Big Train College Round-Up 3/8

Big Train College Round-Up 3/8   Josh Spano (BT '13) - pictured above - looks to be a great addition to the Big Train this summer as he is off to a great start at High Point. This week he was particularly effective as he was 9/18 with four walks, reaching base in the majority of his plate appearances. Two of those nine hits went for extra bases (one double, one home run) and he scored five times while driving in two. A mixture of new additions and an old staple came together this week at Tulane as the Green Wave went 3-1. Brennan Middleton (BT '10-'12) led the way at the plate as scored four runs and drove in two more while collecting nine hits and a walk in 21 trips to the plate. Both Freshman, Tim Yandel (BT '13) and Ian Gilbaut (BT '13) also chipped in; Yandel at the plate (4/13, BB, HBP, 3R, 2B), and Gilbaut from the mound (3.2IP, SV, 0ER, 0H, 2BB, 5K). Other notable hitters: Matt Bahnick (BT '13 / Tallahassee CC) - 11/25, 6BB, 8R, 8 RBI, 2B, SB... Tucker Tobin (BT '11-'13 / George Mason) - 7/16, 3BB, 3R, RBI, HR... Kevin Tatum (BT '13 / Cornell) - 5/14, 5BB, 4R, 2B... Tyler York (BT '13 / Tallahassee CC) - 4/9, R, 3RBI, HR, 2B... Mitch Morales (BT '12 / Florida Atlantic) - 6/18, 3BB, 3R, 4RBI, 2B, 2SB... David Del Grande(BT '13 / Sacramento St.) - 6/16, HBP, 4R, 3RBI, 3 2B... Hunter Renfroe(BT '11-'12 / Mississippi St.) - 4/10, R, 5RBI, HR, 3SB. Other notable pitchers: Bubba Derby (BT '13 / San Diego St.) - 3.1IP, W, SV, 0ER, 4H, BB, 2K... Ben Griset (BT '12 / St. Mary's (CA)) - 4.1IP, 0ER, 4H, 4BB, 7K... Garret Kraemer (BT '13 / Sacramento St.) - 4IP, 0ER, 5H, BB... Ryan Doran (BT '12 / San Diego St.) - 7.2IP, W, 2ER, 8H, 2BB, 6K...David Wayne Russo (BT '10-'12 / San Jose St.) - 6IP, 2ER, 9H, 2K... Ricky Holden (BT '12 - UNC-Wilmington) - 2.2IP, W, 0ER, 2H, BB, HBP, 5K. Stephen Lumpkins (BT '10): Basketball to Baseball    By Kent Babb, Published: The Washington Post, March 5 Another bad day had confirmed it for the big left-hander: He didn't belong here. Stephen Lumpkins was, for about a year, exclusively a rookie league pitcher. Now it was a choice he regretted. After this poor outing, when Lumpkins issued four consecutive walks before the manager removed him, he sat frustrated in the Arizona heat and decided he should be elsewhere: a place he'd left, that basketball court in Washington. "I was trying to be something I wasn't," the 6-foot-8 Lumpkins said last week. He would return to American University, where he had played three seasons, to complete his basketball career. But at the time, things didn't seem so simple. Lumpkins had surprised Eagles Coach Jeff Jones in April 2011 with news that his attention now belonged to two sports. Two months after that meeting, the Kansas City Royals drafted Lumpkins in the 13th round of the first-year player draft, and he was gone. | Read Full Article

BSU Awaits NCAA D2 Selection Show

Bowie State University men's basketball will receive their official notification to the NCAA Division II Regional on Sunday, March 10th at10:30 pm ET. The Selection Show will air on NCAA.com.

HEAD COACH DARRELL BROOKS WILL APPEAR ON FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW THIS WEEK

FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW airs on 32 radio stations around the
country including in the Washington Metro area Saturdays 8-9a on WHUR 96.3
HD2 as well as Saturdays 1-2p ET at www.boxtorow.com

Bowie State head men's basketball coach Darrell Brooks will appear on both
shows this week.

Bulldog Champions Rally TODAY (Thursday, March 7th) at 4 pm

An apple a day really CAN keep cancer away

An Apple a Day Helps Keep Cancer Away

    Here's yet another reason to really pay attention to nourishing your body while you fight cancer or try to prevent it: As much as 70 percent of your immune system is in and around your gastrointestinal tract. If you take care of your gut, your immune function will grow stronger. And that will help you resist all kinds of diseases, including cancer.

    Keep reading and I'll explain some of the best ways to support your GI tract. . .

