Here are this weekend's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have an amazing weekend!
Give Good Hostess Gifts: Expert Advice From Finishing School's Karen Cleveland
Halloween festivities are about to get underway and that can only mean one thing -- come November 1 we'll be thrust into holiday mode. The stores will be decorated in festive colours. Malls will start hanging fancy centrepieces and ornaments. And our social calendar will get busier than ever
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Zagat: 11 Foods That Will Kill You
Halloween is upon us! Folks are flocking to horror movies to see characters laid to waste by paranormal activity and freaky things from outer space, but in real life, the most dangerous creature of all may be on your plate! Watch out for these 11 edibles that can turn from tasty to deadly in a single swallow. Perhaps they should come with a warning, much like the ones that hang on the outside of old haunted houses: Eat at your own risk.
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But studies show that we may be benefitting from more than just the energy-boosting caffeine in coffee -- we might also be reaping its cancer-preventing and depression-lowering effects, just to name a couple.
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15 Things Your Walk Reveals About Your Health | Caring.com
Walk into an exam room and a trained eye can tell a lot about you in seconds: Your stride, gait, pace, and posture while walking can reveal surprising information about your overall health and well-being.
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Happiness Tied To Longer Life, Study Finds
A new study suggests that older people who are happy have a 35 percent lower risk of dying over a five-year period than unhappy people. The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Vitals - Probiotics do ease gut problems, several studies show
Probiotics, or "good bacteria," may lower levels of inflammation in the body, which could benefit patients who have inflammatory diseases such as ulcerative colitis, a new study says.
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Vitals - Scary treat? Black licorice can harm heart, warns the FDA
Experts say that consuming 2 ounces of black licorice per day for two weeks can set the heart stuttering in susceptible individuals. The culprit is a compound called glycyrrhizin, which is what gives licorice its sweet flavor.
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Aspirin for heart may raise risk of age-related macular degeneration
Ten years ago, when your doctor recommended a daily low-dose aspirin for heart health, he might have pumped up the sales pitch with the added promise that it could possibly reduce risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Gretchen Rubin: Could Clutter Be Making You Unhappy? Take Our Test
If having a home, office, garage, car or yard filled with clutter is such a drag on our happiness, why do we put up with it? There are many reasons, and having a clearer understanding of why you have clutter helps show you how to attack it.
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6 Foods That Make You Hungrier - Planet Green
What are these foods? What foods should you avoid when you're trying to get the most for your hunger buck?
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Toronto News: Do you know what your kids did last summer? - thestar.com
Children were rewarded at a Markham day camp last summer for such things as pole dancing, taking off their clothes and sucking a counsellor’s toe, the Star has learned.
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Low vitamin D linked to bowel diseases - The Globe and Mail
What’s more, the findings suggest that supplements of the so-called “sunshine vitamin” may help ease symptoms.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/paul-taylor/low-vitamin-d-linked-to-bowel-diseases/article2224336/
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