An Apple a Day to Keep Alzheimer's at Bay

By Kelley Herring

According to recent research, an apple a day doesn't just keep the doctor away. It may help you preserve your memory, as well.

A new study published in the Journal on Nutrition, Health, and Aging found that foods high in quercetin - a powerful antioxidant found primarily in the skin of red apples - help protect neurons from the free-radical damage that contributes to Alzheimer's disease.

So go ahead and indulge in crispy, fresh fall apples like Red Delicious, Rome, and McIntosh. And remember: When it comes to apples, the redder, the better.

[Ed. Note: Kelley Herring is the founder and CEO of Healing Gourmet, a multimedia company that educates the public on how foods promote health and protect against disease, and is editor-in-chief of the Healing Gourmet book series, including Eat to Fight Cancer.]

It's Good to Know: Free Educational Resources

Here are a few online resources you might want to check out:

• College courses: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers free online courses covering nearly all its undergrad and graduate programs at ocw.mit.edu. Ditto the University of Washington at extension.washington.edu/openuw/.

• Languages: The BBC offers lessons, including MP3s and podcasts that you can download to your portable music player, in languages such as French, German, Portuguese, Urdu, Mandarin, and Greek at bbc.co.uk/languages. Learn sign language through Michigan State University at commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/.

• Theology: You can find free downloads of course materials and podcasts from the Covenant Seminary at covenantseminary.edu/worldwide/.

• Health: Courses are available from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at ocw.jhsph.edu.

(Source: Lifehacker)

Word to the Wise: Ukase

A "ukase" (yoo-KAYS) - from the Russian for "decree" - is an edict, an order issued by an authority.

Example (as used by Arthur Laurents in Original Story By): "I took a playwriting course from the noted Prof. A. M. Drummond, a huge man on crutches who right off the bat delivered a ukase never to begin a play with the telephone ringing." 

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