Quotes of the Day

Everyone with reflux is different, and even foods that are forbidden during the induction phase may be well tolerated by some individuals, including onions, tomatoes, garlic, and peppers. These are all idiosyncratic foods; that is, some patients can tolerate one but not another, and some are better tolerated cooked than raw, such as tomatoes and onions. Some people can tolerate garlic flavorings but not garlic itself, and so on. [2014] - Jamie Koufman

From 137 studies in approximately 13,000 individuals, skin-to-skin touch significantly improved sleep, blood pressure, and mobility, while reducing fatigue, anxiety, pain, and depression. Whether it's a one-off brief hug or handshake or a 60-minute massage session, human touch appears to be consistently therapeutic, perhaps to an even greater extent among women. [2025] - Eric Topol

Caring for Your Microbiome - First principle: eat lots of dietary fiber from whole food. Second principle: eat less animal protein. Third principle: eat more fresh, whole foods, and less processed food. [2019] - William W Li

There are several reasons why future stock market returns will be lower than we are used to seeing. One is that inflation will probably be closer to 2% rather than the average of nearly 4% that has prevailed since 1960. Another is that pension fund managers invest about 60% in equities rather than 50%. A third reason is that the bond portion of portfolios will not do as well in the future because interest rates are so low. Long-term bonds can achieve high returns when interest rates go from high to low because they are producing capital gains as well as regular interests. For this reason, it's practically impossible to obtain high returns on bonds when the starting point is low interest rates. [2020] - Frederick Vettese

Hold equal amounts of Canadian, US and overseas stocks. For example, if your overall portfolio target is 60% stocks, you'd hold 20% in Canada, 20% in the US, and 20% in international equities. You can slit that last category into 15% developed markets and 5% emerging markets. (That mix of three-quarters developed and one-quarter emerging is a good rule of thumb.) [2021] - Dan Bortolotti