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The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson.

And is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

Seven Old Wives Tales that aren't utter nonsense.

Saying, oh, that's just an old wives tale, is an easy way to disarm and disregard someone

else's claim about health.

But it's also lazy, and sometimes just plain misleading.

So what if a particular claim comes from folk wisdom?

Is it all nonsense?

Are all old wives tales necessarily incorrect?

As you'll hear soon, folk wisdom is sometimes just plain old wisdom.

Many of the stories have a basis in fact, and many of us would

be better off heeding some of those old wives' tales. So, which ones are actually couched in

real wisdom? Which tales are being borne out by modern research? Well, let's find out. Number one, smile, you'll feel better. Grandmothers everywhere are

fond of telling their extended spawn to just smile, dearie, no matter how bad they're feeling.

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