- Research from Circulation shows that women who consistently consume blueberries and strawberries have a 32 percent lower risk of heart disease.
- Simply looking at photos of high-calorie foods can stimulate your brain’s reward center, thus weakening willpower.
- 20 mg of iron a day can ease PMS symptoms.
- Grunting or being vocal when lifting weights can increase muscle strength by eight percent.
- The Mayo Clinic finds that people with a financial incentive to lose weight drop an average of seven more pounds than those with no monetary goal.
- Mint gum can make fruit less appetizing.
- According to Emotion, a trip down memory lane can actually make you feel physically warmer.
- A five percent incline increase on the treadmill can burn 15 percent more calories.
- Drinking alcohol can reduce the amount of antioxidants in your skin.
- Women who religiously read nutrition labels weigh approximately nine pounds less than women who ignore those critical stats.
- A shark’s cornea is so similar to a human’s that it has been used in eye surgery.
- People read an average of 25 percent slower onscreen than on paper.
- One in 10 men grind his teeth while sleeping. One in eight snores.
- People tend to chew their food on the same side as their dominant hand. So if you are right-handed, you likely chew on the right side of your mouth.
- 80 percent of 10-year-old girls in the U.S. go on a diet.
- The average person’s vocabulary contains up to 6,000 words.
- After the age of 30, humans begin to gradually shrink in size.
- Every pound over your ideal weight can lower your life expectancy by 34 days. That means that a mere 15 pounds can cost you nearly 1.5 years of life!
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