Quotes of the Day

What prediabetes, metabolic syndrome, and PCOS have in common is insulin resistance, which even without it having progressed to diabetes is a hazard to your cardiovascular system, and potentially to other organs. Having metabolic syndrome alone without prediabetes raises your risk of diabetes five-fold. Having both prediabetes and metabolic syndrome raises your risk of diabetes even further. Recent scientific evidence has also begun to tie insulin resistance to increased risk of a number of cancers including cancer of the colon, liver, pancreas, and breast. [2013] - Hillary Wright

Contact the lawyer referral service in your community. Under this service, sponsored by the provincial law society or a provincial division of the Canadian Bar Association, you can consult with a lawyer for about half an hour for either a nominal fee (usually $10-$25) or no fee at all. Make sure you emphasize that you want a lawyer who specializes in real estate--ideally, condominium real estate. If you did not obtain the referral through the lawyer referral service, ask the lawyer over the phone what a half-hour initial consultation would cost. In many cases, it is free as a marketing goodwill gesture. [2006] - Douglas Gray

Research has found that flaxseed can be used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Eating garlic and onions has been associated with significantly lower risk of BPH. In general, cooked vegetables may work better than raw ones, and legumes--beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils--have also been associated with lower risk. [2015] - Michael Greger

Thoroughly check the yearly financial report of the complex and the status certificate of the condo unit you with to purchase. They should contain: facts relating to financial and management stability of the complex; the most recent audited financial statements; a record of assessment; any pending or anticipated legal actions; anticipated common element repairs; the anticipated common loans; anticipated increases to reserve funds; anticipated structural or mechanical repairs; and municipal work orders. [2013] - Dan S. Barnabic

If you could not maintain a 20% return from capital invested, you were not really an investor. [2000] - Robert T. Kiyosaki