It's a common myth that if you have diabetes you shouldn't eat certain foods because
they're "too sweet." Some
fruits do contain more sugar than others, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't
eat them if you have diabetes. The total
amount of carbohydrates in a food affects blood sugar levels more than does the
source of carbohydrates or whether the source is a starch or sugar. One serving of fruit should contain 15 grams
of carbohydrates. The size of the serving
depends on the carbohydrate content of the fruit. The advantage of eating a low-carbohydrate
fruit is that you can consume a larger portion.
But whether you eat a low-carb or high-carb fruit, as long as the
serving size contains 15 grams of carbohydrates, the effect on your blood sugar
is the same. M. Regina Castro https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/expert-answers/diabetes/faq-20057835
One of the main reasons people avoid eating dates is the belief that they will raise their blood sugar
levels, but studies have shown that belief to be erroneous. The May 28, 2011, issue of "Nutrition
Journal" reports a study in which date consumption was tested on diabetics. The study shows that while dates contain high
amounts of natural sugars, they are actually a low-glycemic index food and did
not significantly raise blood sugar levels after they were eaten. If you are diabetic, speak to your doctor
before adding dates to your diet so that you can monitor your blood sugar
levels and determine how dates affect you personally. Dates are loaded with fiber. According to the USDA National Nutrient
Database, just one pitted date contains 1.6 g of fiber, or 6 percent of the
recommended daily intake. Fiber is known
for its ability to help lower cholesterol and fight and prevent obesity, heart
disease and colorectal cancer. The
November 2008 issue of "Critical Reviews in Food Science and
Nutrition" reports that the fiber in dates is primarily insoluble fiber,
which binds to fat and cholesterol and carries it out of the body. Traci Joy
https://www.livestrong.com/article/507760-what-are-the-benefits-of-eating-dates/
READER FEEDBACK I've been reading lately Mary Catherine
Bateson's book "Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active
Wisdom" which, I believe, speaks to all of us at this time in our lives, a
time she calls "Adulthood II" and likens it to not so much as extending
our years, but adding a room to a house. You might find it good reading. See
library copy at http://catalog.toledolibrary.org/search/,?SEARCH=b1941256 Thank you, Muse reader!
On June 15, 2018,
thousands gathered to see the ashes of Stephen
Hawking, who died in March at the age of 76, buried between
those of Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin in an entirely earthly
thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey. Some 3,500 light-years away, meanwhile, the
nearest black hole from our planet, 1A 0620-00, was preparing to receive a
special message. Shortly after the noon service
in London, scientists from the European Space Agency were to use the Cebreros
antenna in central Spain to beam a recording of Hawking’s voice giving a message of “peace and hope” to the black hole,
his family said in a statement. The
recording had been set to music by Greek composer Vangelis--famed for his Chariots
of Fire and Blade Runner scores--and lasts
six-and-a-half minutes. Alongside the
scientist’s family, friends and former colleagues from Cambridge University
were actors, musicians, politicians, astronauts and Nobel prize winners. There were
also representatives from charities connected to Hawking, including sufferers
of motor neurone disease, the affliction that gradually paralysed him over 55
years, hundreds of schoolchildren, and one thousand members of the public, from
more than 100 countries, who were invited to attend after a ballot attracted
around 25,000 applications. Benedict Cumberbatch, who played a young Hawking in
a 2004 BBC film, read a passage from Wisdom 7: 15-24, while astronaut
Tim Peake read from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s ‘Queen Mab’, ending with the lines,
“In eloquent silence, through the depths of space / Pursued its wondrous way.” Appropriately, Shelley and Hawking share the
same alma mater, University College, Oxford, albeit 149 years apart. Guy
Kelly and Gareth Davies Read more and
link to 2:30 video of Hawking speaking on aliens, AI and the universe at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/15/benedict-cumberbatch-leads-tributes-stephen-hawking-westminster/
You may also see the Hawking video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9hP0hiEB_8
HAPPY 150TH ANNIVERSARY Since 1868,
five generations of one family have been making Tabasco on Avery Island, at the
southern end of Louisiana’s New Iberia parish.
