7 Medical Facts that will shock you.

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1.

Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour. Not that we recommend this! But it’s surely a crazy way to loose weight without exercising…. Just kidding.

2.

There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world. There are over 20 billion bacteria in your mouth, but about 7.8 billion people on the planet.

3.

During your lifetime, you will eat about 30,000kg of food – that’s the weight of about six African elephants. Shocking, isn’t it ?

4.

In some parts of the world (one being Malaysia), parents protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer. I guess the alcohol in the bear kills germs….. What else can I say.

5.

When you sneeze your body is getting rid of infected cells and an average sneeze will spread over 100,000 virus cells up to nine metres. This is why you should cover your mouth with a clean handkerchief whenever your about to sneeze.

6.

Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08. So a driver on the phone is more dangerous than a drunk driver.

7.

When we touch something, we send messages to our brain at 200 km/h. That’s damn fast isn’t it.

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