Did you see the articles about the scientific study of rhesus monkeys put on a “permanent diet” and how they lived longer with fewer diseases?
Scientists say a 30 percent reduction in calorie intake cut the monkeys’ risk of dying from cancer, heart disease and diabetes by more than two-thirds. Not only did they avoid disease, but the monkeys on the reduced-calorie diet also looked younger.
Scientists say humans can see similar benefits by figuring out how many calories would make a healthy lifestyle, then cutting that by 10 to 30 percent.
I expect to be dead by morning.
- Beer Delivery: Nice to see the staff of the local newspaper volunteering in the beer booth at MarketFest. The only problem: They kept throwing it in the bushes. Har.
- Speaking of intoxicants, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies uprooted another marijuana plantation on Thursday. The plantation in northern Shasta County had more than 38,000 plants. So far this season, officers have eradicated 396,844 marijuana plants and made 19 arrests.
- Patients who need clothes when they’re discharged from Mercy Medical Center in Redding can be grateful to the Shasta Regional Community Foundation which, through the Redding Rancheria Community Fund, has donated $25,000 for such clothing. Way to go!
- Fun With Craigslist: In the “barter” section of the Redding Craigslist, we find this: i need t-shirts maid. This seems extreme. I’ve got a lot of T-shirts, but not so many that I can’t care for them myself.
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