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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017
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Tomatoes protect against stroke, heart attack
Annual job
fair to provide
employment
opportunities
Three Rivers Casino
Resort will host a community
job fair Thursday, March 23,
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the
casino’s Event Center.
The job fair will offer the
opportunity to connect with
representatives from 33 dif-
ferent employers. Attendance
is free and all ages are wel-
come.
“We are honored to host
the community job fair again
this year in our Event
Center,” said Mike Rose,
COO at Three Rivers Casino
Resort. “It’s a privilege to be
involved in an event that pro-
vides employment opportuni-
ties to our community.”
The fair will offer
resources for guidance to a
great career. Participants will
have access to numerous
local employers all in one
convenient place. The job fair
will feature on-hand assis-
tance to job seekers provided
by
Worksource
Lane
(Employment Department).
“Local businesses and
applicants both know the
challenges when applying for
jobs and locating resources as
well.
“The Community Job Fair
brings all those parties and
resources together to form a
network in our local commu-
nity. It’s a ‘one stop shop-
ping’ event that is free and
open to the public — an
opportunity to meet one-on-
one with locals who are cur-
rently hiring and actively
recruiting for the upcoming
season,” said Pam Hickson,
Recruitment Specialist for
Three
Rivers
Casino
Resort/Confederated Tribes
of Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians.
Gain access to a range of
diverse jobs represented from
full time, part time and oth-
ers.
For more information,
contact Pam Hickson at 541-
902-6504.
carotid artery and triple the
risk of cardiovascular events
compared to higher levels. In
a separate study, women
were split into four groups
(quartiles) according to their
blood lycopene levels;
women in the top three quar-
tiles were 50 percent less
likely to have cardiovascular
disease compared to the low-
est quartile.
A 2004, analysis from the
Physicians’ Health Study
data found a 39 percent
decrease in stroke risk in
men with the highest blood
levels of lycopene.
Data from an ongoing
study in Finland has
strengthened these findings
with similar results. One-
thousand men had their
blood carotenoid levels test-
ed and were followed for 12
years. Those with the highest
lycopene levels had the low-
est risk of stroke — they
were 55 percent less likely to
have a stroke than those with
the lowest lycopene levels.
Previous data from this
same group of men found
that higher lycopene levels
were associated with lower
risk of heart attack as well. A
meta-analysis of 12 trials
also found that daily supple-
mental tomato products
(approximately 1 cup of
tomato juice or 3-4 tbsp. of
tomato paste) reduced LDL
cholesterol by 10 percent —
this effect is comparable to
low doses of statin drugs
(with no risk of side effects,
of course).
Of course, lycopene is not
the only nutrient in tomatoes
— tomatoes are also rich in
vitamins C and E, beta-
carotene, and flavonol
antioxidants just to name a
few. Single antioxidants usu-
ally don’t exert their protec-
tive effects alone; we learned
this lesson from clinical trials
of beta-carotene, vitamin C,
and vitamin E supplements,
which did not reduce cardio-
vascular disease risk.
It is the interactions
between phytochemicals in
the complex synergistic net-
work contained in plant
foods that is responsible for
their health effects, and this
is something that we cannot
replicate in a pill.
Out of all the common
dietary carotenoids, lycopene
has the most potent antioxi-
dant power, but combinations
of carotenoids are even more
effective than any single
carotenoid — they work syn-
ergistically.
Blood lycopene, as used in
many of these studies, is
simply a marker for high
tomato product intake; simi-
larly high alpha-carotene and
beta-carotene levels are
markers of high green and
yellow-orange fruit and veg-
etable intake.
Colorful fruits and vegeta-
bles provide significant pro-
tection.
In a given year, a typical
American will eat about 92
pounds of tomatoes.
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Enjoy those 92 pounds and
even add some more. Add
fresh, juicy raw tomatoes to
your salad, diced or unsul-
phured sun-dried tomatoes to
soups, and enjoy homemade
tomato sauces and soups.
Be mindful of the sodium
content of ketchup and other
tomato products — choose
the low sodium or no salt
added versions. No salt
added, unsulphured dried
tomatoes are also great.
Diced and crushed toma-
toes in glass jars are prefer-
able to those in cans, to
avoid the endocrine disruptor
BPA. Also keep in mind that
carotenoids are absorbed best
when accompanied by
healthy fats — for example,
in a salad with a seed or nut-
based dressing.
Lycopene is also more
absorbable when tomatoes
are cooked, so enjoy a vari-
ety of both raw and cooked
tomatoes in your daily diet.
Dr. Fuhrman is a New York
Times best-selling author and
board certified family physi-
cian specializing in lifestyle
and nutritional medicine.
Visit his website at Dr
Fuhrman.com, or submit ques-
tions and comments to news
questions@drfuhrman.com.
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The film explains what
Medicare-for-All Single Payer
healthcare is, how it saves
money, what has been keeping
lawmakers from providing
healthcare for everyone in the
U.S., and what can be done
about it.
This documentary gives an
opportunity to look at another
option for healthcare that has
not been given much consider-
ation as an alternative to the
current system.
The screening is free and
open to the public. There will
be a discussion after the film
lead by representatives from
Healthcare for All Oregon.
For more information, con-
tact Pat Reno at 541-991-
0557.
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Carotenoids are a family
of over 600 phytochemicals,
including alpha-carotene,
beta-carotene, lycopene,
lutein and zeaxanthin.
Carotenoids are abundant in
green and yellow-orange
vegetables and fruits and
help to defend the body’s tis-
sues against oxidative dam-
age, which is a natural
byproduct of our metabolic
processes; oxidative damage
from free radicals contributes
to chronic diseases and
aging.
Lycopene is the signature
carotenoid of the tomato. The
lycopene in the American
diet is 85 percent derived
from tomatoes. Lycopene is
found circulating in the
blood and also concentrates
in the male reproductive sys-
tem, hence its protective
effects against prostate can-
cer.
In the skin, lycopene helps
to prevent UV damage from
the sun, protecting against
skin cancer. Lycopene is
known for its anti-cancer
properties, but did you know
that lycopene has also been
intensively studied for its
beneficial cardiovascular
effects?
Many observational stud-
ies have made a connection
between higher blood
lycopene and lower risk of
heart attack.
For example, a study in
men found that low serum
lycopene was associated with
increased plaque in the
With the future of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) in
serious doubt, millions may
lose their health insurance,
with Medicare and Medicaid
benefits potentially downsized
or drastically cut.
Florence area Democrats
have been sponsoring a series
of community-wide healthcare
meetings concerning these
issues. The next meeting will
be Sunday, Feb. 26, from 2 to
4 p.m. in the Bromley Room
of the Siuslaw Public Library.
The meeting will feature a
screening of the new docu-
mentary, “Now Is the Time:
Healthcare for Everybody,” by
Laurie Simons and Terry
Sterrenberg, with music com-
posed by Clifford J. Tasner.
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