Sounds wonderful. I'll have to check it out. Liz
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ornamentalmind Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:28 PM To: Memphis Freethought Alliance Subject: Re: Another one It happens weekly for me! :-) Oh, and strangest of all, the sushi is of above average quality!!...everything from hamachi to tempura, spider roll to rainbow rolls!!! And, not small rolls at that!!! They even have peppered tuna, and a bunch of things that I love and are new to me. They don't even charge extra for a quail egg on the tobico! Hmmm, guess my love for sushi showes, eh? :D On Jan 13, 7:52 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[email protected]> wrote: > For a buck or two, I would have to have my stomach pumped after the meal. I > only stop eating sushi when it stops being in front of me, and for that kind > of money I fear I could keep the sushi coming for a long time. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ornamentalmind > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:43 PM > To: Memphis Freethought Alliance > Subject: Re: Another one > > ...had a new sushi place open way too close to where I live. They have > Monday night specials. All plates $1-$1.50!!!!!!! > I seldom sleep well Monday nights now. :D > > On Jan 13, 11:48 am, CrossBow <[email protected]> wrote: > > After that lunch, I am convinced you could EAT a moose! Girl can down > sushi! > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Liz Purkrabek > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > MOOSE! > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *CrossBow > > > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:45 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: Another one > > > > Thanks, explains why sitting all day at my computer has caused a > widening > > > of the arteries...no deer to chase in here...no, wait...*DEER!* > > > > Liz, I know you will understand:) > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Liz Purkrabek <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Nomadic hand-me-downs: what is to blame for obesity, lactose > intolerance, > > > and ADHD? Some researchers are pointing squarely at > hunter-gatherers.(data). > > > > Author(s):Emily Anthes. > > > > Source:*Discover > *<http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/itx/publicationSearch.d...>2 > 9.12 (Dec > > > 2008): p12(1). (506 words) > > > > Document Type:Magazine/Journal > > > > Bookmark:Bookmark this > Document<http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/itx/generateInfomark. > do...> > > > > Library Links: > > > > - > > > - > > > > *Full Text :*COPYRIGHT 2008 Discover Media LLC > > > > The ADHD children of the world may have their wandering ancestors to > blame. > > > A genetic variant associated with impulsivity, novelty seeking, and > > > attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might have actually been > > > adaptive in nomadic populations, according to a recent study by Dan > > > Eisenberg at Northwestern University. Kenyan nomads with this variant, > he > > > says, may have been better at searching for food and defending their > > > resources, giving them a survival advantage. But the study shows that > the > > > nomads' settled descendants who carried this gene were more often > > > malnourished than those without the gene. "Just because we don't see a > trait > > > as being currently advantageous," Eisenberg says, "does not preclude the > > > trait from having had a function in the past." Geneticists continue to > > > unravel our ancestral evolution in hopes of better understanding how > > > formerly advantageous genes have led to modern-day health problems. > > > > HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE > > > > High blood pressure may be caused by a gene that was key to nomadic > > > survival. The ability to retain salt--controlled in part by a gene > called > > > CYP3A5--varies by latitude, according to geneticists at the University > of > > > Chicago. The closer a population lives to the equator, the better > > > individuals are at retaining salt. "Since hunter-gatherers weren't > assured > > > of getting sodium every day, they needed to be sure not to lose what > they > > > did acquire," says Alan Weder, a hypertension specialist. But bring this > > > gene to a modern setting--with couch lounging and salty snacking--and it > is > > > easy to retain more salt than is needed, which can lead to medical > problems > > > like high blood pressure. > > > > [GRAPHIC OMITTED] > > > > LACTOSE INTOLERANCE > > > > Whether or not you can drink milk may depend on where your nomadic > > > ancestors settled down. Early humans, like other mammals, were able to > > > digest milk only during infancy. But when humans started raising cows > and > > > milk became widely available, an ability to digest it brought a > selective > > > advantage, according to genetic research by Cornell University biologist > > > Paul Sherman. DNA analysis of skeletons from between 5840 and 5000 B.C. > > > found evidence that the early wave of European farmers could not produce > the > > > enzyme lactase, which permits the digestion of milk, while later farmers > > > could. In regions where dairy farming is currently not safe or > economical > > > because of an extreme climate or cattle diseases, Sherman says, > populations > > > still possess ancestral genes that make them lactose intolerant. > > > > OBESITY > > > > Could our growing waistlines be blamed on nomadic ancestors? Some > > > scientists think so. The Pima Indians of Arizona are a recently settled > > > group whose members today have sky-high rates of obesity and diabetes, > > > thanks to their genes, say Leslie Baler and her colleagues at the > National > > > Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Eight years > ago, > > > Baler identified a genetic variation in the Pimas associated with slowed > > > metabolism and increased glucose conservation. Researchers think that > the > > > gene helped Pima ancestors survive food shortages. Though most of us are > not > > > Pimas, our own hunter-gatherer forebears would also have needed to > survive > > > food shortages and scarcity-conditions that favor the evolution of > similar > > > fat-storing mechanisms, which are a problem in times of plenty. > > > > *Source Citation:*Anthes, Emily. "Nomadic hand-me-downs: what is to > blame > > > for obesity, lactose intolerance, and ADHD? Some researchers are > pointing > > > squarely at hunter-gatherers.(data)." *Discover* 29.12 (Dec 2008): > 12(1). > > > *General OneFile*. Gale. University of Memphis. 12 Jan. 2009 > > <http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.memphis.edu/itx/start.do?prodId=ITOF>. > > > > *Gale Document Number:*A191854539 > > > > -- > > > gnothe se auton > > > -- > > gnothe se auton- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
