The left side of your brain controls the left side of your body
False. The left side controls the right side, and vice versa.
You have approximately 96,558 km. of blood vessels in your body.
TRUE.
It takes eight minutes for your blood to flow from your heart to your big toe and back
FALSE. It takes less than one minute
When you rest, your heart beats from 60 to 80 times per minute
TRUE
Your body replaces the top layer of skin every 15-20 days.
TRUE
About one quarter of your bones are in your feet.
TRUE
When you have a bad cold, food doesn´t taste good because your sense of taste is affected-
FALSE. Your sense of smell is affected, and you have to be able to smell to taste things.
When you move, your body uses units of energy called calories
TRUE
To keep healthy, you need to eat about the same number of calories as you burn
TRUE. Too many calories and you get fat; too few and you won´t have enough energy
To burn the calories taken in when you eat a chocolate bar, you have to walk fast for about 20 minutes.
FALSE. You have to walk fast for more than two hours to burn those 400 calories,
You don´t burn any calories when you sit and read.
FALSE. You burn 60-80 calories per hour
