September 25, 2014

Your mother was right -- posture is important and can even affect your outlook on life. Testing that measured blood pressure and heart rate found that people who were standing up straight had better mood, self-esteem and stress levels. People who were slumped felt more fearful, nervous, passive, and sluggish. Source Link

Plenty of vitamin D throughout menopause can protect women from broken bones even before their senior years. Women who maintained high vitamin-D levels by eating dairy and fish during menopause had a more than 40% reduced risk for fracture. Researchers say the results were seen regardless of a woman’s bone density. Source Link

Trying to decide if that email from your bank is real or a scam? Check the greeting. Experts say many fraudulent emails will look like the real thing except they use “Dear Customer” instead of your name in the salutation line. That’s because scammers often have email addresses but not the real names that go with them. Source Link