10 Simple Truths Smart People Forget, and other Weekend Reads
by Helen Lamanna, AdvisorAnalyst.com
Here are this week's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have an excellent weekend!
10 Simple Truths Smart People Forget
There’s a huge difference between knowing how to do something and actually doing it. Knowledge and intelligence are both useless without action.
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7 Restorative Milk Thistle Benefits - Dr. Axe
Milk thistle is shown to decrease, or even reverse, damage to the liver that’s been caused by prescription medications, antibiotics, pollution, heavy metals and so on.
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The Only Three Supplements You Need - Men's Journal
Make sure you buy vitamin D3, not D2. D3 is what you'd make from the sun, while D2 is synthetic and takes longer to convert to a usable nutrient in the body, Heaney says. That means you need higher doses and have to take it more often to get the benefits, he says. Finally, take the pill with a meal. Vitamin D is fat soluble, says Dr. Tod Cooperman, president of ConsumerLab, and you may absorb up to 50 percent more if you pair it with food.
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What Your Food Cravings Are Telling You - Early To Rise
Most of the time, food cravings are tied solely to emotional stressors, but they can also indicate a true physical need for specific nutrients. Knowing the difference is where we tend to get tripped up.
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3 Drinks That Are More Effective Than Lemon Water For Helping You Lose Weight | Prevention
Swap out the squeeze of lemon for a handful of ice: Cold drinks prompt your body to expend more energy to maintain its preferred 98.6-degree temperature. This means downing three 24-oz servings of ice water in a day can help your body burn up to 100 extra calories, says Mitzi Dulan, RD, nutritionist for the Kansas City Royals and author of The Pinterest Diet. Do it every day and you could lose up to 10 pounds over the course of a year.
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The 10 Worst Things That Can Happen When You Don't Get Enough Vitamin D | Men's Health
This shockingly common health problem can take years off your life
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Rosacea Linked to Increased Risk for Alzheimer's
Individuals with the skin condition rosacea appear to be at increased risk for dementia, a new study suggests.
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