Day 59

Another from Joss Stone

Sleep Like a Child

BREAKFAST

Had a bowl of cereal...cheerios mixed with shredded wheat and banana...and the usual kick start...fresh ground coffee.

Off to give blood this morning...they are stocking up prior to the long weekend next week.

Snow has finally tapered off...hope that's it for the season....otherwise we may skip spring and head straight into summer

More information about eating high protein type lifestyles....

More bad news for the Atkins fad, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association new research reveals the high-protein, i.e. high-saturated, Atkins diet reduces blood vessel dilation, an important factor in heart health. Scientists placed 18 healthy people on three different diets, the Atkins diet (50% fat) and two others lower in saturated fat, 30% and 10%. Four weeks after completing Atkins participants performed the worst on a blood vessel test. Atkins Nutritionals had no intelligent rebuttal; HealthDay News reports.

High-fat diets are dangerous. A couple years ago, a study linked the Atkins diet with inflammation linked with heart and artery disease. Atkins himself was overweight and had heart problems. In addition to heart problems, consuming copious amounts of meat, i.e. saturated fat, and little to no fiber and fruit, heightens risk of colon cancer and other cancers. Recently, hotdogs were tied to leukemia risk and red meat with blindness.

In related news, a previous report showed low-carb high-protein diets sap people’s energy and discourage activity and another study revealed Atkins produced only modest weight-loss results with limited sustainability in the long run.

YIKES....here is a scary headline concerning faked studies for drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex

A Medical Madoff: Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-medical-madoff-anesthestesiologist-faked-data

FLOODING IN MANITOBA

Since I have been talking a bit about the flood thought I would show you some footage of how the Government is trying to break up the ice jams at strategic places. Trouble is one of the machines yesterday on it's way back to land, broke through the ice with the operator getting soaking wet.



DINNER

Katie worked overtime until 6:30...so she brought home a great take out dinner from "Delicious" restaurant. It was really good as usual.

more later...