Weird Tricks Your Body Can Do That You Never Realized — Now You Know
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Scratch Your Ear To Stop Tickle In Your Throat
No one likes it when you have a tickle in your throat. People often drink water, use a cough drop, or clear their throat to get rid of the tickle. However, this seldom works. The next time you have a tickle in your throat, you should actually scratch your ear. When you do this, it stimulates a nerve that results in a muscle spasm in your throat. In a few minutes, your throat tickle will be gone.
Scratch Your Ear To Stop Tickle In Your Throat
No one likes it when you have a tickle in your throat. People often drink water, use a cough drop, or clear their throat to get rid of the tickle. However, this seldom works. The next time you have a tickle in your throat, you should actually scratch your ear. When you do this, it stimulates a nerve that results in a muscle spasm in your throat. In a few minutes, your throat tickle will be gone.
Change Your Metabolism
Most people assume that they cannot change their metabolism. The common belief is that if they gain extra weight, their metabolism won't save them. However, it turns out that people do have some control over their metabolism, which is a way that they can use to shed a few extra pounds. Adding new physical activities, such as exercise, can trigger your metabolism to new levels. The result is that you can now lose that extra weight.
Blow On Thumb To Calm Down Rapid Heartbeat
When you are stressed out or nervous, your heart speed really picks up. As this happens, it can seem nearly impossible to calm your heart down. Thankfully, there is an old hack that might work — and it involves your thumb. If you simply blow on your thumb, your heart rate will soon slow back down to normal. The act of breathing can relax the nerve that controls your heartbeat. You'll surely give a thumbs up to this body trick.
Brush Teeth To Alter Taste
While most people know that brushing teeth after a meal allows them to remove food from their mouth, there is also another reason for this. If you were to brush your teeth before you consume food or beverage, you might end up ruining your taste buds. The reason for this is because toothpaste has two chemicals, sodium lauryl ether sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate, that lower your ability to taste sweet food and increase your ability to taste bitter food.
Sleep On Left Side To Fight Acid Reflux
It's never pleasant to get acid reflux. However, if you were to suffer from it before you head to bed, you might be in luck. One remedy to diminish acid reflux is to simply sleep on your left side. It turns out that your stomach ends up being lower than your esophagus when you sleep on your left side because of the angle that they are on. By the time you wake up in the morning, the acid reflux is gone.
Shed Skin Like A Snake
It might be disgusting when a snake sheds its skin, but it turns out that humans can basically do the exact same thing. Over the course of time, skin can really get dry. The result is that some dead skin will form. This can also happen when you get a sunburn. As the dead skin develops, your body can easily shed it away. There are also lotions that you can use that will make this process easier.
Sex On Your Brain Can Ease The Need To Pee
We've all been in a situation when we had to urinate, but couldn't for some reason. This can be extremely discomforting and it could be harmful to your health. However, there is a way to diminish the pain in this situation: thinking about sexual intercourse. With the way that the brain works, sex is a great way to distract your mind from pretty much anything. Sex preoccupies your mind so that you don't have to worry about peeing.
Laughter Is Therapeutic
When they say that laughter is the best medicine, they really do mean it. High stress levels can be harmful for your health. If you are stressed or worried, then one of the greatest things that you can do is to simply laugh. When you are laughing, your blood flow increases. It also triggers the release of endorphins, which are chemicals that make you feel good. Even just a few minutes of daily laughter can help.
Eyes Warn Us About Hypothermia
If you want to get an idea about how cold an environment is, you can put away that thermometer. It turns out that you can use your eyes to determine how cold it really is. When your body gets really cold, your eyes might dilate and you could go temporarily blind. This is the body's way of telling you that you might be suffering from hypothermia. If this happens to you in a cold environment, that means hypothermia is about to start.
Use Your Ears For Hearing Different Things
While both of our ears seem to be the same, it turns out that each one is better than the other when it comes to hearing certain things. For example, our right ear is better at hearing speech. Even if we are in a loud venue, we can use our right ear to hear someone speaking. Our left ear is better at hearing music. That means we can use our left ear to determine a specific type of music.
Brain Can Turn Off Pain
When we are in pain, we often turn to painkillers to feel better. But it turns out that our body can block out pain in certain situations. Our brain is actually capable of turning off pain just like a light switch. For our brain to do this, we need to be in a state of shock or trauma. In these situations, our brain is so focused on handling the shock that it doesn't recognize pain.
Use Your Sense Of Smell To Time Travel
If you want to feel like you are traveling back through time, all you need to use is your nose. When humans smell anything, it triggers nerves in the brain. These nerves are located in a part of the brain that is right next to the part responsible for memory. In other words, a specific smell might force you to remember a specific time in the past. It is not exactly time travel, but it is still an impressive thing that our bodies can do.
Chewing Gum On An Airplane To Help Ears
It can be really annoying to have your ears pop when you are on an airplane. Some people also experience pain in this situation. One way to solve this is to simply chew some gum. The practice of chewing gum in an airplane opens up the Eustachian tube. In turn, this will help equalize the pressure in your ear and end the popping. In addition to gum, you can also yawn to open up the Eustachian tube.
Quickly Stop Brain Freeze
You are enjoying your favorite cold food or beverage, and then all of a sudden you get a painful brain freeze. This happens because the nerves at the roof of your mouth freeze and send signals to your brain. To overcome this horrible pain, simply press your tongue up against the roof of your mouth as hard as you can. The more often you do this act, the less likely you will experience brain freeze.
Cough To Decrease Pain
There are many ways that your body may suddenly experience pain, and there are many ways that you can do to end the pain. One of the best pain relievers is actually a natural remedy. The act of simply coughing will immediately diminish the pain. Coughing forces your body to lower pain signals to the brain. One study found that coughing can diminish the pain from medical injections by distracting the patient and by increasing blood pressure.
Migraines Predict Temperature Changes
No one likes to get a migraine, but sometimes a migraine might actually be a good thing because it is your body's way of telling you something important. It turns out that migraine can actually serve as a strong indicator that you are experiencing an extreme temperature change. The change in temperature causes a chemical imbalance in your brain, which results in migraine. Dusty environments and changes in humidity can also trigger migraine.
Sex Cures Headaches
Most people take aspirin when they experience a severe headache. There are also a couple of natural remedies to cure a headache, including sexual intercourse. When your body achieves an orgasm, it releases natural chemicals such as endorphins. In turn, the endorphins provide a sense of pleasure. Additionally, they also act as a natural painkiller for your body. One study found that sexual intercourse can actually be a better remedy for headaches than most painkillers.
Get Super Strength From Adrenaline
Most people assume that only people with large muscles have super strength, but pretty much anyone is capable of this depending on the situation. If you are in desperate life or death situation, your adrenaline kicks in. As this happens, your heart rate increases and your digestive system shuts down so that you can use your muscles to provide extra strength. It is only temporary, but it can be used if you need extra strength to save a loved one's life.
Overcome Dizziness
There many causes for dizziness, but they usually involve the cupula. This is part of the ear that is responsible for balance. If you are dizzy, then the cupula might be out of balance. To stop dizziness, you would simply need to regain your balance by holding something stable, such as a chair or table. The result is that you will regain balance and end dizziness. Other cures for dizziness include sitting down and avoiding bright lights.
Dilated Pupils Predict Attraction
Our body might send different signals to tell us when we are attracted to someone. Some people sweat and other people experience a higher heart rate. But the one thing that most people develop is dilated pupils. When you are with someone that you deeply care about on a romantic level, your pupils start to dilate. If you were to look into someone's eyes, this might help you determine if they like you on a romantic level.
