“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Anonymous
Published under ‘life’
A series of large studies, including the Nurses’ Health Study of 76,464 women and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study of 42,498 men, found that the more nuts people consumed, the less likely they were to die at any given age, especially of cancer or heart disease. And a clinical trial conducted in Spain showed that death rates were [...]
Eat your whole grains and fiber!
Published under Food Industry, Health, Interesting Random Stuff Mar 30, 2015Eating whole grains was inversely associated with risk of all-cause mortality and death from cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory disease, infections and other causes. People with the highest intake of whole grains, or in the highest quintile, had a 17% lower risk of all-cause mortality while the percentages for disease-specific mortality ranged from 11% to [...]
Review on Frank Bruni’s book: ‘Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be’
Published under Education/Raising Children, Interesting Random Stuff Mar 27, 2015College Admissions Madness
Published under Education/Raising Children, Interesting Random Stuff Mar 27, 2015This insightful article by Frank Bruni sends an important message to both parents and children. For parents, he discourages pressuring their children and forcing them to grow up too fast. For children, he warns against treating school as if it’s only designed to get into college – it’s about learning, curiosity and acquiring a love [...]
Kudos to Cadillac on their new campaign message quoting Herman Melville: “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” – E.E.Cummings
Another sweet video from StoryCorps
Published under Family, Interesting Random Stuff, Introspection, Life Mar 18, 2015Really worth listening to and absorbing.