Health trivia

smoking 1 stick of cigarette deducts lessens the lifespan of a smoker by 15 minutes. your foot lenght is equal to the lenght of your lower arm(from the elbow to the hand joint) try it! like fingerprint, every person has a unique tongue print. it takes 20 seconds 4 a red blood cell 2 circle d whole body. you burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. you can't kill yourself by holding your breath. most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. the average human eyelash lives about 150 days. the thumbnail grows the slowest; the middle nail grows the fastest. the air released from a sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph. the average human scalp contains between 120,000 to 150,000 hairs. the longest word is English language is pneumonoultramiscroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - an inflammatory lung disease caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust. the temporal lobe is the area of the brain that allows humans to hear and understand people speaking. the skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearm, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch. your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end. farts are flammable. talking for an hour with a close friend is as effective as taking a pain reliever in treating headaches. toothpaste was 'invented' over 4000 years ago, albeit not in the form we know it -Egyptians used crushed pumice stone and vinegar as a form of paste. our nails grow at a rate of around 0.1 mm per day. So it would take roughly 3 months to replace an entire fingernail. dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. women blink nearly twice as much as men. the velocity of your cough can be up to 60mph. each day we lose anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 brain cells. the average adult will stand around 0.5 inches taller in the morning than in the evening due the slight cartilage compression that happens over the course of a day. synesthesia is a rare condition where the human senses are combined. Synesthetes can 'see' words, 'taste' colours and shapes, and 'feel' flavours. on average a person will blink over 10,000 times a day. the human brain is about 75% water. it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. each day your heart beats around 100,000 times. a beard grows an average of 140mm a year. the skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearm, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch. a boys voice breaks during puberty because his vocal cords are lengthening. Up until that point, girls and boys vocal cords are the same length. the strongest bone in the body, the thigh bone, is hollow. Ounce for ounce, it has a greater pressure tolerance and bearing strength than a rod of equivalent size in cast steel. most people lose half of their taste buds by sixty years of age. the average human body holds enough: sulfur to kill all the fleas on an average dog, potassium to fire a toy cannon, carbon to make 900 pencils, fat to make 7 bars of soap, 10 gallons of water, and phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads. the average human has about 10,000 taste buds however, they're not all on the tongue. Some are under the tongue; some are on the inside of the cheeks; some are on the roof of the mouth. Some can even be found on the lips these are especially sensitive to salt. you intake 12 teaspoons of sugar by drinking 1 can of softdrinks. one cause of obesity is supplying the body with improper foods. Our body craves for nutrients it needs. And when you cant give that, it makes us still feel hungry. protein is one powerful calorie burner. As it builds and maintains muscle mass, and the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn even at rest. vitamins in capsule and gel form are generally better than in tablet form. Tablets can be compressed too hard as it may be indigestible. capsicum frutescens or leaves from chilli pepper fruit is not only used as food spice but discovered to help prevent dangerous blood clots. 80% of diseases are due to stress tobacco cigarette contains over 4,000 chemicals and 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer. cigarette contains chemicals such as paint, Nicotine which is used in insecticides, Methanol chemical used in rocket fuel, Ammonia ingredients in toilet cleaner and Arsenic known as a poisonous ingredient. Moringa Oleifera leaves also known as horseradish tree leaves (malunggay) found out to prevent 300 diseases. That is why it has been dubbed as The Miracle Tree. with only 30 seconds of use and exposure, your handkerchief has been found to accumulate 15,000 germs. a pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands. Each foot can sweat the equivalent of half a glass of water per day. it's totally impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. in your very own lifetime, you'll produce enough spit to fill two swimming pools. your stomach makes a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks. Otherwise, it will digest itself. symptoms warn you there is a problem. If you simply mask the symptoms with a drug, it does not eliminate the root cause. It makes as much sense as dealing with a warning light on your cars dashboard by unplugging it. PMS indicates poor fat/oil digestion. The body's myelin sheath is composed of fat, without it the membrane is destroyed. Fft does not make you fat - sugar does. The body needs good fat (Omega 3 & 6 essential oils) as they transport toxins from body. Without essential oils the myelin sheath is broken down, it can't transport toxins, and the body is low in anti-oxidants. Bad fat = Animal fat, margarine, Hydrogenated oils. after drinking a glass of milk each day for 365 days, you have consumed enough antibiotics to fill a glass.

it takes 32 glasses of water to flush the acid from one can of soda pop out of your system. aluminum is also the most active ingredient in most antiperspirants and deodorants. Aluminum contributes to breast cancer in women. apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake. with only 30 seconds' of use, a handkerchief has been found to contain 15,000 germs.