#76 – Improvements to Our Health – Info in Bits & Pieces

Another part of my workout routine includes a machine called the VASPER. See their website at https://vasper.com for more on the benefits. You should know that the pricing on the use of such a machine varies across the country. One price covers all the other items here at my local Laboratory Fitness.

U.S. Adult Smoking Rate Hits All-Time Low
Adult cigarette smoking in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low last year, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Based on health surveys from more than 27,000 people, only 11 percent of adults reported smoking in 2022, a decrease from 12.5 percent in 2021, The Associated Press reports. Cigarette smoking has been on the decline since the 1960s, when 42 percent of adults were active smokers. Over time, smoking has been proven to cause a number of health problems, and the habit became less socially acceptable, with indoor smoking bans further driving down usage.

NEW IN BRIEF

In a Penn State College of Medicine study, older adults, who strength trained at least twice per week, had 46% lower odds of death over the follow-up period for any reason than those who didn’t. They also had 41% lower odds of cardiac death and 19% lower odds of dying from cancer.

10,000 SOLDIERS
Almost 10,000 U.S. Army soldiers slipped into obesity during the pandemic, according to a study by the Center for Health Services Research.

91 PERCENT
California is more than 91% drought-free, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Due to recent winter storms, the majority of the state is ererging from one of its worst three-year stretches on record.

75 PERCENT
The Environmental Working Group has found that almost 75% of non-organic fresh produce sold in the U.S. contains residues of potentially harmful pesticides.

40 PERCENT of Americans want less immigration into the United States, up from 19% in 2021 and 35% in 2022, according to a Gallup survey.

12.5 MONTHS is the average time it takes a family to resolve all financial matters after the death of a loved one.

QUOTES

“If one sticks too rigidly to one’s principles, one would hardly see anybody.” ~~~Agatha Christie

“In trials, you soon know who your friends are.”
~~~ Anonymous

“Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
~~~ Saint Francis of Assisi

“An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.”
~~~Proverbs 31:10

“It is the privilege of true and heroic men of character to rise to a consciousness (an awareness) of their strength and dignity in the hour of peril, and when they are the victims of unjust persecution.”
~~Charles Ellicott (1819-1905)

Info in Bits & Pieces