A potpourri of interesting things.......

When I read these I thought, "mmmmm -- quite interesting".  So I had to share and pass them on to you.  You will just breeze by some of them and others will definitely get your attention.  Enjoy!



Do lose weight by simply breathing more efficiently.  The trick: breathe in and out through both your mouth and nose during your workout so oxygen can help fuel your fat burn.  

Don’t use the middle stall in the ladies’ room.  It tends to be used the most and accumulates more bacteria.  The first stall is likely the cleanest.

Don’t wear gold necklaces or earrings if you want your teeth to look their whitest.  Gold picks up and enhances the yellow tone in teeth.

Do swap peanut butter for almond nut butter.  Ounce for ounce, almond butter can give you 88% more bone-building calcium than peanut butter.  

Doctor’s trick to open stuffy sinuses in 30 seconds:  Use the “yingxiang” acupuncture trick.  Place your index fingers on the sides of your nostrils and rub for 30 seconds.  This will clear out your sinus cavity for up to an hour. 

Instant relief from a mosquito bite:  dab on a roll-on antiperspirant containing aluminum salts to reabsorb the fluid in the bug bite and reduce swelling and itching. 

Scalp massage for thinning hair?  Doctors tell us that a massage increases circulation to the scalp, stimulating hair follicles to supply nourishing nutrients needed for hair growth. 

The Indian spice, Turmeric, is as effective as ibuprofen in treating osteoarthritis in the knees.  

For lips use a rose-toned lipstick to define lips and add fullness.  Rose tones are foolproof because they bring together two colors that suit most skin types:  brown and pink.  

Don’t fry your hair! If you hold hot tools in one spot when you style your hair, the heat will damage the cuticle.  Then hair won’t lay smoothly or reflect as much light.  If you use a blow dryer or flat iron, keep it moving at all times. 

Do add nine delicious everyday foods to your menu:  bananas, broccoli, citrus fruit, potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes, dried apricots, milk and yogurt. 

Do take control of salt to slim down!  Eating too much salt may cause weight gain in less noticeable ways too.  It changes how your body makes and metabolizes fat.  A high-salt diet can boost the production of insulin, the hormone that tells the body to store fat.  The more insulin you have, the more fat you store and the more weight you can gain. 

Don’t depend on calcium alone if you want strong bones.  If you are over 50, you should be taking 1200 mg of calcium to slow bone loss. Also needed are the vital bone nutrients found in Vitamin K (olive and canola oils) and potassium (bananas and potatoes).  

Do sing in the shower – it brings out the diva in all of us!  Singing enhances immunity and boosts your mood.  So when you sing your heart out you will be soaking up health benefits.  

Don’t top off your gas tank.  Pumping one last squirt of gas into your car after the nozzle clicks off can release cancer-causing benzene into the air where it can come in contact with your skin or get into your lungs.  

Don’t have surgery in July.  Fatalities spike 10% at teaching hospitals with the “July effect”. That is the month when new doctors in training begin their residencies.