On average, people who dream more often and more vividly have higher IQs. Sleep tight and dream. 😴

Take 5 minutes for your health today and meditate, read, exercise, or stretch.

Joining clubs after retirement could extend your life. Bring on knitting and book club!

During your lifetime, you will eat about 30,000kg of food – that’s the weight of about six African elephants.

Feeling down? Eating spinach, elk, oysters and crab have been proven to positively impact on your mood. #ThePowerofFood 😌

When we touch something, we send messages to our brain at 200 km/h.

Ever wondered why there are mirrors in front of the cardio section at gym? Watching yourself run in a mirror can make a treadmill workout go by faster and feel easier.

Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08.

Smokers reduce their life span expectancy by 11 minutes per cigarette.

You are about 1cm taller in the morning than in the evening.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. So next time you find yourself wanting to binge watch a TV show, go take a nap instead. 😴

Of the 206 bones in the average human adult's body, 106 are in the hands and feet. (54 in the hands and 52 in the feet).

Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour. Not that we recommend this!

Regular physical exercise can help you sleep better. 😴

Although weight loss should not be the sole purpose of exercise, when combined with diet, it is the best way to lose weight.

MYTH: “The more you sweat, the more calories you burn.” Sweat is how your body cools itself down. It doesn’t equate to calories burned.

Keeping fit is a great way to take care of your mental health! Research shows again and again just how powerful fitness can be to lift your mood and improve your self-esteem.

A quarter of adults aren’t active at all. ​Getting physical activity doesn’t have to be complicated. Simple ways to get more active could be taking the dog for a walk, raking the yard, cleaning the house, or simply walking around while on the phone. 👟

Did you know? Walking at a brisk pace can burn almost as many calories as jogging the same distance. 🚶