Sentences with phrase «persistent myths»

As financially savvy as many working women are, there are a few persistent myths that often prevent them from looking for a term life policy.

One of the persistent myths of wind energy is that vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are better than the iconic three - bladed horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWTs).

Pet owners are often fooled by persistent myths like «pets always have bad breath» or «dry food protects against tooth problems.»

One of the most persistent myths is that turning off the air conditioning and opening the car windows can save gasoline.

Today is Tax Day, which makes it an appropriate time to talk about tax matters.We already covered homeowner tax deductions last month [https://www.mortgageloan.com/9-homeowner-tax-deductions-9683], so here's a roundup of some persistent myths about taxes and home ownership.

Among those ideas are some persistent myths that veteran board members have learned are just not true.

The publication challenged four persistent myths facing women in STEM, including the idea that «girls are bad at maths» and «most women are disinterested in careers in engineering, physics and ICT».

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Coincidentally, Dr. Robert Lustig — another expert on the dangers of high carb diets — was recently interviewed by NPR radio's Science Friday segment.2 His new book, Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, tackles the persistent myths about fat that is endangering the health of millions.

This is one of the more persistent myths surrounding the facts about vitamins in relation to high fat diets.

But there are still other persistent myths out there that need to go away — which is why we asked our favorite Instagram stars to clear up a few common misconceptions.

One of the most persistent myths, however, concerns the relationship of humans to great apes, a group of primates that includes the gorilla, orangutan and chimpanzee.

Despite its widespread use and popularity, there are still several fairly persistent myths surrounding protein powder.

Sufism — or, more accurately, tasawwuf — has nothing to do with wool; that is simply one of the persistent myths about the origin of the word «sufi» which is actually unknown.

One of the most persistent myths in America today is that urban areas are innovative and rural areas are not.

One of the most persistent myths about the Internet is that it's eliminating the need for middlemen.

This «Atlantic divide» is a very persistent myth about European entrepreneurship.

(Just a note: there's a persistent myth that feminism is about turning women into men, and that, absolutely, is false.)

Yet a persistent myth about the family as a little church reappears whenever the future of the family in America seems doubtful.

There is a persistent myth about infant gut development that comes up in nearly every online discussion of starting solid foods.

But a persistent myth of Britain as a right - wing country persists because of the inadequacies of our voting system and the mood music created by tabloids.

«The symptoms people experience [when they believe they have adrenal fatigue] are very real, and sometimes it's difficult to have symptoms and not have a diagnosis, so that could be where the persistent myth of «adrenal fatigue» syndrome comes from,» says Salila Kurra, MD, co-director of the Columbia Adrenal Center and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.

There is another persistent myth that brain cells require glucose for proper functioning.

The other persistent myth of «starvation mode» is that basal metabolism decreases severely and our bodies «shut down».

You're Always Eating It is a persistent myth in health and fitness circles that everyone should be eating many, small meals throughout the day.

There's a persistent myth in the fitness world that just won't seem to die: it holds that skinny people have a higher metabolism than heavier people.

There's been a persistent myth that when it comes to retirement plans, «pension» means «better.»

Let us expose this hot nonsense for what it is: a lie meant to exploit writers and to puff up that old persistent myth about the value of exposure or the joy of the starving artist or the mounting power of unpaid citizen journalism.

A persistent myth says inactivity on your credit cards can hurt your score.

This is a persistent myth that is responsible for thousands of unnecessary interest fees.

Despite the relatively poor performance of homes, Kaissar notes there is a persistent myth that homes are solid investments.

Water Safety It's an old and persistent myth that all dogs are naturally great swimmers.

A whole bunch are failed «livestock guardians» — donkeys brought to then expelled from farms, thanks to what Clark says is a persistent myth that they will keep other animals safe from predators.

And, of course, the global decoupling trend also shoots down the persistent myth that swapping to clean energy is bad for a nation's economy.

However, a persistent myth has emerged in the mainstream media challenging this.

It does, however, once again dispel the persistent myth of a pause in global warming, because the Earth has actually continued to warm faster in the last 16 years than it did in the preceding 16 years.

Because it has been a persistent myth that scientists warned of cooling in the 1970s, researchers examined this question and published their findings in 2008 in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Residents of Toronto were understandably irritated by her comment, which perpetuates «the persistent myth that small towns are friendlier, happier places.»

Yes, there could be a problem with the persistent myth that becoming a lawyer is the equivalent of hitting the lottery, or getting that corner office, or that cool courtroom job.

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John F. Kennedy said, «The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.»

BERLIN — One persistent Canadian myth is that the country has a marvellous international reputation.

Expert analysts break down the oil lobby's most persistent misinformation campaigns For a special episode of the Dogwood Podcast, Sophie Harrison tackles ten myths about Kinder Morgan's expansion proposal, with the help of expert guests.

Whatever «historical evidence» or «facts» Hamdan believes himself to be remembering, this is nothing more than the infamous blood libel: the most persistent and longest - lived anti-Semitic myth in history, aside from the claim that the Jews killed Jesus.

This is the myth of International security: the persistent belief, contrary to historic evidence as well as to logical demonstration, that states can continue sovereign and independent, while, at the same time, it is nevertheless possible to work out a system of security among — as distinct from above — them: international security.

«The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

The myth that as alcohol transfers to breast milk it will have a soothing effect on the baby is fairly persistent.

Despite the well - established body of research confirming the positive contribution dads can make to child health and well - being, the myth that dads don't matter is both persistent and pervasive.

It's time we took a good look at some of the more persistent rumors about single parent households and bust those myths once and for all.

The idea that all calories have an equal impact on your weight and metabolism remains one of the most persistent nutrition myths — and it's one that keeps us overweight and sick.