Surprising Facts About Human Body

Monday, January 4, 2010

Jakarta, probably many people who do not know many secrets contained in the body. These facts probably never thought about before, but one would be surprised if known.

Human body from head, neck, trunk body, 2 arms and 2 legs are the overall physical structure of the human organism. The size of the human body is usually influenced by genes, and as an adult's body consists of 100 billion cells that are designed to support the functions of each organ such as cardiovascular, digestion, immunity, respiration, excretion, urination, musculoskeletal, neurological, endocrine and reproductive.

Because it is hidden facts unknown to many people about the body of a man, as quoted from HowStuffWorks, Wednesday (30/12/2009):

1. Humans release about 600,000 particles (cells) of skin every hour. Within a year there are about 1.5 pounds (0.75 kg) so that the average person will lose around 105 pounds (47.25 kg) of skin cells at the age of 70 years.

2. Number of bones. Adults have fewer bones than babies. As someone just getting started in life, there are 305 bones. But as the growth, then the adult man has only just 206 bones.

3. Sidik (lines) on the tongue. If you want to hide the identity, it should not be stuck out his tongue. Because similar fingerprints, every person has a unique tongue print is different.

4. New belly skin layer. Without realizing every human being has a new layer of skin, abdomen every 3-4 days. This is because the strong acid in the stomach is not only useful for digesting food, but also to erode the stomach lining.

5. The speed of a sneeze. Air is removed from the people who sneeze could have speeds up to 100 miles per hour (160.9 km / h) or more. Because it does not hurt to hold my nose when sneezing or someone near you who sneezed.

6. The length of blood vessels. Blood has a long line of work, because there are about 60,000 miles (96,540 km) of blood vessels in the human body. And the heart work harder to pump around 2,000 gallons of blood every day to all blood vessels.

7. The amount of saliva. Probably never imagined to swim in his own saliva. But this may be, because the lifetime of saliva a person produces an average of 25,000 liters.

8. Strength snore. Someone would be disrupted if the bed next to someone who snores. This is understandable, because snoring can reach 60 decibels is equivalent to the normal sounds of people talking. Some even reach 80 decibels is equivalent to the sound drilling machine.

9. Color and amount of hair. Hair color will help determine how much the number of hairs. Blonde hair color has 146,000 follicles (glands in the hair pocket), has black hair follicles, while 110,000 have brown hair follicle 100,000. Each follicle produces hair 20.

10. Heavy head. No wonder if a baby is hard to lift his head, because the weight of the newborn is a quarter of the total weight. While as adults, the weight of his head is only one-eighth of one's body weight.

Water For Most Vital Nutrition Body

Monday, December 7, 2009

Humans can survive for several weeks without food, but can only survive a few days without water. The human body consists of 55-75 percent water. Water became one of the basic building elements of blood, digestive enzymes, urine, sweat, and even embedded in muscle tissue, fat, and bone.

Because the body can not store water, so we need fresh water intake to replace the water that has issued various vital organs to the body sweat, urine, feces, and others. The amount of water intake that we need depends on our body's metabolism, temperature, weather, the food we eat and of course the level of activity we do.


Facts on Body Water Content
Here are some water facts contained in the human body:

* The water content in the body more in men than in women and is reduced with age.

* Most adults spend about 2,5-3 liters of water per day from his body. Water will increase spending on hot weather conditions and a long training time.

* The older people spend about 2 liters of water per day from his body.

* Passenger transport equipment air will lose 1.5 liters of water during the first three hours of air travel. Such loss should be replaced by fresh water.

* Most foods contain about 1 liter of water and the rest must be obtained from the drink.


Various Functions Body Needs Water

As a vital nutrient, water is required to:

* Maintain the health and integrity of every cell in the body.

* Maintain fluid levels of blood flow to more easily flow through blood vessels.

* To help eliminate the remnants of the body's metabolism, excess electrolytes, such as sodium, potassium, and urea which is the remainder of the food protein processing.

* Set the temperature of the body through the sweating process.

* Maintain humidity mucous membranes, such as those found in the lungs and mouth.

* Lubricate and protect joints.

* Reduce the risk of cystitis by keeping the disease bladder free from bacteria.

* Helps digestion and prevent constipation.

* Working as a moisturizer to improve skin texture and appearance.

* Bring a variety of nutrients and oxygen in the blood cells.

* Working as a silencer on the organ bearing the eyes, spinal cord and amniotic sac in the process of pregnancy the fetus.


Water in Food Ingredients

In general, foods contain water, even that looks tough and dry though. The body can obtain a third water intake needs from food. The digestive process itself also produces water as a result of waste and can supply about 10 percent of the body's need for water. Needs rest must be obtained from the fluid.


