HEALTH Myths

More than half of women still believe outdated health and diet hints and tips passed down the generations, which often have little or no medical basis. We reveal the top 10 most common untrue health myths.

From butter on burns to soup for sniffles, outdated health advice handed down through generations could be making women’s health worse, according to a new survey commissioned by Panadol.

The survey questioned more than 2,000 UK adults to reveal the nation’s health hearsay.

Many of the most common hints and tips could prove futile or even dangerous:

for instance, one in five women continues to use butter to treat burns, which could result in far more harm than good. Meanwhile, more than two thirds think that taking painkillers regularly can make them immune to their benefits – another untrue myth that could mean women are suffering from unnecessary pain.

Top Ten False Health Myths

If you take painkillers regularly you can become immune to them.
Cracking your knuckles increases the risk of suffering from arthritis.
You should feed a cold and starve a fever.
Aftershave can help to cure cold sores.
Chicken soup can help cure a cold.
You can get piles by sitting on a cold floor.
It’s better to take less than the recommended dose of painkillers.
You can use banana skin to help cure a wart.
You can use butter or cooking oil to treat a minor burn.
Toothpaste can help heal love bites.

“The worrying thing about health hearsay is you inherit it from trusted sources such as your own mum or grandmother and it goes unquestioned because it’s something you’ve grown up with,” says Sandra, a mum two children. “The result is you go on using all sorts of remedies without really knowing whether or not they work, and then pass them on to the next generation.”

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