Preventing Phone, Email, And Text Scams

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Scams have increased dramatically over the past few years. Scammers have new ways to persuade people to part with their money and personal information. Thanks to social media, millions of people provide scammers with all the information they need to steal identities and drain bank accounts.

This video shares tips to protect your personal information and savings from phone, email, and text scams.

In this video:

• Scams are increasing. 00:36
• High scam activity states. 1:42
• Information scam artists collect. 2:00
• Types of scams:
• IRS 5:41
• Social Security 7:41
• Medicare 8:36
• Bail money 9:23
• Utility shut off 10:09
• Voting scams 11:11
• Fraudulent online orders 12:55
• YouTube & social media 14:12

5 Easy Methods To Disinfect Kitchen Sponges

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Bacteria in kitchen sponges can produce unpleasant odors and be a health risk. This video shares five easy methods to kill harmful bacteria and eliminate kitchen sponge odors.

In this video:

• Extending a kitchen sponge’s useful life. 00:34
• Are sponge bacteria harmful? 1:17
• Disinfecting sponges:
• Dishwasher 2:26
• Microwave oven 3:06
• Chlorine bleach 3:57
• Vinegar 4:57
• Boiling water 5:25

Chicken Eggs vs Vegan Egg Substitute

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A vegan diet is 100% plant foods. It excludes all animal products including eggs. Eggs are used in 100’s of recipes.

Today, there are plant based (vegan) liquid egg substitute. This video compares one popular brand made from mung beans with whole chicken eggs.

In this video:

• A brief history of bird eggs. 00:53
• Plant based egg substitute advantages and disadvantages. 1:46
• Mung bean egg substitute ingredients. 2:09
• Nutrition comparison. 3:49
• Cost comparison. 5:14
• Cooking and baking using a mung bean egg substitute. 6:49

Cut Calories & Increase Nutrients: Slow Foods vs. Fast Foods




Prepared foods are convenient, but usually provide too many of some nutrients (calories, salt, sugar, refined flour), and too few essential nutrients (vitamins, minerals).

Home cooked meals can significantly reduce calories while providing more essential nutrients.

In this video:

• What is fast food? 00:46
• What is slow food? 1:10
• Your diet provides essential nutrients. 1:45
• Your body’s needs versus wants. 3:37
• Why most fast foods are low nutrient fat foods 6:38
• Fast versus slow food calories and nutrition. 8:40

Online Lists You Can Ignore

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You search the internet for product reviews and get back numerous websites about the “10 Best” “Best (fill in the blank) for 2023.” Many times these sites do not agree which product is best and the reviews are vague, reviewer qualifications and testing methods are not disclosed.

Most are are commercial business accepting advertising and manufacturer incentives to sell low price, low quality products, or best selling products by internet retailers.

This video shares how to separate biased from unbiased lists and reviews.

In this video:

• There are lists for almost everything. 00:46
• .org websites versus .com websites. 1:33
• Can you trust a trusted domain name? 3:33
• Experienced testers or corporate executives? 5:10
• Biased unbiased reviews and ratings. 5:59
• Why are D-rated products listed? 7:37

Is Your Diet Nutrient Deficient?




Essential nutrients must come from your diet because your body cannot make them. Essential nutrients include fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals.

Many diets are nutrient deficient emphasizing some essential nutrients and not others. Nutrient deficient diets require supplemental nutrients.

This video shares how to verify your diet provides all essential nutrients your body needs before resorting to dietary supplements.

In this video:

• Essential nutrients & nutrient deficiencies. 00:32
• Symptoms and tests:
• Fat deficiency 3:14
• Protein deficiency 4:46
• Carbohydrate deficiency 6:47
• Mineral deficiency 8:42
• Vitamin deficiency 11:37
• Home testing and self-help risks. 13:10

Fast Metabolism And Weight Loss




Your metabolism works 24 hours a day to keep you alive but, does a fast or slow metabolism affect your weight and weight loss? A fast or slow metabolism has more to do your level of activity that your diet. Most people can to increase their metabolism without dietary supplement and fad diets. And, no supplement or diet will significantly effect weight gain caused by your genes, hormones, and medications.

In this video:

• What is metabolism? 00:44
• Sources of dietary energy. 2:29
• How your body burns calories. 3:23
• Metabolism and breaking your fast. 5:51
• 700 calorie meals. 7:31
• Excess calories and body fat. 10:30

Marketing Tricks: Income Tax Relief Companies




You owed income tax but haven’t paid any for years? No problem. You paid a lot less than than you owed? No sweat. You are being audited? Relax! There are companies promising dramatic income tax reductions and protection from IRS wage garnishment and property liens. In many cases, these companies relieve you of your money not your tax bill to perform services tax payers can perform for free.

In this video:

• Tax relief company marketing hype. 00:40
• IRS and state hardship programs. 1:18
• Do you qualify for a hardship program? 2:02
• FTC tax relief company complaints. 2:37
• IRS hardship programs self-help. 3:12

Using A Kitchen Scale For Cooking And Portion Control




A majority of overweight and obese people eat too many calories for their activity level. Contrary to popular belief, it only takes a few hundred, not thousand, extra calories to go from a healthy weight to obese.

Unlike most countries using the metric system, Americans use the imperial system of cups to weigh most recipe ingredients. The accuracy of measuring cups can vary more than the accuracy of affordable kitchen scales. A good quality scale is accurate to within 1 gram (1/28th oz). In addition to cups, Americans deal with vague descriptions like small, medium, or large bananas etc. Cups and sizes are used by the USDA and FDA for serving sizes. In some cases, serving sizes are specified in grams, but most Americans do not own a kitchen scale and cannot measure foods in grams.

Whether grams or ounces, when it comes to diets, excess calories becomes body fat. Is a meal serving of frozen potatoes the 85 grams (3 oz) on the nutrition label or more. Is a steak 4 oz (113 g) or more. In most cases, it is much more.

Using a kitchen scale, you can create perfectly portioned meals providing all or most essential nutrients. And, you are in control of your diet and ingredients not a faceless corporation.

In this video:

• Diet and portion control. 00:42
• Weight versus volume (cups). 2:23
• Selecting a kitchen scale. 4:45
• Using a kitchen scale for cooking. 8:45
• Using a kitchen scale for portion control. 10:45

LED Lighting Facts & Myths

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While LED lights use significantly less energy than incandescent and CFL lighting they are not ideal for all uses. This video highlights some of the advantages and disadvantages about consumer LED lighting.

In this video:

• What is a LED? 00:44
• Incandescent, CFL, LED lighting. 1:24
• What are COB LED lights? 2:37
• Quality and longevity. 4:03
• Don’t pay for more lumens than you need. 5:39
• LED lighting facts and myths. 7:11

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