SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2016
Cooking class to be held
at Real Food Co-op
Join Chef Annie McHale of
ROOTS Culinary School for a
free cooking demonstration at
the Real Food Co-op on
Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 4 to 6
p.m.
Chef McHale will show
how to make fresh hummus
and oregeno crackers from
scratch using whole ingredi-
ents that can be found at the
co-op.
Attendees will leave this
event with samples, recipes
and helpful hints.
McHale is founder and
director of ROOTS Culinary
School which offers real food
cooking classes and retreats.
She is currently managing the
kitchen at the Yachat’s Farm
Store, is a freelance writer for
Azure Standard in Dufur, Ore.,
and a member of Florence's
Real Food Co-op.
Her cooking classes special-
ize in gluten, sugar and dairy-
free cooking.
McHale is a former corpo-
rate trainer and worked in
organization development and
brings these skills to her class-
es. The Real Food Co-op is
committed to community edu-
cation about eating healthy,
whole foods that are grown
sustainably. The co-op active-
ly supports local farms and
producers.
Join us at Real Food Co-op,
1379 B Rhododendron Drive.
For more information, call
541-997-3396.
Receive a 5 percent discount
on in-store purchases during
the time of the event.
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Benefits of berries, cherries and pomegranates
What makes berries, cherries
and pomegranates unique and
beneficial? Berries and cherries
are high in nutrients, phyto-
chemicals, and fiber — all of
which protect your health.
Notably, berries have the high-
est nutrient-to-calorie ratio of
all fruits.
Berries, cherries and pome-
granates are full of beneficial
phytochemicals, many of
which act as antioxidants.
Berries are some of the high-
est antioxidant-rich foods in
existence and cherries — which
are not berries, but rather a
stone fruit (like peaches and
plums) — are also rich in
flavonoid antioxidant com-
pounds.
Antioxidants are critical for
your health as they protect
against oxidation and minimize
oxidative damage to your cells.
Oxidative damage ages the
body and catalyzes a host of
chronic diseases, including
heart disease and cancer.
Berries, cherries and pome-
granates are abundant in
flavonoid antioxidants, which
are concentrated in their skins
and give rise to their deep hues
of red, blue, and purple.
Flavonoids affect
gene
expression,
detoxification,
inhibition of cancer cell growth
and proliferation, and inhibi-
tion of inflammation and other
processes related to cancer and
heart disease.
Several studies have shown
that high flavonoid intake low-
ers the risk of heart disease by
up to 45 percent. Flavonoids in
berries, cherries and pomegran-
ates and other pomegranate
polyphenols appear to act in
several different ways to main-
tain heart health including by
reducing
inflammation,
improving blood lipid, blood
pressure, and blood sugar lev-
els, and by preventing plaque
formation.
The antioxidants in berries,
cherries and pomegranates help
to protect against cancers. In
the 1980s, ellagic acid, another
type of antioxidant abundant in
berries, blocked the formation
of tumors, providing the initial
evidence that these fruits were
anti-cancer foods.
Flavonoids have powerful
anti-cancer effects including
reducing inflammation, pre-
venting damage to genetic
material, preventing cancer
cells from multiplying, slowing
the growth of cancer cells, pre-
venting tumors from acquiring
a blood supply, and stimulating
the body's own antioxidant
enzymes.
Pomegranate has anti-angio-
genic properties that prevent
tumors from getting nourish-
ment and oxygen via blood ves-
sel support. Pomegranate also
can reduce breast cancer risk
with
natural
aromatase
inhibitors, which inhibit the
production of estrogen.
Berries are excellent foods
for the brain. Substances pres-
ent in blueberries can both
reduce oxidative stress and
improve
communication
between brain cells.
Blueberries, strawberries,
and blackberries have all been
shown to slow or reverse age-
related cognitive decline in ani-
mal studies, and blueberries
have now been tested for their
effects on human memory.
Older adults with mildly
impaired memory were given
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A 12-week class on the Old
Testament begins Tuesday,
Feb. 2, and runs every Tuesday
through April 19, from 6:30 to
8 p.m., at the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints on
the corner of North Fork and
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wild blueberry juice as a sup-
plement, and after as little as 12
weeks, measures of learning
and memory had improved.
