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flex verse presents 10 things you didn't
know about your own body number one your
feet can grow as you age most people
believe that when they reach a certain
age that their feet stop growing for
some this is true however for others
it's not after years of walking on your
feet the tendons and the ligaments in
your feets can weaken this can cause the
arches in your feet to flatten making
them get longer and wider this won't
happen to everybody however people who
are overweight or have certain
conditions such as diabetes are more
prone this doesn't happen until you're
about 70 or 80 years old and if you're
one of the people that this happens to
you can expect your foot to grow an
entire size
number two the old person smell is real
some people talk about how old people
have that weird smell
well old people actually have that smell
if you've ever smelled a baby's head
you'll also know that the old and the
young have a distinctive smell while the
old person smell is less distinctive
than the scent of a baby's head it is
real number three it is your senses that
make you hate room temperature coffee if
you've ever tried a cup of
room-temperature coffee and you found it
to be much more bitter than hot coffee
it's because of your senses when the
coffee is hot the taste buds that detect
the bitter taste are not as sensitive
when the coffee is at room temperature
your bitter taste buds are in full
effect most people think that the
room-temperature coffee is more bitter
because the cold had an effect on the
coffee that's not the case number four
you cannot poop while you sleep there
are very intelligent neurons in your
stomach that control the contractions of
your colon this is what pushes the waste
out the contractions are based upon your
body's circadian rhythm which is your
internal clock
this clock shuts down the neurons while
you sleep making it very rare that you
would ever need to get up in the middle
of the night to poop you can however get
woken up with the urge to pee which as
you get older can be more frequent and
more annoying number five your
fingerprints don't improve
grip for years people believed that the
ridges in your fingerprints made it
easier to grip things but a recent study
proved this is not the case the
fingerprints can actually make it harder
to grip smooth surfaces because your
skin doesn't have as much contact with
the object number six achy joints can
predict the weather right before bad
weather hits the pressure in the
atmosphere drops this change in pressure
can cause the tissue in your body to
expand well this can result in swelling
and pain for most people the reaction is
very minor some don't even notice it
people who have arthritis or inflamed
joints however can detect the change
much more according to a 2007 study if
there is a sudden change in temperature
it can increase knee pain in a person
who has chronic problems with their
knees the temperature and the weather
can have a huge effect on the lives of
people who suffer from chronic joint
issues number 7 holding your breath can
stop your hiccups when your diaphragm
contracts on its own
picking force you to take a quick breath
when that is suddenly stopped by the
epiglottis this is what creates that
hiccup sound if you build up the carbon
dioxide in your body by holding your
breath it'll stop your diaphragm from
having a spasm causing your hiccups to
stop some people believe in other
methods such as scaring someone or
trying to drink upside down of all the
cures for the hiccups though holding
your breath is the best one number eight
your teeth will shift as you age when
you age you can experience bone loss
behind your gums when you've lost enough
bone your teeth can begin to shift this
can happen faster if you are a smoker or
if you've developed gum disease even if
you had braces as a teenager and you
always wore your retainer your teeth can
still shift if you start to notice your
teeth shifting there's really not much
you can do about it most dentists won't
recommend that a person in their 40s or
50s get braces because when they're
removed the teeth will still continue to
shift number 9 you cannot sneeze while
you're sleeping this is one of the
craziest things you probably didn't know
about your own body anyone who's ever
suffered from allergies knows that you
cannot sneeze while you're asleep
reason for this is because sneezing is a
reflex action in order to sneeze your
brain needs a great deal of stimulation
well as you fall asleep the part of your
brain that's responsible for signaling
the body to sneeze becomes less active
this makes it impossible for you to
sneeze while you're sleeping this is
actually a good thing because sneezes
are so powerful they would wake you up
each time making it impossible to get a
good night's sleep
number 10 your tendons may or may not
stick out of your wrist the human body
is full on imperfections the reason for
this is that our ancestors are always
with us and we can hold onto pieces of
that stuff some people can get the
tendons and their wrists stuck out some
people can't this is because some
people's bodies have evolved past the
time when this was an important function
while others haven't it doesn't mean
that one person is more superior than
the other it just means that their
person's ancestral line has progressed
faster than others who knows at one
point in time the appendix may have had
a purpose however through evolution the
appendix is an organ that is absolutely
no purpose and many people live very
healthy lives without it subscribe for
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