Quotes of the Day

There are two main types of cinnamon: Ceylon cinnamon and cassia cinnamon (also known as Chinese cinnamon). In the United States, anything simply labeled "cinnamon" is probably cassia, since it's cheaper. This is unfortunate, because cassia contains a compound called coumarin, which may be toxic to the liver at high doses. Unless it's specifically labeled Ceylon cinnamon, a daily teaspoon would exceed the tolerable upper safety limit for adults. [2015] - Michael Greger

Canned beans are as healthy as boiled beans--with one exception: sodium. Salt is often added to canned beans, resulting in sodium levels up to 100 times more than if you cooked them without any salt. I recommend purchasing the no-salt-added varieties and cooking with the bean liquid in whatever dish you're whipping up. The only legumes I have the patience to cook from scratch are lentils. They cook quickly and don't need to be presoaked. You can just simmer them as you would pasta, in a pot with an abundance of water, for about half an hour. [2015] - Michael Greger

Ideally, an uptrend is characterized by progressively higher lows and higher highs in price. An ideal downtrend, conversely, is characterized by progressively lower highs and lower lows. A low is considered a point of reversal between a downmove and an up move. A high is considered a point of reversal between an upmove and a downmove. Much more frequently, traders and analysts find on their charts uptrends that are only required to hit higher lows, and downtrends that are only required to hit lower highs. [2009] - James Chen

The "big five" factors of personality are neuroticism (which reflects emotional stability), extroversion (seeking the company of others), openness (interest in new experiences, ideas, and so forth), agreeableness (liability, harmoniousness), and conscientiousness (rule abidance, discipline, integrity). Human personality functioning can be summarized in terms of these five dimensions. [2005] - Marcus Buckingham

More detailed throat exams used to require sedation because of the difficulty in getting any sort of instrument past the powerful gag reflex. However, an exam called the transnasal flexible laryngoscopy (TFL) is now the preferred method for viewing your larynx and the surrounding structures. The brilliance of any transnasal exam is that it involves passing an instrument through your nose, thereby allowing a physician to bypass the gag reflex and view the tissues and structures below. What will typically be examined are the vocal folds—do they look swollen and red, likely to be the source of hoarseness or throat pain? Is there evidence of postnasal drip or accumulated mucus, the possible cause of chronic cough or a lumplike sensation in the throat?  [2017] - Jonathan Aviv