Leonard was a moderately famous American songwriter and singer. He died a few days ago. He was Jewish. I don’t know if he ever accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. I’d like to think he’s in heaven now.
Judging from this interview in The New Yorker, his life was more interesting than most.
Jennifer Warnes did a whole album of his songs, entitled “Famous Blue Raincoat.” It’s very good.
This one is Yamamotoyam Sushi Bar Style Green Tea.
Yamamotoyama sushi bar style green tea
For $18 USD I got a pack of 90 individual teabags. So, just 20 cents a serving. “Best before” date is September 2018, so I’m assuming it’s relatively fresh, but who knows?
I’ll admit there’s a slight green tint to this drink that is predominantly yellow. Thirty seconds after I removed the teabag, it was simply light tan. Taste is fine.
My recollection of the reviews at Amazon several months ago was that this was going to be a green green tea. I’ll not go through those reviews AGAIN.
PS: I was at a sushi bar four months ago, but drank warm sake instead of tea.
Update December 9, 2016:
I’ve brewed a few more of these teabags and note a distinct greenish tinge to the tea in the cup. After a few minutes it fades to tan. I dissected a teabag and found green tea, indeed.
The dissected bag
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These new research findings are from the Framingham Heart Study’s Offspring Cohort.
Those in the highest quartile of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (I.e., six servings a week) has almost double the odds of developing prediabetes compared to the lowest quartile.
No similar association was found for diet sodas.
The higher risk for prediabetes may be related to insulin resistance.
Source: Sugary Beverages Raise Risk of Prediabetes | Medpage Today
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This tower is in Pisa, Italy
This won’t surprise you if you’ve been reading this blog for a while:
“Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, killing around 610,000 people annually. Heart attack affects around 735,000 Americans each year, while around 800,000 people are affected by stroke.
Adopting a healthy diet is considered key for reducing the risk of CVD, and numerous studies have suggested the Mediterranean diet fits the bill.
A study published in the European Heart Journal earlier this year, for example, found older adults who adhered to the Mediterranean diet were at lower risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death than those who followed a Western diet.”
Source: Mediterranean diet linked to reduced risk of CVD – Medical News Today
Steve Parker, M.D.
PS: If you like having a healthy heart, you might like my books.
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This guy had long spans of time between meals, perhaps days
Yet another good post from DietDoctor! Why fast? Among many reasons is that fasting turns on autophagy, which helps clear the debris of daily living out of your cells, probably leading to longer life.
Click here for P.D. Mangan’s post on fasting and autophagy.
Dr. Fung at DietDoctor also warns about the danger of hypoglycemia for certain folks with diabetes. Read that part carefully.
Anyway, here are Dr. Fung’s top eight tips:
“Drink water: Start each morning with a full eight-ounce glass of water.
Stay busy: It’ll keep your mind off food. It often helps to choose a busy day at work for a fast day.
Drink coffee: Coffee is a mild appetite suppressant. Green tea, black tea, and bone broth may also help.Ride the waves: Hunger comes in waves; it is not continuous. When it hits, slowly drink a glass of water or a hot cup of coffee. Often by the time you’ve finished, your hunger will have passed.
Don’t tell anybody you are fasting: Most people will try to discourage you, as they do not understand the benefits. A close-knit support group is often beneficial, but telling everybody you know is not a good idea.
Give yourself one month: It takes time for your body to get used to fasting. The first few times you fast may be difficult, so be prepared. Don’t be discouraged. It will get easier.
Follow a nutritious diet on non-fast days: Intermittent fasting is not an excuse to eat whatever you like. During non-fasting days, stick to a nutritious diet low in sugars and refined carbohydrates.
Don’t binge: After fasting, pretend it never happened. Eat normally, as if you had never fasted.”
Source: More Practical Tips for Fasting – Diet Doctor
Steve Parker, M.D.
PS: I don’t feature fasting in any of my books, but I’ve gradually come around to seeing the potential benefits.
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Tagged fasting, health benefits of fasting
Townhill has the list, including…
Just a friendly reminder…
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“Nobody is coming to save you.”
—Anon.
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That’s a dumbbell in her right hand. I work-out with those myself.
I don’t have access to the full scientific report, but I’ve posted part of the abstract below.
The biggest problem with the study at hand is that physical activity apparently was surveyed only at the start of this 14-year study. Results would be much more robust if activity was surveyed every year or two. My overall activity level seems to change every two or three years. How about you?
Moving on.
“Compared to women who reported no strength training, women engaging in any strength training experienced a reduced rate of type 2 diabetes of 30% when controlling for time spent in other activities and other confounders. A risk reduction of 17% was observed for cardiovascular disease among women engaging in strength training. Participation in both strength training and aerobic activity was associated with additional risk reductions for both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared to participation in aerobic activity only.
CONCLUSIONS: These data support the inclusion of muscle-strengthening exercises in physical activity regimens for reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, independent of aerobic exercise. Further research is needed to determine the optimum dose and intensity of muscle-strengthening exercises.”
PMID 27580152
Source: Strength Training and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. – PubMed – NCBI
PS: Cardiovascular disease includes heart attack, cardiac death, stroke, coronary angioplasty, and coronary artery bypass grafting.
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“Newly uncovered documents reveal that 50 years ago the sugar industry gave secret support to prominent Harvard researchers to write an influential series of articles in the New England Journal of Medicine that downplayed the negative effects of sugar.
Instead, the articles shifted the blame from sugar to fat as the “dietary culprit” behind heart disease.In recent years there has been growing awareness that decades of dietary policy demonized fat and ignored or played down the dangers of increased consumption of carbohydrates and sugars. Many believe this policy had a significant adverse effect on public health, contributing to the obesity and diabetes epidemics.”
Source: How Sweet: Sugar Industry Made Fat the Villain | Medpage Today
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Wish I were here
Fraudulent labeling of fish and other seafood is a problem. It matters to me because I advocate frequent consumption of cold-water fatty fish as healthful. It’s the omega-3 fatty acids in those fish that are good for you.
If what you believe to be trout is actually catfish, you’re not getting the omega-3s you paid for.
Click over to the New York Times for details:
“One in five seafood samples tested worldwide turns out to be completely different from what the menu or packaging says, according to a report on seafood fraud released Wednesday by the ocean conservation group Oceana. Of the more than 25,000 seafood samples the group analyzed, 20 percent were incorrectly labeled.“It is likely that the average consumer has eaten mislabeled fish for sure,” said Beth Lowell, the senior campaign director for Oceana and an author of the paper. “You’re getting ripped off, while you enjoyed your meal you’re paying a high price for a low fish.”
Source: Catfished by a Catfish: 1 in 5 Seafood Samples Is Fake, Report Finds – The New York Times
Even these “California Girls” oysters are from China
On a related note…I’ve been eating a lot of canned smoked oysters lately. Nearly all on the supermarket shelves in Arizona USA come from China. Why is that? I worry about pollutants in those oysters, regardless of provenance. If you have any info on this issue, please share.
Steve Parker, M.D.
PS: Search my blog for the list of high omega-3 cold-water fatty fish, or read my books.
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