Thursday, August 04, 2005

"What causes morning breath?" and "Why do beans give you gas?"

morning breath results from anaerobic bacteria, the xerostomia (dry mouth) or the volatile sulfur compounds, which are waste products from the bacteria. Other contributing factors to foul oral odour includes medication, alcohol, sugar, smoking, caffeine, and eating dairy products.

Beans contain high percentages of sugars that our bodies are unable to digest, Goldberg explains. When the sugars make it to the intestines, bacteria go to work and start producing large amounts of gas.

Office Desk or Toilet seat: which is safer?

The authors discovered that an office setting might be worse for your health than toilet seats. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, found the typical office desk harbors some 400 times more disease-causing bacteria than the average toilet seat.

why does ur teeth chatter in cold?

Chattering teeth is one way the body tries to generate heat. When the body gets too cold, the area of the brain called the hypothalamus alerts the rest of the body to begin warming up. Shivering, the rapid muscle movement that generates heat, then begins. Teeth chattering represents localised shivering.

why do men have nipples?

And why do men have nipples? While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo, the authors explain. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in. Men, however, have already developed nipples.