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New studies indicate vitamins and supplements may be ineffective or worse
Perhaps you’ve heard this a time or two? Eat right, exercise, get plenty of sleep and…take your vitamins. Americans believe in their vitamins. We have entire stores and quite big ones at that dedicated to the belief that we can protect our skin, our brains, our colons, our hearts, and our bones by taking supplements or vitamins to take the place of the dietary needs we are missing out on in our fast-paced world. We do so by handing over $28 billion each year to the U.S. Vitamin and Supplement Industry and we do so in droves.
Technology and training can delay day for surrendering car keys
The first commercially available automobile became available with the creation of the Model T in 1908. By the 1950s, construction had started on the national highway system to connect the country by road—just in time for the Boomers to come of legal age to drive. The Baby Boomer generation’s fascination with the automobile prompted motels, drive thru eateries and hour-long work commutes. Perhaps because that fascination is threatened now by the Boomers’ aging bodies, at no other time has there been as much emphasis on driver safety as now.