Reasons: Why You Should Eat More Fruits

Allah Almighty has created plenty of stuff for the mankind. For our welfare and for our luxury. Fruits are also among this stuff. Fruits being enriched with multi-vitamins and protein are crucial for maintaining our good health. Fruits ensure correct working of our body organs.This post is all about the benefits of eating fruits and you'll find many reasons of eating more and more fruits.

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• Cherries: Cherries help calm your nervous system
• Grapes: Grapes relax your blood vessels
• Peaches: Peaches are rich in potassium, fluoride and iron
• Apples: Having existence in 1,000 types, apples help your body to develop resistance against infections
• Watermelon: Being more than 90% water, helps control your heart rate
• Oranges: Oranges help maintain great skin and vision
• Strawberries: Strawberries can potentially fight against cancer and aging
• Bananas: Bananas are very good for athletes because they are energy carriers
• Pineapples: They help fight against arthritis
• Blueberries: They protect your heart
• Kiwis increases bone mass
• Mangos: Act as a shield from several kinds of cancer

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Hot Water vs Cold Water

Most of us really had a problem taking bath when we used to be kids regardless of whether it is summer or winter. Some were afraid of cold water while others hated hot water. Today I got some interesting facts about water. Water, whether hot or cold, is very beneficial for our health even if used externally.

This little comparison comprises of surprising advantages of using cold and hot water.

Hot Water

You must take hot showers because hot water:-

• Relaxes the body muscles
• Lowers body tension
• Reduces anxiety
• Improves blood circulation
• Alleviates Migrane
• Reduces swelling
• Helps the body in removing toxins from our skin
• Weight Loss
• Helps better food digestion
• Opens pores and cleans the skin
• Acts as a nasal decongestant

Cold Water

You might prefer using cold water because it:-

• Stimulates immune system
• Increases alertness
• Prevents colds
• Stimulates anti-depression hormones
• Burns calories
• Frees up the mind
• Accelerates metabolism
• Tightens the skin
• Prevents hair fall
• Also improves blood circulation
• Gives you a glowing look

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Origins of Names of Some Popular Animals

Many of us love animals, some make them their best friends. That's great, these lovely creatures do deserve to be loved. As for their names, not all the English names of animals came about the same way. Some are just the English word for a name that already existed in another language while others are combinations of words that describe the animal. Let's consider the names of some animals and see how they originated.

 A Fox and a Cat

     Bull comes from the Anglo-Saxon belkan, which meant to "roar". Similarly, deer was originally deor in Anglo-Saxon, and meant "a wild animal".
When we call a cat, a puss, it goes back to the Egyptians. They called a cat pasht, meaning "the moon", because cats were active at night. This became shortened to pas, and that's how we got puss.
Hippopotamus is the Greek for "river horse". Hippos meant "horse", and potamos meant "river". Rhinoceros is a Latin term derived from two Greek words. Rinos mean the "nose", and the keras, was a "horn", and the rhinoceros has a horn on its nose!
Leopard comes from the Latin leopardus, which meant a "spotted lion". Lion comes from the Latin leon.

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Camel is derived from the Arabic gamel, which was camelos in Latin.Porcupine comes from two Latin words: porcus, a "swine", and spina, a "thorn". So, it's a pig with thorns!
The name poodle comes from the German pudel, which meant a "puddle". This was because it was a water dog and the word dog itself is a contraction of the Icelandic doggr.
Wolf is a modern spelling of Anglo-Saxon wulf, which goes back to the Latin vulpes, meaning "fox". Our name fox, comes from the Icelandic fax, which meant a "hair-mane". The name opossum comes from opassum, which is what the Indians of Virginia called this animal.
These are only a few names of animals, but you can see how, they originated in many different ways.

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Why Do Plants Need Roots?

Roots are one of the most vital organs in plants. These are the parts where no leaves or nodes are present and are mostly under the soil.
A plant needs roots for two chief reasons: as a mean of anchorage or support, and to absorb water and mineral salts from the soil.

Carrot the a root of its plant.

The root of most plants grow in the soil but they don't just sit there, but seem to reach out in the soil to help the plant grow. By elongating near their tips, roots are always coming in the contact of new portions of the soil.
Thousands of tiny root hairs project from the surface of the young root to absorb several mineral salts and other materials from the soil.That's why when a young root is drawn out of the soil, soil particles often cling to the root hairs.
Some plants have taproots. A taproot is a single root and much larger than any of the branch roots. Other plants have not one large but several small, equal sized roots. These form a fibrous root system.

Orchid & Sweet Potato

Grasses have fibrous root system. Soil in which there are many fibrous roots is protected from erosion. In other plants, most of the roots grow from stems. For example, the geranium.
As roots grow older, some of them store large quantities of sugar and starch. Beet and sweet potatoes are examples of this. A sweet potato is a root, but Irish potato, with its eyes, is a stem.
Not all plants have roots that grow in the soil. Some tropical orchids that grow on trees have spongy roots that grow in the air to absorb moisture. Both the English ivy and poison ivy cling to walls or trees by means of their tiny, little aerial roots. Some plants have special roots that develop from the stem above the ground and grow down into the soil, forming props. A few roots, such as the sweet potato, form buds that grow into leafy branches and can be used to propagate the plant.
Roots, either large or small, are crucial for the survival of any plant or tree.

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Effect of Exercise on Our Body

Ever wanted sound, healthy and well-shaped muscles? Don't lie, you do. Me too. A lot of people go to gyms or do workout daily at home to get that. Different exercises are for building different muscles. Every exercise comprises of stretching and pulling of muscles. As muscles work in pairs, a muscle can only pull in one direction and requires another one to pull in opposite direction. If stretching and pulling of muscles is performed repeatedly, muscles fused into one action and perform it smoothly. Thus, work capability of muscles is increased.

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     Our metabolism is the sum of all chemical activity in our cells which use the food we eat. This can be increased with vigorous exercise which means exercise enables us to use energy obtained from food efficiently.

Many people ask, "How much exercise do I need to build strong muscles?". Well, there's no satisfactory answer to this BUT you must not do intense exercises multiple times a day because this can affect your body badly. Lemme explain this little bit. Muscles are made up of long thin cells called Muscle Fibres. Excess of exercise results in damage of muscle fibres which is termed as Microtrauma. It is completely a natural process and essential for muscles to grow BIGGER! After microtrauma when muscle fibres are repaired, they shape the muscles in a new way. If you don't let them repair, the damage might lead to something worse.
The best way to ensure your body muscles are repaired, eat food packed with protein. Some of protein enriched foods are:

• Almonds
• Brocolli
• Cottage Cheese
• Chicken Breast
• Eggs
• Fish
• Milk
• Yogurt
• Oats
• Peanuts
• Shrimps

Moreover, when a muscle contracts, Lactic acid is produced which is like a poison & we feel tired because of production of this acid. Lactic acid cannot be removed while the muscles are active. Your body needs that to give your brains a signal that it wants to rest. During rest, lactic acid along with other wastes is removed, nerve cells become active and joints are refilled with lubricants they have used up.

Conclusion:
          Do not put yourself in trouble by going crazy for building muscles. Despite workout, eat protein enriched food and take rest. 8 hours sleep is proven to be enough for your body to relax and to repairs muscle fibre. As only then, you'd be able to build sound, healthy and well-shaped muscles.

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