Quotes of the Day

So often, people sacrifice hope because they fear being let down. The truth is, we can't avoid disappointment or being hurt; it's part of life. It's important to recognize that the sweet spots in life, the truly meaningful moments, may include some disappointments as well as hope. Allowing yourself to face the possibility of disappointment and even embrace the idea of being uncomfortable is a freeing way to live. It stretches your limits and increases your capacity to experience joy and meaning in life. If you allow both hope and disappointment, both fear and excitement, to exist within you, you can embrace the good that comes your way while knowing that you can deal with whatever difficulties arise. [2014] - Shannon Kolakowski

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong studied a group of 976 men and 1,030 women, age sixty-five and older. Each individual in the study reported how much and how often they consumed foods across thirteen categories common in China, including tea. Researchers drew blood and measured telomere length in the white blood cells. The results were striking: tea drinking was associated with increased telomere length, but only in elderly men, not women. When the amount of tea consumed by men was analyzed, those who drank three or more cups of tea per day had longer telomeres compared to those who drank less than a third of a cup of tea. The difference in telomere length was equivalent to a calculated difference of five years of additional life between high-and low-level tea drinkers. [2019] - William W Li

Beans, green vegetables, seeds, and some fruits are high in soluble fiber. Soluble fiber supplies a gelatinous-like material in the bowel. It is not absorbed and does not give us calories. Soluble fiber is very important, as it slows the absorption of glucose and helps lower cholesterol. Beans are especially high in soluble fiber. Black beans, for instance, contain the highest amount of total dietary fiber at 43 percent, and 63 percent of their total starch content is resistant starch. The resistant starch found in beans powerfully reduces hunger and, thus, food consumption over many hours. [2013] - Joel Fuhrman

Several foods are not only safe for teeth but also have tooth-protective or anti-cavity features: 1) Cow's milk; 2) Cheese; 3) Dark chocolate; 4) Certain plant fibers and leaves (sugarcane, fresh apples, tea, etc.); 5) Intense sweeteners (glycyrrhizin from licorice root, thaumatin, miraculin, etc.); 6) Propolis. Finishing a meal or a snack with something dentally healthy can alter the chemistry of your mouth and leave it safe for teeth. Know at least one or two foods that you like and which are safe for teeth so that you can eat these to complete any meal or snack made up of foods that are damaging. [2025] - Ellie Phillips

I prefer to trade the daily charts. They tend to produce more profits long-term because you are able to increase the size of the investment with the trend. I also trade intraday if the daily time frame does not produce signals. If I trade intraday, I tend to look at the 10-minute time frame for volatile markets like the indices. All other markets like the currencies or the grains I trade the 30-minute charts. [2004] - Bill Williams