The Challenge of Octoberfest

HHHmmm which sausage is lower fat---brats, kielbasa, which is Wurst???
Luckily Octoberfest comes but once year----so tonight I'll consume a bit more fat than usual----

 I've already booked my tee time---I'll walk and carry Nine tomorrow and burn some extra calories before they have a chance to "settle" in the wrong spots.

Easy Way to Hydrate With No Calories

	Tea naturally contains zero calories, therefore, when it is used in place of higher calorie beverages, it can help with weight control.
I Grow mint in the kitchen windowsill, I think it adds a "fresh mouth feel"
	Drinking tea may help maintain normal, healthy heart function as part of a diet that is consistent with dietary guidelines.
	Research suggests that drinking 2 to 3 cups per day of black or green tea may help maintain healthy blood vessel function.
	In the past, it was believed that antioxidant activity was responsible for the benefits of tea, but current research suggests that a variety of dietary compounds (including flavonoids) in tea may be responsible for some of these effects.

It Really is Simple--Eat Lower on the Food Chain & Exercise

Food and Mood-----How Close is that connection?

Rest inducing Tryptophan in turkey?
Sweets Reduce Pain?
Phenylethylamine in chocolate tells the brain you feel good?

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Moderate Drinking can be Healthy for Some

Moderate Drinking May Help Prevent Alzheimer's, Other Dementia

  According to Health Day New, "Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, especially wine, may lower the risk of dementia, according to a review of previous research."

. Moderate drinking is generally defined as a maximum of two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women and  that can put people at a lower risk to develop Alzheimer's and other declines in thinking skills.

Other larger studies need to be done to have more statistically significant findings...but interesting nonetheless.  Also, wine seemed to be more beneficial than hard spirits or beer.

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Please Pass the Cinnamon!!!

Science Daily says Cinnamon and Turmeric (antioxidant spices) can reduce the negative effects of a high fat meal.  According to Sheila West, associate professor of biobehavioral health, Penn State, who led the study, many scientists think that oxidative stress contributes to heart disease, arthritis and diabetes. "Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease," she said, adding that the spice dose they used provided the equivalent amount of antioxidants contained in 5 ounces of red wine or 1.4 ounces of dark chocolate.

Unfortunately, the antioxidant spices do not negate the large amount of calories that are part of that high fat meal.  That's the discover I looking for!!!

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Healthy and Elderly---How do they do it?

According to  "Science Daily"
"People who live to 95 or older are no more virtuous than the rest of us in terms of their diet, exercise routine or smoking and drinking habits, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University."

Lifestyles of the Old and Healthy Defy Expectation

That being said, I think I'll continue my workouts, and (mostly) healthy eating choices.  I run around doing Cardio Tennis (thanks Karl), walking and carrying my bag to play golf (thanks Bill), go out kayaking for hours (thanks Peter), take my 62 lb dog for five mile walks (thanks Sophie) and I don't think I could do all of that if I was an corpulent, cigarette smoking, couch potato.

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