////////////////////////BLAD=BRKFAST,LUNCH,AND DNNER=BIRTH,LF AND DTH
/////////////////////////WINE'S PROTECTIVE EFFECTS
Recent research shows that white wine may offer some of the same health benefits of red wine, such as protection from heart disease, but the bulk of scientific evidence focuses on red wine.
Latest developments: Animal experiments show that polyphenols -- chemicals found abundantly in dark and/or colorful foods, such as red and purple grapes, cocoa and pomegranates -- can stop atherosclerosis (fatty buildup in the arteries). That's because polyphenols affect the endothelium (cells lining the arteries), causing blood vessels to widen (vasodilate), increasing blood flow.
Breakthrough: In November 2006, English scientists published a paper in Nature -- a renowned scientific journal -- showing that...
The most potent polyphenols in red wines are procyanidins, healthful plant substances that over time become condensed tannins, compounds that give an astringent taste to wine. The more procyanidins consumed, the greater degree of vasodilation that occurs.
Regions in Europe with the highest rates of proven longevity produce wines with two to four times more procyanidins than do other regions.
Examples: Many varieties of Bordeaux wines from France and Chianti wines from Italy.
What you may not know: Resveratrol is often mentioned as the key heart-protecting component of red wine. But to get enough resveratrol to benefit the heart, you would need to drink 1,000 quarts of wine a day. Resveratrol supplements haven't been proven safe or effective.
HEART-FRIENDLY WINES
Many factors influence the level of procyanidins in red wine.
Certain varieties of grapes, including cabernet sauvignon and malbec, are higher in procyanidins than other red and white grapes. Other positive factors include the altitude of the vineyard (the higher, the better)... a slower ripening process... a lower yield (the amount of grapes produced per vine)... and older vines.
Useful: Wines described as having "firm" tannins are more likely to have high levels of procyanidins than wines with "soft" or "ripe" tannins. Look for this description in wine reviews and at the Web sites of wine retailers, such as K&L Wine Merchants (www.klwines.com) and Wine.com, Inc. (www.wine.com).
DRINK WITH MEALS
The most healthful way to drink red wine is in the classic French style -- one or two small glasses at lunch and/or with dinner, as food slows alcohol absorption. Most research shows that women should not exceed five ounces of wine per day, and men should limit their daily consumption to 10 ounces.
When red wine is consumed in excess, its health benefits are outweighed by the risks associated with alcohol abuse, including increased risks for many types of cancer, as well as heart disease, obesity and diabetes.
Caution: Drinking wine quickly or on an empty stomach speeds alcohol absorption, increasing the risk for high blood pressure.
NONALCOHOLIC PROCYANIDINS
If you prefer not to drink red wine, consider these procyanidin-rich foods...
Dark chocolate. Look for a bittersweet or extra-dark chocolate, with 70% to 85% cacao. One ounce of dark chocolate delivers the amount of procyanidins in four ounces of red wine.
Caution: To limit calories, don't eat more than one ounce to one-and-a-half ounces of dark chocolate daily.
Apples. Red Delicious and Granny Smith have high levels of procyanidins. One medium-sized apple is equivalent to four ounces of red wine.
Cranberry juice. An eight-ounce serving of juice containing 25% cranberry is roughly equivalent to a four-ounce glass of red wine. Choose low-sugar versions with at least 25% cranberry content.
Other sources of heart-healthy procyanidins: Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries, Concord grape juice, pomegranates, walnuts, pinto beans and cinnamon.
HEALTHFUL WINES
Laboratory analyses of more than 400 red wines at William Harvey Research Institute show that the following have high levels of healthful procyanidins...
Argentina. Cabernet Sauvignon, from Bodegas Catena Zapata.
Australia. Cabernet Sauvignon, from Wynns.
California. Cabernet Sauvignon, from Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Reserve... and many other Napa Valley cabernets.
Chile. Cabernet sauvignons from Veramonte.
France. Large numbers of Bordeaux wines -- both at the top end of the market and modestly priced -- have high or better-than-average procyanidin levels.
Italy. In Tuscany, wines made from the Sangiovese grape that tested well include Il Colombaio di Cencios Chianti Classico Riserva.
In Sardinia, where wine-drinkers are particularly long-lived, a good choice is Rosso Superiore del Mandrolisai.
////////////////////////////////////////LEAVE IT AND MOVE ON=LIMO
/////////////////////////////////////MIDDLE AGE=ACTION CREAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
//////////////////////////////////Appiah says that when he tells a stranger on a plane that he is a philosopher, he often gets the question, "So, what's your philosophy?" He answers, "My philosophy is that everything is more complicated than you thought."
