Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 22 Apr 13

HORTICULTURAL researchers in the UK have found that heavy metal music is a great way to improve the quality of plants. BBC gardening show presenter Chris Beardshaw told his listeners about an experiment in which his students set up four greenhouses full of plants and stimulated each with a different style of music. The greenhouse where Black Sabbath was played at high volume “worked wonders,” while mellower music in another one reportedly killed all the plants. Flowers exposed to heavy metal were shorter than those in a silent “control” greenhouse, but had bigger blooms and better resistance to pests and disease. “The alstroemerias in the Cliff Richard house all died...sabotage was suspected, but we couldn’t prove it,” Beardshaw said. A nurse from the US city of Indianapolis says she’s lost more than 20kg over the last year via a diet of hospital food. Tonya Scott-Williams was at one stage facing bariatric surgery, but instead slimmed down by following advisory “traffic light” indicators on meals served at the Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital cafeteria. “Red light” foods are high in fat and calories, “yellow lights” indicate those with better nutrition and “green lights” are low in fat and sodium, with less than 600 calories in total. The now trim nurse said she consistently chose green-light meals leading to her now much healthier weight. THE world’s oldest living person celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday, amid congratulations from around the globe. Jiroemon Kimura from Japan took the Guinness World Records crown late last year after the death of 115-year-old Dina Manfredini from Iowa in the USA. He still lives at home, with his 60-year-old granddaughter-in-law.

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