Here are this week's curated reading diversions for your personal reading enjoyment. Have an awesome weekend!
What Your Looks Say About Your Health
Is your furrowed brow and grooved mouth ratting out your bones? Surprising new research reveals an association between wrinkles and bone health in early-menopausal women.
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New Year is the most important holiday for the Chinese. This year it will be observed on January 23 and it's the year of the dragon. The holiday is celebrated all across the world, including the Chinatowns of big cities like New York and San Francisco. Messages of good luck and prosperity are not only written on signs, the foods themselves are considered to bring luck because they're homophones for those messages. For example, the Chinese word for fish, Yu, also sounds like the Chinese word for abundance.
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10 Chinese New Year Recipes That Bring Luck
New Year is the most important holiday for the Chinese. This year it will be observed on January 23 and it's the year of the dragon. The holiday is celebrated all across the world, including the Chinatowns of big cities like New York and San Francisco. Messages of good luck and prosperity are not only written on signs, the foods themselves are considered to bring luck because they're homophones for those messages. For example, the Chinese word for fish, Yu, also sounds like the Chinese word for abundance.
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Dehydration Could Make Your Mood Worse, Study Shows
In the study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers found that dehydration was a key factor in causing headaches, loss of focus, fatigue and low mood while exercising and resting, TIME reported.
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Narcissistic personality disorder - MayoClinic.com
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they're superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism.
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The Power Of Introverts: A Manifesto For Quiet Brilliance
Many introverts feel thereâs something wrong with them, and try to pass as extroverts. But whenever you try to pass as something youâre not, you lose a part of yourself along the way. You especially lose a sense of how to spend your time. Introverts are constantly going to parties and such when theyâd really prefer to be home reading, studying, inventing, meditating, designing, thinking, cookingâŚor any number of other quiet and worthwhile activities.
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How To Be Organized: 5 Uses For Vinegar
Vinegar is more than something you use while cooking and baking. From cleaning to laundry, the sour stuff has a host of other uses. Here are my favorite five ways you can use vinegar inside (and outside) your home.
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Lack of sleep: Can it make you sick? - MSN Health - Sleep Disorders
Yes, lack of sleep can affect your immune system. Studies show that people who don't get a good night's sleep or who don't get enough sleep are more likely to get sick after being exposed to a virus, such as the common cold. Lack of sleep can also affect how fast you recover if you do get sick
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Cooking Light: 8 Healthy Office Snacks
Save your quarters by skipping the vending machine's peanut butter crackers and packing your own nutritious snack. For a hunger-curbing option, try 10 multigrain wheat crackers (such as Multigrain Wheat Thins) and a tablespoon of peanut butter. This nutrient-rich snack rings in at just 193 calories and offers 2 grams of fiber. The combination of complex carbs and protein help to keep your blood sugar stable and keep you feeling full longer.
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4 Health Rules You Can Break-Getting Enough Produce - Oprah.com
A serving of broccoli is about five florets. A serving of raw spinach, one cup. A serving of mango, roughly the size of a fist. "It's not surprising that people get confused over what, exactly, a serving is," says Washington, D.C., dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield. Her advice: Stop counting and instead make half of every meal produce. "You don't need a big mound on your plate. Six asparagus spears at dinner, a spinach salad at lunch, and a sliced banana and some berries at breakfast should do it." And quality counts: Even two or three daily servings of deeply hued fruits and veggies (like blueberries, bok choy, or red peppers) may help reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease, Scritchfield says. "It's like darts. The goal is to hit the bull's-eye. But hitting nearby is good, too."
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Nutritional Benefits of Eating Peels, Stems and Rinds - Oprah.com
The peel contains more than four times as much fiber as the fruit inside, and more tangeretin and nobiletinâflavonoids with anticancer, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory properties. A 2004 study on animals suggests that these nutrients may even reduce harmful LDL cholesterol better than some prescription drugs.
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Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.: 5 Things Never To Feed Your Child
Cola tops the list of foods consumed by America's youth that have the most sugar. Regular cola is high in both sugar and caffeine and, according to a 2003 study, drinking cola may also lead to excessive caloric intake (derived by this sugar). To give you some perspective, consider this: a typical 12-ounce bottle of cola has about 40 grams of sugar or about 10 teaspoons. That's the equivalent of 2.5 chocolate glazed doughnuts or three servings of vanilla ice cream. Furthermore, a 2008 study in the journal Hypertension found a direct relationship between salt intake and sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption.
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10 Secrets to Success | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement
Go back to school or read books. Get training & acquire skills.
Becoming a life long learner would benefit us all and is something we should instill in our kids. Itâs funny that once youâre out of school you realize how enjoyable learning can be. What have you learned today?
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10 Ways to Instantly Build Self Confidence | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement
Self confidence is the difference between feeling unstoppable and feeling scared out of your wits. Your perception of yourself has an enormous impact on how others perceive you. Perception is reality â the more self confidence you have, the more likely it is youâll succeed.
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