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Goosebumps:-Inherited but useless ??

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What if i throw chilling water on you or scare you will a big booom?? Your initial reaction will be a shock or after that you will yell at me.But why i am talking about this to you?? Thats because we are going to discuss about an ancient phenomenon which is inherited but has no use for us today.And that is Goosebumps. What are goosebumps ?? Let us get inside bathroom and gather some courage to take a bath.When you stand naked or after pouring cold water on your body, you will observe tiny pores rising up on your skin like our hairs on arms and legs will stand and cause uneven skin and thats what we call goosebumps . These are one of the inherited traits we got from our ancestors . And these are mostly useless now a days. We will know the reason further in the blog. When do Goosebumps occur?? There are mainly 3 reasons for goosebumps to occur: Reaction to cold Reaction to shock (fear) Reaction to music How do goosebumps occur ?? Goosebumps occur when w...

How our kitchen is shortening our lifespan by 10-15 years ??

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Do you want to live for 80-90 years ?? I wish i can and many of you will also.And if someone of you don't want to live long than you must rethink and rediscover your aim and ambition. So, its clear that we all want to live long but the thing really matters is that are we trying to do so ?? Some of you may say YES, you might be exercising to keep your body young and you must be doing it but you are doing so because you know that it is beneficial. You know that smoking and drinking is injurious to health and its best to avoid it. But what if i say that you are destroying your health by your choice. And that choice is of the types of cookware you use to cook your food.YES that's correct , by the choice of your cookware you can increase of decrease your lifespan. As when we cook some part of the utensil/cookware gets into our food and affects our health. Our choice decides our destiny... So let us understand this topic in some detail as it is going to add so...

Why we have different blood types ??

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In spite of being so large in population, it is said that we all are relative to each other and have same blood but we don't have same blood type. Its confusing that why do we have different blood ?? Let us know it here. Blood is body fluids in humans and animals that deliver necessary substances like nutrients and oxygen in body.  It contains erythrocytes, leucocytes, thrombocytes ( platelets) and plasma. Humans have 8 blood types. Blood has Red blood cells :-They are delivery and carrier boys of our body. They used to transport nutrients and oxygen to all parts of body. White blood cells :-They are considered body guards in our body.They used to fight against any harmful cell, bacteria or infection in our body. Platelets :-Platelets are tiny blood cells that help your blood cells that help our body form clots to stop bleeding. We are done with introduction about blood.Now let us come to our question that why here are different blood types ?? ...

Why do we dream ??

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Yesterday i was running a 100 m race in Olympics 2020(Tokyo) and was able to break record of world's fastest man Usain Bolt by completing race in just 9.01 seconds and after taking the gold medal, i woke up and went for a bath. That was an amazing dream. Isn't it ??But what really the dreams are ?? Are they any prediction of future ?? Or our incomplete desire ?? Let us know about this interesting topic Why do we dream?? over here. A dream can be a combination of images, ideas, emotions and that usually occurs without our permission in the mind during certain stage of sleep.Many scientists are working to find the purpose of dreams.The scientific study of dreams is called oneirology .

The ABCD of Vitamins...

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A,B,C,D,E,K These are not random alphabets,these are vitamins and just like letters makes words,these are the building block of our body. The value of eating a certain food was discovered much before vitamins were identified.The ancient Egyptians knew that feeding liver can help with night blindness but they donot know about the vitamins inside it. The term 'vitamin' was derived from " vitamine ",a compound word coined by Casimir Funk in 1912. So what really vitamins are?? and Why we consume them?? A vitamin is an organic compound and essential micro-nutrient that our body needs for proper functioning. They are body's builders,defenders and maintenance workers ,helping it to build muscle and bones,make use of nutrients ,use energy and heal wounds. There are 13 types of vitamins known today. While other organisms like fungi,bacteria and plants can produce their own vitamins but our body cant so we need to get them from other sources. Vitamin...