A meal consisting of low-glycemic-index foods is almost always a healthier choice than, say, a bagel covered with jam. Because low-GI foods take longer to digest, they are less likely to cause an overflow in your glycogen stores and be stored as fat. As good as this is to know, there is actually another benefit to sticking to foods containing slower-digesting carbs, and it has nothing to do with your abs.

A study from Lund University in Sweeden revealed that consuming a low-GI meal may improve concentration and short-term memory. To start your day out right, you may want to pass on the white bread toast and instead opt for steel-cut oats.

Always bear in mind that avoiding low-GI carbs is not Atkins-esque, which preaches the abandonment of carbs of all kinds. A dietary deficiency in good sources of carbohydrates (eg. whole grains, vegetables, legumes, fruits) will leave you feeling lethargic, and will also affect digestion, muscle-building, and weight management.

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Their weather is miserable and their diet is depressing, but yet citizens of Denmark are happier than the rest of the Western world. What gives?

According to researchers, it's because Danes have low expectations. "If you're a big guy, you expect to be on the top all the time and you're disappointed when things don't go well. But when you're down at the bottom like us, you hang on, you don't expect much, and once in a while you win, and it's that much better," says Kaare Christensen, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. Sounds like Dr. Christensen practices what she preaches.

When surveyed, the Danish consistently report gloomy outcomes for the year to come. So, even though they're genetically very similar to their depressive Scandinavian cousins in Sweden and Norway, when Danes discover, much to their surprise, that "not everything is getting more rotten in the state of Denmark," they're pumped.

Say it with me: "this day is going to suck." There, don't you feel better?

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