Facts about the human body

in #health6 years ago

Very low cholesterol levels are associated with violence. According  study of 79,777 patients, violent criminals had a much lower level of cholesterol than non-violent individuals. Low cholesterol is also associated with higher rates of suicide. In a study of monkeys, low cholesterol was also linked to aggressive behavior,nerve impulses travel at 400km/h. your heart beats 100000 times a day,

A red blood cell circumnavigates your entire body in 20 seconds

our blood is on a 60000 mile journey a day

Red blood cells live for 4 months Guess where they are destroyed?

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Red Blood Cells are destroyed in the graveyard of blood cells, also known as the Spleen. Some also argue that it is the liver where blood cells are destroyed, but the liver is just a place to absorb the blood cells and flush them out of the system.

only heme is broken down in the liver and converted to bilirubin excreted via feaces while globin along with fe [iron] potion of heme is used in recycling of new rbcs

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