Healthy Facts
Search Facts

Healthy Facts

Healthy Facts

Healthy Facts

There are lots of healthy facts in the world and we’ve tried our best to find the very best and most interesting facts at healthy-facts.co.uk. Our Facts are sorted into helpful categories to make them really easy to search and enjoy.

Healthy Facts come in many forms, some are long winded and rather dull. However some facts are short, sweet and amazing, these are the facts we are most interested in.

health food facts

health food facts

Health and Body Facts

  • The 8 most popular foods that cause allergic reactions are: milk, wheat, peanuts, fish, shellfish and eggs
  • A fetus in the womb starts developing fingerprints after just 8 weeks
  • Constipation can be caused by the large intestine absorbing too much water from fetal matter.
  • A sneeze can travel at up to 100 miles per hour
  • Babies eyes do not produce tears until they are at least 6 weeks old.
  • Feces is brown due to the bile produced by the liver. What is bile?
  • 50% of mouth bacteria is on the surface of the tongue
  • 20% of the oxygen we breathe in goes to the brain.
  • Electrical nerve impulses for fast twitch muscles can travel at upto 390 feet per second
  • Top healthy fact! Red blood cells lives for approximately 120 days.
  • A red blood cells circle the body in less than 20 seconds.
  • Nerve Impulses travel at over 400 km/hr
  • The average person’s heart beats around 10,000 times each day.
  • Human Eyes can distinguish up to 1 million coloured surfaces and take in more information than even the largest telescope.
  • Human lungs can inhale over 2 million litres of air every day.
  • We exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile.
  • Humans are about 70% water.
  • In one square inch of our hand we have 600 pain sensors,36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.
  • The main purpose of eyebrows is to keep sweat out of the eyes.
  • Eating Fruit and Vegetables have similar pain relieving and anti-inflammatory to aspirin.
  • Rinsing your nose with salt water can help fight allergies
  • You cannot get a tan from your computer screen. The Computer Tan Website was created to raise awareness against skin cancer.
  • The Brain constitutes only 3% of the body’s weight but consumes more than 17% of the body’s total energy (mainly glucose)

Love and Expression Facts

  • Kissing for 1 minute burns 26 calories
  • There are at least six facial expressions that are universal: surprise, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, happiness
  • Oats produce chemicals that result in an increase in testosterone into the blood
  • Vitamin C can help boost male’s sperm count
  • The Vitamin B in honey can help to produce estrogen.

Healthy Eating Facts

healthy facts

healthy facts

Healthy Facts

Healthy Facts

Healthy Facts 1
Food health facts Carbohydrates contain lots of fibre which help to maintain healthy bowls. Frozen and tinned vegetables are just as healthy as fresh vegetables. The human body replaces every cell in the body over the course of a week. So after a week, your basically brand new! Fizzy drink cans contain about 6 teaspons of sugar
Healthy Fact 2
Calcium Facts: The average adult's weight is about 2% calcium. This is mainly found in bones and teeth.
Healthy Fact 3
Blueberry Facts: Blueberries rank number 1 in terms of antitoxidant health benefits, twice the amount found in spinach and 3x the amount found in oranges. Blueberies are also rich in pectin which can help to reduce cholesterol.