Quotes of the Day

We need somewhere between seven and eight hours of sleep each night to get optimal benefits. Both short amounts (5-6 hours) and long durations (9-10 hours) of sleep can cause problems. [2010] - Tom Rath

The American Gold Eagle is the best gold bullion coin. It's the most liquid coin in the world. And its buy/sell spread is rarely more than 7 percent on small amounts, and can be as little as 5 percent on quantities. [2009] - James DiGeorgia

Breakouts that run in the opposite direction of the trend have a greater likelihood of failure. [2007] - Ed Ponsi

In a position trade--or any trade--you should be risking only a small percentage of your overall risk capital. For professionals this may be as little as 0.5 to 1 percent. For beginners, who are often undercapitalized by definition, it should never be over 5 percent and preferably should be closer to 2 percent. [2010] - Jay Norris

Now we have a tool to help us understand our own individual carbohydrate tolerance and how we respond to specific foods. This is called continuous glucose monitoring, or CGM. Typically, my healthy patients need to use CGM only for a month or two before they begin to understand what foods are spiking their glucose (and insulin) and how to adjust their eating pattern to obtain a more stable glucose curve. Fructose doesn't get measured by CGM, but because fructose is almost always consumed in combination with glucose, fructose-heavy foods will still likely cause blood-glucose spikes. [2023] - Peter Attia