Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Lifestyles Ideas Management - Fast Fact

In one day an average person takes about 18,000 steps.

People who eat at least three servings of fruit daily are less likely to develop age-related muscular degeneration (sight loss). The best fruits are bananas and oranges.

The longer you go without food, the more sensitive you are to sweet and salty tastes.

The human body is best suited for 2 four hours sleep than one eight hours one.

Drinking alcohol before bedtime can increase the risk of sleepwalking.

The only part of the body that has no blood is the cornea of the eye. It takes oxygen directly from the air.

Bad breath is caused by decomposing food in the stomach and secretions of the mouth from tooth decay.

You can get rid of the bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis and leprosy by eating cashew nuts.

The jawbone is the hardest part of the body.

It takes 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

The sound you hear when you crack the knuckles is the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

A person can live without food for about a month but not more than one week without water.

Food takes three to six hours to move through the small intestine.
The small intestine is about 6cm long and about as thick as your index finger.
The large intestine is about 1.5m long and about as thick as your wrist.

We have four basic tastes, salty and sweet are at the tip of the tongue, bitter at the base and sour along the sides.

Food takes 17 to 46 hours to reach the rectum after it is swallow.

Men lose about 40 hairs in a day, women lose about 70 hairs a day.

Smelling (not eating) bananas and or green apples can help some people lose weight.