Did you know your TV knows and shares information about you?

"How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features."
All smart TVs—from LG, Samsung, TCL, and other brands—collect personal data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit surveillance.

You may not be aware of it, but your TV knows—and shares—a lot of information about you.

Nearly all new sets are smart TVs, which connect to the internet, making it easy to stream videos from services such as Hulu and Netflix. The streaming apps on your TV may collect data on you, even if you don’t ever sign in. And your smart TV will also collect information for its manufacturer, possibly including your...
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Ever heard about someone sleep profile?

" What's your sleep profile and what does it mean for your health? "

Getting enough high-quality sleep is essential for health and wellbeing but how do we know whether the sleep we are getting is meeting our needs?

Now, a study has identified five distinct sleep profiles, linking brain activity and sleep quality with a number of different health and lifestyle outcomes.

The researchers suggest that sleep profiles are linked to not only health and behavior, but also to the wiring and activity of the brain.

Do you have trouble falling asleep, or waking frequently during the night? It could be because of...
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Have you ever heard about Mind Diet?

" MIND diet, 3 other lifestyle interventions may help reduce cognitive decline. "

While it’s not uncommon for people to experience problems with thinking and remembering with aging, moderate to severe cognitive decline is not a common aging experience.

While not all cases of mild cognitive impairment lead to dementia, about 10-20% of cases do.
For this reason, clinicians emphasize the importance of following a healthy lifestyle to help keep one’s brain healthy as one ages.

Among these interventions are following the MIND diet, a moderate to high-intensity exercise program, and engaging socially.

As we age, we experience a number of changes in our...
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Do you know about the Frugal Habits that work?

"I Have Saved So Much Money Doing This": 27 Frugal Habits That People Stick To Because They Actually Really Work.

Saving money these days is no easy task, so I'm always on the lookout for practical habits to try. Recently, frugal people on Reddit shared their most "underrated" money-saving habits, and it gave me a lot of food for thought. Here's what they had to say:

1. "I multiply supposedly 'low monthly costs' by 12. The yearly cost is often a wake-up call that I don’t need something."

2. "Our prepaid cellphone plan saves us $100 a month from what we were paying." Click here to read more.

Does the Mediterranean diet hold the key to longevity?

Can you eat your way to a longer, healthier life? And if so, what diet might best foster longevity? Over the past decade or so, a long string of studies has added to the evidence that a Mediterranean-type diet may do wonders for the body and mind. In this podcast episode, we look at what this type of diet can and cannot do for our health and lifespan.

Who, by now, has not heard of the many benefits of the Mediterranean diet? Characterized by a reliance on fresh, whole vegetables, fruits, and legumes, with a moderate amount of oily fish, this...
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