13 Random Health Facts You Never Knew

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13 Random Health Facts You Never Knew (from Dr. Mercola's

site)

 

I 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.

Looking for more health facts? Do feel free to use the search feature

located in the upper-right corner of this page.[Link to page at bottom] I

have spent over a decade filling this site with useful information to

address your health questions, and it’s all available to you with just a

few clicks of your mouse.

Sources: Health Ranker March

17, 2008

 

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/08/13-random-health-facts-you-never-knew.aspx