Old Wives’ Tales: Fact or Fiction

Carolyn Thomas     Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)

This week, a fascinating guest post about what we know as Old Wives’ Tales  – those superstitious traditions believed to be passed down by older women to younger women.  Dr. Scott Lear, a professor in the Health Sciences faculty at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, fact-checks four traditional Tales for us today. Do you have a favourite old wives’ (or young wives’) Tale that you grew up with? 

Dr. Lear’s academic research has focused on how our  health behaviours relate to both the prevention and treatment of heart and other diseases. His own lived experience with heart disease and mental illness has informed this important research. Dr. Lear also writes a bi-weekly blog (Become Your Healthiest You) and co-hosts the How to Health podcast. Thank you Dr. Lear for your kind permission to share this post with my Heart Sisters readers!

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