Oatmeal - Everything You Wanted to Know about Oats

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Oatmeal - Everything You Wanted to Know about Oats:

"Oats are the third leading cereal crop produced in the United States (after wheat and corn) and the fourth most important crop world-wide. They were once considered a weed which grew right with the barley and wheat. One day farmers decided to 'join 'em rather than fight 'em,' and oats started being planted as a crop by itself. It fares best in cool, moist climates, which is why they are such a popular staple of the British Isles like Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The grain was introduced into the Americas in 1602 by a sea captain who planted them in one of the islands off the coast of Massachusetts. They were a popular grain, but corn had a better yield per acre crop, so their popularity wasn't as great as corn. Today, nearly half of the world's oat crop--more than 4 billion bushels a year--is grown in the United States and Canada."

Portfolio Diet: Tough to Stay Invested In

Well this one sure makes sense! :)

Portfolio Diet: Tough to Stay Invested In:

"can the Portfolio approach help even people who don't strictly follow this eating plan? To find out, Jenkins and his colleagues at the University of Toronto enrolled 66 adults with elevated blood cholesterol in a one-year study of the diet.

Participants were instructed to eat a mostly vegetarian diet rich in soy foods, almonds, fruit, vegetables, whole grains and beans, as well as some healthy oils and margarine made with plant sterols (substances proven to lower cholesterol). They were also advised to skip or limit fat-free and low-fat dairy products and were encouraged to forgo eggs as well as poultry, fish and lean meat. Those who continued to eat these foods were urged to limit them to three or fewer meals a week.

The study found a direct link between how closely participants followed the portfolio plan and how much their blood levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) improved. LDL is directly linked to heart disease risk."

The History of a Condiment

I just had some mustard and got to thinking about its history. A quick google search later and here we go:

The History of a Condiment:

"Although similar recipes for mustard paste appear as early as 42 AD, the use of mustard as a condiment was not widely practiced in either Greece or Rome. The Romans took the seed to Gaul, and by the ninth century French monasteries were bringing in considerable income from mustard preparations. By the13th century, mustard was one of the items offered by Parisian sauce-hawkers, who walked the streets at dinner peddling their savory wares."

Study: Tofu, Oatmeal Lower Cholesterol - Yahoo! News

Study: Tofu, Oatmeal Lower Cholesterol - Yahoo! News: "'People interested in lowering their cholesterol should probably acquire a taste for tofu and oatmeal,' said study co-author David Jenkins of the University of Toronto.

The study, published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, was funded in part by almond promoters and a major food company."

BBC NEWS | Health | Solo running 'few brain benefits'

Mmm, I might agree with the first part, but teh second part? I would be surprised by it.

BBC NEWS | Health | Solo running 'few brain benefits': "When isolated rats ran for a long time, they did see the same brain benefits as their short-term runner peers - but only when they had been running for a much longer period.

Writing in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers led by Dr Elizabeth Gould, say: 'In the absence of social interaction, a normally beneficial experience can exert a potentially deleterious influence on the brain.'"

BBC NEWS | Health | Rejecting meat 'keeps weight low'

BBC NEWS | Health | Rejecting meat 'keeps weight low': "He also said: 'Contrary to the current popular views that a diet low in carbohydrates and high in proteins keeps weight down, we found that the lowest weight gain came in people with high intake of carbohydrate and low intake of protein.'

Obesity risks

He also stressed that, in line with current understanding, the highest weight gain came in people who did very little exercise.

'This confirms that the best way to prevent obesity is to combine a healthy diet with exercise,' he added."