- Bruise easily? You likely have a vitamin C or vitamin E deficiency.
- Of the 5 grams of fat in an egg, half is monounsaturated fat (think olive oil).
- High soy intake can impair thyroid function.
- In addition to sweet, salty, sour and bitter, there is a fifth taste sensation—umami, the savory flavor common to mushrooms and Parmesan cheese.
- Looking out for sugar on your food labels? True sugars end with −ose (think fructose), while sugar alcohols end in −tol (like xylitol and maltitol).
- It takes more than 200 muscles to blink your eyes.
- Vitamin E is an effective blood thinner.
- Zinc, vitamin A and antioxidants are all critical for skin health.
- Every U.S. president has worn glasses.
- Not only is your thigh bone the largest bone in the body, it is also hollow.
- It takes one red blood cell 20 seconds to travel your entire body.
- The average human body contains enough carbon to make 900 pencils.
- You breathe in about seven quarts of air every 60 seconds
- Beta-blockers, a category of cardiac medication, can cause weight gain, likely due to fluid retention.
- Spinach is rich in oxalic acid, which can inhibit calcium absorption.
- One wedge of watermelon contains more lycopene than four tomatoes.
- Kosher salt contains less sodium by volume than table salt, due to the coarser grains.
- Applying honey to mild or moderate burns provides faster healing than other conventional treatments.
- The USDA allows up to 15 percent of ground beef to contain “pink slime,” which is mechanically separated meat that has been treated with ammonia.
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