///////////////////////////////////Blue eyes correlate with lighter skin, OCA2 & HERC2
Posted: 01 Feb 2008 08:59 PM CST
The story about HERC2 & OCA2 is getting a lot of press; that is, the genetics behind how people have blue eyes. But see this in ScienceNow:
There are still large questions, though. Why did blue eyes persist? Scientists say it is difficult to see how eye color would have an environmental advantage, as skin color does. Some theories suggest that women may have played a role in driving the selection. Perhaps, Kayser says, "the females thought it more exciting to have a male with blue eyes."
/////////////////////////////////LOSS OF SMELL CAN PREDATE ALZHMRS
//////////////////////////////deltoid=Bed Nets and artemisinin dramatically decrease malaria
Posted: 02 Feb 2008 01:50 AM CST
////////////////////////////////////TRY PLANT BASED LOW FAT LOW CARB NEAR VEGAN DIET
//////////////////////////////////MORE FIBRE IN DIET REDUCES BL CHOLESTEROL AND HYPERINSULINAEMIC RESPONSE
///////////////////////////////////AIM TO WALK 1 HR AT 3 MPH=300 CAL EXPENDED
//////////////////////////////////CINNAMON IMPROVES GLUCOSE UTILISN BY INSULIN
/////////////////////////////////READING GIVES US SOMEWHERE TO GO WHEN WE HAVE TO STAY WHERE WE ARE- M COOLEY
///////////////////////////////TIME- IS A GREAT HEALER BUT A LOUSY BEUTICIAN-ALSO A GREAT KILLER-S HOWARD
/////////////////////////////////
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Saturday, 2 February 2008
THE BUCKET LIST
/////////////TO FIND JOY OF OWN LF
///////////////////FROM BAD TO WORSE
////////////////////
///////////////////FROM BAD TO WORSE
////////////////////
DTD,ATA-MMRIES FADE-CDS 020208
///////////////////OFFICE SPOUSE
////////////////////Why Scratching Relieves An Itch (February 1, 2008) -- In the first study to use imaging technology to see what goes on in the brain when we scratch, researchers have uncovered new clues about why scratching may be so relieving -- and why it can be hard to stop. The researcher said patients occasionally report that intense scratching -- to the point of drawing blood -- is the only thing that relieves chronic itch. Of course, this is not recommended. ... > full story
///////////////////STARS=Thanks to dry air and expansive views of the heavens, Southwestern desert skies come alive with stars at night, once away from the light pollution of towns and cities. Now, poets and other romantics tend to get carried away with things, and a sky sparkling with stars tends to bring out the best (or maybe the worse) in them. Can't you just hear them proclaiming millions of gems gleaming in velvet skies?
But what about it? Are you really seeing millions of stars? Not if you're meaning discrete points of lights. Would you believe more like about 2,500 of them visible to the naked eye at any one time? And that's out of a total of less than 8,500 bright enough to be seen by the average person. So why only 25 hundred at a time? Some, from any one point on earth, are permanently hidden beneath the horizon; others would be visible only if you could put out the sun. Nevertheless, "Oh look, honey, at the two-and-a-half thousand stars" just doesn't seem have the same panache as "millions"!
//////////////////////////////////Tasty stalks
Rachel Ehrenberg
Science has validated what every grandmother knows: Celery makes chicken soup taste better. Tasting the stringy vegetable isn't necessary to enjoy its flavor-enhancing attributes. Tasteless compounds that are captured by the nose actually boost the broth's flavor, Japanese scientists report.
The researchers had previously dissected celery's odor, zeroing in on the compounds that give the vegetable its characteristic smell. In the new study, the scientists selected four of these compounds, known as phthalides, to determine which ones intensified the complex flavor of chicken broth.
//////////////////////////////
////////////////////Why Scratching Relieves An Itch (February 1, 2008) -- In the first study to use imaging technology to see what goes on in the brain when we scratch, researchers have uncovered new clues about why scratching may be so relieving -- and why it can be hard to stop. The researcher said patients occasionally report that intense scratching -- to the point of drawing blood -- is the only thing that relieves chronic itch. Of course, this is not recommended. ... > full story
///////////////////STARS=Thanks to dry air and expansive views of the heavens, Southwestern desert skies come alive with stars at night, once away from the light pollution of towns and cities. Now, poets and other romantics tend to get carried away with things, and a sky sparkling with stars tends to bring out the best (or maybe the worse) in them. Can't you just hear them proclaiming millions of gems gleaming in velvet skies?
But what about it? Are you really seeing millions of stars? Not if you're meaning discrete points of lights. Would you believe more like about 2,500 of them visible to the naked eye at any one time? And that's out of a total of less than 8,500 bright enough to be seen by the average person. So why only 25 hundred at a time? Some, from any one point on earth, are permanently hidden beneath the horizon; others would be visible only if you could put out the sun. Nevertheless, "Oh look, honey, at the two-and-a-half thousand stars" just doesn't seem have the same panache as "millions"!
