Convenience Stores Upping the Ante

In a move to save themselves from becoming extinct, convenience stores are offering more perishable foods and other services like home delivery. In a recent article in the Daily Yomiuri Online, Tokyo convenience store proprietors have started to expand their services to attract more customers as well as stay in the game.

Folic Acid May Help Memory and Alzheimer's Disease

In a recent Dutch study Folic Acid was studied with relation to memory skills in "older" people. The study concluded that high doses of Folic Acid, a supplement that has already been proven safe in adults, may help to retain or improve memory skills and slow the cognitive decline of aging. Here is a quote from the Yahoo! News article:
The new study doesn't show folic acid could prevent Alzheimer's — the people who tested the vitamin didn't have symptoms of that disease.

But as people age, some decline in memory and other brain functions is inevitable. Taking 800 micrograms of folic acid a day slowed that brain drain, reported lead researcher Jane Durga of Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

In the study, 818 cognitively healthy people ages 50 to 75 swallowed either folic acid or a dummy pill for three years.

On memory tests, the supplement users had scores comparable to people 5.5 years younger, Durga said. On tests of cognitive speed, the folic acid helped users perform as well as people 1.9 years younger.

Definitely a promising study and one that warrants some serious follow up.

The Next Generation of Food Delivery

I am sure the day will soon come when I can see something on tv, push a button and then it will show up at my doorstep in 30 minutes or less. If I can record a television show by clicking one button then why can't I get a Ruth's Chris steak? I really don't know why this is. But, I am sure of one thing, it is not far off. And, the more I think about it, I am not so sure that I want that kind of information to be that seamless. That is, until I am hungry and watching tv next time.

Pizza Addiction

I think that I am addicted to pizza. It seems that when I will be eating alone, the first thing that comes to mind is pizza. Not just any pizza, but Amici's delivery pizza. They make some great pizza and it is probably some of the best pizza I have had on the west coast. It is no wonder that weight management has become an issue for me in the past couple of years. Maybe I need to find a better delivery food solution. Hmmm.