Fabulous Fats in Your Holiday Feast
Happy Thanksgiving!
During this time of year, family and friends gather to enjoy rich foods and good company. Even if you typically follow a healthy diet, it can be hard to make wholesome food choices during occasions like these.
Our previous post, Five Fabulous Fats, highlighted essential fats made in our bodies. Here we discuss five important fats our bodies can’t make on their own, the foods that contain them, and why you should include a healthy dose of each in your diet.
Geranial
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Geranial, a fat some people may not know about, is present in the oils of several citrus plants such a...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 26, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Cellular Processes Source Type: blogs
Why Would a Libertarian Want School Choice? Suppose Canned Peaches...
Neal McCluskeyPeter Greene, an affable defender of public schooling and critic of most things “reformy,”is nonplussed: How could libertarians argue that religious freedom requires school choice? Writes Greene about “Libby folks”—presumably libertarians and not fans ofcanned fruit—“you have, of course, always been free to send your child to a religious school. What’s new here is the argument that the government should pay for it.” He goes on, “Libbys are saying that citizens should be taxed so that their children can practice their religion,” which doesn’t seem like a very libertarian thing to do.I a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
World ’s Most Advanced Prosthetic Now With Sense of Touch
For prosthetic arms to really work well, they must have the ability to sense the things they’re touching. The actions involved in grabbing a can of sardines, a fresh egg, or a plum at a grocery store are very different. The fingers of the hand have to squeeze just the right amount so as to have a confident grasp on the object without making puree out of it.
Now, researchers at the University of Utah have managed to give the high-tech LUKE Arm the sense of touch that it’s been missing.
The team relied on the Utah Slanted Electrode Array, a device developed at the University, to interface with the user̵...
Source: Medgadget - July 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Rehab Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Metamaterial Can Increase MRI Tesla Strength
Researchers from Boston University are using magnetic metamaterial to enhance lower strength magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, according to a study published inCommunication Physics.With higher field scanners, MRI has a stronger signal-to-noise ratio, and images can be captured with better resolution and at faster speeds. Most facilities use machines with 1.5 or 3 Tesla, but the need for stronger imagers is growing. That ’s why professors Zin Zhang, PhD, and Stephan Anderson, PhD, decided to develop their magnetic metamaterial to enhance the imaging power of low field MRI.Their magnetic metamaterial is made up...
Source: radRounds - June 22, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Crisper MRI Now Possible Thanks to Helical Resonator Metamaterials
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a complicated imaging modality and improving it requires a deep understanding of the physics involved. Scientists at Boston University have been working on improving MRI’s signal-to-noise ratio using special metamaterials that are made of arrays of helical resonators. Each of these resonators is just a piece of plastic with copper wound around it, all made to rigid specifications. These act like optical lenses, interacting with the magnetic field to optimize the image quality.
Not only is the image clearer, it is produced faster than before, something that was studied after a trip ...
Source: Medgadget - June 10, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Critical Care Emergency Medicine Materials Neurology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Phytonutrients: Paint your plate with the colors of the rainbow
Did you know that adding color to your meals will help you live a longer, healthier life? Colorful fruits and vegetables can paint a beautiful picture of health because they contain phytonutrients, compounds that give plants their rich colors as well as their distinctive tastes and aromas. Phytonutrients also strengthen a plant’s immune system. They protect the plant from threats in their natural environment such as disease and excessive sun.
