Archive for the 'Health' Category

Top 10 Deadly diseases

Disease
Annual
mortality
rate
Annual
infection
rate

1.
Lower respiratory infections
4 million

2.
HIV/AIDS
3 million
39.4 million1

3.
Malaria
1–5 million
300–515 million

4.
Diarrhea
2.2 million
4 billion

5.
Tuberculosis
2 million
8 million

6.
Measles
530,000
30 million

7.
Whooping cough
200,000–300,000
20–40 million

8.
Tetanus
214,000
500,000

9.
Meningitis
174,000
1 million +

10.
Syphilis
157,000
12.2 million1

Top 20 foods highest in antioxidants

Rank
Food
Serving size
Antioxidant capacity per serving size

1
Small Red Bean
½ cup dried beans
13727

2
Wild blueberry
1 cup
13427

3
Red kidney bean
½ cup dried beans
13259

4
Pinto bean
½ cup
11864

5
Blueberry
1 cup (cultivated berries)
9019

6
Cranberry
1 cup (whole berries)
8983

7
Artichoke hearts
1 cup, cooked
7904

8
Blackberry
1 cup (cultivated berries)
7701

9
Prune
½ cup
7291

10
Raspberry
1 cup
6058

11
Strawberry
1 cup
5938

12
Red Delicious apple
1 apple
5900

13
Granny Smith apple
1 apple
5381

14
Pecan
1 oz
5095

15
Sweet cherry
1 cup
4873

16
Black plum
1 plum
4844

17
Russet potato
1, cooked
4649

18
Black bean
½ cup dried beans
4181

19
Plum
1 plum
4118

20
Gala apple
1 apple
3903