We already love Chef Bernard but this just sealed the deal. You will melt hearts with this fabulous dessert.
Callebaut Chocolate Soufflé
Mandarine Napoleon Crème Anglaise
Serves 8
Crème Anglaise
3/4 cup granulated sugar
6 extra large egg yolks
2 cups whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
1 vanilla bean, split
1/4 cup Mandarine Napoleon liqueur
Javanese Beef Satay
Chile Peanut Dipping Sauce
Serves 6
Marinade
1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 Thai chili, seeds removed, sliced
1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste
1 lime, zested, juiced
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 pound trimmed center-cut filet mignon
6 bamboo skewers (soaked in water for 3 hours)
Add 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil to skillet over medium heat. Add ginger, garlic, brown sugar, chili, shrimp paste and lime juice. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Whisk in coconut milk. Bring to simmer. Remove from heat. Refrigerate until chilled. Cut filet mignon into 6 equally sized cubes. Add to marinade. Toss to coat. Cover. Refrigerate 3 hours.
Sadly, many female widows know this all too well–women live longer than men. Now, researchers are searching to understand why. The answer may be in their genes, according to a new research paper published in the Journal BioEssays.
It seems that women live longer for many reasons including the fact that they tend to have a stronger
immune system. This makes them have a lower incidence of cancer. Men have a
“two- to five-fold greater risk of developing the disease,” according to Fox News.
This may lead to a verbal boxing match, but researchers also believe that women live longer than men because they tend to be better able to survive trauma and may get less seriously ill from viral and bacterial infections. Some reports indicate that women are tough and are as much as 14% more likely to survive a traumatic injury than men.
The paper from the Ghent University in Belgium found that women live longer than men, in part, thanks to two X chromosomes which seem to be the reason they have greater immunity to diseases.
Short strands of RNA (which are related to DNA and can carry important biological effects) are the key to greater health and are encoded on the X chromosome. These micro-RNAs can act as a silencer (causing it to become inactive) on immunity genes on a man’s X chromosome, according to the research. This leaves men in a weak position to fight off disease. However, women have a back-up. The second X chromosome that women carry helps them compensate should their first X chromosome and immunity genes be silenced.
The new research lays to rest the centuries-old saying that called women the “weaker sex”. It appears men can’t compete with the extra X chromosome that women carry, which is why researchers believe women live longer than men.
“We believe this is due to the X chromosome which in humans contains 10 percent of all microRNAs detected so far in the genome,” said Claude Libert from Ghent University.
Many questions still remain and certainly lifestyle and environment are influential on how long any of us will live regardless of whether we’re a man or a woman. But for now, researchers are confident that genetic makeup plays a role in the reason why women live longer than men.
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What can fish do for you? So, Bugs Bunny says it’s carrots, but a study reports yet another good reason to eat fish. The report shows that for women whose diet was rich in omega-3 fatty acids (commonly found in fish) were at significantly lower risk of developing age-related macular degeneration.
The Harvard Women’s Health Study followed 39,876 women in midlife. In 1993 at the start of the study, all the participants filled out detailed food-frequency questionnaires and after about 10 years of follow-up, it was discovered that 235 of the women had developed macular degeneration. This is a progressive eye disease that is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the elderly.
However women who reported eating one or more servings of fish per week, according to the analysis in Archives of Ophthalmology, were 42 percent less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration (A.M.D.) than those who ate less than a serving each month. The data was adjusted by researchers for other factors such as smoking which can lead to the disease. It appears the most benefit comes from eating dark-meat fish: think salmon, sardines, bluefish, swordfish, and mackerel. Canned tuna also produced good results.
The lead author and associate professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. William G. Christen, told The New York Times, “We know that inflammatory processes are involved in A.M.D., and the omega-3 long-chain fatty acids do have an anti-inflammatory effect”.
It’s a sign of the times, an Oregon couple handed out condoms to teenagers, according to The Statesman Journal.
Daniel and Kathleen Harris of Silverton, Oregon, say they were doing their part to promote health. The couple also gives out toothbrushes and candy bars.
The gesture didn’t go over so well for one dad of a 14-year old girl who received a condom in her trick or treat bag. Daniel Cote told The Statesman Journal that it was “inappropriate”.
The couple says that they normally ask the age of the teen before giving the condoms. The couple usually only gives condoms to teens who are 16 and older along with a speech. As reported in The Statesman Journal, the couple’s reason for this 24-year-old Halloween practice is to “curb teen pregnancy and STDs”.
When we first spoke with Hall of Fame Outfielder, Tony Gwynn, in June of this year, he was generously offering his time to help support and raise funds for breast cancer patients by participating in the Forman’s Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament. Phoebe Chongchua spoke to Gwynn just before the San Diego State baseball game in honor of Forman’s Foundation To Find A Cure. He took Phoebe Chongchua and our Live Fit Magazine news crew inside his office and showed off the pink caps the team would wear that night on the field to raise awareness about breast cancer. Founder of the organization, Mark Forman threw out the game’s opening pitch.
Today, we’re sad to learn that Gwynn announced recently that he is fighting his own battle. The San Diego Union Tribune and New York Times are reporting that Gwynn has cancer and had surgery to remove a tumor on the parotid gland–the largest of the salivary glands. Reports indicate that doctors for the 50-year old San Diego State baseball coach, caught the cancer early and that “there was not much of it there”.
Previously Gwynn had surgery to remove a parotid tumor in 1997 and again three years later but cancer was not found in those instances. Gwynn is being aggressive with his treatment. “Gwynn said he faces seven to eight weeks of five-day-a-week radiation treatments and once-a-week chemotherapy treatments,” according to a report on SignOn San Diego.
Gwynn believes his cancer may be linked to his years of chewing tobacco during his long baseball career with the Padres.
In this video, Live Fit Magazine’s Phoebe Chongchua talks with Tony Gwynn about baseball, coaching at SDSU, and raising money for breast cancer patients. Tony will be playing in the popular upcoming Celebrity Golf Tournament at Maderas Golf Club hosted by Forman’s Foundation To Find A Cure. Mark Forman started the foundation after his wife, Tracy, died from the disease in 2008. Today, the tournament in its second year attracts national sponsorships, acclaimed celebrities, and incredible volunteers who want to make a difference and find a cure. Mark throws out the opening pitch at the SDSU Pink Game.
Editors note: Our thoughts and prayers are with Tony and his family as he endures this treatment. We thank Tony for his support of Forman’s Foundation.
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