The Discovery Chanel website has an article on new research being conducted into the skin cancer battling effects of exercise and caffeine. It seems that mice that drink caffeine show a 95% increase in the destruction of precancerous cells (apoptosis). Mice that were regular exercisers showed an increase of about 120%. Those who did both increased their apoptosis to more than 400%!

I was just remarking to a friend that I love these studies. On my list of good things to eat and drink that will help extend my life are:

• Chocolate (only the good stuff, dark)
• Wine (Red's better, but white's good too)
• Coffee (freshly brewed and caffeinated)
• Black Tea (without milk)
• Green Tea (without milk)
• Olive Oil

Couple those foods with some good exercise and I'll live to be 150!

I heard this song this morning on KEXP and it totally rocks. I thought it was The Streets, but they haven't come out with anything new in the last 6 months or so. Anyway, the song is called "Thou Shall Always Kill" and it's by dan le sac.

The following article shows that aspartame causes:
a) an increased incidence of malignant-tumor-bearing animals with a positive significant trend
b) an increase in lymphomas and leukemias with a positive significant trend
c) a statistically significant increased incidence, with a positive significant trend
d) an increased incidence of malignant schwannomas of peripheral nerves with a positive trend

For more information see:
First experimental demonstration of the multipotential carcinogenic effects of aspartame administered in the feed to Sprague-Dawley rats.