Ice cream does not cause colds, Coke helps in intestinal infections, and frogs can not tolerate warts - many myths about children's health exist. It's time to debunk them, it will make your summer easier
1. Best Children's rest - by the sea
This is the sun, which provides the necessary level of vitamin D, and rich in trace elements beneficial sea air and seawater, has beneficial effects on the respiratory and endocrine systems. But the duration of travel is also important: for a quiet acclimatization (fatigue, mild fever, diarrhea, etc.) required at least 14 days. And best of 21.
2. Children need to move as much as possible
Moreover, at least an hour a day they have to run a race, swim, dance, play dodgeball, then have to be very active. These are the WHO recommendations: According to the organization, 80% of teenagers are deficient locomotor activity. This is the main cause of adolescent obesity.
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3. Ice cream can be a cold
Sore throat is not from the cold and from viruses and bacteria. Chill on the contrary may even reduce inflammation, so the ice cream in the West is often used as an analgesic with pharyngitis. But here dietichnym this product can not be called solid fats and fast carbs - because of his children in the summer and get fat!
4. Take Vitamin D is necessary even in summer
It is produced in the skin upon exposure to sunlight, and the inhabitants of northern latitudes it constantly loses. Deficiency of vitamin D in the body is fraught with serious disturbances. Take a break in the reception of the summer do not need in Ukraine. If you went to the sea, it is possible to reduce the dosage, after agreeing this doctor.
5. You can swim in T-shirts and shorts
And it must be! It's not just teenage fashion, and protection from harmful sun, not without reason in fashion swimwear with long sleeves. Remember: 5 sunburn in childhood doubles the likelihood of melanoma in adulthood.
6. Sunbathing in a wet bathing suit is not harmful
Modern synthetic fabrics from which basically make melting, dries very quickly. But in wet cotton T-shirt and shorts to be not worth it. Warm sun, hot body, wet clothes - here causes streptococcal (skin inflammation), thrush and other troubles. So it is still better to change into dry.
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7. Sitting on the rocks will not lead to infertility in the future
In medicine, there is no concept of "gynecological cold." Inflammation of the ovaries and other diseases that are usually afraid of girls - a consequence of infection (usually - sexually transmitted diseases).
8. Coca-Cola helps with intestinal infections
In general, Coke has the same effect as rehydron, but makes children less disgust. Indeed, intestinal infections with diarrhea Western doctors recommend the use of Coca-Cola to compensate for the loss of fluid, electrolytes and light antiseptic effect. However, the official sources, which are guided by the Russian doctors, no such recommendations. Therefore, we attribute it more to the methods of traditional medicine.
9. From frogs appear warts
The reason of warts in children and adults - the human papilloma virus (HPV). A person, not a toad! Frogs do not get sick so: they need bumps that secrete mucus, which will not allow them to dry skin.
10. Recognize rabies in animals is difficult
Protruding tongue, and frothing at the mouth and may be the heat. Wild sick animals often lose the fear of coming out to the people and looks touchingly. Frantic may be any animals are safe in this respect, only cold-blooded - fish, amphibians and reptiles (frogs safely touch, kids!).
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11. Means from mosquitoes do not protect against all insects
Remedy mosquito scare only flying reptiles. For ticks need more powerful toxic drugs (they can not be applied to the skin!) And tight clothing.
12. Children better to give in the form of creams repellents
The fact is that even children repellents on the skin, respiratory toxicity have - that is dangerous if inhaled. That is why children should not be given antikomarinye funds in the form of sprays.
13. Lice are equally willing to lay their eggs and dirty, and clean hair
Pediculosis - not a sign of marginality. In the camps and campaigns, where all things in common, the infection is most likely. To reduce the risk of head lice, you need to explain to the children that use someone else's comb or wearing someone else's cap is not necessary... But did they listen?
14. You can not stock up on vitamins for the future
Many of us lament how little fruit and vegetables is eating a child in the summer and try to cram it all at once useful. It is not right. If you overeat fruits and berries, hypervitaminosis (so-called "supply of vitamins) is not formed, but diarrhea or allergy - quite.
15. Carrots and blueberries do not improve sight
The fact that the carotenoids contained in carrots, beneficial for eyesight, it is known since 1940. Opening belongs to a British scientist. Not doctors, however, and military engineers. They have developed airborne radar systems that allow British fighters to shoot down German bombers in the dark. Development, of course, was a military secret. But success had to somehow explain - and in the press was launched the myth that diet pilots a lot of carrots because it improves vision.
In 2000, placebo-controlled study conducted in the United States: one group of patients was given tablets drugs blueberries, another - Dummy results, alas, disappointing - this delicious berry for nothing affected.
16. Fruit juice is better to drink through a straw
In juices high acid concentration that causes damage to the tooth enamel, and consequently. Tooth sensitivity increases and provokes the development of caries.
17. Berries do not make up for iron deficiency
That is why no strawberries, no grenades, no beets do not help in the treatment of iron deficiency anemia. At its easiest ways you can try to make up the shortfall with the help of food. But red meat in this case is much more effective than strawberries. In meat more bioavailable iron.
18. Prevention of worms does not make sense
Acting antiparasitic drugs are toxic. And by giving their child "just in case you injure him, not worms. Worms simply come later - with dirty hands, with unwashed berries, from kissing the beloved cat, prevention, held a week ago, they were not afraid.
19. hogweed is dangerous
Just touch it attractive for many children the plant can be. But to tear and cut categorically impossible. Getting on the skin hogweed sap, increases its sensitivity to sunlight. As a result, when insolation formed long unhealed burns.
20. Wounds and scratches better than to stick a plaster
Many people believe that "the air faster healing. In fact, the formation of a crust on the wound is not an end in itself. On the contrary, it is better to avoid drying out of the skin at the site of injury: under the bandage / patch wounds, blisters and abrasions heal in half the time.
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