lots of water, tea, juices, and broths are critical to prevent dehydration and to help flush out the virus,\u201d Miller says.<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>Flu remedies that work<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

3. Ginger ale helps an upset stomach.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Mostly fact.<\/b><\/p>\n

The folk medicine favorite of reaching for a ginger drink when your stomach is unsettled is a good idea. \u201c<\/span>Ginger<\/span><\/a> in any form can help with nausea and an upset stomach,\u201d says Miller. Although ginger ale contains minimal amounts of ginger, it does provide fluid that\u2019s often needed. A better choice is nonalcoholic ginger beer because it\u2019s usually packed with much more ginger than ginger ale. Adding freshly grated, shaved, or candied ginger to a mug and topping it with boiling water for a ginger tea is also helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>Get discounts on ginger supplements<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

4. Increasing vitamin C helps get rid of a cold more quickly.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Partly fiction.<\/b><\/p>\n

Do you start gobbling down vitamin C when you feel a cold coming on? It turns out that regularly eating foods with<\/span> vitamin C<\/span><\/a>, like broccoli, strawberries, and citrus fruits, or supplementing can reduce both the duration and severity of colds in adults and children, says Miller.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, \u201cstudies show inconsistent results when vitamin C is therapeutically consumed, or after a cold has begun, when it comes to reducing duration, symptoms, or severity,\u201d she explains. It\u2019s unlikely that the extra onslaught of vitamins helps your body fight the cold any faster. Your best defense is to make sure you\u2019re regularly getting the<\/span> recommended amount<\/span><\/a> of vitamin C in your diet.<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>What vitamins should I take?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

5. Flu shots give you the flu.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Fiction.<\/b><\/p>\n

This is a more recent old wives\u2019 tale that now circulates annually, but it was a categoric no from both Miller and Rachel Trippett, MD, a family physician with the<\/span> U.S. Public Health Service Indian Hospital<\/span><\/a> in New Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flu vaccines cannot give you the flu<\/span><\/a>. Instead, \u201cflu vaccines promote your immune system to produce antibodies to provide protection against infection caused by the viruses used to formulate the vaccine,\u201d Miller says. Flu vaccines given with a needle are made with inactivated viruses or only a single protein of the virus. Nasal spray vaccines do contain live viruses, but these have been weakened enough that they will not cause illness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPatients vaccinated against the flu have been documented to have reduced severity of illness deaths, likelihood of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, ICU length of stay, and overall duration of hospitalization,\u201d explains Miller. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the best tools we have for protecting people against the flu,\u201d says Dr. Trippett.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>Everything you need to know about the flu shot<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

6. Eating chocolate gives you acne.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Mostly fiction.<\/b><\/p>\n

Your teenage self may still be wondering about this, but the answer isn\u2019t so clear-cut. Some studies have found that chocolate is one of the foods associated with <\/span>acne in adolescents<\/span><\/a> and young adults and one found that eating dark chocolate<\/span> exacerbated existing acne<\/span><\/a> in males, but \u201cassociation doesn\u2019t mean causation,\u201d says Miller.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, it could be that a diet rich in chocolate may be lacking other important food groups. \u201cThe question to be asked is \u2018what dietary changes are needed overall?\u2019\u201d explains Miller. One that focuses on protein, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole and enriched grain staples, with limits on sweets and processed foods, is probably more helpful than the obsession with chocolate on its own.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT: <\/b>Acne treatments and medications<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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