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...even more so, broccoli sprouts--may also cut your risk of high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Sprouts are particularly rich in glucoraphanin, one of a class of substances that work indirectly as antioxidants by boosting the body's antioxidant defense systems. Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan fed glucoraphanin-laden sprouts to lab rats prone to high blood pressure and stroke. After 14 weeks the animals had stronger antioxidant defenses, less inflammation, lower blood pressure and generally improved cardiovascular health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Eat Your Sprouts | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...definitely gives us motivation,” said Lambert, speaking of the varsity lightweights. “It’s exciting to be with a strong team like that. Last year, when were both really successful, we fed off each other. We get a lot of energy from them...

Author: By Christopher G. Parham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Freefall Continues | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

Dasher’s Reverend Hale is the only character that switches sides during the play; he goes from signing death warrants of witches to rejecting the entire process that fed the flame. His performance is cyclic—restrained at times and overflowing with fervor other times. Yet he is earnest throughout, lending Hale the appeal of one who has come back from the dark side...

Author: By Julie S. Greenberg, ON THEATER | Title: Review: 'The Crucible' Powerfully Reflects on Present | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...rife in that part of Africa, is never mentioned by name (most Botswanans "won't use it either," McCall Smith says), although it's acknowledged touchingly in the books. Their prose is gentle, easing the reader through Ramotswe's world of crimes of virtue and social misdemeanors. "I'm fed up with gritty, in-your-face stuff," says McCall Smith. "I don't like to read too much about the distressing aspects of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Charm of Africa | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...with violinist Yehudi Menuhin that Iyengar brought his teachings to the West. His 1966 book Light on Yoga--with 300 pages of instruction and photographs of postures, or asanas--introduced yoga to people around the globe. Aficionados founded Iyengar groups in the U.S. as early as 1974 and slowly fed what has become mainstream Western acceptance of a 3,000-year-old Indian tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: B.K.S. Iyengar | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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