Author: Alan Ball

How to Improve Health with 4 Micro-Habits

How Long Can You Balance on One Leg? It's Linked to Your Health. Start Today with These 4 Tiny Habits to Make Big Changes in Your Health.

Four micro-habits that can make a big difference in your future.   These tiny habits. according to a Japanese concept, are things we do that are easy today because they take little to no willpower to accomplish.  Lie on your back and hang your head and shoulders off the bed up for up two minutes. This helps open the chest and…

How to Win a Million in Soda Contest

As seen on Carolina AM

What does John Cena, Mountain Dew and a million bucks have to do with you?  There’s going to be a commercial in the big game on Sunday that gives viewers an opportunity to tweet a guess of the number of Mountain Dews that fill a trunk.  The first correct tweet, according to the teaser clip, will win the million.  Cena…

JLow Killin’ It in Hollywood

As seen on Carolina AM

Jennifer Lopez has a new role as an assassin in a new Netflix film, The Mother, in which she’s staring in and producing.  Lopez is also starring and producing another project for Netflix, The Cipher, where she plays an FBI agent.  She’s also filming Shotgun Wedding.  Her movie Marry Me is coming out in May.  Fun fact, 20 years ago…

Humidity Helps Fight Coronavirus

As seen on Carolina AM

Many of you are probably are running a humidifier in your homes during these drier winter months.  You may be getting another benefit. Studies suggest that higher humidity can enhance the body’s ability to fight off infection. The coronavirus decays faster at high humidity and drier air leads to greater numbers of tiny virus particles that travel farther and penetrate…

How to Drop a Proposal Hint

As seen on Carolina AM

If you’re waiting on someone to propose but it’s taking forever, you really have two options. Either you do the proposing or just drop a bunch of hints that it’s time to put a ring on it! A new survey found more than half of people who are now engaged say they dropped hints to get their partner to propose…

Things You Didn’t Know You Needed from Amazon

As seen on Carolina AM

Carolina AM has the top four things you didn’t know you needed from Amazon for your home office. Good lighting is always essential.  This LED 52 full spectrum soft light lamp doesn’t flicker and the no shadow feature makes it ideal for long work hours. Five lightning modes to choose from, has an usb charging input and an auto off…

Fox Mondays to the Rescue, What’s for Dinner!

Fox Mondays to the Rescue on Carolina AM with Patti Hilton of Barefoot Bistro

Fox Mondays to the Rescue! Our shows  “911” and “911 Lonestar” are back on Monday nights, and we’re here to rescue you from a real-life emergency, what’s for dinner!   To help us with a perfect recipe is Patti Hilton of Barefoot Bistro! Barefoot Bistro is located at 3914 Highway 17 South in North Myrtle Beach.  The reservation line is (843)…

Why You Should Wear Your Sunglasses Everyday

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The American Optometric Association says you should always don the sunglasses.  They protect your eyes against the sun’s UV rays, which  could otherwise lead to cataracts.  Shades also protect from solar blue lights that is linked with macular degeneration.  You’ll squint less and adjust quicker to night driving if you wear them during the day.