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Getting the most of summer days
All through the spring storms, you’ve probably been waiting and waiting for the unofficial start of summer. But now that Memorial Day weekend is over, are you afraid it will be a too-fast mad dash to Labor Day weekend and the end of summer? It seems that the older we get and the more we want to slow time, the faster it moves. Even though the daylight hours in summer are longer, they fly by one after another. You’ve probably noticed that your perception of the passage of time isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged clock, fun, Memorial Day, memories, outside, relax, staycation, summer, Time
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Finally something we can agree on
In the midst of all the heated rhetoric coming out of the Presidential campaigns, it’s nice to get some news that brings us together – and lowers our blood pressure in the process. In a recent study, drawing on results from 20 other research projects, Australian scientists have found that eating some dark chocolate daily leads to a small drop in blood pressure. Cocoa products are rich in flavanols, plant compounds that help the body produce a substance to relax blood vessels. And researchers in Italy have found that eating … Continue reading
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Tagged blood pressure, brain function, calm, dark chocolate, diet, exercise, flavanols, Jikun Kathy Sankey, My Name is Mahataa, relax, water aerobics, wellbeing, yoga
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