Quotes of the Day

Don't obsess over your sleep, especially if you're having problems. If you need an alarm clock, make sure it's turned away from you so you can't see the numbers. And if you find yourself worrying about poor sleep scores, give yourself a break from your sleep tracker. If you find yourself lying awake in bed, unable to get back to sleep, my advice is to stop fighting it. Get up, go into another room and do something relaxing. Fix a cup of tea (noncaffeinated, obviously), and read a (preferably boring) book until you feel sleepy again. If the sleeplessness persists, the most effective treatment is a form of psychotherapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, or CBT-I. Studies of CBT-I techniques have found that they're more effective than sleeping medications. [2023] - Peter Attia

A practical way to identify an ultra-processed product is to check to see if its list of ingredients contains either food substances never or rarely used in kitchens (such as high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated or interesterified oils, and hydrolysed proteins), or classes of additives designed to make the final product palatable or more appealing (such as flavours, flavour enhancers, colours, emulsifiers, emulsifying salts, sweeteners, thickeners, and anti-foaming, bulking, carbonating, foaming, gelling and glazing agents). [2020] - David Raubenheimer

Sensitivity pastes can dull the pain felt in your teeth, especially when this involves any root dentin that may have become exposed in your mouth. These pastes frequently desensitize the tooth by creating a plug made up from a tin compound that works as a barrier substance over the exposed dentin. This will provide immediate relief, but since the underlying problem has not been addressed, more damage can occur and result in more problems elsewhere in the mouth. Sensitivity is better addressed by using xylitol at the end of meals, followed by a period of mouth resting. This is really a time, after using xylitol, when you do not eat or drink anything for an hour or two. [2025] - Ellie Phillips

The best way to apologize is to let the customer vent first. Don't interrupt, just take notes and make empathetic noises. You can even tell the customer that it makes you mad too. Second, ask the customer what their speed of need is. Tell them what they ant to hear. That you apologize, that you understand how they feel, that you are meeting with the appropriate people to get a resolve, and that it will be done in 24-hours. [2005] - Jeffrey Gitomer

Here are 5 simple rules for a powerful immune system that you should commit to memory: 1) Eat a large salad every day. 2) Eat at least a half-cup serving of beans/legumes in soup, salad, or another dish once daily. 3) Eat at least three fruits a day, especially berries, pomegranate seeds, cherries, plums, oranges. 4) Eat at least one ounce of raw nuts and seeds a day. 5) Eat at least one large (double-size) serving of green vegetables daily, either raw, steamed, or in soups or stews. Try to eat not more than one or two foods a day that are not health-supporting. Whole-grain bread/pasta/cereal would not have to be considered in this limit. Only products made of white flour or processed grains would fall in the processed food category. [2011] - Joel Fuhrman