Want to get healthy this summer? Go to a baseball game and eat your heart out. According to the latest journal of the American Chemical Society, many compounds found in the foods at baseball games are good for your health. Apparently, beer can reduce the risk of heart attacks, sunflower seeds may lower blood pressure, sauerkraut contains potential cancer-fighting ingredients, and onion battle osteoporosis. Sadly, for you non-vegetarians, the studies also confirmed that low-fat hot dogs are better for you, but they don’t taste as good as regular fatty ones. Check out the articles here and here.
Looking at fighting record high gas prices? Perhaps, you should check out the Dell-Winston School solar car challenge. Eight high school teams have put together solar-powered cars they will race on a 1,600 mile route through Texas, Mexico, and Arizona to the finish line at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories in California. Let’s hope they don’t run into Dennis!