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Yawn We all know that yawning can be contagious. You spot one person yawning in the office and you cant then stop yourself yawning too. Now these busy old scientists have shown that pet dogs can catch a yawn too. And this shows that mans best friend is capable of empathising with their owners. Until now, only humans and their close primate relatives were thought to find yawning contagious. But not so! Dogs can too. What do you reckon to this? Does your dog catch your yawn? Or can you catch a yawn from your dog? Does it work the other way around? Its said that yawning, although sometimes a response to extreme stress, is more often a sign of tiredness. But the reason why yawning is catching is not fully understood. There is evidence apparently that autistic individuals are less likely to yawn in response to seeing someone else yawn, which suggests that contagious yawning shows that its an ability to empathise with one another. So go monitor what your dogs do if you yawn! Id be! interested to hear the results!! Green Veg We all know that we should eat our green veg dont we? And Im sure we do our best to get our five a day. Heres an important veg to get into our diets though, especially if youre diabetic. Apparently, eating broccoli could reverse the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels. Thats all according to some recent research. The University of Warwick research team believe the key to this is a compound found in the vegetable called sulforaphane. This unique compound encourages the production of enzymes which protect the blood vessels and research has shown that theres been a reduction in high levels of the molecules which cause significant cell damage in a broccoli rich diet. And I remember mentioning quite a while ago that vegetables like broccoli were good for other reasons as well. The brassica vegetables have previously been linked to a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes. And people with diabetes are up to five times more likely to develop cardiovascular dis! eases such as heart attacks and stroke, which are both linked to damaged blood vessels. So there you go. Get the steamer out and start munching your way through some broccoli! Well, thats it from me for now. I hope you can join me tonight for the programme. Thanks for your response last night on the story about speed cameras and on the subject of the horse fair in Brigg. Of course, Ill be hoping for you to get in touch with me tonight on the stories well be bringing you today. I look forward to reading your emails. Take care, Peter Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
