| Fitness: Health fair holds special interest for high school senior
A lot of Sarah Bruce's friends get a little grossed out in science class when they're examining a real heart - or any other organ or major muscle, for that matter - and studying how it works. "I'm fascinated by all that," Bruce said with a laugh. Circumstances have taught her to appreciate the body's inner workings. A few years ago, Bruce underwent open-heart surgery to correct a malfunction in that oh-so-critical muscle. As soon as doctors gave her the OK, she was back on the soccer field. She made the VIS all-state second team and All-Metro second team last year playing for Saint Gertrude High School. A senior this year, she's in the starting lineup again for the all-girls school. A young woman like Bruce, who had her health and fitness threatened at an early age, is probably always going to be mindful of the choices she makes and how they affect her body.
TASTE THE BEST: Control your cholesterol and enjoy your meals at the same time
Cholesterol is a soft, fat-like, waxy substance found in the blood stream and in all your body's cells. It is normal to have cholesterol. It is an important part of a healthy body because it is used for producing cell membranes and some hormones, and serves other needed body functions. Too high a level of cholesterol in the blood is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, which leads to a heart attack. It is also a risk factor for stroke. Hypercholesterolemia is the term for high levels of blood cholesterol. You get cholesterol in two ways. Your body makes some of it, and the rest comes from cholesterol in animal product that your eat. Such as meats, poultry, fish, eggs, butter, cheese, and whole milk. Food from plants like fruits, vegetables and cereals do not have cholesterol. Some foods that do not contain animal products may contain trans-fats, which cause your body to make more cholesterol.
Elegant white wines of France
Dry White Bordeaux — The wines from this appellation, Dry White Bordeaux, are produced within an area of about 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres), on a soil perfectly suited to the vine. In the heart of this privileged province which has a diameter of about 100 kilometers, two thousand stimulated wine growers, proud of their surrounding countryside which is all softness, harmony, roundness and balance, have made a decisive choice. From what they admire every day they have created the AOC Dry White Bordeaux, naturally rich and typical and always much appreciated throughout the world.To the great delight of the AOC Dry White Bordeaux, as for all the Bordeaux wines, the grape varieties blend with one another but are not alike (even, if such and such a grape variety may be the dominant one). The Sauvignon produces very aromatic and scented wines; the Muscadelle gives typical wine full of finesse.
A tribute to Federici at the Stone Pony
Friends, fellow musicians and fans congregated at the Stone Pony last night for an informal tribute to E Street Band member Danny Federici, a musician who played the organ and accordion with Bruce Springsteen for more than 40 years. They came to the Asbury Park club -- a cathedral of the Jersey Shore music scene -- to mourn his death, but also to celebrate his life and talent. Federici died Thursday after a three-year battle with skin cancer. An original member of the E Street Band, he was by Springsteen's side as they worked their way from clubs, university gyms and small theaters to play arenas and stadiums around the world. "He was the ultimate background musician," said Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez of Cream Ridge, who played with Federici in the late 1960s in bands that pre-dated their gig with Bruce Springsteen.
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