Actually, Not

Skipping breakfast is bad for you — it makes you gain weight and wrecks your stomach

Bone soup is full of calcium — the longer you simmer it and the whiter it gets, the more nourishing it is

Overnight dishes are full of nitrite — eating them causes cancer

Too much MSG is bad for you — it makes your hair fall out and leaves you thirsty

Eating pig's feet, bird's nest, or tremella soup replenishes collagen and improves your skin

You must drink eight glasses of water a day

Coffee and tea are diuretics — the more you drink, the more dehydrated you get, so they don't count toward your water intake

Eating spicy food gives you stomach ulcers

If a fruit has one small rotten spot, just cut off the bad part and eat the rest

If honey crystallizes, it's been cut with sugar — it's fake

Microwave ovens give off radiation — microwaved food causes cancer and loses all its nutrients

Simmer a soup long enough and all the goodness ends up in the broth — drinking the soup is more nutritious than eating the meat

Egg yolks are high in cholesterol — no more than one egg a day

Food dropped on the floor is fine to eat if you pick it up within five seconds

Eating after 8 p.m. will definitely make you fat — anything eaten before bed turns straight into fat

If your stomach is acting up, drink congee (rice porridge) to nourish it back to health

You need regular detoxes to flush out accumulated waste — juice fasts to purge the gunk from your body

Swallowed gum sticks to your intestines and takes seven years to pass

Sugar makes kids hyper — bouncing off the walls and impossible to control

Eat lots of carrots for good eyesight — you'll even see better at night

Fresh-squeezed juice is the same as eating fruit — and even better absorbed

Drinking water with meals dilutes your stomach acid and hurts digestion

Craving a specific food means your body is missing a nutrient it contains

If you don't blow-dry your hair after washing it, dampness gets in and you'll get headaches and catch a cold

Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis and makes your fingers thick

Pluck one gray hair and ten more will grow back

Shaving makes hair grow back thicker, darker, and faster

Wearing glasses for myopia makes your prescription climb, so avoid them if you can

Blue-light-blocking glasses relieve eye strain and protect your vision

Reading in the dark or looking at your phone in bed ruins your eyes

People only use 10% of their brain — unlock the rest and you could be a genius

Take some 'anti-inflammatory pills' (antibiotics) when you catch a cold and you'll recover faster

Load up on vitamin C as soon as you catch a cold and you'll recover faster

Getting a flu shot can give you the flu

Leg cramps mean you're low on calcium — take a supplement, quick

The tongue has zones: sweet at the tip, sour on the sides, bitter at the back

The left brain handles logic, the right brain handles art — develop your kid's right brain to make them smarter

Vaccines cause autism, especially the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) shot

A glass of red wine a day softens your blood vessels and protects your heart

Antiperspirants block your sweat glands so toxins can't get out, and that causes breast cancer

Getting sick once or twice a year is good for you — it purges the illness and trains your immune system

When you're pregnant you must avoid everything — coffee, crab, hawthorn — and ideally stay in bed the whole time

After giving birth you can't wash your hair, shower, brush your teeth, or open a window — you must stay bundled up in bed or you'll get lifelong 'confinement sickness'

Fewer half-moons on your fingernails means your body is weak and deficient

You must have a bowel movement every single day — otherwise 'stale stool' builds up and toxins get absorbed

Getting laser eye surgery cures your myopia

A drink before bed helps you sleep deeper.

Sleep less during the week, no big deal — just catch up on the weekend.

Everyone must get a full eight hours of sleep.

Snoring means you're sleeping soundly and deeply.

Never wake a sleepwalker — you'll frighten them out of their mind or make them sick.

Can't sleep? No problem — just lying there with your eyes closed is rest too.

Older people naturally need less sleep — sleeping poorly is just a normal part of aging.

Take melatonin for insomnia — it's a natural hormone, safe and sleep-inducing.

Night owls are just lazy and undisciplined — early risers are better people.

Lots of dreams means you slept badly — dreamless sleep is the deep, good kind

The longer your afternoon nap, the more refreshed you'll feel — aim for an hour or two

A glass of warm milk before bed helps you sleep, thanks to the tryptophan

Scrolling your phone in bed is fine as long as night mode is on

Train your abs to lose the belly, train your arms to slim them down.

The more you sweat, the more fat you burn — sweat suits work great.

Next-day muscle soreness is lactic acid buildup — massage it out to break it up.

Always do a good static stretch before exercise, or you'll get hurt.

You must hit 10,000 steps a day to count as healthy.

Women who lift weights will turn into muscle-bound hulks — cardio is the safe choice.

Running ruins your knees — run too much and you'll need a joint replacement sooner or later.

Morning workouts on an empty stomach burn fat directly — way more efficient for weight loss.

You must slam protein powder within 30 minutes after training — miss the window and the workout was wasted.

Muscle turns into fat if you stop training — everything you built will end up as flab.

You shouldn't exercise during your period — just lie down and rest, or you'll end up with lasting problems.

You have to exercise for more than 30 minutes before fat starts burning — anything shorter is wasted

The air is freshest in the early morning, so a dawn workout is the healthiest

When you catch a cold, go for a run or sit in a sauna — sweat the sickness out

The more exercise the better — train every single day, because one day off undoes everything

Have a shot of liquor to warm up in cold weather.

Pour strong baijiu (Chinese distilled liquor) on a wound to disinfect it.

Phone and Wi-Fi radiation causes cancer — keep your phone away from the bed at night.

Run your phone down to empty before a full charge, and never charge it overnight — that ruins the battery.

More laundry detergent means cleaner clothes.

Zap your kitchen sponge in the microwave and it's disinfected, good to keep using.

No need for sunscreen on cloudy days, in winter, or indoors.

Don't use your phone indoors during a thunderstorm — it attracts lightning.

Earwax needs regular digging — give it a twist with a cotton swab to really clean it out.

An acidic body is the root of all disease — eat alkaline foods and drink alkaline water to neutralize it.

Magnetic bracelets and magnetic mattresses boost circulation and cure all kinds of pain.

Get a standing desk — work standing up and you'll lose weight and fix your back pain.

Iodized salt causes thyroid nodules — who still dares eat it?

New clothes are clean from the factory — no need to wash before wearing

Public toilet seats can give you an STD — sitting on one is risky

Sleeping with the AC or fan blowing on your face can give you facial paralysis

A squirt of hand sanitizer is just as good as washing your hands

For a nosebleed, tilt your head back — or raise the arm on the opposite side.

Sweat out a fever — bundle up under heavy blankets until you sweat, and the fever breaks.

Rub a feverish child down with alcohol to bring the temperature down.

Put toothpaste, soy sauce, sesame oil, or ice on a burn.

During a seizure, press the philtrum (the groove under the nose) and wedge something into the mouth so they don't bite their tongue.

A drowning person will scream for help and thrash wildly — you'd definitely notice.

If someone's choking, give them a sip of water to wash it down.

If CPR breaks someone's ribs, you pushed too hard and did it wrong.

During a stroke, prick the fingertips to let blood out — it's life-saving first aid.

If a fish bone gets stuck in your throat, swallow vinegar to soften it, then gulp a ball of rice to push it down

Right after a sprain, apply heat and rub in medicinal wine to disperse the bruising

If someone collapses from heatstroke, pinch the philtrum (renzhong) to wake them

If someone's being electrocuted, grab them and pull them away immediately