Sentences with phrase «wives tales actually»

What is interesting is that some of these so - called old wives tales actually have been borne out and science backs them up.

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There is a wives tale that drinking a beer will help stimulate a woman's prolactin levels but studies show that it actually prohibits oxytocin which is necessary for a woman's let down to occur.

While old wives» tales are just for fun, there has been much research regarding the pregnancy line that actually rings true.

True, some home remedies are simply old wives» tales, but others have stuck around for generations because they actually work, says Philip Hagen, MD, preventive medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic.

Find out if your favorite old wives» tale about the common cold, from «feed a cold, starve a fever» to «eat chicken soup,» actually has a grain of truth.

That old wives» tale of not growing unless you sleep — with muscles, it's actually true!

I found it refreshing to actually have meaningful conversations about something other than tales of wives and lives lost.

This is an old wives tale and is actually opposite of the truth.