Four Stubborn Body Myths That Just Wont Die 关于人体根深蒂固谬见.docVIP

Four Stubborn Body Myths That Just Won’t Die 关于人体根深蒂固谬见Hair grows back thicker when you shave it！ Reading in dim light turns you blind！ The way our bodies work is a bit of a mystery， and our desire to unlock its secrets has led to a vast amount of misinformation. Many of these false notions are more widely believed than the truth. We took our healthy skepticism and a bunch of research to find the truth behind some of the most common myths about our bodies. Here’s what we learned. 剔除毛发会使新长出的毛发更加浓密！在昏暗的光线下看书会让你失明！我们身体的运作方式有点神秘莫测，我们渴望破解这些秘密，结果却带来了大量的错误信息。许多这些错误信息比真理更广为人知。我们通过合理的质疑和大量的研究发现了关于人体那些最为普通的谬见背后的真相。下面就是我们了解到的真相。 Myth Body Hair Grows Back Thicker When You Shave It 谬见 剃除身体毛发会使新长出的毛发更加浓密 You might remember that episode of Seinfeld1） where Jerry decides to shave his chest despite warnings that it will grow back twice as thick. Although the myth proves to be true on television， it’s very much false in the real world. If shaving caused hair to grow in much thicker， balding men would be shaving their heads for hair loss prevention. Children’s health researcher Rachel C. Vreeman and assistant professor of pediatrics2） Aaron E. Carrol put this myth to rest： Strong scientific evidence disproves these claims. As early as 1928， a clinical trial showed that shaving had no effect on hair growth. More recent studies confirm that shaving does not affect the thickness or rate of hair regrowth. In addition， shaving removes the dead portion of hair， not the living section lying below the skin’s surface， so it is unlikely to affect the rate or type of growth. Shaved hair lacks the finer taper3） seen at the ends of unshaven hair， giving an impression of coarseness. Similarly， the new hair has not yet been lightened by the sun or other chemical exposures， resulting in an appearance that seems darker than existing hair. Basically， shaved hair feels coarse and that leads you to believe it’s thicker. In reality you’re just fooling yourself and your hair remains the s