Facts About Health That Will Blow Your Mind
We also know the fundamentals of preserving our physical and mental health, even though they’re always harder said than done — eating a healthy diet, having enough exercise, and sleeping about 8 hours a night. Yet as long as we’re not ill, we still fail to give too much attention about our health. And if we, um, didn’t pay super close attention during high school science class (* tightly lift my hand *), we may still find ourselves questioning why our bodies are doing these things.
Even even with people who listened with keen attention to a biology lesson, there are always some very interesting health information about stuff going on inside our bodies every day — and thinking about them is more than just intriguing. Knowing what’s going on inside our bodies will help us change our lives.
- Stress Is Directly Related To 90% Of All Diseases
We also know that depression is a big drain, and it can take a tremendous toll on our mental well-being. While I’ve found that I catch colds and infections more quickly when I’m under a lot of stress, I was shocked to hear that 90% of all illnesses are induced or worsened by stress.
Stressed — People are more vulnerable to sickness and have more difficulties healing if diagnosed. And there’s an significant change away from this wellbeing fact — we’re always advising ourselves to only “suck it” when it comes to stress, but what we actually need to do when we get stressed out is to consciously participate in self-care with both our bodies and our brains.
- We Use Every Part Of Our Brains
When Owen Wilson said, “You know how they say we ‘re only using 10% of our brains? I think we ‘re only using 10% of our souls” in Wedding Crashers, we all knew he was less than honest. (In a really humorous way , of course.) But most of us thought that the first part of his statement was true — because I’ve learned the “reality” about how we use just 10% of our brains more than I can count.
- Lack Of Sleep Is More Deadly Than Starvation
Death by malnutrition will take an extraordinarily long time — up to two months in certain cases (though this depends on a variety of factors, such as excess body fat). Yet the longest a human ever lived without sleep is eleven days — and, needless to say, his neurological capacity was practically negligible at the end of those allegedly wretched eleven days.
More recently, after eleven days without sleep, a good man died. Rest helps our bodies to rebuild and cure ourselves, as well as to do other essential functions — so when we hop on it, just to do something we ‘re excited about, we just damage ourselves.
- Botox Affects Your Ability To Feel Emotions
We all know that, after having Botox, a person can’t use their face to convey feelings the same way they did in the past. Yet new work has found that Botox has a more unexpected side effect — it reduces the capacity to genuinely express feelings.
While the explanation for this is not fully obvious, scientists claim it is because our facial movements specifically influence our thoughts and transmit signals to the brain. Yeah, obviously, the adage that “smiling would make you happy!” really has some truth — and the same goes with voicing other feelings, both good and negative.
- We’re Taller In The Morning Than In The Evening
Perhaps I’m just too rugged in the morning to even realize that, but every night we rise up to half an inch in our sleep. The bodies are not exposed to gravity when resting, and more fluids flow to the intervertebral disks, which allows them to spread out.
Sadly, when we wake up, we lose this height pretty fast, as our everyday habits allow our muscles to contract again. So if you’re particularly interested in acquiring the extra height, you should imagine going to space — according to NASA, astronauts expand about two inches after leaving Earth.
- Hiccups Probably Have Ancient Origins
Hiccups are super annoying — but when are we going to get them? Our ancient predecessors may be to blame for this. Millions of years ago, they lived in the water and used gills and lungs to breathe. Most experts claim that hiccups are a re-enactment of the muscle movements used by our ancestors while breathing through their gills.
- It’s Possible To Be Allergic To The Cold
Many of us do not like the cold and are prone to low temperatures. (We can’t all be Elsa, unfortunately.) Even for those with cold urticaria, the cold weather is very dangerous. In moderate cases , individuals with cold urticaria experience skin rashes and hives when exposed to low temperatures. When the condition is more serious, exposure to cold water or air will lead to drastic decreases of blood pressure, pain , and death.