By The Numbers

30

Percentage of the world’s population that is obese.

20

Percentage your blood flow increases with laughing.

165

Billion dollars of food Americans allow to be wasted every year.

2500

Gallons of water needed to produce one pound of beef.

40

Percentage your chance of getting a heart attack is reduced by if you drink five glasses of water a day.

300

Number of times your kidneys filter your blood in one day to function optimally.

40

Pounds of skin humans shed in their lifetime, completely replacing their outer skin every month.

80

Percentage of people who tend to complain about something when speaking in groups.

70

Percentage of olive oil being sold that is not actually pure olive oil.

67

Percentage of cortisol and other stress hormones that are reduced by when reading.

82

Percentage of starving children who live in countries where food is fed to animals, and the animals are eaten by western countries.

50

Percentage of their DNA humans share with bananas.

30

Percentage of our time spent on daydreaming and thinking about memories.

650+

Muscles the human body has.

39,000

Gallons of water used to produce the average car.

1

Percentage rate muscle mass diminishes each year in middle age.

150

Billion gallons of methane produced globally by cows per day.

90

Percentage of people who text things that they can’t say in person.

45

Percentage of the earth’s total land that livestock covers.

68

Percentage of people who experience Phantom Vibration Syndrome when you feel your phone is vibrating but it’s not.

7000

Average number of words a woman says in one day. Men speak over 2000.

10,000

Chemical ingredients used in personal care products, some of which are linked to cancer, damage the reproductive system, or disrupt the endocrine system.

21

Billion pounds of food humans eat worldwide each day.

135

Billion pounds of food cows eat worldwide each day.

3500

Number of calories you need to burn to lose one pound of fat.

100

Percentage of store bought 100% “real” orange juice which are 100% artificially flavoured.

80

Percentage of people who use music as an escape from all the negative things in life.

100

Billion searches a month processed by Google.

300

Muscles your body uses to balance itself while standing still.

90+

Million tons of fish pulled from our oceans each year.

45

Percentage of grains that make up the world’s diet.

5000

Approximate number of people who die each year in the U.S. alone as a result of consuming uncooked, contaminated food.

46

Average number of hidden teaspoons of sugar an American takes per day.

70

Percentage of your dreams that contain secret messages. They carry more weight and meaning than our conscious thoughts.

400

The number of questions an average 4 year old asks in a day.

30

The amount of minutes it takes the human body to give off enough heat to bring a gallon of water to a boil.

35

Percentage global food demand is expected to rise by, by 2030

150

Billion animals are killed for meat each year in the US.