20 Interesting Health Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
With the sheer number of wellness trends and health Gurus out there, it is hard to differentiate health facts from health myths. We have put together 20 interesting health facts that are sure to surprise you. But, all 20 interesting health facts are backed by research and data and contain hard truths about your health without the regular nonsense from so-called health experts.
Interesting Health Facts:
20. A Hot Drink on a Hot Day Will Cool You Down
If you’re hot, conventional wisdom says that drinking anything cold will chill you down. On the other hand, research has shown that consuming a hot beverage can assist your body keep cool on a hot day. The reason for this is that when you consume a hot beverage, your body creates perspiration to help you cool down.
Drinking the hot beverage may increase the heat at first, but the amount of sweat your body produces to cool down more than compensates for the added heat from the liquid. Increased perspiration is important because sweat evaporates from your skin and cools your body temperature.
19. Urinating In A Pool Is Dangerous For Your Health
Though definitely unsanitary, peeing in a pool might seem harmless for your health. After all, urine is sterile, as is chlorine. As it turns out though, urine and chlorine create dangerous chemicals when combined. That so-called “pool smell” is the scent of those chemicals. One of those chemicals—cyanogen chloride—is classified as a chemical warfare agent and can damage your heart and lungs. Other byproducts, called nitrosamines, can even cause cancer.
18. Companionship Is Good For The Heart
Having quality connections and social support can increase happiness and longevity. Blue Zones, regions of the world where a higher than the usual number of people live much longer than the global average, show that socially active people integrated into their communities live longer lives.
17. Men Are More Forgetful Than Women
An interesting health fact most ladies already knew.
Numerous studies dedicated to comparing the memory abilities of men and women consistently prove that men are more forgetful than women. One 2015 study published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology hypothesizes that this could be due to the varying brain structures of men and women—specifically, that the hippocampus (the part of the brain associated with memory) begins to decrease in volume faster in men than in women.
16. Which is The Strongest Muscle In Your Body?
Our muscle strength can be measured in different ways. If you are referring to the muscle that can exert the most force, then your calf muscle, the soleus, would be the winner. However, if you want to find the muscle that can exert the most pressure, then the jaw muscle, or the masseter, would be the strongest. The human jaw can close teeth with a force as great as 200 pounds, or 890 newtons!
