Talking turkey
Although it may feel an odd topic to broach over the Thanksgiving dinner table, the Surgeon General declared Thanksgiving, 27th of November, as the day for families to share their health history –Announcement: National Family History Day — November 24, 2016.
That’s because your genetic inheritance significantly affects your risk of developing a range of physical and mental health conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Early diagnosis, whether for newborn babies – Every baby deserves access to genetic screening, or older adults – Focusing on earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, can transform options for treatment and support, slow symptoms, and avoid unnecessary interventions and anxiety.
You can’t change the genetic cards you were dealt.
But you can take a good look at the deck and play them as well as you can, as this guide from the Mayo clinic points out – About Family Health History.
Just getting enough light during the day – and making sure it’s dark where you sleep at night, could be the ace up your sleeve when it comes to raising a glass with your family for many years to come – Circadian rhythms in neurodegenerative disorders, Light exposure linked to mortality risk.
Black Friday – or red, yellow, green – or blue?
The phrase has been variously attributed to a crash in gold prices in 1869, the day when most employees call in sick or a New York Times article in 1976 describing the smog generated by the crush of bargain-hunters in Philadelphia on the busiest shopping day of the year.
Black has been linked with profit and savvy finances, bankers and wealth since the 12th century in Europe – Black, while red has been associated with passion and impulse and price reduction, with the bright-coloured tag standing out among the merchandise.
Yellow has become the colour of choice for food retailers to signal products close to the ‘sell-by date’ – Best Time to Find the Yellow Stickers!
Orange is the colour of ‘vice’ products, while green ramps up the environmental credentials, although more sophisticated consumers are not fooled by the hype, as this fascinating paper about greenwashing strategies explains – Packaging colour psychology – how it affects your success, Greenwashing and Bluewashing in Black Friday-Related Sustainable Fashion Marketing on Instagram.
But the most appropriate colour for Black Friday may be blue: the prices on those ‘deals’ may be up to 8% higher than they were in the past three months – Analysis Finds That Black Friday Discounts Are Just An Illusion.
Have a great weekend – whether you’re bargain hunting or not!