- It is impossible to hum while your nose is plugged close.
- The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
- Humans have normal pulse of 70 heartbeats per minute. Elephants have a slower pulse of 27 heartbeats and for a canary has as high as 1000.
- A human heart pumps enough blood to fill 100 swimming pools in an average lifetime.In the same time it will beat almost three billion times.
- If all the blood vessels of your body were laid end to end, they would reach about 60,000 miles. That’s enough to go around the world twice.
Facts about our Body
Health Just For You
Every one want to be healthy and fit. In today's scenario, where pollution has increased very much and our life style has changed in a negative way, we need to take care of ourself. Care has to be taken in both preventive and curative way. In ancient time, our forefathers discovered various ways to keep ourself healthy, but with the passage of time we forgot those ways and suffer from a lots of problems. It is the unawareness of those methods which increased diseases and reduced resistance power against the negative powers be it harmful bacteria, pollution or invisible negative energies. So lets promise ourself to make ourself fit and healthy. Our commitment for being healthy and happy is more important than anything else in the world.
Interesting Weird Facts
- Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
- If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die. Humans can’t handle that much vitamin A.
- A full head of human hair is strong enough to support 12 tons.
- The blood from a human erection has enough blood to keep 3 gerbals alive.
- The word “facetiously” contains all 5 vowels and “y” in alphabetical order.
Alopecia (Hair Loss)
Alopecia is a condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp. Because it causes bald spots on the scalp, especially in the first stages, it is sometimes called spot baldness. In some cases, the condition can spread to the entire scalp. In addition, nearly 30 percent of people suffer some kind of hair loss by age 30 and about 50 percent have it by age 50. In fact, hair loss is so common that it is often considered a normal sign of aeging and not a disease.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder in which the body is unable to make proper use of glucose, resulting in high blood sugar. Excess glucose in the blood ultimately results in high levels of glucose being present in the urine. This increases the urine output, which leads to dehydration and increased thirst.
Fatigue
Fatigue means a feeling of weariness, tiredness or lack of energy. It can be due to stress, medication, overwork, or mental and physical illness or disease. Its causes include lack of sleep, malnutrition, low or high blood sugar level, depression, lack of exercise etc.
Anulom Vilom Pranayam
Anulom Vilom means Alternate Nostril Breathing. It is a type of breathing exercise to purify mind and body and balancing between the both. Exercising Anulom Vilom for more than 10 minutes fills you with energy and helps you do day to day tasks more efficiently. Spiritual gurus suggest to do anulom vilom early in the morning during the sunrise which makes it more beneficial than at other usual time.
What is meant by "Pink of Health"
"Pink of Health" means best of the health. When some one ask how are you doing and you say I am in the pink of health then it means that you are in good health and are doing great. Pink of health denotes one's good health in physically as well as mentally.