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Hydration Facts:
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- Did you know apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee
- Did you know an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
- Did you know carrots contain 0% fat
- Did you know most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin
- Did you know avocados have the most calories of any other fruit
- Did you know honey enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten
- Did you knowbananas contain no fat, cholesterol or sodium
Exercise/Body Facts:
- By the time you have reached 50 years of age, you will have walked approximately 75,000 miles.
- No wonder your feet hurt - running puts three to four times your body weight in pressure on your feet.
- Being dehydrated reduces exercise performance. Make sure you hydrate for peak performance during a workout.
- If you are not a regular exerciser, by the time you are 65 you may experience as much as an 80% decrease in your muscle strengthWhat is your body's hardest-working muscle? It's your heart - which beats approximately 100,000 times per day. That means that in just 10 days, your heart beats one million times. If you do sustained, intense exercise daily, you'll reach a million even more quickly.
- Your heart pumps almost 2000 gallons of blood each day!
Hydration Facts:
- Did you know that the body can last up to 6-weeks without food... but only one week without water?
- Water contains no fats, no proteins, no carbohydrates and therefore no calories.
- Beat the heat — travel, hot weather, and exercise all increase the body’s need for water.
Sources Used:
- The Canadian Food Guide
- http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/healthy+living/is+your+health+at+risk/the+risks+of+poor+nutrition
- http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Articles/Grocery-Shopping/Healthy-Shopping-Tips.aspx#.Vk5vwoREx3k
- http://www.webmd.com/diet/6-reasons-to-drink-water?page=3
- http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/label-etiquetage/understanding-comprendre/daily-value-valeur-quotidienne-eng.php
- http://thebiokidz.com/nigel/
- http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/LabelingNutrition/ucm274593.htm
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