by Dr. Nisha Chellam | May 19, 2012 | Health Fun Facts, Nutrition & Food
Water is good for you. Lemon juice is good for you. Put them together, and you’ve got a beverage that will help you to lose weight and stay full — and it packs a nice punch of vitamin C, too. To get the health benefit, mix the pulp and juice of half a...
by Dr. Nisha Chellam | May 15, 2012 | Health Fun Facts
Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States. Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (Macaroni and Cheese) per capita than any other country in the world. Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed in Canada for marketing reasons. Cashew...
by Dr. Nisha Chellam | Apr 5, 2012 | Health Fun Facts
Tip 1: Movement Yes, we understand that you may work at a desk in front of a computer nine hours everyday so your options may be limited, and after work you may feel so tired that you don’t even have the energy to work out. Not so fun-fact: roughly 250,000...
by Dr. Nisha Chellam | Apr 2, 2012 | Health Fun Facts
Cultures around the world have enjoyed chocolate in its many forms for a thousand years or more. In its earlier days, the Mayans and Aztecs sipped a chocolate beverage during sacred and religious ceremonies. Later, Europeans enjoyed chocolate enhanced by refined sugar...
by Dr. Nisha Chellam | Mar 29, 2012 | Health Fun Facts
Women’s Hearts Beat Faster Than Men’s A female human heart pumps about six beats faster per minute than a male heart, which can be explained by the gender difference in heart size. A male heart is bigger (by about 25 percent), so it can pump more blood in...
by Dr. Nisha Chellam | Mar 27, 2012 | Health Fun Facts
A Cold Heart Isn’t Always a Bad Thing! Therapeutic hypothermia is actually a form of treatment for cardiac arrest. According to American Heart Association guidelines for inducing hypothermia, doctors cool a patient’s body to 91 degrees F, 7 degrees below...
