By Aaron Carroll, Rachel Vreeman

Humans have extra entry to clinical info than ever prior to, and but we nonetheless think "facts" approximately bodies and health and wellbeing which are simply simple improper. DON'T SWALLOW YOUR GUM! takes on those myths and misconceptions, and exposes the reality in the back of a few of these bizarre and worrisome issues we expect approximately bodies. Entries dispel the next myths and more:

- you want to drink eight glasses of water a day
- Chewing gum remains on your belly for seven years
- you could seize poison ivy from a person who has it
- should you drop nutrients at the flooring and decide it up inside 5 seconds, it's secure to eat
- Strangers have poisoned kids' Halloween candy

With the precise mix of authoritative examine and a breezy, obtainable tone, DON'T SWALLOW YOUR GUM is stuffed with enlightening, useful, and quirky evidence that would debunk probably the most perennial misconceptions we think approximately our well-being and health.

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Water stress’) will adversely affect cell physiology. The term ‘water potential’ refers to the potential energy of water and closely relates to the osmotic pressure of fungal growth media. e. high sugar or salt concentrations) and are referred to as osmotolerant or zerotolerant. By comparison, S. cerevisiae is generally regarded P1: OTA/XYZ JWST082-01 P2: ABC JWST082-Kavanagh June 15, 2011 19:28 Printer Name: Yet to Come FUNGAL GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION 27 as a non-osmotolerant yeast. g. salt, sugar) concentration.

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