Going out in the rain CAN give you a cold: The health cliches that actually turn out to be absolutely true.
THE RAIN CAN TRIGGER A COLD Being wet and cold can raise your risk of a cold, suggests research from Cardiff University. Volunteers were asked to plunge their feet into bowls of icy water for 20 minutes, while a control group put their feet into an empty bowl. During the next four or five days, almost one-third of the chilled volunteers developed cold symptoms compared with just 9 per cent in the control group. Professor Ron Eccles, of the university's Common Cold Centre, says: 'Chilling of the body surface, especially the feet, can cause cold symptoms to appear in someone who is already harbouring the virus.' Why this happens is unclear, but one theory is that getting cold causes the body to restrict blood supply to the extremities - including the nose - to preserve core body temperature. This results in a cold nose, which leaves us more prone to infection. Here are some other health mantras you might have dismissed as silly, but which contain important advice for our wellbeing.
MORNING SICKNESS BAD? IT'S A GIRL
AND... BANANAS MAKE BOYS
COUNT SHEEP TO HELP YOU SLEEP
CLOVES STOP TOOTHACHE
EAT CARROTS TO SEE IN THE DARK
DON'T EAT FOOD OFF THE FLOOR
CHICKEN SOUP EASES A COLD
CHEWING GUM CAN BLOCK YOUR GUT...dan..
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