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Here are some fascinating foot facts that we bet you didn't know!
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 | One foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments and 19 muscles. |
| The 52 bones in both of your feet make up about one quarter of all the bones in your body.
When these bones are out of alignment, so is the rest of the body. |
| Shopping for shoes should be done in the afternoon, your feet tend to swell a little during the
day so and it's best to buy shoes to fit them then. |
| Have your feet measured every time you buy new shoes, and do it while you're standing. When you try on shoes, try them on both feet; many people have one foot larger than the other, and it's best to fit the larger one. |
| Always trim your toenails straight across with clippers specially designed for the purpose. Leave them slightly longer than the tips of your toes. |
| Women have about four times as many foot problems as men. High heels are partly to blame. |
| Your feet mirror your general health. Conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, nerve and circulatory disorders can show their initial symptoms in the feet - so foot ailments can be your first sign of more serious medical problems. |
| There are 250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet. Sweat glands in the feet excrete as much as a half-pint of moisture a day. |
| The average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day, which adds up to about 115,000 miles over a lifetime. That's enough to go around the circumference of the earth four times. |
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