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Vitamin C reduces melanin synthesis hence acting against tanning. It also boosts collagen synthesis making wrinkles less visible.
Drinking lemon water or applying its peels on the skin is beneficial because the peel is the storehouse of Vitamin C.
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Energy rinks main constituents are sugar, water and caffeine and taurine.
These ingredients help replenish lost fluids and stimulate energy release. They also contain ginseng, which reduces stress, bilboa seeds which enhance memory and the amino acid Taurine, which increases heart and skeletal muscle contractions.
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Girls have shorter height as during puberty estrogen synthesis is higher than to boys.
Estrogen promotes closing of epiphyseal plates, which are structures present on the terminal ends of bones, composed of cartilage. These promote the growth of bone.
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If cells are no longer needed, they commit suicide by activating an intracellular death program.
Cells throughout their life cycle start to lose connections with other cells, and then our immune system works out to kill those cells. This is known as “apoptosis” from a Greek word meaning “falling off,” as leaves from a tree.
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Because it has no mineral content.
Compared to mineral water and to whatever surface it comes in contact, distilled water tries to pull minerals to maintain a balance.
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A larger heart results in higher cardiac output, which also allows it to beat more slowly, as more blood is pumped out with each beat.
Athletic heart syndrome (AHS) is a non-pathological condition in which the human heart is enlarged as a consequence of repetitive cardiac loading, and the resting heart rate is lower than normal.
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Caffeine binds to the adenosine receptor, but because to a nerve cell, caffeine looks like adenosine it doesn't slow down the cell's activity as adenosine would.
Coffee helps us stay awake as it binds to receptors for adenosine in our brain. Instead of slowing down because of the adenosine’s effect, the nerve cells speed up.
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The burning sensation in the mouth after eating something spicy can be reduced by drinking milk.
That’s because milk is fat and spices are fat-soluble so the milk absorbs spices and carries them from mouth to stomach, giving relief to the tongue.
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Nails turn blue in cold weather because our blood vessels constrict in response to a low temperature to minimize heat loss.
This results in less supply of RBC (which carry oxygen) and our blood appears blue. It is more apparent in nails due to their transparency.
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Mosquitos that bite us are the female mosquitos.
Female mosquitos need the iron from our blood to hatch their eggs. Itching after a mosquito bite happens because their saliva contains an anticoagulant to which our immune system reacts. This anticoagulant prevents your blood from clotting at the site of the puncture.
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