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11 reviews for:
Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies about Your Body and Health
Aaron E. Carroll, Rachel C. Vreeman
3.41 AVERAGE
11 reviews for:
Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies about Your Body and Health
Aaron E. Carroll, Rachel C. Vreeman
3.41 AVERAGE
I'm not sure if the main reason I enjoyed this book, was because is dispelled so many old-wives tales about your health that I've been told throughout the years. Or if the scientist in me just enjoys learning new things like this. But this was a must read. I'll never again put hydrogen peroxide on a cut. Just have to convince those around me that its a bad idea...
Funny and full of genuinely useful information. Glad I picked it up!
I love useless trivia. I love semi-useless trivia. And I love things that bust myths, even if I've never seen a certain show.
So how on earth could I have been as bored to tears as I was by this book? Seriously. Even their attempts to interject humor made me cringe and flip the page.
Horrid.
So how on earth could I have been as bored to tears as I was by this book? Seriously. Even their attempts to interject humor made me cringe and flip the page.
Horrid.
All those body and health myths and half-truths are exposed - everything from the relationship between foot and penis size to gum stays in your stomach for seven years - with numerous delightful scientific commentary. Well researched with tons of documentation, but not dry or fussy in any way.
informative
fast-paced
ok, a few interesting things, but overall not exceptional