People who are overweight but not obese have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight, federal researchers are reporting today.
The researchers — statisticians and epidemiologists from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — also found that increased risk of death from obesity was seen for the most part in the extremely obese, a group constituting only 8 percent of Americans.
Does lycopene reduce the risk of prostate cancer?
Men who eat plenty of tomato products, especially tomato sauce-laden foods, have a lower risk of prostate cancer. Why? So far, the search for the tomato’s “active ingredient” has homed in on lycopene, the molecule that gives tomatoes their red color. “Lycopene accumulates in the prostate. That’s its favorite place to hang out,” explained Holly Hantz, an undergraduate who is doing research on lycopene’s effects. In one of the few cases of processed foods trumping fresh-picked, research suggests that cooking tomatoes, even briefly, releases the lycopene and makes it easier for the body to absorb.
Probing Question: Does lycopene reduce the risk of prostate cancer?
Bloggers Pitch Fits Over Glitches
Somehow I didn’t think it was just me.
Does Google want to incur the wrath of the blogosphere?
It’s a utility. It had better keep the lights on. Or else.
Still Here
Yes. I am still here. Many events have been conspiring to keep me from posting. Not the lease of which was an inability to load anything from blogger.com. After some correspondence with support@blogger.com, clearing of cache, and deleting of blogger.com cookies I was able to get going again.
Last time I posted I was talking about starting my vegetable garden plants indoors. There was progress after that.
This is what they looked like after three days…
…and after eight days…
…and after fourteen days.