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Archive for October, 2007
Rosemary is Neuroprotective
Here’s good news from EurekAlert: Rosemary chicken protects your brain from free radicals
The active ingredient in rosemary, known as carnosic acid (CA), can protect the brain from stroke and neurodegeneration that is due to injurious chemical free radicals. These radicals are thought to contribute not only to stroke and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s, but [...]
Disease Networks
Via Art De Vany’s blog - Network Medicine — From Obesity to the “Diseasome”
This is an interesting article describing disease networks. First, it looks at the obesity network within communities.
The authors observed that when two persons perceived each other as friends, if one friend became obese during a given time interval, the other friend’s [...]
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Louisville Meat Buying Club, Again
One last call for the Pike Valley Farms Buying Club here in Louisville. The delivery is going to be next Wed, Nov 7th. If you’re going to order, you need to email Teresa Pike at teresamartinpike AT yahoo.com by Monday at 9pm with the subject line of “Louisville Buying Club”. Also, email [...]
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Email Exchange with David Kraus
So in our discussion of the blood pressure benefits of garlic a few days ago, the lead author of UAB’s study, Dr. David Kraus, stopped by and left a bit of a clarification in the comments. Since I doubt most people take the time to read the comments, I want to bring his clarification [...]
Autumn’s Beauty
Photo from Mr. Thursday
If you’ve ever wondered why leaves turn those beautiful shades of red, yellow, and orange in the fall, here is your answer.
By taking careful stock and laboratory analyses of the autumn foliage of sweetgum and red maple trees along transects from floodplains to ridge-tops in a nature preserve in Charlotte, N.C., former [...]
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88 Fast Foods That’ll Kill Ya Fast
Via Mark’s Daily Apple - Fast Food Items Highest in Trans Fats
Here’s a brief sampling:
White Castle Homestyle Onion Rings - Sack; Trans Fat: 30 grams
White Castle Fish Nibblers - Sack;Trans Fat: 16 grams
KFC Chicken Pot Pie;Trans Fat: 14 grams
Burger King Hash Browns - Large;Trans Fat: 13 grams
White Castle Chicken Rings - 20 rings;Trans Fat: 13 [...]
Give A Great Gift
If you’re looking for a cool way to donate some money to charity, consider Heifer International. You can donate enough to provide an entire animal, donate a share of an animal, or make a general monetary donation. You can even choose the animal. They have heifers, sheep, geese, rabbits, pigs, honeybees, goats, [...]
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Raw Milk and The Ethicurean
Kar_kar sent me a link to a raw milk article at The Ethicurean a few days ago. First, the Ethicurean is a new site for me and has lots of interesting reading, ranging from farm bills to the King Corn movie to grass-fed standards and other such goodness. Having spent a few days [...]
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Exercise Improves Thinking
Happy Monday! Here’s an article from Science Daily titled Exercise Improves Thinking, Reduces Diabetes Risk In Overweight Children.
So the second part of the title is truly a “Duh!” type of statement, but the first part is interesting. The researchers used real exercise that normal kids undertake, such as running around like hooligans, jumping [...]
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