2008-01-30
Cousin Night Out
We'll be meeting up at T.G.I. Friday's by Mama's house this Friday just before 6 or so to take advantage of Happy Hour. We'll just meet up in the bar area. And in case you need any more reason to get together for a drink or two,
It is well documented that tossing a few drinks back in a week (and that means a few: up to one a day for women, up to two for men) has potential heart benefits. But researchers in Denmark decided to look further. Could drinking alcohol have a benefit similar to that of exercise?See you there.
"If you don't want to exercise too much," asks Dr. Morten Gronbaek, epidemiologist with Denmark's National Institute of Public Health, "can you trade it for one to two drinks per day and be fine?" A study Gronbaek and colleagues just published in the European Heart Journal suggests the answer just may be yes.
There are a number of reasons a drink can be such a tonic. First, alcohol and exercise affect your heart health in similar ways. "They help increase good cholesterol, or HDL [high-density lipoproteins], and clean the circulatory system's pipes."
This study is part of a growing body of work that makes a medical virtue out of what was once seen as a vice. There is evidence that alcohol in combination with caffeine can limit the damage to your brain after a stroke, even though it may not lower your risk of having a stroke in the first place. Other possible benefits include lowering your risk of diabetes, improving insulin sensitivity in postmenopausal women and decreasing dementia rates in older adults who had been consuming one to six drinks per week.
Lets move COUSIN NIGHT OUT to next friday. Atleast more people will be able to attend because half of the people who usually goes wont be able to make it this week. I also vote for clubbing next week at Candlelight
Not happening. Can't keep pushing this thing back. Of course, we can still go to Candlelight next week if you want. I'd like to check that place out myself.
But this Friday is still on. Whoever can show will show. Even if it's just me at the bar helping out my heart.
Tough luck vanessa. I am there. Wayne I may need a ride from the train station to the bar.
yea Austin, i'll be there, probably even before 6 since i'll go straight from work in Northridge
also, i saw Mehran tonight and he's planning to make an appearance too. he'll replace the lame cousins who can't go.
EJ, you mind giving me a ride from bar night to my house?
Yeah let's go to candlelight next Friday. I checked out the site and I thought I was entering some porn site just because of the girl is all half naked in all the scenes, ohh lala! Looks like a really chill spot, but is it also a club or just a lounge? I will set a date for another cousin reunion for next Friday. OH, and what is going on with the softball thing? Is there fees for playing? If so, how much? Vanessa since you are house sitting this weekend, DO NOT DRINK ALL THE ALCOHOL!!! haha
Cheers to many beers!!! Have fun alcoholics.
i can give Austin a ride if he buys me a drink and doesn't order the same thing i do like last time... candlelight is a club/lounge. it has a dancefloor & dj... indoor and outdoor lounge with firepits & a nice view of simi
So are you fellas going to candlelight this week or next? Oh I just found out from Jason that it is RESTAURANT WEEK where all your favorite expensive places to eat are offering 3 course meals for a fraction of the price. Pretty much for a bout $25-$35 for a 3 course dinner. Check it out out www.dinela.com under Restaurant Week! It will give you a list of all the restaurants participating which is many. Going on from January 27th - Feb 1st AND Feb 3rd - February 8th. DON"T MISS OUT!
So whats happening this Friday? Candlelight or what? Is it even worth going because it looks more like a lounge and I want a club .. =]
Yah let me know wassup too. Thank!!!