Dehydration

Dehydration occurs when the moisture content levels in the body is too low. This condition can be prevented by increasing fluid intake. Symptoms of dehydration include a headache, dizziness, lethargy, depressed, low-power response, the channel dry nose, lips dry and cracked, urine color is too yellow or dark, the body weak, tired, and hallucinations. Finally, can not remove the urine, the kidneys fail to work, and the body is not able to remove the remains of a toxic metabolic processes. And even in extreme conditions that have to result in death. Some causes of dehydration include are:

* Increased production of perspiration due to hot weather, humidity, exercise, or fever.

* Lack of drinking water.

* Lack of mechanisms work well in the elderly body signals, so seniors sometimes do not feel thirsty even though being in a state of dehydration.

* Increased output of urine due to hormone deficiency conditions, diabetes, being in treatment or diseased kidneys.

* Having diarrhea or vomiting.

* While in the burn wound healing.


When to Increase fluid intake?

If you do not drink enough water then the risk of kidney stones are increasing, and the woman's risk of urinary tract infections will increase. There is also some evidence of increased risk of several types of cancer including bladder cancer and colon cancer. Conditions less drinking water will also reduce physical and mental performance and salivary gland function.

The people who need more water intake, including among others:

* Those who undergo high-protein diet;

* Those who undergo high-fiber diet, as fluids help prevent constipation;

* Those who include the children;

* Those who are suffering from diseases that have vomiting or diarrhea;

* Those who are physically active;

* Those who have to deal with weather conditions and temperatures warm or hot;

* Those who include elderly berkondisi dehydration.

The people who tend to be older at risk of dehydration. These conditions because:

* Changes in renal function with age;

* Hormonal changes;

* Often feel thirsty (because the mechanism in which signals the body thirst had not worked up with age);

* While in treatment (eg, diuretic and laxative treatment);

* While suffering from chronic diseases;

* Mobility is very low.


Dehydration in Infants and Children

Children can be very vulnerable to dehydration, especially if the condition is sick. Examples are vomiting, fever, and diarrhea can quickly dehydrate a baby. The condition can be very dangerous to the safety of the baby. If you find a state of dehydration in children or babies, then immediately take it to the nearest hospital. Some symptoms of dehydration in children include are:

* The skin feels cold

* Visible listless

* Dry mouth

* The condition of bone anatomy of the head (Fontanelle) that depressed

* Skin color blue slightly due to sluggish circulation


Excess water intake (Hyponatremia)
Opposite with the above conditions, drinking too much water also can damage the body and cause hyponatremia. This condition is known to decrease sodium levels in the blood to very low levels and dangerous. Sodium is needed in muscle contraction and the transmission of nerve impulses. If you drink too much water then the kidneys can not remove enough fluid. Excess water can lead to headaches, blurred vision, cramps (until eventually convulsions), brain swelling, coma, and eventually death.

To reach the level of excess, can result from excessive drinking of water until a few liters a day.

Water and Sports Performance

The athlete should drink 500 ml of water two hours before the action in a sporting event. Then have another drink 300-500 ml of water every 30 minutes during the game. But of course the athletes that these activities do not have to lower it as much. While the athletes that competed with the intensity of physical activity is high in temperature or weather conditions are warm or hot fluid intake would require more.


Urine retention

Many people believe that if you consume lots of water will cause retention of urine. When in fact just the opposite. Drinking water makes the body able to rid themselves of excess sodium, which result in reduced retention of urine. The body will retain fluid in the body if the water content in the cells are too small. If the body receives regular water intake, the body does not need to store water and therefore will reduce the retention of urine.


The number of recommended water intake

Highly recommended to consume 6-8 cups (each 150 ml) of water or various types of liquids each day. Consumption is recommended for those who are less physical activity, the elderly, are in the temperature or cold weather, and that many foods contain lots of water. Consumption of more than 8 glasses a day is needed by those who are active, including physical activity, the children, are in temperature or warm or hot weather, and nursing mothers (which requires an additional 750-1,000 ml of fluid).


Liquid resources

Liquids such as including fresh water and others such as juice, soft drinks (soft drinks), coffee, tea, milk, and soup. Fresh water is the best drink because it contains no calories and contains fluoride is good for teeth. While milk, including essential (especially for children) and tea can be an antioxidant that can fight heart disease and cancer. Fresh fruit is better than fruit juice because it contains more fiber and nutrients and contain less sugar. Soft drinks (soft drinks) should be avoided because of calories and high sugar content but low nutrients.


Mineral Water Containing Salt

Several types of mineral water contains salt which can make urinary retention, bloating, and even increase blood pressure in some people. Limit the amount of consumption of mineral water or choose low-sodium types (less than 30 mg of sodium per 100 ml of mineral water).


