Are you a Red Bull® or Monster® addict, you know the highs and lows you can go through. The drinks are loaded with caffeine and sugar. While this gives you a temporary boost of energy, you find you need more and more to get that motor running. And lets face it, that much caffeine and sugar in your system can’t be good.
If you’re reading this at 2am, you’re probably an insomniac. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, I’m one too. Even with the best of intentions I just can’t get to sleep before 3 or 4 am. It doesn’t matter how drowsy I am at 6pm, by the time 10 or 11pm comes rolling around I’m wide awake. Lying in bed used to help, I could eventually fall asleep, but not any longer. I find my self spending hour after hour tossing and turning my mind racing through the days events or planning tomorrow.
We’ve all seen those commercials about prescription sleep remedies. I am old enough to remember the stories of addiction to sleeping pills in the ’70’s. Even though these sleeping aids are supposed to be non-habit forming… no thanks! The little disclaimer at the end of the commercial is enough for me, ‘Cases of driving a vehicle while asleep have been reported’. Yeah, that sounds perfectly safe!
When I first came across the Lumosity trial offer, I thought; “ok, another game site trial offer, I’ll review it later”. What I didn’t realize was this wasn’t just another trivia game website. It is actually a brain exercise website. The Lumosity brain exercises are not really games, although they are fun, they are designed to create activity in your brain that may help prevent or delay the onset of diseases like Alzheimer’s.
According to the Alzheimer’s Prevention website:
Mental exercise has been reported by neurologists to reduce your chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease by 70 percent. Everyone should spend at least 20 minutes, 3 times a week, doing mental exercise.
It seems so simple, just stop smoking. For some people they can quit cold turkey. But for most it’s not that easy. Smoking is not just a habit, it’s an addiction. An addiction to nicotine. And that is why quitting smoking is so difficult. If you’re addicted to nicotine, you can’t stop smoking wearing a patch full of nicotine. You need to break the addiction to be a successful quitter.
We know the costs of smoking, not just the health costs involved with treating deadly diseases such as lung cancer and emphysema because those seem like a far off and unlikely event for younger smokers. But
You’ve seen the ads in newspapers, magazines and on television. Get a free trial of Acuvue Contact lenses. If you’re like me, you’ve wondered if there is some catch or hidden cost.
