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The Faculty and Librarian Retirees' Association, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
Vol.VII , No.3, June, 1997
HEALTH TIPS
By Joseph E.J. Habowsky
The Red Wine Paradox
In 1991 a segment of the CBS News program "60 minutes" reported that the French were eating as much fat as North Americans, yet experiencing only half as many heart attacks, believed to be due to their consumption of red wine. Since that time red wine sales soared in North America. The French cuisine has many dishes which are fat laden, particularly sauces and cream; how could they have reduced heart disease, when all research indicates the opposite?
NUTRITIONISTS AND OTHERS have analysed this paradox, using statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations. In France (and other European countries) during World War II and in the post-war years, vegetables, fruit, bread and potatoes were the main foods available; dairy products, sugar, meat and other staple foods were either rationed or unavailable. Thus this period of deprivation has had something of a protective effect - as seen in other countries, including Japan: Heart diseases have not had time enough to catch up, because susceptibility to heart attacks occurs typically at fifty years of age or above.
MODERATE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION (wine, beer or spirits) may have potential health benefits, but the issue is not clear-cut: Before you toast to your health with a glass of wine a day, remember that lifestyle modifications including weight loss and exercise offer far stronger defence against heart disease. Anyone with high blood triglycerides should avoid alcohol altogether and those with high blood pressure should keep drinking to a minimum. (R. Schwartz, To drink or not to drink, Chatelaine, May 1997). Also be sure that your favourite drink is free of additives or preservatives.
Joseph Habowsky taught and did research in the Department of Biology, concentrating on cytology (cells), and electronic mycroscopy on animal and human cells. In addition to structure, his teaching also related to cellular functions.
WINDSOR'S ART CENTRE: 'WHEN & WHERE?'
By Tony Doctor
AN EARLY CONCEPT FOR AN ART CENTRE was conceived at the University of
Windsor. As a young sessional art instructor in 1967, I was amazed to see an imposing
architectural model for a FINE ARTS COMPLEX for the Fine & Performing Arts displayed in
the second floor lobby of the University Centre. Since then, priorities and developments have
evolved at the University and the City.
THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT HAVE AN ART GALLERY, and occasional art shows are
displayed in the lobby of the Visual Arts Building. Concerts and recitals are held in the moot
court of the Law Bldg, and musicals and dramatic plays are presented in the auditorium of the
Engineering Building.
The ART GALLERY OF WINDSOR moved from a Walkerville mansion to its own building and grounds with its downtown/river-view ambiance, but is now located within the Devonshire Shopping Mall, temporarily. The Cleary Auditorium, home for the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and venue for gala receptions and prestigious concerts, is now 'renovated & up-dated' as the Convention Centre. The Capitol movie house is now rejuvenated as a showcase for the Performing Arts.
WINDSOR, as a City, is at the dawn of greatness for the new millennium? With its newly-acquired resources and ambitions for expansion, will it find in its master-plans for the future a 'Cultural Centre' for its citizens and visitors within the core of its boundaries? . . .
Tony Doctor was for many years Professor, and Director of the University's School of Visual Arts.