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Gas Pains - Car and Body

A recent study revealed that 938 million more gallons of gasoline go into non-commercial vehicles each year because Americans are significantly heavier than they were in 1960 when the average male weighed 166 pounds and the average adult female weighed 140 pounds. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, those averages were 191 and 164, respectively, in 2002. It takes more gas to transport our ever-fatter bodies.

Veggies Keep Us Young
New research suggests that eating vegtables helps slow mental decline as we age. In a 6 year study, people 65 years of age or older who ate more than two servings of vegetables a day had about 40% less mental decline than people who ate few or no vegetables.