Thursday, March 24, 2022

Broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, cabbage contain sulforaphane, now shown to inhibit replication of the virus which causes COVID-19

From the story here:

... low micromolar (µM) concentrations of sulforaphane (2.4–31 µM) lowered virus replication by 50 percent among six distinct strains of SARS-CoV-2 — including the Delta and Omicron variants. Researchers discovered similar results among cells previously infected with the viruses. In these cases, the protective effects of sulforaphane were apparent even in reference to already established virus infections.

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Happiness is cranberries for heart health


 

From the story here:

The participants assigned to the cranberry powder group displayed notable improvements in their flow-mediated dilations (FMD). Study authors say FMD signals both heart and blood vessel function improvements.

Scientists consider FMD an important and sensitive biomarker of one’s cardiovascular disease risk, measuring the widening of blood vessels when blood flow increases.

It’s also important to note that the FMD improvements among participants were apparent within just two hours of consuming cranberry powder, with the beneficial effects remaining after one month of daily consumption. This suggests eating cranberries is great for the heart in both the immediate short term and over the long haul.



Thursday, March 17, 2022

McGinty says "Happy St. Patrick's Day!"


 Oh, McCarthy was dead . . . and McGinty didn't know it,
And McGinty was dead . . . and McCarthy didn't know it,
They both were dead in the very same bed,
And neither one knew that the other was dead.

Friday, January 21, 2022

Happiness is a rasher of bacon, thin or thick

 


If we grow all to be pork eaters, we shall not shortly have a rasher on the coals for money.

-- William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice

Monday, January 17, 2022

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Happiness is polite dinner conversation


Thou say'st his meat was sauc'd with thy upbraidings;
Unquiet meals make ill digestions.

-- William Shakespeare

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Happiness is what is seasonal


 At Christmas I no more desire a rose,
Than wish a snow in May's newfangled shows;
But like of each thing, that in season grows.
 
-- William Shakespeare

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Happiness was when American Colonial forests ruled the sea for England


 Lords of the world's great waste, the ocean, we
Whole forests send to reign upon the sea.
 
-- Edmund Waller