When humans eat plant foods, phytonutrients protect us from chronic diseases. Phytonutrients have potent anti-cancer and anti-heart disease effects. And epidemiological research sug...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: The X tribes of Israel
It ' s something of a puzzle why the Torah puts so much emphasis on the purported 12 tribes of Israel, since most of them never any explicit part to play in the later chronicles. Ten of them are said to have disappeared after the conquest of the region (I can ' t say Israel because it was not a unified kingdom) by the Assyrian kingTiglath-Pileser III in 753 BC, shortly before Exodus was written. Also, the lists vary somewhat from place to place in the Bible. This is the first one.Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.2 “Assemble and listen...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 31, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The ongoing occupational therapy identity crisis: 2019 edition
What does it say about a group of professionals that can ' t agree on what titles to use to describe themselves?Several years ago I wrote a post entitled "Why students will be making elevator speeches to define occupational therapy for the next 100 years. " The issue behind this is that some occupational therapists believe that the public does not recognize what the profession does and that it is important to have a handy 1 minute description. The post describes the fact that the profession serially re-defines occupational therapy and that the constant tinkering with definitions contributes to the confusion.The...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - January 17, 2019 Category: Occupational Health Tags: OT practice policy Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: The psychic
Genesis 40 continues Joseph ' s story with the literary craft that separates it from the rest of the biblical narrative so far. But if you read between the lines you might decide that something is going on here that is not what it seems. Some time later, the Egyptian king ’s baker and wine taster did something their master didn’t like.2 So Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief wine taster and the chief baker.3 He put them in prison in the house of the captain of the palace guard. It was the same prison where Joseph was kept.4 The captain put Joseph in charge of those men. So Joseph ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 13, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Objecting to Compelled Speech Is More than Sour Grapes
Neither the government nor a private party may compel you to speak; nor may a private party masquerading as a government entity compel you to speak, even when it ’s supposedly for your own good. InDelano Farms v. California Table Grape Commission, Cato, joined by the Reason Foundation, Institute for Justice, and DKT Liberty Project, is continuing to support a farm business ’s challenge to a California state-established commission that compels grape growers to contribute money for government-endorsed advertisements. We hadpreviously filed in the California Supreme Court, which was a losing battle, and are now asking the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 10, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro, Michael Finch Source Type: blogs
The moths of grape
Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) feeding on grapes from our garden vines
Did you really make that grapes of moth joke?
Yes, he did. Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) (Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science)
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - September 28, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Can Constipation Kill a Person with Alzheimer ’s Dementia?
When constipation occurs in people with Alzheimer's or another type of dementia it can become dangerous and life threatening.By Rita JablonskiAlzheimer's Reading RoomConstipation is an uncomfortable annoyance for most people.Early in my nurse practitioner career, I practiced in internal medicine. I was asked to see an elderly patient with dementia because she had "diarrhea."Her breath smelled like poop. She had vomited before coming to the office.I was shocked to feel a hard, almost rock-like, abdomen. My exam revealed a constant trickle of watery poop. This was not diarrhea.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s an...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - July 27, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer constipation alzheimer's Alzheimer's family alzheimers care Alzheimers Dementia care of dementia patients dementia constipation help alzheimer's help with dementia care Source Type: blogs
The U.S. Starts a Trade War —With Its Allies
The temporary exemptions to the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum granted to Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU) expire at midnight tonight, and the Trump administration has announced that it will now impose these tariffs. This action makes clear that in addition to flouting the rules based trading system the United States itself established, the Trump administration makes no distinction between foes and allies.The EU announced its retaliation list earlier, with a 25% duty on 182 products. Today, Canada responded with an announcement that it would levy tariffs of its own, amounting to$16.6 billion. That ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 31, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak Source Type: blogs
4 Principles to Maximize Your Performance and Wellbeing
Conclusion
Physical fitness and mental well-being are necessary to lead a productive and happy life. Unfortunately, the modern society leaves little room for both and instead encourages a sedentary lifestyle. Hopefully, the above four principals will help you lead a more active life and break away from your work-related stress. Approach them with an open mind and try them out as soon as possible. Which tactics have you used to improve your productivity and lead a healthy life? Share your experiences in the comments below.
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - April 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: koriecantor Tags: featured motivation productivity tips self improvement better health maximize your performance pickthebrain wellbeing Source Type: blogs
Knitting and Memory
An excerpt from my book,The Fat Lady SingsI am a knitter. We knitters come in two basic types. The project knitter buys yarn and pattern for a specific project and knits that and only that until it is finished. Process knitters knit to knit. We love to look at, touch, and acquire yarn and usually have several projects going at the same time. The finished project is nice but it is the process, the knitting itself, that is engaging. Sometimes the project is never completed or it is unravelled and the yarn used again for something else. I love the feel of the yarn as it slides through my fingers as I knit. I stop frequently a...
Source: Jung At Heart - April 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: blogs
