Quotes of the Day

Health experts agree that industrial trans fats are the most toxic of all fats in our food supply, estimated by the World Health Organization to cause half a million deaths worldwide each year due to heart disease. And this is even though they are now banned in some high-income countries, led by Denmark in 2005, and followed by Iceland, Austria, and Switzerland. In 2018, the United States followed suit but only after some states, including New York, implemented their own bans. Trans fats are still a significant part of the food supply in many lower- and middle-income countries and even some richer ones.  [2020] - David Raubenheimer

Expected returns should be viewed with a time horizon of at least 20 years. If your target rate of return is 5% or 6%, then a portfolio of 60% stocks probably isn't going to cut it. If you're comfortable with a more aggressive approach, that's fine, but remember that most people over-estimate their risk tolerance. If possible, you should consider increasing your savings rate or giving yourself more time. [2021] - Dan Bortolotti

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

In any negotiation there exist realities that are hard to change. [1991] - Roger Fisher

People like to be asked their opinion. [2007] - Chet Holmes