January 15, 2013

News you can use

Literature has therapeutic value, and the more challenging it is, the better.  We're better for verse.

Penelope Trunk on How to pick a husband if you want to have kids

Why a glass of red wine with your steak can LOWER cholesterol

Red wine helps to prevent release of damaging compounds in dark meat that can raise cholesterol….researchers, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found that after eating red or dark meat, compounds called malondialdehyde accumulate in the blood stream. These can help to form the type of cholesterol that can raise the risk of heart disease.

But when volunteers drank red wine, these compounds were not absorbed into the blood stream. The researchers say this is because antioxidants in the wine - known as polyphenols - prevented these harmful compounds from being absorbed.

Proven: Pruney Fingers Give You a Better Grip 

Hacking the Hyperlinked Heart.  She found her husband online but only after she learned not to be too stuffy and professional in her profile.

In the Huffington Post, 10 Things Happy People Do Differently

What is the Secret to Aging Gracefully and Happily

From research in psychology and other fields–and from the work Cole is doing–the key to aging gracefully and happily seems to lie in at least three factors:
1) working into old age rather than retiring
2) finding love and community and
3) accepting old age.

13 Amazing Uses for WD-40
Protecting a bird feeder, separating stuck glassware, exterminating roaches, repelling insects and keeping wasps from building nests.

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