the rain drives people into closer contact. and you have rainwater with
pollutants (which'd cause allergies) and which serves as an extra carrying
medium for a sneeze or cough.
Even old wives tales have some basis in fact, most of the time
Kragen Javier Sitaker [09/09/11 01:27 -0400]:
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:59:13PM -0700, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Kragen Javier Sitaker [09/09/11 00:51 -0400]:
>A beans-and-rice diet is pretty healthy, and whatever its deficiencies might
>be, raising your cholesterol isn't among them!
Brown rice certainly not. I was thinking of white "polished" rice
White rice is not known to be a risk factor for high cholesterol.
>>* The role of body cooling in causing the common cold is controversial.[17]
>>It is the most commonly offered folk explanation for the disease, and it has
its not exposure to the cold as much as the temperature differences, and
the fact that rainwater comes with lots of atmospheric pollutants, cold
virii from other people's sneezes etc mixed in.
I am even more skeptical about these theories. Do you have evidence?
Kragen
