It is known that honey contains a lot of vitamins and minerals.
Also honey contains a substance called Choline that melts cholesterol attached to the wall of blood vessels. So taking honey daily gives you the following rewards:
If you are concerned about blood pressure, it would be a good idea to add some honey to your meals in addition to vinegar I introduced before as something lowering cholesterol.
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Q15. In an emergency, where is the effective area to cool down your body when you want to lower the body temperature? A15. Around the Neck, In the Armpits, On the Navel, In the Groin The above four has something in common. That is they are the area where thick blood vessels run on. Cooling the thick blood vessels lowers the body temperature. So at the time of emergency, it is good to cool the thick blood vessels directly, especially around the navel is effective because the thickest blood vessel runs around the navel. Why do we cool the forehead when we have fever? In an emergency, if the body temperature rises, the temperature of the brain also rises. It looks like cooling the forehead, but actually it cools the skull. It is necessary to cool the skull to lower the temperature of the brain. Q16. When you are about to recover from a cold, it is good to sleep wearing thick cloths to sweat a lot. True or False? A16. False When you are about to recover from a cold, you are exhausted and also dehydrated. If you sweat a lot, you will become the condition of heat stroke. So it is important to hydrate frequently. Q17. Which food should you avoid when you are coming down with a cold, A. Pasta, B. Beef or C. Clementine? A17. C. Clementine.
Clementine contains a lot of potassium which cool your body so it is better to avoid when you are coming down with a cold. On the contrary, potassium has an effect to encourage urination which helps lowering the body temperature, so it is good to take potassium when you are recovering from a cold. Q12. What is the effective gargling for the prevention of a cold? A12.
Q13. How long can a common cold virus live on the hand? A 1 day B 1 week A13. According to a recent research, a common cold virus can live on the hand for 1 week, so it is important to wash hands. When you wash hands, please pay attention to the following 3 parts:
Q14. Which food is good to eat for breakfast to prevent a cold, A Soft food or B Hard food?
A14. B Hard food. It is good to eat hard food for breakfast because when you eat hard food, you have to chew well and at that time a lot of saliva is secreted. Saliva moistens the throat and also has the effect of sterilization. If you eat a bead for breakfast, it is a good idea to choose a French bread which is hard and you need to chew well. Q10. In winter, ventilating a room frequently by opening windows is effective in the prevention of catching a cold. True or False? A10. False. If humidity of the room becomes less than 40%, viruses float in the room for more than 30 minutes. In winter, air outside is very dry so if you ventilate a room frequently, the humidity of the room becomes less than 40%, causing viruses to float in the room for a long time. If the humidity is more than 40%, viruses floating in the air fall down to the floor. On the other hand, if you open the window and the humidity becomes less than 40%, viruses on the floor go up into the air again. So it is better to decrease the number of ventilation in winter. But in the following cases, it is better to ventilate a room:
Q11. Which is more effective at prevention of catching a cold to place a humidifier at home, A on the floor or B on the shelf? A11. B on the shelf To keep the humidity high around your nose and mouth, it is better to place the humidifier at the level of your face. If you place the humidifier on the floor, it is possibly dry at the level of your face. Other important points about a humidifier are:
Q9. Less than 6 hours sleep increases the risk to catch a cold. True or False? A9. In the newest research, people who sleep less than 6 hours caught a cold about 4 times as many as people who sleep more than 7 hours. In the non-REM sleep state, which is a state of complete rest, growth hormone is secreted and the immune system that is tired from a fight against viruses is repaired. That means sleeping makes the immune system more powerful. But too much sleep doesn't help the immune system because even if you sleep longer, your non-REM sleep doesn't get longer. In the research, 7 to 8 hours sleep was the best to boost up immune system.
Q7. Why do we get fever when we catch a cold? A7. To boost up immune system. If common cold viruses invade into the body, they multiply in the cells of the throat. White blood cells eat the viruses and analyze the information of the virus and inform it to the brain through cytokine. The brain orders to raise the body temperature. If the body temperature raises, the immune becomes more powerful. If the body temperature becomes over 40 degree C (104 degree F), viruses die. So how does our body raise the temperature? To prevent heat going our from the skin, blood vessels under the skin becomes narrow, leading to less blood flow, and sweat glands becomes narrow, leading to less sweating. Another way to raise the temperature is shaking the muscles. That is the same as when it is cold, our body naturally moves the muscles to raise the body temperature. After defeating the viruses, we sweat to lower the body temperature. That means sweating is a sign of recovering from a cold. Q8. Why do we feel sluggish when we catch a cold?
A8. To make immune system concentrate on a fight against viruses. Our body uses all the energy for immune system to fight against viruses. Sluggish feeling or general fatigue is a sign not to use the energy for moving the body. That means our body requires rest. Q4. Why do we have a lot of nasal mucus when we catch a cold? A4. To expel the viruses invaded into our body. Immune is a system to attack foreign substances invading into the body and it is white blood cells in blood. White blood cells patrol all over the body. When the white blood cells patrol the nose and find foreign substances, they secrete histamine. Histamine goes to the brain flowing in blood stream and orders the brain to secrete more nasal mucus. Q5. What causes stuffy nose? A5. Inside of the nose becomes swollen because mucus membrane in the nose absorbs nasal mucus like a piece of bread soaked in milk. That makes the space in the nose narrower, resulting in stuffy nose. Q6. A common cold virus is infected through the ears and eyes. True or False?
A6. True If you rub your eyes and ears with the finger holding viruses, the viruses invade into your body. Q1. Why is a cold going around in winter? A1. Dryness of the air makes a virus easy to fly in the air. Somebody who has a cold coughs or sneezes. Droplets holding viruses spread in the air. If the humidity is high like in summer, the droplets are caught by water droplets in the air and drop on the ground. On the other hand, In the winter, because the air is dry, the droplets holding viruses are not hit by the water droplets so they float in the air. It means there are more viruses in the air in the winter. Q2. What is the number of droplets brown by one sneeze? a. 500 b. 10 thousands c. 1 million A2. 1 million
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