Archive for June, 2006
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
A Chocolate Tan
Another one of those little news tidbits that Mike finds throughout the day and posts on the home page had the most intriguing title: Chocolate as sunscreen.
Now you’re talking.
The thrust of the piece is that research has suggested that when we eat dark cocoa, the catechins (flavanoid antioxidant compounds) in it make their [...]
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Monday, June 26th, 2006
Victory Garden Update
Well, the kamikaze bunny ate my first tomato–actually I don’t know for sure that he ate it, but it’s gone and he’s highly suspect. Other tiny tomatoes are set, many blooms are yet to set, but the numero uno tomato of the season fell victim to Bunnicula.
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Friday, June 23rd, 2006
A Big, Fat, Mar-ga-ri-TA!
When something calls for a casual warm weather celebration at our house, that usually means whipping up a pitcher of icy cold margaritas. Once the notion of having them comes up someone–usually one of the real margarita junkies, i.e., me, our son Ted, or one of our daughters-in-law, Jamye or Katharine–starts what’s become an [...]
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Steak Tartare…It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
For my birthday last year, Mike took me to New York City to see a pair of performances at the Met and, on the day itself, to eat at the downtown location of Les Halles, the fabulous French brasserie founded by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. I’ve wanted to go there since my thoughtful husband gifted me with a copy of Mr. Bourdain’s hilarious (and well-written) cookbook, The Les Halles Cookbook. I laughed until the tears rolled down my cheeks as Mike read aloud the descriptive text of how to properly prepare Cote de Boeuf.
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Monday, June 19th, 2006
Potassium Good for the Heart; Vindication Good for the Soul
Mike posted this article today among the “In The News” bits: Potassium Salt Substitute Is Good for the Heart. Once again, the day’s headlines trumpet ground-breaking nutritional news, hot off the press, so new, so revolutionary, and so cutting-edge…at least it was when we wrote about it in the LifePlan 6 years ago and, before that, in Protein Power 10 years ago.
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Thursday, June 15th, 2006
The Victory Garden Revisited
Back at the time of WWII, families on the homefront were encouraged to plant a victory garden to provide for their own tables to leave more nutrition resources available for the men and women fighting the war. Everyone with even the tiniest square of backyard could plant greens and vegetables to help out.
An article [...]
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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
Bartender! A Shot of Hooch and a Cup of Joe
I knew it! An article appeared today that gives me yet another reason to enjoy my daily cups of java: Coffee may cut alcohol liver damage.
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Saturday, June 10th, 2006
Antioxidants on the Run
Yesterday, at my neighborhood grocery store in our sleepy little town up in the Sierra Nevadas, I saw a great new product: Lipton Green Tea to Go
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Friday, June 9th, 2006
Calorie Restriction or Carb Restriction?
One of the In The News items that Mike put on our homepage got my attention enough to merit a click. The article focused on a newly reported study showing that eating fewer calories will make a rat (and possibly by extension, a human) live longer. On its face, this is a real dog bites man story, since it’s been known for eons that caloric restriction in rats, monkeys, and even in humans will extend lifespan. The news, however…
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Oh, the Gall of It All
Today while I was cooling my heels waiting to get my hair cut and highlighted at the salon, I picked up a copy of Oprah’s magazine. Sometimes, I come prepared with a stack of medical papers or a good book and invariably my stylist is running ahead of schedule and gets me right in. Today, I took nothing and had the usual choice of salon mags:
