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It used to be a lot easier to find good quality and affordable eyeglasses for my kids – especially when they were a little younger. They weren’t quite so ummmmmm…selective…about their eyeglasses. I used to be able to steer them easily to the less expensive ones and those would be fine for them and fine for me. It worked pretty well back then.

Now that they are getting older and more discerning, purchasing eyeglasses for them has gotten to be much more difficult and painful for my pocketbook. This is why I was so happy to find Zenni Optical.

ZenniOptical is a leader in quality, low cost prescription eyeglasses that make it easy for just about anyone to find the eyeglasses they want at prices they can afford. I wondered how one earth they can afford to sell their quality eyeglasses for $8. I found out that they sell only their own manufactured frames directly to their customers with no middlemen. They also have a very low advertising budget. So…that explains that! They know how to do smart business!

These glasses are just exactly the kind of glasses my almost-12-year-old daughter would love! I so know where we are shopping for glasses next time!

They have some great looking frames that just recently arrived…so if you haven’t looked at their site lately, you really should!

The level of nicotine in a woman’s toenails is an accurate indicator of heart disease risk.

Smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease but doctors cannot always obtain accurate data about a patient’s smoking history by just asking. Toenails grow very slowly so their nicotine concentration gives a more accurate picture of long-term exposure – including second-hand smoke.

Researchers examined toenail clippings from 62,500 nurses and found that those who had heart disease had approximately twice as much nicotine in their toenails as healthy women. Women with high nicotine concentrations were more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, to drink heavily, to have a family history of smoking and to be thinner than those with less nicotine.

While nicotine itself does not cause heart disease, it functions as a measure of overall tobacco exposure.

People who smoke are two times as likely to suffer a heart attack in their life time as those who don’t. Quitting smoking is one of the most effective ways to reduce this risk.