Sitting too close to the TV/reading in the dark will mess up your eyesight.

As a kid, watching TV is definitely a favourite pastime. But it can be annoying to hear constant warnings about messing up your eyesight. Watching TV too closely or reading in the dark may make your eyesight seem funny temporarily but there is no risk of permanent damage. The rays from the TV aren’t going to snatch away your vision and while it might take a few seconds for your eyes to readjust to light reading in the dark won’t do it either.

Put on a jacket or you’ll catch a cold.

When your mother told you to cover your head before going outside or you’ll catch a cold she had a point, but it doesn’t mean that’s why got sick. Colds are caused by a virus so getting wet or even going out into the cold doesn’t cause you to catch it if you haven’t already been exposed to the virus. However it is true that wet and cold conditions make excellent breeding ground for the rhinovirus, which causes the common cold, to flourish. So while mom was perhaps a bit overzealous in her insistence that you wear a jacket and hat, it would have been of little help if you were already exposed to the cold virus.

Chocolate gives you acne.

Even as an adult, you probably still cling to that childhood belief that eating sweets will result in a sudden outburst of acne. While mom may have succeeding in scaring you to avoid overindulging in candy, the acne you experienced in childhood was more likely associated with the hormonal havoc of puberty than the amount of chocolate and candy you ate. Avoiding those foods hardly makes a difference when puberty hormones take over. What does work is a skin care regimen that will help the acne to heal quickly and prevent a new outbreak.

You will get colic if you eat too many diverse foods.

You’ve probably been warned many times that eating different types of foods too quickly will give you colic. In fact, the discomfort and indigestion associated with colic likely has more to do with an imbalance in the digestive system rather than the food you eat. When operating at its peak, the digestive system can handle almost any food that you ingest. However, things can go out of whack if there is enzyme imbalance in the stomach.