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The foods we eat and the habits we have affect our physiology. While certain foods may be good for us because they have certain nutrients or micronutrients, they may also tax our system in other ways, requiring large amounts of water, magnesium or calcium to digest.

If you do not know any better, you will believe some of these outlandish claims that float around disguised as colloquial wisdom. We might believe them because they come from a person we respect, or because it sounds reasonable. But they are wrong.

Any argument will have at least two clashing sets of beliefs or opinions involved, each trying to prove that they are indeed the one that is true. It is important, if one tries to resolve an argument, to hear out both sides, regardless of how ridiculous or misinformed one opinion may be, because if you dismiss an opinion out of hand, without hearing it, that opinion will grow stronger, boosting the argument forward into next rounds, until it does become resolved. Some arguments, like certain theological or philosophical ones, may never be resolved, while others, like the supposed “controversy” over fluoride, will almost certainly, if the arguing halves ever take the time to listen to each other and resolve their problems.