Today is 24+1 = 25 Friday.
Here are 25 things you thought you knew and that keep ‘popping’ up in your life. 25 Random Things…About Health at Health.com.
In the spirit of those annoying, addictive, you-know-you’re- reading-them-even-though-you- wish-you-weren’t Facebook notes popping up everywhere, Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. Go ahead: Pass it on to your friends.
1. Rinsing your nose with salt water can help keep you healthy and ward off allergy symptoms.
2. Dogs can smell cancer and low blood sugar.
3. People who enter their home through a door near the kitchen tend to eat 15% more than those who use the front door.
4. You’re more likely to have a heart attack on a Monday…or up to three days after you’ve been diagnosed with the flu or a respiratory tract infection.
5. You can’t get a tan from your computer screen. No matter what this website tells you.
6. Obese people spend $485 more on clothing, $828 on extra plane seats, and $36 more on gas each year than their thinner counterparts.
7. Smokers are four times as likely to report feeling unrested after a night’s sleep than nonsmokers, and are 70% more likely to develop hearing loss.
8. Eating fruits and vegetables may help the human body make its own aspirin.
MikeZ – “walking a total of 25 miles the next three days”
