Healthy Habits

1.Why Do People in Rural Areas Coat the Walls and Floors of Their Huts With Cow Dung?

• Cow dung contains some bacteria that are harmless to humans but do not allow any microbes to grow on it.
• Cow dung is a disinfectant that keeps away harmful insects and flies.
• This also helps keep the house cool in summer.

 

2.How Yogasana Makes the Body Fit and Healthy?

The benefits of practicing yoga asanas are as follows:

• Yoga helps in meditation and keeps our minds calm and focused.
• Gentle breathing activity revitalizes our system.
• It helps to stretch the body and increases flexibility.
• It boosts the immunity of our body.

 

               

 

• Yawning promotes deep breathing hence allowing the body the inhale a large amount of oxygen.
• This happens when the body is tired.

       

4.How Do We Get Benefitted From Activities Like Swimming and Cycling?

• Cycling and swimming help in the psychomotor development of our body.
• It involves different parts of the body physically, and the mind is engaged while learning the skill.
• We learn to balance and coordinate our physical and mental activities.

• Germs are tiny and harmful organisms that cause various contagious diseases.
• These tiny organisms can be seen only through microscopes.
• Germs feed upon the nutrients of our body, and in return, they produce harmful toxins that make us ill.
• Germs can spread via air, water, or touch.

• Our bodies react to various things we get exposed to.
• If anything unwanted enters the body unknowingly, it tries to expel it.
• For Example, when dust particles enter our breathing tubes, we sneeze.
• If the sneezing persists for a longer duration and does not stop without medication, such a situation is considered a dust allergy.
• Similar to specks of dust, other things may lead to such a reaction, such as feathers, pollens, the pungent or strong smell of perfume, etc.           

• Chess is a challenging game that increases our intelligence quotient.
• It helps to increase concentration in a particular activity, making rapid analytical decisions and testing memory.
• Such games also help children in problem-solving.