Need to Remember

* Water is very important for many body functions;

* The body can not hold water and therefore require intake of fresh water every day;

* Conditions were dangerously dehydrated babies and safety needs immediate medical treatment;

* It is advisable to consume about eight glasses of water per day to prevent dehydration

Metabolism: 'Machines' Body Fat-burning

Quick tips to increase muscle mass, burn fat fast, and get more energy

Many people complained about the amount of fat in those parts of their bodies such as the abdomen, waist, arms, thighs. Their efforts to do to get rid of fat in the body parts, even until the consumption of drugs and surgery. The big question mark, whether the way it works? You will not be able to burn fat permanently to really understand about the 'engine' of the body to burn fat or also called a metabolism.

What is metabolism?
Metabolism in the simple sense is the rate of burning calories to produce energy the body. Body produce energy to survive. Remember that your body needs energy all the time even when sleeping, so spent eating is the worst thing in your life. In this diet program, you should keep your metabolism rate to stay high, would make missed eating slows your metabolism so that calories tend to be stored in the body.

What affects metabolism?
Is the main things that affect metabolism? Are daily activities? Is Thyroid function? Is age? Thyroid, activity and age do affect metabolism but not major. The most affected is the muscle metabolic rate. The more muscle you have, the more fat you will burn regardless of how much activity, age, etc.. Muscle tissue is living tissue that burns fat at any time during the 24 hours non-stop every day!

Things that affect the metabolism, in sequence from the most affected:

* Muscle tissue: muscle is the fat-burning machine, the more muscle that forms the burning of calories from fat are also more and more.

* Frequency of eating: eating in a common frequency to avoid decreasing the level of metabolism and keep blood sugar levels stable within.
* The level of activity: it is also important but should be combined with proper diet and frequent eating frequency.
* More foods: fatty foods, making difficult metabolized slower metabolic rate.
* Water is enough: water helps the body's metabolic processes.
* Genetics: Genetic factors made the metabolic rate of each person is different, but this is not the main factor.
* Function hormone: Thyroid hormone is a regulator of metabolism, which keeps blood sugar stable so that avoiding decreased metabolic rate.
* Stress: Excessive stress causes metabolic rate slows further.

Why Can Slowing Metabolism?
Often, people who want to lose weight will reduce the amount of food consumed, but by reducing the consumption of daily food, your metabolism will slow down even more. The truth is that food type setting. Reduction of calories suddenly will damage your metabolism.

Here are 3 main causes slow metabolism:
* The decline in muscle mass due to lack of physical activity
* Activities are declining due to increasing age, not because of increasing age is lowered metabolism
* Lack of food consumption will make the body will take energy from the muscles that cause nutritional intake is less in the muscles need
* Eating very little or consume foods that damage your metabolism as high sugary foods, high protein and low fat

Improving your metabolism really simple, but not easy. Need dedication and knowledge sufficient to improve your metabolism. Begin to manage your diet and weight training to increase muscle mass and improve your metabolism.

Very basic tips to start spur metabolism to burn fat :

1. Eat 5-6 times a day
Eat 5-6 times a day to maintain blood sugar to remain stable so that your metabolism becomes more active.

2. Consumption of high-protein foods
Protein is the food for the muscle tissue. Muscle tissue is constantly burning calories even when we're resting. Protein can be obtained from beef, chicken breasts, fish, eggs, milk, and soy.

3. Reduce consumption of sugar / carbs quickly absorbed and good carbohydrates
Consumption of sugar and carbohydrates will rapidly increase the absorption of excess body fat, replace it with a slow-digestible carbohydrates that the body of the red rice, brown rice, oatmeal, whole wheat bread, vegetables, apples, oranges, pears.

4. Avoid bad fats, good fats consumption
Switch from saturated fat to unsaturated fats to help the body's metabolism to burn fat is not saturated fats can be obtained from fish, nuts, almonds, hazelnuts and nuts, olive oil and canola oil.
5. Burn fat by lifting weights
Weightlifting exercise for both men and women intended to increase muscle mass. Developing muscle will burn fat slowly and continuously without any effort.

6. Do not reduce drastically portions
Reduce meal in stages, because when you starve your metabolism will slow down. In order for the body's metabolism does not fall drastically, reduce meal portions by 10% -15% only.

7. Vary the types of food
Enough with the consumption of vegetables and fruits just to lose weight? Wrong! Fill your daily nutritional needs from protein, carbohydrates, good fats, vitamins and minerals. The purpose of the diet is lower in fat and improve your health, not damage your body.
8. Runway metabolism with fat-burning supplements
Appropriate supplementation can help fat loss program you. Supplements thermogenic fat burners such as Ultra Ripped New and Improved Formula will increase your metabolism, reduce appetite and helps the body burn fat.

9. Get plenty of rest
Adequate rest, sleep and night for at least 7-8 hours a day it can improve the body's metabolism, on the other hand lack of sleep can disrupt your metabolism.

10. Expand drinking water
Research shows that reproduce daily water consumption will increase metabolism.