Quotes of the Day

Eating a diet rich in natural plants can raise health issues if it is not supplemented property. Though a vegan diet may be the most lifespan-favorable diet, there are drawbacks and risks from lack of exposure to beneficial nutrients, such as vitamin B12, zinc, and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which are more readily available in animal products. Deficiencies and even chronic insufficiencies of these three micronutrients can have life-threatening consequences. [2020] - Joel Fuhrman

In my own research program in the 1970s and 1980s on experimental rats, as well as in The China Study, we repeatedly established the ability of higher consumption of the milk-based protein casein to dramatically increase a growth hormone associated with increased cancer development. In contrast, high levels of a "low-quality" wheat protein had the opposite effect. Due to its "deficiency" in the amino acid lysine, the wheat protein prevented cancer development. (We know that the missing lysine was responsible for this change because when lysine was restored, cancer growth resumed to the same level as for the casein.) [2020] - T. Colin Campbell

Your medical expenses must exceed $1,844 or 3% of your net income to be claimed as tax credit. You can claim for any 12 month period, so note the dates when tallying and use a period of time that will give you the highest total. Also, if you are paying any health care premiums these can be added into the total. Like charitable donations it is also possible to combine the medical receipts under one taxpayer. [2008] - Dwayne Daku

Using Technical Analysis to Trade Gold： For the short term, technicians may use a 10-day moving average. A 10-day moving average is two weeks. Technicians would enter into a position when prices cross above the MA line. The 50-day MA is equivalent to six weeks for medium-term time frames. The 10-day MA will make sure you get in, and the 50-day MA can help you add to your positions. For long-term trends, a 200-day moving average is normally used. A moving average's length should be set at about one half of the period of the oscillation you are trying to take advantage of.  [2009] - James DiGeorgia

In 2000, researchers in Japan found that high consumption of green tea delayed the average age of cancer onset by 7.3 years and reduced breast cancer recurrence. Green tea extract supplements were shown to reduce the incidence of colorectal adenomas by over 50 percent in small pilot studies. In prostate cancer, green tea extracts block the progression of high-grade precancerous lesions. These studies are promising but highly preliminary, but green tea is one of the few chemopreventive tools that is a low-cost, natural food with no negative side effects. [2020] - Jason Fung