The antioxidants in cherries
have also been shown to protect
brain cells against oxidative
stress, implying that eating
cherries may help to prevent
neurodegenerative diseases like
dementia. In people with mild
memory complaints, those who
drank pomegranate juice daily
performed better on memory
task compared to placebo and
displayed and increase in brain
activation measured by func-
tional MRI.
Cherries have a unique anti-
inflammatory function that
may offer natural pain reduc-
tion by inhibiting certain
enzymes that are part of the
inflammatory process and the
sensation of pain. These are the
same enzymes that are inhibit-
ed by many common pain med-
ications, such as ibuprofen and
naproxen.
Cherries and cherry juice
have eased symptoms of gout
and arthritis in human subjects,
and may also help athletes
reduce post-workout muscle
pain. Distance runners training
for a race who drank tart cherry
juice twice daily for eight days
(Seven days prior to race plus
race day) experienced less post-
race pain than those who drank
a placebo.
Similarly in strength training
workouts, those who drank tart
cherry juice experienced less
pain and strength loss over the
four following days, compared
to those in the placebo group.
Cherries may help you sleep.
Tart cherries are one of the few
food sources of the hormone
and antioxidant melatonin,
which regulates the sleep-wake
cycle in the human brain.
Tart cherry juice supplemen-
tation has been associated with
improvements in sleep quality.
Evidence has emerged that
the anti-inflammatory effects of
tart cherry juice could benefit
those with gout. In this study,
overweight and obese people
consumed eight ounces per day
of tart cherry juice or took a
placebo for four weeks. Those
in the group who drank tart
cherry juice experienced reduc-
tions in uric acid levels and
inflammation markers.
In summary, berries, cherries
and pomegranates are impor-
tant components of a natural,
high-nutrient diet. I recom-
mend eating them daily to pro-
vide the body with protection
against free radicals, inflamma-
tion, heart disease and cancers.
Include them as part of your
variety of fruits, in addition to a
bounty of vegetables, beans,
nuts, and seeds, which together
can provide an abundant and
varied mix of antioxidants, fur-
ther protecting your health.
Dr. Fuhrman is a New York
Times best-selling author and
board certified family physician
specializing in lifestyle and nutri-
tional medicine.
Visit his website at Dr
Fuhrman.com, or submit questions
and comments to news ques-
tions@drfuhrman.com.
Old Testament classes begin Feb. 2 at LDS church
129 Maple Street , Old Town Florence
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costs of any kind.
This will be an unusual per-
spective of the scriptures and a
Jewish/Christian interpretation
of the Messiah and the purpose
of not only the Bible but the
Old Testament as well and the
amazing story of how the Bible
was obtained. The 12 classes in
order will be:
1. Origin of the Bible
2. Overview of the Old
Testament’s 39 books and their
meaning
3. The Torah or Pentateuch
(first five books of the Bible)
4. Abraham
makes
a
Covenant
5. Jacob/Joseph and the 12
tribes of Israel
6. The Real Story of the
Exodus and the Passover
7. Significance
of
David/Solomon and the Jewish
Nation
8. Importance of the writ-
ings called Psalms, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes and the Coming of
Elijah
9. Isaiah speaks to Israel
10. Isaiah
writes
of
Messiah, Restoration of Israel,
Atonement
and
Second
Coming
11. Jeremiah,
Ezekiel,
Daniel and Zechariah
12. The Old Testament
Prophets testify of Messiah’s
Second Coming
Joel Marks is the instructor
and has studied the topic for 40
years, teaching religion classes
for more than 20 years. He has
also taught American history as
an adjunct professor for
Southern Oregon University
(OLLI Program in Ashland)
and at the Rogue Community
College in Medford.
Marks has a teaching degree
from
Southern
Illinois
University in business educa-
tion and a master’s degree in
business from City University
in Seattle. He also has taught
seminars on “The Origin of the
Bible,” “The History of the
Temple” and “The Second
Advent of the Messiah.”
Marks has written an as-yet-
unpublished book called “The
Jewish Messiah Ben David,”
spanning 750 pages and 1,700
footnotes detailing the life of
the Messiah as an observant
Jew and the Jewish history
concerning the Messiah.
For more information about
the weekly classes, call 541-
840-0620.
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