//////////////////////////////////Tasty stalks
Rachel Ehrenberg
Science has validated what every grandmother knows: Celery makes chicken soup taste better. Tasting the stringy vegetable isn't necessary to enjoy its flavor-enhancing attributes. Tasteless compounds that are captured by the nose actually boost the broth's flavor, Japanese scientists report.
The researchers had previously dissected celery's odor, zeroing in on the compounds that give the vegetable its characteristic smell. In the new study, the scientists selected four of these compounds, known as phthalides, to determine which ones intensified the complex flavor of chicken broth.
//////////////////////////////
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
SOFT SKILLS FOR MODERN LF
//////////////ANGER MGT
CONFLICT MGT
STRESS MGT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
TIME MGT
REASONING ABY
COMMUNICATION SKILL
/////////////////////////////VIVEKANANDA-146 YRS OLD
/////////////////////////////RECYCLE
How to save paper save money and save forests
In order to print in an eco-friendly and financially frugal way, extend the settings of your margins by half an inch (or an inch) on each side. It doesn't seem like a lot, but if we all did it, we could save a forest each year. Also, most printers allow a setting for printing 4 pages onto 1. The writing is smaller, but if used for seldom read records you could theoretically print 8 pages onto one piece of double-sided paper. Think about how much space and trees we could all save that way!
/////////////////////////////////FOOD
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These words sum up Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food. Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists - all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion.
As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not 'real'. We've got Michael Pollan in debate with the Chief Scientist at the FSA, and a director from the Food and Drink Federation. It will be a Newsnight Book Club too.
//////////////////////////////////////Couch potato lifestyle may speed up
ageing
NewScientist news service Jan. 29, 2008
*************************
Researchers at St. Thomas' hospital
in London have found that people who
did not exercise in their spare time
had shorter telomeres than very
active people. Telomeres shorten
each time a cell divides, and when
they become too short a cell can no
longer divide, so telomeres act as a
kind of timer counting down our
biological age. Exercise can...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=7881&m=33138
////////////////////////////////........EARTH=moon is -253 degrees when it faces the sun and -378 degrees at night, the sun must contribute very little to keeping its planets warm. To me this means that most of the warmth on earth is derived from its molten core and not from the sun. Thank you.
Posted by paul skillman on January 4,2008 |
/////////////////////////////////44 AGE -MOST LIKELY TO BE DEPRESSED
////////////////////////////////DONT COMPARE -IF ,THEN COMPARE DOWNWARDS
///////////////////////////////////
CONFLICT MGT
STRESS MGT
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
TIME MGT
REASONING ABY
COMMUNICATION SKILL
/////////////////////////////VIVEKANANDA-146 YRS OLD
/////////////////////////////RECYCLE
How to save paper save money and save forests
In order to print in an eco-friendly and financially frugal way, extend the settings of your margins by half an inch (or an inch) on each side. It doesn't seem like a lot, but if we all did it, we could save a forest each year. Also, most printers allow a setting for printing 4 pages onto 1. The writing is smaller, but if used for seldom read records you could theoretically print 8 pages onto one piece of double-sided paper. Think about how much space and trees we could all save that way!
/////////////////////////////////FOOD
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These words sum up Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food. Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists - all of whom have much to gain from our dietary confusion.
As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not 'real'. We've got Michael Pollan in debate with the Chief Scientist at the FSA, and a director from the Food and Drink Federation. It will be a Newsnight Book Club too.
//////////////////////////////////////Couch potato lifestyle may speed up
ageing
NewScientist news service Jan. 29, 2008
*************************
Researchers at St. Thomas' hospital
in London have found that people who
did not exercise in their spare time
had shorter telomeres than very
active people. Telomeres shorten
each time a cell divides, and when
they become too short a cell can no
longer divide, so telomeres act as a
kind of timer counting down our
biological age. Exercise can...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=7881&m=33138
////////////////////////////////........EARTH=moon is -253 degrees when it faces the sun and -378 degrees at night, the sun must contribute very little to keeping its planets warm. To me this means that most of the warmth on earth is derived from its molten core and not from the sun. Thank you.
Posted by paul skillman on January 4,2008 |
/////////////////////////////////44 AGE -MOST LIKELY TO BE DEPRESSED
////////////////////////////////DONT COMPARE -IF ,THEN COMPARE DOWNWARDS
///////////////////////////////////
Monday, 28 January 2008
SOGONMASBOG CRSS-CDS 290108
//////////////////24/01/08,18:52, Elsevier Global Medical News By Damian McNamara
Researchers Find Unexpected Symmetry in Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (EGMN) – Symmetrical bilateral progression of knee osteoarthritis was a significant and surprising result of a genetic study of people with hand osteoarthritis and their relatives.
