Quotes of the Day

Loyalty is earned with friendliness, responsiveness, ease of doing business, fair value, and the good feeling customers get when they call you, visit you, or interact with you. [2005] - Jeffrey Gitomer

I believe silver is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Today it's a cheap, low-risk investment anyone in the Western world can afford. That is why I watch the trends and purchase silver anytime the silver market drops in price. [2008] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

The journey to oral health begins by consuming a tiny amount of xylitol (a one gram piece of gum or a couple of pure xylitol mints) after every meal, snack, or drink. Xylitol works in a number of ways to improve oral health as it can help control mouth acidity, but it also provides fiber to support healthy digestive bacteria, and it breaks down to form butyrate in the colon, which can improve the health of this part of the digestive tract. Xylitol is hygroscopic, which means that it pulls liquids to itself. This means that when you eat a xylitol mint or piece of pure xylitol gum it will stimulate a flow of natural saliva into your mouth.  [2018] - Ellie Phillips

Corporate class (capital class) funds are a series of different mutual funds, each representing a class of shares of a larger corporation. Each corporate class is a separate investment fund, but all classes fall under the umbrella of the holding corporation. The structure was really designed for non-registered investments and has been in existence since 1987. If you have non-registered investments, and your objectives are deferral and to to limit the amount of income coming from them, you may be better served to have them in this structure. [2019] - Daryl Diamond

During REM sleep, cortisol is suppressed, and your metabolic rate increases. When you don't sleep well, you get less REM in the second half of the night, and that results in higher levels of cortisol and insulin, which stimulate appetite and lead to greater insulin resistance. This means that a bad night of sleep can throw you into a temporary prediabetic state. Studies have shown that even one night of partial sleep, or one night without enough REM sleep, can lead to elevated cortisol the next afternoon or evening, along with changes in the hormones and peptides that regulate appetite and lead to greater feeling of hunger. [2017] - Elizabeth Blackburn