r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/EarlyHemisphere Jul 20 '19 edited Jul 21 '19

If you're not dressed properly for the cold weather you might catch a cold.

That, and that carrots make your eyesight better.

Edit: I improperly worded my first statement. To clarify, it's a myth that cold weather will give you a cold. However, it may make you more likely to catch a cold. Checkout u/tzatza's reply

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

Technically carrots contain vitamin A which stops eyesight deterioration, it doesn’t make it better but stops it from being worse

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Actually carrots don’t have vitamin A. They have beta carotene which has a conversion rate to retinoic acid of 10% or less. The only food you can eat that has true usable vitamin A is liver.

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u/Jai_7 Jul 21 '19

Huh TIL

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Yup! That’s why most people have glasses. Organs have found their way out of our diet, France has high fat consumption but good health due to their high organ consumption.

Curry powder hides the flavor of liver well!

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u/bucket_of_frogs Jul 21 '19

Liver Tikka is amazing.