To be your happiest and healthiest self, we bring you a wide selection of health facts from fitness to food to hydration.

These top tips and random health facts provide you with information to keep you fighting fit.

These health facts cover a range of topics to provide you with knowledge and insights into how you can better take care of yourself and information about health around the world.

Its easy to forget how important our mental health contributes to our wellbeing. Just like all muscles, the brain needs to be exercised and cared for to ensure you are performing and feeling your best.

While swearing, participants reported less pain and were able to withstand the pain longer.

Our bodies need food to survive, but all foods were not created equal. Read through these facts about food and vitamins that you can incorporate into your diet to boost your health.

For a healthy body and mind, general fitness and moderate exercise are crucial. We hope these interesting health facts encourage you to move!

A study of adults over the age of 65 found that walking at least four hours a week reduced their risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations.

A similar study at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that moderate intensity walking and vigorous intensity running has similar reductions in risk levels for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and even potentially coronary heart disease.

Water is the bodys natural elixir. Below weve compiled ten good reasons why keeping hydrated contributes to good health.

Not only that, but a study by the Endocrine Society found that drinking 500ml of water increased the metabolic rate (in both men and women) by 30% within 10-40 minutes of drinking water.

Here are few general hints and tips to keep you feeling healthy and to ensure youre taking good care of your body.

The Academy of General Dentistry recommends waiting at least 30 to 60 minutes.

Elements such as dust, mold or cleaning supplies can contaminate the air, resulting in poor indoor air quality.

As a result of poor indoor air quality or lack of ventilation, irritation to the eyes, nose and throat is common and with long-term exposure can lead to some respiratory diseases.

The final ten facts cover a broad spectrum, but you can use this intriguing information to impress your friends.

Foot pain, ranging from general soreness at the end of a long day, to a more serious condition, is common.

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70 Quick Health Facts: Food, Fitness, Hydration, Random (Fun!)