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Posted in Finances, Health and wellness on Aug 19th, 2008
Hardly a week goes by without some new report telling Americans they are getting more obese. Along with the obesity comes the added risk for heart disease, hypertension, type II diabetes, and stroke. Did you ever think of the financial costs of obesity? According to Newsweek here are the top 5 costs associated with obesity:
Lower [...]
Listening to CNN News this morning there was a segment on the troubled banking industry. They gave a web site to check your banks rating. With a few clicks I had a nice report on my local bank.
When you get to the page, search by options – I put in state, that seemed the [...]
Hold on to your hats, Monday looks to be a wild day on Wall Street. Like many Americans my husband and I watch our investments dwindle. From IRA’s, 401K, mutual funds, and stocks down it goes. Our investments are not risky, we’re at the age where we can’t afford to be risky. But what the [...]
Posted in Finances, Health and wellness on Dec 19th, 2007
I thought this was pretty interesting reported by reuters.
After a year of record mortgage foreclosures and slumping home prices, Americans are more determined to shape up their flabby finances in 2008 than their bodies, according to a study released by Countrywide Bank on Tuesday.
Some 67 percent of the 1,002 adults surveyed nationwide said that becoming [...]
We can never solve our significant problems from the same level of thinking we were at when we created the problems. ~Albert Einstein
Too few Americans are eating the recommended 1 1/2 ounces of tree nuts per day, which can reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes, say U.S. researchers. Tree nuts include almonds, Brazils, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, macadamias and walnuts.
"Most people consume as much as 25 percent of their total caloric intake from snacks," Janet King, co-chairwoman of the 2007 Nuts and Health Symposium and past chairwoman of the 2005 USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, said in a news release. "If we could replace snacks high in refined carbohydrates with just 1/4 to 1/3 cup of nuts per day, we could have a positive impact on nutrient density and the risk of chronic disease."
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