Learning fascinating stuff 01
- Apart from brain, the Kidneys also use a LOT of ATP (energy) in the body. Never gave so much thought about kidneys lol.
- Obesity (apart being cause by bad lifestyle) can actually be a genetic disorder! If both parents are obese there is a staggering 70-80% chance that the child will be obese. If parents are lean there is only about 9 percent chance of obesity. It happens due to a defect in a gene called Leptin gene. Imagine all those poor people who get shamed for being lazy and fat when it’s actually in their genes! Felt bad for them. There are TV shows who literally just shame these people. Poor souls.
- If you eat too much protein, you can get kidney stones and even osteoporosis (weak bones). This happens because undigested ammonia NH3 from amino acids induces increases calcium excretion from your kidneys.
- Unsaturated fats (vegetable oil, fish oil) are better for you than saturated fats (animal fat; meat, butter, ghee). Saturated fat can give you heart attacks by blocking your coronary arteries. Vegetable oils are unsaturated fats (good fat) except coconut oil and palm oil. That’s why countries like Sri Lanka have lots of heart condition patients (they use coconut oil).
- Protein deficiency diseases (eg; Kwashiorkor) can cause edema (collection of fluid) in your body. This actually happens because your plasma proteins in blood plasma decrease, so the colloidal osmotic pressure also decreases; so the water in your blood leaks to your surrounding tissues causing edema.
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