Healthy Living
Fairlady|May 2018

How drinking water (and a touch of alcohol) can keep you smarter for longer.

Suzy Brokensha
Healthy Living

IT AIN’T ABOUT THE MONEY, HONEY

 It turns out that healthy people are about five to six times as likely to be happy than wealthy people. Data from the 2010 US Census shows that those who described themselves as healthy are 20% happier than the norm, compared to people in the highest income bracket who are only a paltry 3.5% happier. (Unhealthy people came out about 8% less happy than the average.) Winning!

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