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Chun, the storied cat burglar, said yesterday that the Lampoon team would triumph despite their disappointing history and the organization's legendary protein-free diet...
...It’s In the Bag: Diet Coke, Nokia phone with red faceplate, pack of Parliaments, giraffe print Kate Spade make up bag with Stila cosmetics, Pentel Gel roller pens, Ordning & Reda Planner...
...worry about late in life, but recent studies have shown that atherosclerosis, the narrowing of the arteries that leads to heart attacks and strokes, can begin in children as young as 10. Some children are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol levels, but for most it's a matter of diet. Kids who eat an ample amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts rich in vitamins A, C and E have the healthiest cholesterol levels...
This does not constitute a green light, of course, to rush right out and gobble down giant chunks of cheese. As researchers are quick to point out, there are still significant health benefits to eating a low-fat, high fiber diet, including reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease. And there are still plenty of scientists and doctors who would like to see a decade-long study on high-fiber diets before calling them off for patients at risk for colorectal cancer. But preliminary as it may be, the message from the Journal article serves to validate the concerns...
...problem is that after 350 million years of evolution, your kitchen-variety cockroach is exquisitely designed for survival. A single female German cockroach (the most prolific of the seven major pest species) generates 35,000 descendants a year on a diet of just about anything: table scraps, toothpaste, glue, hair--even, in a pinch, her young. Such fecundity has evolutionary benefits. The more offspring she produces, the better the chance that one of them will be born resistant to whatever poisons future scientists decide to spray. Today's best roach bait is almost universally fatal, but it's only...