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...ANIMAL SUNDANCE, CHECK LISTINGS If George Orwell had read�US Weekly instead of Marx, he might have written this savage cartoon satire rather than Animal Farm. A band of talking beasts escapes a secret British facility and pursues the idea of freedom--shaped by a diet of tabloids--which consists mainly of getting record deals, obsessing over celebrities and making a pile of money. I Am Not an Animal shows what separates us from the fauna--and it isn't pretty...
...Diets associated with longevity and good health, like the Mediterranean and traditional Japanese diets, are high in omega-3 fatty acids from fish. The North American diet is not. I have long recommended that people in the U.S. eat more fish?at least two servings a week?but I have been concerned lately about reports of increasing levels of mercury, PCBS and other contaminants in certain fish species. In my diet I stick to sardines, herring, Alaskan black cod and Alaskan sockeye salmon. All sockeye (red) salmon are wild?fish farmers haven't yet been able to domesticate them?...
Vegetarian sources of omega-3 fatty acids, such as walnuts, flax and hemp, are good additions to the diet but not so reliable as fish. They supply a short-chain compound (ALA) that the body must convert to long-chain DHA, and the efficiency of that conversion can vary. Some people don't do it well, and those eating mainstream diets top-heavy in the omega-6 fatty acids found in processed food and prepared meals are at a disadvantage because omega-6s interfere with the conversion of ALA to DHA. For vegetarians and vegans, there is one nonfish source...
...good diet is certainly not the only way to protect and enhance brain health. Regularly exercising the mind and not smoking are also important. But food choices do count. So eat your vegetables, think about your daily dose of omega-3s, and consider flavoring more of your food with turmeric...
MYSTERIES OF AN ICY WORLD ? Pluto ? Charon ? If humans lived by Pluto time, they would never see a second birthday. The planet orbits the sun once every 248 Earth years ? And if humans lived on Pluto, they wouldn't have to diet. Pluto's gravity is so weak that a man weighing 300 lbs. (136 kg) on Earth would weigh just 20 lbs. (9 kg) on Pluto ? Unfortunately, breathing would be impossible. In addition to being intolerably cold, Pluto has a thin?and temporary?atmosphere of nitrogen molecules, with traces of carbon monoxide and methane...