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NUTRITION EXPERTS IN the US are advising people to eat more heart-healthy foods, with one simple tip – if it looks like a heart, it’s probably good for it.
Though some dieticians rave about the virtues of red wine and dark chocolate for heart health (and that might sound pretty good to us), Katie Eliot, assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics at Saint Louis University, has a different plan.
“Being red and heart shaped can be a tip off that some foods are good for your heart,” Eliot said. “Many heart shaped fruits and vegetables are great sources of antioxidants. These compounds act like shields, taking the hit from free radicals that otherwise damage the body and cause heart disease and cancer.”
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Strawberries and raspberries are loaded with vitamin C and an antioxidant known as poliyphenol that prevents plaque from forming.
Cherries also contain an antioxidant called athocyanin, which is thought to protect the blood vessels and is high in potassium, which lowers blood pressure.
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Tomatoes and red peppers are rich in lycopene, which is in many red fruits and vegetables and works magic by neutralising free radicals.
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For fiber, turn to acorn squash and apples as these can reduce bad cholesterol that can clog up your arteries to cause hear attacks and stroke.
While the normal recommendation is to eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day, Eliot recommends that for the month of February and with Valentines Day coming up, make two of these a heart-shaped or red choice.
“It’s a happy coincidence that many of these foods actually resemble the organ they help to protect,” she said.
Could a rake of lads not push it on a bit?
@Insider at RTE: sexist
@Insider at RTE: I doubt it , if one of them pulled a muscle then they’d have a lawsuit on their hands!
Joke city..
@Tim McCormack29: yeah cause no bus or couches break down in any other city in the world
@Warren Mcdermott: You’re quick to have a go at Tim there mate!! Tell me this..when was the last time you actually saw ,’a couch’ broken down in any city in the world????
@The digenous: seen one in Sydney when I was living their also seen a broken down taxi in New York hold up traffic for ages, vehicles break down every day and some times takes time to move them doesn’t matter what city or town
@Warren Mcdermott: they are Coaches Warren. “Couches” as you posted don’t break down. You sit on them.
@The digenous: sorry about the spelling didn’t mean to upset u that much
@The digenous: He missed the sarcasm.
@Jay Harmon: indeed he did Jay:-)
@Warren Mcdermott: saw not seen
@The digenous: he gave your intelligence too much credit thinking you’d know he meant coaches.Warren, try understand some people struggle with sentences and words….and life.
@Tim McCormack29: amazing you cant a tow truck there to tow it of the luas at least
Should have built it underground. Our problems stem from the fact that politicians make decisions about infrastructure when they haven’t a clue
@Irish Spider-Man: That would make sense. It could still be done and no bus passengers would have to wait in the rain for a bus or tram ever again.
@Irish Spider-Man: Dublins problem is that culchie politicians who have no interest in Dublin being a premier city hold the purse strings. They’d rather upgrade a minor country road in their own constituency to ensure their re-election.
Things like this should be able to rectified in MINUTES !!!!! useless city management !
@Con Veron: Luckily it wasn’t clamped into the bargain.
@Con Veron: yeah let’s station tow trucks large enough to pull busses on every corner of the city. How do you propose tow trucks get through the traffic when needed?
@Craic_a_tower: Garda escort. It’s been done a few times before for when a Dublin bus broke down in a bad spot. They escorted a tow truck from one of their depots which are strategically placed aground the city centre. Perhaps have a tow truck available from Broadstone to cover the city centre area.
@Kárl: and that is going to take MINUTES? Nonsense! Unrealistic
@Craic_a_tower: well it might take fifteen minutes to get there, assuming that there is a structure on call system. Then about 10 minutes to attach a hitch/tow bar and pull vehicle of the tram line. These things to take time to do. You just can’t wave a magic wand for the problem to go away. Alternatively wait more than an hour for a tow car from a further destination.
What’s your alternative solution please?
@Kárl: Except this isn’t a Dublin Bus or CIE group vehicle. Why should CIE give access or help to a competitor ?
@Alan Dillon: It’s not to help a competitor. It’s to clear the blockage so as CIE services can operate with minimum delay. CIE have the infrastructure. They would not be doing it for free. They would receive a call or charge.
Just think, when the LUAS cannot operate, Dublin Bus accept their tickets. Not to help a competitor, but to get passengers moving, and LUAS pay Dublin bus for accepting these tights. It’s not a fee ride.
@Kárl: who says there needs to be a solution for every possible problem? Sheer expense prohibits solutions for occasional problems. The same reason we don’t have snow ploughs. You sound like Homer when he took over the binmen.
@Craic_a_tower: errrr…we do have snow plough.
All too common in Dublin lately. LUAS system badly designed with too few escape lines for such instances. Dublin City Council should also have a city centre based towing company on call to move large vehicles out of the way when they break down in awkward spots. Sometimes the rescue vehicle has to come from as far away as Lusk. This is unacceptable.
@Kárl: Its the city centre. The amount of space is at a premium and renting out a place big enough in the city centre area (if you can find it) is too costly for what is an occasional problem.
@Alan Dillon: It’s happening quite frequently now, as the city gets busier. You don’t need to rent out space. The facilities are there already. You task Dublin Bus who have depots in the city environs, with tow cars to react to this type of incident. They would only have to move the vehicle away from whatever is being obstructed, you a better position. Then, whoever the owner of the vehicle has engaged to come to their rescue can take over when they eventually arrive. The owner of the broken down vehicle would pay Dublin bus a small fee for the service.
Have been sitting on a luas tram for the last 50 minutes. At every single stop the driver has to wait for the next stop to clear. Around me 200 people are on their phones cancelling meetings or explaining to bosses why they are late. It is beyond ridiculous!
@Zmeevo Libe: would they not hop off at an available stop and get into a taxi?
@becca laste: If we were near the centre, we would. Unfortunately we were at Windy Arbour at the time i was writing this.
OK I know it’s not the same but there’s a video of passengers lifting a mini that was blocking the tracks of a tram in Nottingham. All you really need is one of those “stongmen” or “strongwomen” and a good rope to move a coach. A dozen or so passengers could probably push it out of the way.
This is why we don’t want a LUAS in Cork. Give us electric buses with dedicated lanes. Electric buses that aren’t on a fixed track can go around obstacles.
@John Ó’Ríordán: In da Big Smoke we had those electric trolley buses over 100 years ago. Glad to see you are no longer 200 years behind.
@Towger: funny how plenty of European cities still have them , trolleybuses that is. its dublin that’s behind
This is the third time if a few weeks now. A broken down bus on a particular area of tram track in the city brought the whole green line to a near standstill. It is wasn’t just the stops between St Stephen’s Green and from Dominick St, the trams were stopping at random stations for 20 minutes.
As far as I can make out, the bus was there for three hours.
If so, that is far too long.
Puncture ??
negative comment…….
I have to say but luas has been problematic since Day 1
It’s a bus ffs… Coach me hole
If the Loobus had retractable buffers then the coach coild be shifted double quick
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