Newsletter Home     Industry Bite     Wild Watch     Featured Articles     Recipe of the Month     Order Materials Wine Guide 2006, Food & Wine All those who fall below the "connoisseur" level when it comes to wine selection have a little help this year thanks to Food and Wine's Wine Guide 2006. The guide rates more than 1,300 wines by location, providing "Best Food Pairings" for the grapes each region offers. Author Jamal A. Rayyis recommends that readers trying Washington State's most prominent white wine grape, Chardonnay, "Pair richer oaked versions with Wild Alaska Salmon." Eating Light™, Women's Day®  Select Series "Staying younger longer" may sound impossible, but according to an Eating Light™ article, eating certain foods really can prolong life. Dr. Steven Pratt, co-author of Super Foods Rx: 14 Foods That Will Change Your Life, names wild salmon as one of the top four anti-aging foods, along with blueberries, walnuts, and pumpkin. Dr. Pratt adds that these foods "can actually change the course of your biochemistry." Pratt endorses wild salmon as a provider of good health both fresh and canned, saying, "Wild salmon is chock full of omega-3s, which help lower the risk of cardiac-related death. If fresh wild salmon is too costly, look for canned salmon from Alaska." According to Pratt, a diet infused with wild salmon and his other top four foods "would enable (readers) to be free of chronic disease and premature death." Eating Light™ is part of the Women's Day® Select Series. The publication focuses on health and nutrition, providing readers with articles and family-friendly recipes. Time Magazine The January 16th, 2006 issue of Time Magazine featured the article: "You (and your brain) Are What you Eat" by Dr. Andrew Weil. In the article Dr. Weil states, "The reason fish is so good for the brain is the so-called omega-3 fatty acids it contains. Oily fish, like salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring, bluefish and black cod, are the best sources of those fats." Dr Weil further adds, "One of the omega-3s - DHA - is the main constituent of cell membranes in the brain, and a deficiency of it weakens the brain's architecture and leave it vulnerable to disease." Dr. Weil not only recommends consuming at least two servings of fish a week, he takes his own advice, noting in the article, "In my diet I stick to sardines, herring, Alaskan black cod and Alaskan sockeye salmon." Dr. Andrew Weil is the founder of the integrative medicine program at the University of Arizona where he is a clinical professor of medicine.