Compared to the still-life portrait of family dinners
of decades ago, this is everyday life as abstract expressionism — a free-form swirl of crisscrossing currents and tangents.
Are families like this one chaotic and out of control
? or is th
is a picture of liberating spontaneity and refreshing openness
? Whatever judgment you may make, the question remains: what’s happened over the past 20 years that seems to have changed things so completel
y?
In a study, researchers found that people who ate the highest amount of processed meat — think salami, pressed ham, and bologna — showed
the gre atest signs of we
ar
and te
ar in a key m
arker of cellular aging.
In a study, those who reported getting the highest amount of vitamin E — 19 milligrams a day — were about 25 percent less likely to be diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease over a 10-year period.
People in the study got much of their vitamin E from processed or sat-fat foods, like butter, margarine, and mayo.
Our suggestion? Get your E from healthy sources, such as nuts, seeds, veggies, plant oils, and
nut butters.
The bonus with nuts and seeds is th
at you also get a shot of hunger-quelling protein.
Not to mention some heart-healthy fats.
For those who love books and authors, I highly recommend booktv.org. Right now I’ m listening to a 3 hr.
interview with author and animal expert Temple Gr
andin.
[I]n reality, what matters is not so much
what you major in, but what
you decide to do with your degree and
your career.
A combination of three biomarkers can accurately identify Alzheimer’s disease, and even appears to anticipate the onset of the illness in people who’ ve yet to show mild cogniti
ve impairment.
People getting cosmetic surgery in India have brought back to Britain a new gene that allows any bacteria
to become a superbug, and scientists are warning this type of drug resistance could soon appear worldwide.
If you are planning to travel with your pet be sure to take a look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydyXm9BSNQY
Thomas Ramey Watson is an affiliate faculty member of Regis University's College of Professional Studies. He has served as an Episcopal chaplain (lay), trained as a psychotherapist, done postdoctoral work at Cambridge University, and was named a Research Fellow at Yale University.
In addition to his scholarly writings, he is a published author of poetry and fiction.