Friday, June 25, 2010

Did You Know...

... An ounce of chocolate contains about 20 mg of caffeine. Compare that to a 12 ounce can of coke which contains 45 mg or a 5 ounce cup of coffee which has 110 mg.

...Of the more than $50 billion worth of diet products sold every year, almost $20 billion are spent on imitation fats and sugar substitutes.


...Watermelons are 97% water, lettuce 97%, tomatoes 95%, carrots 90%, and bread 30%.

...Each pound of muscle (1 pound = 0.45 kilograms) burns 75-100 calories every day simply by being

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Eggs contain the highest quality food protein known. All parts of an egg are edible, including the shell which has a high calcium content.c

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Your muscles do not grow during exercise. Exercise is only the stimulus. The body strengthens the muscles while you are resting.

...1 pound = 3,500 calories.

...There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

...Subway 9 grain bread contains less then 2% of the 8 grains other then wheat. It also contains ammonium sulfate. This compound is loaded with nitrogen, which is why it's most common use is as fertilizer. You might have used it to nourish your plants at home. And Subway does the same thing; the ammonium sulfate nourishes the yeast and helps the bread turn brown.

...The agent that gives Twinkies their smooth feel, cellulose gum, is also used in rocket fuel to give it a slightly gelatinous feel.

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