Health

An expert on longevity says five minutes a day might be all it takes to add years to your life.  Here are a few simple things that can improve your health and extend your life . . . 1.  Habit stacking.  Starting a new habit is hard.  But adding a new habit onto an existing one […]

Turns out Christmas gifts weren’t the only thing handed out over the holidays. Ramona has received the unwanted gift of a cold. Ramona’s sneezy self-consciousness isn’t a new habit. She has been attempting to hide blowing her nose since her youth. However, it is exacerbated by coronavirus symptoms that range from coughing to sneezing to […]

Matt And Ramona: Off Air

The Matt and Ramona Off Air Podcast dropped a brand new episode. Matt and Ramona, and producers, Liz and Squatch  talk about their New Years resolutions. Ramona is not thrilled that she was unknowingly given a senior discount. Her pain was our gain ..of laughter. We discover producer Squatch is really ripped! Plus, for some […]

Lifestyle

The Guardian put together a list of “100 ways to improve your life without really trying”. Here are 5 1 Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night). 2 On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it. 3 Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley […]

Food

In 2021 there were over 300 class action lawuits filed against food and beverage companies. In 2022, some crazy food lawsuits were filed. 1) The Velveeta Shells and Cheese Prep Time …Amanda Ramirez filed a class action lawsuit against Kraft Heinz in November, claiming that the company’s Velveeta Shells & Cheese takes longer than its […]

Food

A new poll asked over 1,000 Americans to rank at least 20 pies based on how much they’d like to see them on the Thanksgiving dinner table. Not surprisingly, Pumpkin pie was #1.  45% of people love it . . . 37% of people like it . . . and 23% of people named it […]

Holiday

Here are five tips for transporting Thanksgiving food . . . 1.  Freeze food that’s delicate.  Just make sure you leave time for it to fully thaw out.  Things like pumpkin pie freeze well too.  Then it won’t melt in the car. 2.  If it’s a long drive, use a cooler.  Especially for stuff that can spoil.  […]

Health

It’s that time of year when we all start gaining weight again.  But if you want to prevent it, or even lose a few pounds, here’s something easy that can help:  Start weighing yourself every day. You don’t need to obsess over a pound or two.  But research has found weighing yourself once a day […]

It turns out that eating highly processed foods can do more than cause weight loss and high blood pressure; it can put you in a grave before your time is up. That’s according to a study published in Monday’s edition of The American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers found the 2019 deaths of 57,000 Brazil residents between the […]

Link Cares

The Charlotte Walk to End Alzheimer’s brought 2,250 people to Truist Field on Saturday, October 22nd. The event’s activities were emceed by our own Ramona Holloway from MIX 107.9’s “Matt and Ramona” morning show and Tara Lane and Ann Wyatt Little from Queen City News.  All three chose to  participate because of their own personal connections to […]