Our liver is located within the chest cavity on the right hand side above the stomach, intestines and right kidney; it is dark red brown in colour and wedge shaped, it weighs roughly 1-1.5kgs. — Read Article
Our heart rate varies depending on the bodies demand for oxygen it may speed up as demand increases and slow down as demand decreases; an unusually high rate when resting or a low maximum heart rate may indicate a heart attack risk pending.
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The pursuit of salt by wild animals resulted in tracks being worn to the sources, human’s observation of the wildlife and world around them led them to track animals to the natural source of salt in its various forms and locations. — Read Article
Kiwifruit despite the name they are not native to New Zealand, Mary Isobel Fraser returned from China in 1904 with seed she had gathered while visiting. They were planted in Wanganui in 1906 by Alexander Allison and the first crop was harvested in 1910, people described the flavour as gooseberry hence the initial name of Chinese gooseberry. — Read Article
It’s less than 100 years since we have been able to confirm the various types of blood groups; you may think this is something we don’t need to pay much attention to. — Read Article
Our Liver is our very own filtration system, our blood carries contaminates, toxins and waste products via our cardiovascular system into our personal filtration system (our liver). As our blood is pumped through the liver the bacteria, toxins and contaminates are removed, thereby purifying our blood for another circuit through the cardiovascular system. — Read Article