July 19, 2008
Getting set to go up the hill to Flag. Hot and muggy here, can't wait to get up to the mountains and the cool air. Going to see the Merrill Mahaffey retrospective at the Northern Arizona Museum, eat at Martan's, take a nap and hike at 7,000 feet.

After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here's the final
word on nutrition and health:

1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

4. Italians and the French drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.

CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what gets you.