Quotes of the Day

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

Spread betting is a lovely thing because you can trade all kinds of financial instruments with no tax on your profits at all! Unfortunately, at the time of writing, most of the spread betting platforms only offer a few different cryptos to trade, which is why I spend most of my time on unregulated exchanges instead. However, most of my trading in Bitcoin has been on spread betting platforms, I’ve made a lot of money out of it and don’t have to pay a penny of tax. [2019] - Glen Goodman

Red tea should ideally be simmered for at least 5 minutes. Brew black tea for 4 minutes, green tea for 3 minutes at 85°C, and white tea for 7 minutes at 98°C. Surprisingly, bags are better than bulk, because the leaves in tea bags are much more finely chopped, allowing for greater extraction. [2023] - Michael Greger

Cruciferous vegetables such as kale, cabbage, collards, broccoli, cauliflower and turnips are twice powerful as other plant foods. A 20% increase in plant food intake generally corresponds to a 20% decrease in cancer rates, but a 20% increase in cruciferous vegetable intake corresponds to a 40% decrease in cancer rates. 28 servings of vegetables per week decrease prostate cancer risk by 33%, but just 3 servings of cruciferous vegetables per week decreases prostate cancer risk by 41%. One or more servings of cabbage per week reduces the occurrence of pancreatic cancer by 38%. [2011] - Joel Fuhrman

Cap-weighted indexes are the traditional tool of index investors, and they should be your default choice when comparing ETFs. There are several reasons for this. First, they're the most representative of the overall stock market. Second, in almost all cases they're the cheapest (as little as 0.03-0.06%). Finally, cap-weighted index funds-especially those tracking the broad market-typically have the lowest turnover, which means stocks are rarely sold and replaced. This can result in fewer realized capital gains, making these ETFs more tax-efficient if you hold them outside of TFSAs and RRSPs. [2021] - Dan Bortolotti