There’s a lot of confusing information about food out there. Here are seven easy changes you can make today to help settle some of these health questions in your life, and start on the path to a longer, healthier life.
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Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day likely makes you feel something. If that something is butterflies in your stomach, the kind that can actually protect you from stress and its harmful effects, well done you! If it’s anxiety — about picking out the perfect gift, composing a sentimental love note or spending the evening solo — here’s your official permission to chill about the above and the following:
1. If everyone at the office gets flowers but you. Sometimes the best gift is private.
2. If the present you got for your Valentine isn’t as expensive as the present they got you. This is one holiday where the thought really is what counts.
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JD Power and Associates has released its 2013 dependability report, which shows that the reliability of three-year-old cars has improved over last year. This is the 24th year straight that the organization has released its dependability report, which looks at the reported problems per 100 cars. Dependability has jumped 5-percent over 2012.
According to the study, 2010 models that were new or redesigned averaged a PP100 score of 116, a better score than last year’s 133, which concerned 2009 models. Refreshed 2010 models, which J.D. Power states are models with only slight changes, had the best PP100 score at 111. Refreshed 2010 models, which J.D. Power states are models with only slight changes, had the best PP100 score at 111. Tallying it all up, the overall dependability score for the year was 126, a 5-percent improvement over 2012′s overall score of 132.
This is the lowest PP100 rating that has ever been given over the course of J.D Power’s dependability reports. Out of the brands looked at in the report, 21 out of 31 showed an improvement over last year, with domestic models beating out imports just a tad. Overall, three-year cars are more reliable than ever, and drivers should feel confident driving them.
Said J.D. Power’s Vice President David Sargent had this to say: “There is a perception that all-new models, or models that undergo a major redesign, are more problematic than carryover models. Data from the 2013 VDS suggests that this is not the case. The rapid improvement in fundamental vehicle dependability each year is more than offsetting any initial glitches that all-new or redesigned models may have.”
[via JD Power]
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While there are many benefits of being happily coupled, when it comes to the most important bedroom activity, the advantage goes to singles.
That’s right. A new analysis by SleepBetter.org and Carpenter Co. of data from the CDC’s annual Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System telephone survey found that couples, whether married or unmarried, report getting fewer nights of good sleep than singles or those who have been previously married.
There are any number of reasons why couples report worse sleep, says Lisa Shives M.D., a sleep expert for SleepBetter.org in practice in Evanston, Ill., from snoring to kicking to “people wanting radically different sleep environments.” Some might want pets or children to share the bed, while others want to sleep with the TV on, and, before you know it, your marriage is hurt by sleep deprivation, she says. In fact, January research found that poor sleep makes for more selfish, less grateful partners.
Being single on Valentine’s Day isn’t easy on the heart and it doesn’t exactly help that all of the medical research favors the coupled: married people are alleged to live longer, die of heart attacks less often and suffer fewer bouts of depression, among other quality of life and medical outcomes. One review of the literature found that, overall, single men have a 34 percent higher risk of death and single women have a 23 percent higher risk of death, compared to their married counterparts.
But take heart, free agents: a deeper look into the research reveals that a life a deux isn’t the panacea we once thought — in fact, making a life solo has its own health benefits.
First of all, as married people know, not all marriages are created equal. A happy one is sure to increase an overwhelming sense of emotional support and well-being, which is associated with lower levels of depression, cardiac death and other chronic and occasionally fatal diseases. But an unhappy marriage produces quite the opposite.
To the coupled-off, the star-crossed lovers and the joyfully independent: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today, we proclaim our love for love in all forms because, as The Beatles put it, “Love is all you need.” No matter how you choose to celebrate this Feb. 14 (though we hope it’s by doing something relaxing and stress-free) read, enjoy and share these 14 quotes below to remind yourself why it’s fantastic to feel those warm feelings inside.
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Valentine’s Day is upon us, and what better time to reflect on the many benefits of being in love? Of course the emotional benefits are no secret, but there is a vast wealth of research showing the physical and mental benefits of coupledom.
Here, 10 healthy reasons to celebrate love, marriage, relationships and everything in between:
1. Married people are less likely to have a heart attack. Sure: eating well, exercising and not smoking are all the best ways to protect yourself from having a heart attack. But research in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology also shows that being married could be a protective factor all its own.
DURHAM, N.C. — Mason Plumlee had 18 points and 11 rebounds and No. 2 Duke beat North Carolina 73-68 on Wednesday night.
Quinn Cook scored 18 points and Rasheed Sulaimon finished with 13 for the Blue Devils (22-2, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).
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Nothing is more important than cherishing and understanding the amazing organ that is your heart. Honor it, pamper it, and lovingly protect it. Make this Valentine’s Day a special one for your sweet heart. The one inside your chest.
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Love is never really lost, but we must be willing to have some faith, believe in ourselves and know that we are worthy of being found.
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