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Fun Health Facts # 1

Im a fan of wierd facts, interesting facts and amazing health facts and i want to contribute it to everyone through this blog. So, heres my first one :

Anatomically speaking, no human being can ever lick his or her elbow.
Statistically speaking, 99% of my visitors has just tried to lick their elbow.

Facts About What The Durian Fruit Really Is

It is commonly known as "The King of All Fruits" by everyone all over the world and is made popular by its very distinct smell that can be identified y anyone at any given moment. Some love it like its their bread and coffee (including me) and some, well, disgust it and ran away from it as far as they can. It is known as durian in the Philippines, thurian in Thailand and Duren in Indonesia.

You can see these signs in some major commercial establishments. Davao Medical Hospital is one of them.

Whats amazing about it is that it is an aphrodisiac that is tried and tested by the natives of southeast asia. It is also an agent against parasitic worms and also has an antihistamine effect which lowers fever according to some studies.

Its relatively cheap in some areas in the Philippines especially in Davao. (Davao Durians are by far the best!) And as the joke goes, its even free to have durians all you want in some areas as long as you have to catch it yourself. Ouch! Trust me, you dont want to be near its thorns and i just have the scars to prove it. . .

Why do humans yawn?

We do this every single day, at least few yawns before we get up from bed or before we go to sleep. We do this very often, so often that we became unconscious of doing it. So, before you continue reading, kindly remember how many times you yawn while reading this.

Have you ever asked yourself why everybody yawns? You, me, your dog, my cat, and everybody else! Well, for some, it doesn't matter because yawning is not a problem anyway, in fact it makes us feel good! Right? But out curiosity, I tried to seek some answers. After reading some articles about yawning, I found out that in humans, yawning is observed for as early as 11 weeks after conception, before a baby is born. The average duration of yawning is about 6 seconds and it is believed to be controlled by the hypothalamus of our brain.

There was a theory about excess carbon dioxide. It was believed that if someone is not doing something or is tired, he/she breathes more slowly, and as breathing slows down, less oxygen makes it towards the lungs. And as carbon dioxide accumulates in the blood, an automatic response is then initiated, signaling the brain particularly the hypothalamus to send a signal to the lungs saying "Take a deep breath," and a yawn is produced. No wonder why we can see more people yawning in a boring classroom compared to people watching wrestling. But this theory was contradicted by some researchers Dr. Provine suggests that perhaps yawning is like stretching. Yawning and stretching increase blood pressure and heart rate and also flex muscles and joints. Evidence that yawning and stretching may be related comes from the observation that if you try to stifle or prevent a yawn by clenching your jaws shut, the yawn is somewhat "unsatisfying." For some reason, the stretching of jaw and face muscles is necessary for a good yawn. Just recently, researchers proposed that yawning is an act of cooling the brain. An experiment was done involving two groups of people, those who pressed warm or room temperature towel against their head, and the other group have it in a cold towel. It gave a quite impressive result. Those who had warm towels on their head yawned more often than those who had it cold.

So, everytime you yawn, try to reflect on what you have just read and try to have your own reasons for yawning.

By the way, how many times did you yawn? You forgot already? Me I yawned 3 times while writing this one.

Why liquid vitamins are better than others

If you are a health conscious individual, im pretty sure youve got alot of vitamins and minerals with various forms in your arsenal. The most popular forms are those in the form of bitter-tasting tablets or the ill-surfaced pills or even worse, the raw vitamin which in the Asia is very common. But do we really have to dwell with these problems? I think not my friend. I still go for the liquid vitamins. And i have just the site for you.

Let me tell you about Liquid Vitamin Stop. First off, the layout is not that impressive aesthetically but it is well-positioned and navigating is not a problem at all. You have all you need on the front page of the site. They offer liquid vitamins for everyone in liquid form. You also have links to informations about the more common illnesses brought about my vitamin deficiency, not only will you get an excellent offer, you will also leave well-informed.

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McDonalds and Poverty : Making Ends Meet

According to today’s Parade magazine, the UBS Bank calculated how long it takes an average worker around the world to earn enough to buy a Big Mac. If you live in Tokyo, apparently you can have a Big Mac soonest.

Would you just look at how mouth-watering is this baby? Im just stopping my urge to grab one right now.

City	Minutes
Tokyo	10
New York	13
London	16
Hong Kong	17
Paris	21
Moscow	25
Rome	39
Beijing	44
Manila	81
Jakarta	86

Unfortunately, for Filipinos, we have to work a close to an hour and a half just to have a sumptuous BigMac snack. But hey! lets look at the other side of the coin, we have banana cues, balots, kwek2x and oh, fishballs! And they only take a coin off our hard earned money.

Its pretty amazing to think that one regular McDonald's burger needs a 45-minute jog just to burn the fat away from harming our body. Now hows that for a 3-minute earned snack?

List of Weird, Unusual, Funny and Strange Phobias : What are you afraid of?

Phobias has been existing from the time we were only children and since then, it never left us. Some would die a natural death and some would persists until we die. Personally, i have always been afraid of heights and that would make me an acrophobic.

There are weird phobias however that just makes me imagine how the people are coping from it. Here are some that i think are interesting:

Amaxophobia : Fear of Riding vehicles or cars. - Well, you missed half of your life.

Angrophobia : Fear of getting angry - I cant imagine them smiling while getting robbed. lol

Ambulophobia : Fear of walking - How do you guys move around? By flying?

Androphobia : Fear of Men - I had a classmate like this one before. I miss you Betty!

Chrometophobia : Fear of Money - This one's definitely not John Chow.

Eurotophobia : Fear of female genitalia - Again, you missed half of your life.

This one's definitely a winner :

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: Fear of long words - Hippo what?

I had fun running through this phobia thing. Hope you all did. For a complete list of phobias, check it out here.