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Apple is made of 25% air that is why they float. |
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Apples, onions & potatoes all have the same taste. Try the test: Pinch your nose & take a bite of each. |
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Cabbage is 91% water. |
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Carrots were originally purple in color, changing in the 17th century to orange with newer varieties. |
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Corn always has an even no. of ears |
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Eggplants (brinjals) are actually fruits, and classified botanically as berries. |
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Honey is the only edible food for humans that will never go bad |
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Orange does not rhyme with any other word. |
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Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite |
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Pear is a fruit that ripens from inside out |
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Strawberry is the only fruit which has its seeds on its outer skin |
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The word health comes from the Anglo-Saxon term ''hal'' meaning ''wholeness.'' Additionally ''Nutrition'' is derived from the Latin ''nutrie,'' meaning feed, nurse, preserve, or support. |
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Due to poor nutrition as children, many Greeks & Romans were shorter than people today. Men from Pompeii, for example averaged 5 ft 5 ½ inch & women averaged 5 ft. 2 inch. It must have been so emasculating, getting dunked on by girls all the time on the basketball court. |
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Peanut is actually a legume, not a nut (which is why they are often roasted.) |
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Green tipped bananas are better for health than over ripe bananas |
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Broccoli contains twice the Vitamin C of an orange & as much Calcium as whole milk, with better absorption |
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1 cup of air popped popcorn contains more antioxidants, in the form of polyphenols, than the average fruit/vegetable. Similarly Walnuts have more antioxidants than blueberries, cranberries, blackberries & currants. |
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Protein is highly thermogenic – when it is consumed, the body burns off up to 35% of its total calories during digestion alone. Calorie burn from carbohydrates & fat falls in between 5 – 15% of total calories. |
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Despite its saturated fat content, coconut oil is widely considered a healthy fat that can enhance heart health and weight loss. It is comprised of roughly 50% Medium chain fatty acids in the form of lauric acid, which boosts immunity, sparks metabolism, & is more easily burnt off in the body. |
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An Italian research team found out in 2003 that people who ate pizza on the regular basis were far less likely to develop esophageal, colon and mouth cancer. |
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A 2010 study published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology found that 48% of fountain soda drinks contained fecal bacteria; 11% contained E. coli |
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Neither strawberries, raspberries nor blackberries are actually berries. Bananas, tomatoes, pumpkin, watermelon & avocado are all berries. In fact pumpkin although labeled as a vegetable, contains seeds & is technically a fruit. |
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A 2010 study in the Journal of Pain found that ginger can help reduce exercise-induced muscle pain by up to 25%. |
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1 in every 8 Americans has been employed by Mc Donald's |
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Adding citrus juice to green tea stabilizes its catechins content, boosting the level of antioxidants that survive the digestive system up to 13 fold. |
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Drying fruit causes massive nutrient loss, depleting 30-80% of its vitamin & antioxidant content |
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. |
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