yes, the race will be headquartered at my place, 129 Irving Place. If you are riding, it's all pretty lame until you can move toward the river at Kildonan Drive... then you have very lovely, suburban road. while some of us make the trek from the north on a fairly regular basis, public mockery will be held to a minimum if you simply feel the need to drive. due to time issues, even the dr. may drive this time.
the basement and bathroom will be available at all times. it has, in fact, been suggested that participants bring a bottle of interesting beer to share with others after the race... yes, sitting in the basement for such fellowship will be encouraged.
while the dr has implied such, i will now make it explicit: the race will include consumption of yerba mate at every lap. the president is potentially exempt due to the fragility of his intestinal tract. each racer will have their own temporary mate setup in the garage which will be refilled by the commissionaire.
if mate (mah-tay) is new to you, you need really only know that it is a green tea endowed with all of nature's riches: healthy stimulant. an oxymoron you say. start googling now.
oh, a lap has been carefully counted at 1.39km's. we'll decide on how many as a gathered collective.
videos coming soon.
the secretary
Friday, January 25, 2008
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righteous!
or is it safe????
from the other side of the coin an article from Head and Neck (a peer reviewed medical journal)
1: Head Neck. 2003 Jul;25(7):595-601.
The beverage maté: a risk factor for cancer of the head and neck.
Goldenberg D, Golz A, Joachims HZ.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Israel.gdavid@tx.technion.uc.il
BACKGROUND: Maté is a tealike beverage consumed habitually in South America and among South Americans throughout the world. It is brewed from the dried leaves
and stemlets of the perennial tree Ilex paraguariensis (yerba maté), a species that belongs to the Aquifoliaceae family. Maté consumption has been associated
with an increased rate of oral, oropharyngeal, esophageal, and laryngeal cancers. The purpose of this study is to review the literature and discuss the role of
Maté consumption as a risk factor for head and neck cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a thorough review of the relevant literature linking maté consumption with head and neck cancer and the proposed carcinogenicity of maté.
Case control studies on maté-drinking populations and in vivo and in vitro studies on the carcinogenicity of maté were reviewed. The populations included in many of these studies also used alcohol and tobacco products, confounding the influence of maté as an independent risk factor. RESULTS: Evidence in the
literature suggests that maté consumption is carcinogenic and plays a role in the development of cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus.
CONCLUSIONS: The exact mechanism of carcinogenesis of maté is unknown. Both chemical and thermal carcinogenesis mechanisms have been suggested. Available information suggests that maté drinking is a risk factor for upper aerodigestive
tract cancer. Copyright 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 25: 595-601, 2003
Dude, you need to get out of the library a bit more often. Nothing is safe. That's the beauty of it all.
i could have posted the article about the benefits of mate - but where is the fun in that ;)
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