“The most surprising [finding] was that progression occurred in a similar manner on both sides. This indicates to me that there is probably a strong genetic factor for progression,” Dr. Virginia Byers Kraus said in an interview during a poster session at the World Congress on Osteoarthritis.
/////////////////////MRI Seen as Alternative to Chest X-Rays in Children With Lung Disease
CHICAGO (EGMN) - Optimised low-field magnetic resonance imaging has the potential to replace plain chest radiographs in the assessment of lung disease in children, according to results of a poster study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
“The goal is to reduce radiation exposure for these very young patients - many with cystic fibrosis - while visualizing pathologies such as pneumonia and atelectasis,” Dr. Joachim Bernhardt, lead author, said in an interview. “We achieved that goal in about half of the 12 children involved in our study.”
////////////////////////////dg=The Anthropocene: Have Humans Created a New Epoch in the Planet's History?
No one can realistically argue that humans haven’t dramatically transformed the face of the planet. But now scientists propose that humankind has so altered the Earth that that we have brought about an end to one epoch and entered a new age. They suggest humans have so changed the Earth that it’s time the Holocene epoch was officially ended. The new epoch of Earth’s history is being called the Anthropocene, meaning “man-made”.
Geologists from the University of Leicester, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams, and their colleagues on the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London say that humankind has entered a phase where we are so rapidly transforming the planet that a new era has started. Duke University soil scientist Daniel Richter agrees. He says the dirt under our feet is being so changed by humans that it is now appropriate to call this epoch the Anthropocene Age.
/////////////////////////////////////dg=January 28, 2008
The Ocean’s Biological Deserts are Growing
I have just been introduced to a new term that I am trying wrap my head around: “biological desert” refers to the lack of biodiversity and biomass, in an area other than that typically looked at as a desert. My introduction to the term comes with an even more difficult landscape in which for a desert to exist; the ocean.
But according to researchers, biological deserts cover 40% of the Earth’s surface, so regardless of my inexperience with this phenomenon; it is indeed an issue worthy of our attention.
///////////////////////////////
Researchers Find Unexpected Symmetry in Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (EGMN) – Symmetrical bilateral progression of knee osteoarthritis was a significant and surprising result of a genetic study of people with hand osteoarthritis and their relatives.
“The most surprising [finding] was that progression occurred in a similar manner on both sides. This indicates to me that there is probably a strong genetic factor for progression,” Dr. Virginia Byers Kraus said in an interview during a poster session at the World Congress on Osteoarthritis.
/////////////////////MRI Seen as Alternative to Chest X-Rays in Children With Lung Disease
CHICAGO (EGMN) - Optimised low-field magnetic resonance imaging has the potential to replace plain chest radiographs in the assessment of lung disease in children, according to results of a poster study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
“The goal is to reduce radiation exposure for these very young patients - many with cystic fibrosis - while visualizing pathologies such as pneumonia and atelectasis,” Dr. Joachim Bernhardt, lead author, said in an interview. “We achieved that goal in about half of the 12 children involved in our study.”
////////////////////////////dg=The Anthropocene: Have Humans Created a New Epoch in the Planet's History?
No one can realistically argue that humans haven’t dramatically transformed the face of the planet. But now scientists propose that humankind has so altered the Earth that that we have brought about an end to one epoch and entered a new age. They suggest humans have so changed the Earth that it’s time the Holocene epoch was officially ended. The new epoch of Earth’s history is being called the Anthropocene, meaning “man-made”.
Geologists from the University of Leicester, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams, and their colleagues on the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London say that humankind has entered a phase where we are so rapidly transforming the planet that a new era has started. Duke University soil scientist Daniel Richter agrees. He says the dirt under our feet is being so changed by humans that it is now appropriate to call this epoch the Anthropocene Age.
/////////////////////////////////////dg=January 28, 2008
The Ocean’s Biological Deserts are Growing
I have just been introduced to a new term that I am trying wrap my head around: “biological desert” refers to the lack of biodiversity and biomass, in an area other than that typically looked at as a desert. My introduction to the term comes with an even more difficult landscape in which for a desert to exist; the ocean.
But according to researchers, biological deserts cover 40% of the Earth’s surface, so regardless of my inexperience with this phenomenon; it is indeed an issue worthy of our attention.
///////////////////////////////
Saturday, 26 January 2008
FAILURE MANAGEMENT
///////////////JB LOSS-MAX FEELING OF FAILR
///////////////MV ON TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES-WITH PMA
///////////////SETBACK INTO COMEBACK
//////////////////LEARNING FROM FAILURE MODEL-IACOCOA eg
///////////////MV ON TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES-WITH PMA
///////////////SETBACK INTO COMEBACK
//////////////////LEARNING FROM FAILURE MODEL-IACOCOA eg
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)