# Pomegranate juice could prevent a heart attack. This wonder juice is believed to improve blood flow to the heart and lower blood pressure.
# Onions are natural antibiotics. They might make your breath pong but onions contain allicin, a powerful antibiotic that also protects the circulatory system.
# Mushrooms can ward off colds. They contain more of an immune-boosting antioxidant called ergothioneine than any other food, say researchers at Pennsylvania State University.
# Blueberries can boost memory. A study at Tufts University in Boston showed eating half a cup of this fruit regularly could delay age-related deterioration in co-ordination and short-term memory.
# Grapefruit juice can stop medicine working. If you're taking medication, avoid washing it down with grapefruit juice as there is evidence that it prevents some drugs being broken down.
# Cherries can cure gout. Cherries contain compounds that significantly reduce the chemicals in the body which cause joint inflammation.
# Eating curry could help prevent Alzheimer's. According to a report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a yellow pigment used in curry, curcumin, can stop amyloid plaques in the brain that cause the condition.
# Sniffing a lemon could help you beat asthma. The UK's 5.1 million asthmatics could find lemons ease their symptoms. Studies in rats found that breathing improved after they inhaled limonene, the chemical that gives lemons their smell.
# Kiwi fruit can improve your eyesight. This fuzzy fruit is a surprisingly good source of lutein, an antioxidant that protects your vision.
# Garlic can cure mouth ulcers and verrucas. Here's an old wives' tale that works: halve a clove of garlic, squeeze, and apply a drop of the juice to the offending growth at bedtime.
# You can have too little salt. Too much salt isn't good for us but not getting enough can trigger low blood pressure in those susceptible. Consult your Family Doctor before making any major diet changes.
# Figs can delay brittle bone disease. Good news for the three million osteoporosis sufferers in the UK - it is possible to slow its progress by eating calcium-packed figs.
# Soya can mimic breast cancer drugs. A team of Cambridge researchers discovered that a diet high in soya can have a similar effect to anti-cancer drug Tamoxifen.
# Barbecued-food can cause cancer. Eating meat that's chargrilled or burnt could lead to stomach, pancreatic, colon and breast cancer because it creates high levels of carcinogenic compounds.
# Cinnamon can help diabetics. Just half a teaspoon a day of this spice can significantly reduce blood sugar levels in diabetics, says US research.
# Chillies can help you breath more easily. Capsaicin, which occurs in chillies, shrinks the mucous membranes which can ease blocked noses and sinuses.
# Watermelon is good for the prostate. Men will be glad to know that the red flesh contains the antioxidant Lycopene, which helps keep the prostate gland healthy.
# Coriander can lower your cholesterol levels. This aromatic herb can reduce cholesterol levels and prevent heart problems.
# Nibbling nuts can prevent blood clots. Nuts boost nitric oxide, a compound that relaxes blood vessels and eases blood flow.
# Banish bad breath with natural yoghurt. A few spoonfuls of natural yoghurt can neutralise halitosis, according to Japanese researchers.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth
To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers
Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'
Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined
Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash
The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night
Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds
The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband
There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of Champagne
Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
The heat of peppers is rated on the Scoville scale
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off
Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases
When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year
For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°F
The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean
The banana can not reproduce itself, It can be propagated only by the hand of man
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density
Fish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it produces
The University of Alaska spans four time zones
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil) and Mazaru (Speak no evil)
Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair
A comet's tail always points away from the sun
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visor to reveal their identity
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight
Trivia in Roman mythology was the Goddess who haunted crossroads, graveyards and was the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft. She wandered about at night, and was seen only by the barking of dogs who told of her approach
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams
It cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machines
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters
Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down
The painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judged
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements
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