WHAT YOU KNOW THAT JUST AINT SO!

THE BANE OF THE ALARM CLOCK "Some mornings it is just not worth chewing through the leather straps."   - Hannibal Lector

 You don't need to be a doctor to appreciate that the sudden shrill of an alarm could be bad for your heart. 

But scientists have now proved this is true. 

In a study conducted by the National Institute of Industrial Health in Japan,

participants who were forced awake by a loud alarm clock had higher blood pressure and heart rate,

increased levels of stress hormones which stayed with them most of the day which hurt their immune system.


THE EARLY WORM GETS EATEN!

 "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy, wealthy, and dead!"  - James Thurber
 Ever had the Sunday Night Blues?  Sure we all have.

But the end of the weekend might just be more than depressing!

New research shows the transition of sleeping in on off days to 

rising early on work ones to an early morning alarm

increases the risk for diabetes and heart disease.  Ouch!


DIE IS THE FIRST SYLLABLE IN DIET!

"No one wakes up in the morning and says:  'I want to gain 150 pounds, and I want to do it now!'"  - Orson Welles
Repeated crash dieting increases metabolic hormones 
such as insulin and elevates sex hormones such as estrogen.

These changes cause you to start putting weight around your middle. insulin resistance, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Double Ouch!!


YOU TALKING TO ME? “Courage isn't having the strength to go on - 
it is going on when you don't have strength.” - Napoleon
Napoleon at 5' 7" was actually taller than the average man of that time. 

AH, ARE YOU LOST? 
  “Sometimes when you lose your way, you find YOURSELF.”    - Mandy Hale
The Earth does NOT revolve around the sun but around the solar system's center of mass!

The center of mass in the solar system is called the Barycenter. 
Usually it’s contained within the mass of the sun, but not always. 
When it’s outside the mass of the sun, the Earth is just orbiting around empty space!
DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER FALSE "FACTS"?