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Photo shoot for Fit4Life cover story on drinking bottled water versus tap water. Posed by photographer Azlina Abdullah's children.

Not all myths about the human body are harmful, but facts often become distorted over time. We take a look at five long-running myths about health and the body that have been passed around since the heyday of the Backstreet Boys.

HEALTH myths are myriad, and they range from your grandmother’s warnings against shaving your legs (because the hair will grow back thicker), to popular hearsay that the use of antiperspirant products can cause cancer.

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