The McIlhenny Company, owned by descendants of the original family that
settled the island, still runs the factory, along with a museum, country store,
and restaurant. There are also daily
tours of the greenhouse, barrel and blending processes, the island’s salt mine,
and the factory’s bottling plant. For
most of Tabasco’s existence, the fields that surround the factory grew every
pepper that ended up mashed into the vinegar-based sauce. Today, in order to protect against weather
and other threats to the crop, the seed peppers are all grown in the unique
soil of the salt dome, then exported to international farmers to ensure steady
growing seasons. Still, even with
peppers from Central and South America, they’ve been producing Tabasco with the
same recipe, using the same techniques, for nearly 150 years. Avery
Island is also home to Jungle Gardens, a wildlife and garden preserve
originally established by Edward McIlhenny, son of the creator of Tabasco
sauce, back in 1895. Avery Island is 140 miles west of New Orleans. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/avery-island-tabasco-museum-factory Avery Island is not an island, but a salt
dome--an underground bed of salt pushing up. The word tabasco is derived
from an Aztec term meaning "humid land."
HAPPY 101ST ANNIVERSARY In 1917 the
Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) and three local artist collectives established the
Toledo Federation of Art Societies (TFAS).
The following year, the first Toledo Area Artists (TAA) exhibition
sponsored by TFAS was held at TMA. Today
TFAS is affiliated with more than 40 area art organizations—including artist
clubs, galleries, college and university art departments—and hundreds of
individual members within a 150-mile radius of the city of Toledo. Decades in the
Making: Highlights from the Toledo
Federation of Art Societies is on view in Gallery 6 from April
28 through June 24, 2018. It will
showcase more than 20 works of art in a wide variety of media from the
approximately 270 works purchased by TFAS for its collection over the last 60
years of TAA exhibitions at TMA. Among the featured artists will be
Diana Attie (drawing), Edith Franklin (ceramics), Dominick Labino
(glassblowing), and Kenneth Thompson (sculpture). Admission to the exhibition is free. For more
information about the Toledo Federation of Art Societies, please visit
tfas100.org
HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY The classic
movie musical “Grease” is 40 years old on June 16, 2018. The colorful teens at Rydell High are still
crooning about prom night, dropping out of beauty school and heating up the dance
floor with “You’re the One That I Want.”
Expectations were miniscule when the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John was
released in 1978. Based on a Broadway
musical, the film about greaser Danny and goody-two-shoes Sandy went on to
become the highest grossing musical of the 20th century, though it cost
Paramount a measly $6 million to make. Luaine Lee Read more and see pictures at https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2018/06/15/grease-movie-turns-year-old-saturday-reelz-special/36083039/
Can Toledo be the center of a new culinary movement? by A select group of dinner guests
and a stream of envious onlookers were treated to an art performance of
glassblowing techniques used to prepare a meal. The 12-course meal was served June 5, 2018 at
The Heights rooftop bar of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Toledo through a
collaboration of Executive Cheg Aaron Lawson and the Gathered Glassblowing
Studio. The little-city-that-could was
being featured as part of a corporate “Global Day of Discovery” by the hotel
chain—alongside three other respective franchises in Paris, Bali, and New York
City’s Time’s Square. The staff T-shirts
read “Paris. Bali. New York City. Toledo.” Read more and see pictures at http://www.toledoblade.com/Food/2018/06/17/Can-Toledo-be-the-center-of-a-new-culinary-movement-Glass-City-reinvents-glass-again-for-the-purposes-of-the-palate.html
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1904
June 18, 2018 Word of the Day zongzi noun A traditional Chinese dumpling of glutinous rice stuffed with a savoury or sweet filling, wrapped in large flat leaves, and cooked by steaming or boiling.
Duanwujie or the Dragon Boat
Festival falls on this day in 2018, the fifth day of the
fifth lunar month of
the Chinese calendar.
It is traditional to enjoy zongzi on
this day. Wiktionary
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