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13 Random Health Facts You Never Knew

cell phone, driver, factsI love sharing lists like these that are both educational and entertaining. Well, some of these “health facts” are more like “un-health facts” (especially #6), but they’re interesting nonetheless.

1) Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08.

2) Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.

3) In some parts of the world, they protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.

4) The word ‘gymnasium’ comes from the Greek word gymnazein, which means ‘to exercise naked.’

5) There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee; of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

6) The average American eats at McDonald’s more than 1,800 times in their life.

7) There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

8) According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

9) You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

10) It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily.

11) Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

12) You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

13) During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 60,000 pounds of food -- that’s the weight of about 6 elephants.

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Comment on This Article Community Comments (52)
 
 
Posted On Mar 25, 2008
If I fall asleep watching television, how many calories will I burn?

And how much trouble will I be in if I talk on my cell phone while driving drunk?
Oooh - delete that!

 
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LadyPam
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Posted On Apr 08, 2008

Islander, maybe the two cancel each other out? Ouch!


 
 
 
Posted On Mar 25, 2008
# 5 goes to show shouldn't give coffee to rats!  :)

 
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WGR
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Posted On Apr 08, 2008

You're absolutely right.  It's way to good to waste on rats!

Coffee, by the way, powers the Information economy.  Take it away and all progress would stop.


 
 
 
Posted On Mar 26, 2008
You guys are so funny!
This TV thing just can't be true in our house!  I like to rebound or Gazelle while watching TV (I have a thing about multi-tasking). We also get comedies on that have us rolling we are laughing so hard. 

 
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Posted On Mar 26, 2008
Who wants to burn calories by banging your head against a wall?? :-0

 
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Posted On Mar 26, 2008
I was very happy to read this new vital fact. But then I remembered jogging burns 400 or more an hour, and is similarly productive.


New to Natural
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Posted On Mar 27, 2008
Thump                                Thump                                Thump..................


allfornaturalhealth
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Posted On Mar 27, 2008
You will have to keep thumping for 8 hours if you want to burn 1200 calories!:-)


qualitygeek
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Posted On Mar 27, 2008
Who wants to burn calories by banging your head against a wall??

lots of welless proponents do this daily when they counsel noncompliant patients/clients to eat more unprocessed foods, sleep 5-7 hrs/night, and exercise regularly...


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Posted On Apr 08, 2008

So thats why I loose weight at work!  How many calories do you burn if you bang someone elses head against a wall?



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Posted On Apr 08, 2008

I don't know how many calories you burn up if you bang someone else's head against a wall, but I would imagine it could qualify as an Emotionally "Freeing" Technique with a little bit of aerobic exercise on the side.  Just remember to do those deep, cleansing breaths . . .    


 
 
 
Posted On Apr 08, 2008

<u>1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee</U>

it will take more like 5000 before I give it up

I wonder if they tested organic coffee or the pesticide infected stuff

I gave up tv, microwave, cell phone, alarm clock,

but please don't take my coffee


 
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