Mediterranean Diet Reduces Threat of First Heart Attack

That first heart attack has got to be a shocker. You’re on the bar watching the game, dipping Buffalo wings into blue cheese and - BAM!

You’re within the floor grabbing your chest and yelling for the drunken buddies to call 911. Only when you’d been popping olives rather than jalapeño poppers.

Just because a new study shows the Mediterranean diet may decrease risk associated with a cardiac event, especially that pesky first heart attack.

Ever wonder why those olive-skinned Mediterranean women - ugh, guys too - look so great? It’s their diet. The Mediterranean diet, full of olive oil, fruits, vegetables, whole grain products, and fish, has long been related to good health.

And now, writing in the Am . j . of epidemiology , scientists say the closer you adhere to the Mediterranean diet, the decrease risk associated with a heart attack; even a 40% reduced risk of a first cardiac event.

By using a special scale to rank units of compliance to the Mediterranean, data revealed with each “1-unit” boost in score, heart disease chance was decreased by 6%. Scientists explain the corresponding diet change isn’t that “drastic.”

So, use this info being a beginning. Cut out red meat 1 day and swap in fish, or cook with olive oil instead of canola oil; ease into it. It always seems weird to me to shock the body through an abrupt diet change.

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Federal Government Closed Tuesday

The federal government is going to be closed on Tuesday inside Washington area as a result of the snow storm bothering the state. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Washington, D.C., beginning at noon/1700 GMT on Tuesday and continuous into Wednesday, with projected snow totals of 10 to 20 inches.

GOVERNMENT and MILITARY Closings:

• Calvert County Government, Prince Frederick - Closed - Essential personnel report to operate. (Tuesday)
• Central Records Complex, Winchester - 2nd and 3rd shifts closed today (Monday)
• City of Alexandria , Alexandria - Closed - Essential Personnel Report (Tuesday)
• City of Bowie Government- Closed - liberal leave in effect (Tuesday)
• City of Fairfax , Fairfax - No trash or recycling pickup (Tuesday)
• City of Gaithersburg Government, Gaithersburg - Liberal leave - all activities canceled. (Tuesday)
• City of Manassas Park, Manassas - Liberal leave - City offices open at 10am (Tuesday)
• DC Public Library, Washington - Closing early at 6 p.m. (Monday)
• District Court of Charles County, Charles County - Closed (Tuesday)
• Fairfax City General District Court- Closed (Tuesday)
• Fairfax County Circuit Court, Fairfax - Closed (Tuesday)
• Fairfax County General District Court- Closed (Tuesday)
• Fairfax County Government, Fairfax - Unscheduled leave (Tuesday)
• Fairfax County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court, Fairfax - Closed (Tuesday)
• Falls Church City Government- Opening at 10 a.m. - Liberal leave for employees (Tuesday)
• Fauquier County Government, Fauquier - Closed - courts are open by the due date. (Tuesday)
• Federal Government, Washington - Closed (Tuesday)
• Jefferson County Public Schools, WV- Closed (Tuesday, Wednesday)
• Montgomery County District Court- Closed (Tuesday)
• OmniLink Bus Service, Prince William County - No service today (Monday)
• Prince George’s County Memorial Library System- Closed (Monday, Tuesday)
• Prince William County Government- Unscheduled leave (Tuesday)
• Quantico Marine Base, Quantico - Opening at 9am - Code Blue, unscheduled leave, DOD schools clo (Tuesday)
• US Court of Appeals DC Circuit, Washington - Closed (Tuesday)

Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. Jack Murtha Dead

Jack Murtha was decorated Vietnam war veteran also it surprised many individuals that he was a real vocal opponent with the war in Iraq.

Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. John “Jack” Murtha was certainly controversial but for the people as part of his district he did what congressmen are supposed to do – which can be, to provide as numerous goods and services for his constituents as possible. He became the symbol of pork barrel spending in Washington but despite the criticism, Murtha always believed there was nothing wrong with pork and, in fact, it was your responsibility to get a much from the pork as it can be.

Before he died, he was under investigation, yet again, for ethics violations. But this was absolutely nothing new for Murtha. He was constantly being scrutinized — if that is not the case from the House Ethics Committee then by federal prosecutors or even the Republican Party. Eventually, it all rolled off Jack’s back. And he never appeared to buckle under the weight of the criticism. Think about it. He’s the only member of Congress who was able to construct his own airport, in Johnstown, Penn. — An airport which had virtually no flights and very few passengers, while using exception of Jack Murtha.

As much as he was criticized by his fellow colleagues inside Congress, it always amazed me, how many left for him when appropriations bills were approaching to ask for a pork chop or two on their own.

Jack was decorated Vietnam war veteran and it surprised some people that he was this type of vocal opponent from the war in Iraq. But he was much loved by veterans and veterans groups for his supportwith the Veterans Administration and VA hospitals and facilities that he place in appropriations bills over the years. He opposed the war out of conscience as a former warrior and since it works out he was right.

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