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Reader's Digest

Sep 01 2019
Magazine

In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

Laughs Ahead

LETTERS • NOTES ON THE June ISSUE

LOVE STORIES WANTED!

SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT SKYSCRAPERS

Kindness Genie • A sixth grader brings joy to seniors by granting their most sincere wishes

“I Had to Get Him Out”

LIFE IN THESE United States

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Snack Your Way to Better Health • Nibbling between meals has gotten bad press in recent years. In fact, snacking can be good for you.

Saving Grandpa’s Home • The old farmhouse was abandoned and falling apart. But tearing it down would be like razing the author’s past.

$10,000 FOR READING THE FINE PRINT • DONELAN ANDREWS, age 60, Thomaston, Georgia

WE FOUND A FIX • 9 TRICKS TO Improve Your Life*

Milk Everyone’s First Drink

EASY TRES LECHES CAKE

BACK TO SCHOOL: ANIMAL EDITION

LAUGHTER • THE BEST Medicine

DEAD MEN TELL NO BAD JOKES, MATEY!

IS YOUR BLADDER ALWAYS TAKING YOU ON A TRIP OF ITS OWN?

BRAIN SCANS REVEAL WHO CAN STICK TO DIETS • In a recent experiment, 123 healthy men and women underwent MRI scans of their brains while they looked at images of food items and rated how tasty and healthy they were. They were also asked to name a healthy food. The participants with more gray matter in two brain regions—the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex—were more likely to make healthy choices. Luckily, you can increase the volume of your gray matter. It happens when you push yourself to learn new things, such as words in a foreign language.

BENEFITS AND RISKS OF DIET SODA

Chuckle Time

Big Apple Facts, and Small Ones Too

The Multiplying Dollar

YOUR TRUE STORIES in 100 Words

Laugh Yourself Smarter • Humor activates our brains and enhances our well-being perhaps more than anything else

Charlie Chaplin’s Good Humor Theory

This Is Your Brain on Humor

How to Be Funnier • Are you humor-challenged? Do the bons mots not trickle off your tongue but clunk? Experts share their tips on strengthening your funny bone.

Laugh Facts

The TEACHER Who Changed My Life • Good educators share knowledge. Great ones make an impression that stays in their students’ hearts forever.

THE SURPRISE THANK-YOU

THE LIST

A SECRET SAVIOR

HIS DAILY CHECK-IN

20 Chores You Can Stop Doing • AN ENDLESS LIST OF THE SAME OLD HOUSEHOLD TO-DOS COSTS YOU TIME, MONEY, AND SANITY. HERE ARE SOME YOU CAN JUST SKIP.

A WAR DOG COMES HOME • On the front lines in Afghanistan, Dyngo was a hero. But retirement for the canine veteran would not come easily.

All in a Day’s WORK

STRANGER THINGS • Every species has its peculiarities, but some creatures are weirder than others

HUMOR in UNIFORM

THE VANISHING MIDDLE CHILD • They’re the empathetic ones, the natural-born mediators. What might their dwindling numbers mean for the rest of us?

2 WEEKS TO A YOUNGER BRAIN • Combined with diet, exercise, and other healthy habits, these brain games, developed at a UCLA research center, are proven to boost memory remarkably fast

IMPORTANT FACTS

BRAIN GAMES

WORD POWER • Break out your bling—Word Power is going glam! This month we’re shining the spotlight on glittery words related to jewelry. Will your...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 128 Publisher: Trusted Media Brands Inc. Edition: Sep 01 2019

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  • Release date: August 13, 2019

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subjects

News & Politics

Languages

English

In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

Laughs Ahead

LETTERS • NOTES ON THE June ISSUE

LOVE STORIES WANTED!

SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT SKYSCRAPERS

Kindness Genie • A sixth grader brings joy to seniors by granting their most sincere wishes

“I Had to Get Him Out”

LIFE IN THESE United States

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Snack Your Way to Better Health • Nibbling between meals has gotten bad press in recent years. In fact, snacking can be good for you.

Saving Grandpa’s Home • The old farmhouse was abandoned and falling apart. But tearing it down would be like razing the author’s past.

$10,000 FOR READING THE FINE PRINT • DONELAN ANDREWS, age 60, Thomaston, Georgia

WE FOUND A FIX • 9 TRICKS TO Improve Your Life*

Milk Everyone’s First Drink

EASY TRES LECHES CAKE

BACK TO SCHOOL: ANIMAL EDITION

LAUGHTER • THE BEST Medicine

DEAD MEN TELL NO BAD JOKES, MATEY!

IS YOUR BLADDER ALWAYS TAKING YOU ON A TRIP OF ITS OWN?

BRAIN SCANS REVEAL WHO CAN STICK TO DIETS • In a recent experiment, 123 healthy men and women underwent MRI scans of their brains while they looked at images of food items and rated how tasty and healthy they were. They were also asked to name a healthy food. The participants with more gray matter in two brain regions—the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex—were more likely to make healthy choices. Luckily, you can increase the volume of your gray matter. It happens when you push yourself to learn new things, such as words in a foreign language.

BENEFITS AND RISKS OF DIET SODA

Chuckle Time

Big Apple Facts, and Small Ones Too

The Multiplying Dollar

YOUR TRUE STORIES in 100 Words

Laugh Yourself Smarter • Humor activates our brains and enhances our well-being perhaps more than anything else

Charlie Chaplin’s Good Humor Theory

This Is Your Brain on Humor

How to Be Funnier • Are you humor-challenged? Do the bons mots not trickle off your tongue but clunk? Experts share their tips on strengthening your funny bone.

Laugh Facts

The TEACHER Who Changed My Life • Good educators share knowledge. Great ones make an impression that stays in their students’ hearts forever.

THE SURPRISE THANK-YOU

THE LIST

A SECRET SAVIOR

HIS DAILY CHECK-IN

20 Chores You Can Stop Doing • AN ENDLESS LIST OF THE SAME OLD HOUSEHOLD TO-DOS COSTS YOU TIME, MONEY, AND SANITY. HERE ARE SOME YOU CAN JUST SKIP.

A WAR DOG COMES HOME • On the front lines in Afghanistan, Dyngo was a hero. But retirement for the canine veteran would not come easily.

All in a Day’s WORK

STRANGER THINGS • Every species has its peculiarities, but some creatures are weirder than others

HUMOR in UNIFORM

THE VANISHING MIDDLE CHILD • They’re the empathetic ones, the natural-born mediators. What might their dwindling numbers mean for the rest of us?

2 WEEKS TO A YOUNGER BRAIN • Combined with diet, exercise, and other healthy habits, these brain games, developed at a UCLA research center, are proven to boost memory remarkably fast

IMPORTANT FACTS

BRAIN GAMES

WORD POWER • Break out your bling—Word Power is going glam! This month we’re shining the spotlight on glittery words related to jewelry. Will your...


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