Acupuncture has gained a lot of attention from the medical field and media in the last ten years, seemingly used to assist in treatment of everything from headaches to hot flashes in modern medicine. However, it is certainly not a new method of healing. In fact, it’s one of the oldest procedures in the world, performed for nearly 2000 years.

When someone asks me about the most important factor for achieving financial success, my response usually takes him or her by surprise.

You might expect me to say that what’s most important for your financial health is living within your means, investing early, or creating a financial plan.

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1) Savor your routine. Whether you're going through a serious banana pancake phase or it's all about getting down that first cup of coffee, allow yourself the time to enjoy the intimate and sometimes quirky rituals you've developed for the first meal of the day (Meredith's dad eats skim milk, Cheerios, and bananas out of the same bowl with the same spoon every morning. Classic dad.).

Summer officially begins this weekend (here in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway). To celebrate, I have a little quiz for you to test your summer nutrition savvy. Can you get a perfect score? (If you're a long time listener, I bet you can!)

Ben Greenfield: Welcome to the Get-Fit Guy's Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down and Shape Up. My name is Ben Greenfield, I'm the Get-Fit Guy, and if you've been a loyal Get-Fit Guy listener for quite some time, you may be aware of the fact that this podcast has been going since, brace yourself, 2010.