Quotes of the Day

The more conservative you are, the more gold you should own. If preservation of capital is the goal, then you should own physical gold for liquidity, along with investments in the shares of unhedged majors and/or the mutual funds that own them. More-aggressive investors can hold mining stocks with greater leverage, along with silver, foreign bond funds, and mutual funds specializing in U.S.-based resource and manufacturing companies. And the most adventurous should focus on smaller miners, the shares of U.S.-based manufacturers, gold-based derivatives, and short positions in financial stocks. [2004] - James Turk

Whole genome sequencing of our 3 billion letters can now be done for about $200. Some biomarkers can be used that are associated with a higher risk of specific cancers, such as proteins for risk of pancreatic cancer or a circulating microbiome DNA for lung cancer. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, clones of blood stem cells with driver gene mutation frequency ≥ 2%, is one such example, and it can be derived through genome sequencing. Its presence, which is increasingly common with aging, carries an elevenfold risk for blood cancer and increased risk of lung cancer and nonmelanoma skin cancer. [2025] - Eric Topol

Arise early each morning and read for 30 to 60 minutes in your field. Attend every seminar and course you possibly can. Make it a habit to seek out and attend at least four seminar programs per year in your field. Listen to audio programs in your car and as you walk or exercise. [2004] - Brian Tracy

You should get at least a half a percent of your calories from the short-chain omega-3 ALA. That's easy--one tablespoon of ground flaxseeds takes care of that. Your body can then take the short-chain omega-3 from flaxseeds (or chia seeds or walnuts) and elongate it into the long-chain omega-3s EPA and DHA found in fish fat. The question, however, is whether the body can make enough for optimal brain health. Until we know more, I recommend taking 250 mg of pollutant-free (yeast- or algae-derived) long-chain omega-3s directly. [2015] - Michael Greger

The longevity benefits associated with nuts (including peanuts) do not appear to extend to peanut butter, perhaps due to the lack of intact cellular structures that deliver a bounty of prebiotic goodness to our friendly gut flora. The healthiest nut, however, is probably walnuts. Not only do they have some of the highest antioxidant and omega-3 levels, but walnuts are the only nuts known to significantly improve artery function, and they beat out others in suppressing cancer cell growth in vitro. [2023] - Michael Greger