DISPENSARY CORNER 19 May 16
May 19, 2016
SCANDINAVIANS have long
touted the health benefits
of a nice hot sauna - so it’s
somewhat of a surprise to see a
fast food restaurant offering the
opportunity for a sweaty cleanse.
A Burger King eatery in
downtown Helsinki, Finland, has
opened its own sauna which is
apparently used by about 60
customers every week.
Burger King brand manager for
Finland, Hanne-Mari Ahonen said
the concept aimed to combine
local traditions with serving
burgers - but at least there’s no
eating in the sauna.
“No, no the sauna is for
sweating it out, and our
hamburgers taste all the better for
it afterward,” she said.
POTATOES could be bad for your
blood pressure, according to a
study published in the British
Medical Journal this week.
Scientists from Harvard Medical
School and Brigham & Women’s
Hospital found that people who
have four or more weekly servings
of baked, boiled or mashed
potatoes are 11% more likely to
have high blood pressure.
As you’d expect the results for
french fries were even worse,
raising the risk to 17% - but the
good news for snack food lovers
is that surprisingly crisps had
no effect on blood pressure.
The research collated data
from more than 187,000 men
and women in the US over the
last 20 years, with the scientists
concluding the risk of high
blood pressure declined by 7%
simply by replacing one of the
potato servings with non-starchy
vegetables instead.
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