Miscellaneous
The Body
Food, Good and Bad!
Chronic Conditions and Diseases
Emotional and Intellectual
100
This finger has the fastest growing nail.
What is the middle finger.
100
On average, every minute you spend doing this increases your life-span by one and a half to two minutes.
What is walking.
100
Most nutritionists agree that this is the most important meal of the day.
What is breakfast.
100
This progressive, degenerative disorder attacks the brain and results in disorientation, with impaired memory, thinking and judgment.
What is Alzheimer's Disease.
100
Originating from Hindu philosophy, this group of postures and breathing exercises is practiced to achieve control of the body and mind.
What is yoga.
200
This food/drink smell is the most easily recognized by people around the world.
What is coffee.
200
Your heart beats this many times in a day, meaning it beats one million times in 10 days.
What is 100,000.
200
This vitamin is necessary for your absorption of iron.
What is Vitamin C.
200
This chronic disease of the lungs has no cure, but can be kept under control and treated.
What is asthma.
200
To engage in mental exercise for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of relaxation and awareness.
What is meditation.
300
This bone is most commonly broken among humans.
What is the collar bone.
300
This organ only takes up 2% of your body weight, yet uses 20% of your oxygen.
What is the brain.
300
Americans each eat an average of 140 pounds of these each year.
What are potatoes.
300
Normal cells become this type of cell because of damage to DNA.
What is cancer.
300
Proper nutrition, exercise and sleep are said to be equally as effective at fighting this emotional state as medication.
What is depression.
400
This act is known to "impair" drivers further than driving under the influence of alcohol.
What is using your phone/texting.
400
You lose 40 to 100 of these every day.
What are strands of hair.
400
The FDA allows an average of 30 or more fragments of these in every 100 grams of peanut butter.
What are insects.
400
This progressive disease destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, which control the muscles throughout the body. When these nerve cells die, the brain can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement.
What is ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
400
The body of words you use on a daily basis, reading is proven to greatly enhance this.
What is vocabulary.
500
There are more of these in your mouth than there are people in the world.
What is bacteria.
500
According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is the highest on this day of the week.
What is Monday.
500
This is considered one of America's favorite fruits, although it's really a vegetable (Citrullus lanatus). Cousin to the cucumber and kin to the gourd, they can range in size from 7 to 100 pounds.
What is a watermelon.
500
This disease causes bones to become thin and weak, often resulting in fractures.
What is osteoporosis.
500
This side of your brain, or hemisphere, generally controls your creativity and artistic talents.
What is the right hemisphere.
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