13 Random Health Facts You Never Knew

shared from health ranker blog

I love sharing lists like these that are both educational and entertaining. Well, some of these “health facts” are more like “un-health facts” (especially #6), but they’re interesting nonetheless.

1) Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08.

2) Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.

3) In some parts of the world, they protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer.

4) The word ‘gymnasium’ comes from the Greek word gymnazein, which means ‘to exercise naked.’

5) Sleeping can help you lose weight! Compared to an eight hours of shut-eye, each one-hour decrease in sleep duration was linked to almost 3% more body fat.

6) The average American eats at McDonald’s more than 1,800 times in their life.

7) There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

8) According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

9) You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

10) It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily.

11) Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

12) You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

13) During your lifetime, you’ll eat about 60,000 pounds of food -- that’s the weight of about 6 elephants.


Sources:
health ranker blog

Simplifying Shaklee and Your Life

If you have stopped by my site or if you know me then you already know that I am a Shaklee distributor. So you may be asking, why, or maybe you don't really care. Anyhow...I had someone recently ask me to simplify Shaklee for them and this is what I wrote:

Why Start With Shaklee?

Because Shaklee offers us products that are everyday that’s why!

Now you are thinking…what is she talking about?? Okay I will simplify…

First of all, where do you shop for your toothpaste, shampoo, household and laundry products, skincare, makeup, plus vitamins and food supplements you may use in your home?

Consider what it could mean to you to re-direct your spending by simply changing your brand and your “store”. Instead of buying those products from your regular big-box store, you purchase them from your own Shaklee store. Not so difficult of a concept right? If you did indeed have your own store or even if your best friend had their own store you would be buying from that store.

You decision is to change brands to products that are just as good, or most likely better than what you currently using from “Big Box” store or your favorite supermarket. Pretty easy so far right?

Okay, now you are buying your $135 - $150 dollars in products (100 point value of product) you used to buy anyways but you are buying them from your store. Keep in mind that you do not have to buy this amount every month to remain active with Shaklee, you just need this amount to collect commission. There are NO minimum requirements with Shaklee.

Now that we have that all figured out... Do you think you can tell 6 people about Shaklee and get them to do the same…change their buying power, their brand power?

Basically, here is an example of how easy it is to make it work.

You now have 100 in points value and you have found 6 other people who also understand the concept, see the great value and benefits to the Shaklee products, and are also purchasing 100 in points value. Take your 100 points and add it their 600 (100 each) for a total of 700. You just earned your $150 bonus. So you spent $150 on everyday products and you just earned $150. If you did this in your first month, your products could be free from then on.

We can of course expand from there…those 6 people tell 6 people and you now have 43 in your group including yourself (because your points count too). If they continue with their buying power and purchase their 100 points, you just made yourself a whopping $2000 in bonus! Pretty sweet.

What did you do to earn that income? You redirected your spending, your buying power.

The scenario I described is just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion. Think of the potential. Think of the fact that you can be on vacation or home playing with your kids, and your downline team (associates and customers) will still be doing their laundry, cleaning their house, taking their vitamins, washing their hair, and brushing their teeth…so you will still be earning.

Now that is buying power! Are you feeling powerful? I know I am!

Business Opportunity Info
Project MAHMA (Moms At Home Making A difference, and a lot of money)

So, in a nutshell, that's why!

Or maybe you are thinking who cares, just let me shop:
USA or CANADA

No pressure, no problem, all the power to ya!

Birth Order of Children

I received this via email and found it to be quite entertaining. Perhaps because I am the mother of three, maybe because I come from a family of three, but mostly because you just can't deny it -- it is soooo true!


BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN
confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
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Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last
time, breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
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The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold
them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard
only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
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Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper,
a frown--you pick up the baby
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten
to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical
swing.
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Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until
you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it
off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
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Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour,
whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to
complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
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Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing,
Baby Zoo, Baby Movies and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaners.
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Going Out:
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter,
you call home five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to
leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees
blood.
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At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child
isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from
the children
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Swallowing Coins (a favorite):
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the
hospital and demand x-rays
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully
watch for the coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his
allowance!