Drinking more water will help you drop 30 pounds, eliminate the need for makeup; decrease your risk of colon, breast and bladder cancer by more than 50 percent; and increase your IQ by 25 points.

....So say the ubiquitous e-mail forwards that crop up in just about everyone's in boxes from time to time.

But these claims are not true.

Click on the link below to read more in Stephanie Fosnight's article which RNS internist Dr. Susan Burrowes shares her expertise.