Continued below. . .

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    Supporting the immune system is one of the reasons behind a new push toward eating probiotics and fermented foods. The primary goal is to restore a healthy crop of intestinal microbes (called "flora") to your gut. It's an important step toward maintaining good health and defeating cancer.

    Probiotics, if you're not familiar, are "friendly" strains of bacteria and yeast that serve our immune, endocrine, and neurological systems. Our modern diets and overuse of antibiotics have caused a massive decline in the level of healthy bacteria most people enjoy.

    Plus it's not uncommon these days to find people in the U.S. who don't consume any kind of fermented or cultured food. These foods contain yeasts and bacteria that replenish and support the vast colonies of microbes in your gut.

    When you destroy the healthy microbes in your colon, harmful strains of yeast and bacteria take over and inflict terrible damage to your health. You won't hear this from conventional doctors, but most experts in alternative cancer treatments believe if you want to defeat cancer, it's essential to have a healthy balance of intestinal flora.

Probiotics help you come through
chemo in better shape, too

    Probiotics are especially useful while going through chemotherapy, because they help protect the gut cells from the damage chemo drugs can inflict. Whether you suffer from late-stage cancer or you're healthy as a horse, probiotics help your body digest and absorb nutrients.

    Certain kinds of probiotics even help ferment fiber from our food, producing a molecule called butyric acid that's believed to help stabilize DNA during replication. This action alone reduces the changes that may lead a cell to turn cancerous. Probiotics also stop the growth of harmful microbes that create carcinogens.

    The best way to get probiotics is to either take them as a supplement, or eat cultured yogurt. Just make sure the yogurt has lots of live cultures and (hopefully) no sugar. The best bet is to make your own yogurt to ensure it's rich in live cultures.

    Certain foods, like apples, also promote fermentation benefits similar to what probiotics offer. You're surely familiar with the saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." That's because the skin of an apple has a lot of fiber, or pectin. Pectin is fermented in your intestines and produces short-chain fatty acids. These acids keep harmful bacteria at bay. They also nourish the cells that line your intestines, making them stronger and more cancer-resistant.

The new movement in fighting cancer with food

    It's a fact that the typical U.S. diet encourages many inflammatory diseases — not only cancer but also heart disease, arthritis and diabetes. That gives us all the more incentive to find ways to make sure we're really giving our bodies what they need to heal and stay healthy. At the very least, roughly three-quarters of Americans don't eat enough daily servings of fruits or vegetables.

    But along with an emphasis on fruits and vegetables, cancer patients also need a healthy intake of protein and iron-rich foods — otherwise, the patient becomes prone to anemia (low number of red blood cells) and edema (swelling caused by fluid).

    Worth paying attention to is the Eat to Defeat Cancer™ campaign, found atwww.eattodefeat.org. The premise behind the movement is that you can stop tumor growth and halt diseases like cancer by simply consuming the right arsenal of foods and beverages.

    It's a promising movement, especially since the advice is based on peer-review and published research. The main emphasis is on whole foods.

    Changing your diet is the least expensive way to reduce your cancer risk. And for those who have cancer, it's one of the most effective ways to treat the disease. But you shouldn't view it as a temporary thing. A lifelong commitment to a healthy diet is worth every ounce of effort it takes to make the switch.

    A bad diet while you're battling cancer is like putting water in the gas tank of your car. It fills you up, but doesn't give your body the fuel to do anything. Worse yet, many foods actually feed cancer and help it grow. Yet, it's easy to get overwhelmed by all the recipes and cookbooks that promise to help you defeat cancer with food. Maybe technology can help. . .

Power apps to fuel the fight against cancer

    We've come across a couple of cancer-eating plans you can view on a smartphone (Apple iphone or Android phone). So far, the offerings are not overwhelming but at least it's a start. And as the industry grows, smart phone apps may become an effective way to make reliable food knowledge accessible to those who need it most. After all, you can use them right in the store to help you make your food choices.

    From what I've been able to learn, these are two of the most powerful food-related cancer fighting apps:

• Ask The Nutritionist: Recipes for Fighting Cancer App:
  
  Developed by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (a mainstream, conventional outfit), the goal of this app is to help you get through treatment and stay healthy the rest of your life. Instead of being designed by an app-programming entrepreneur, this app was put together by board-certified dietitians. The entrepreneur with an open mind and no ties to the drug industry would probably be a better choice, but I'm happy to see that conventional experts are at least waking up to the food-cancer connection.
  
  Once you download the app, you get access to healthy, easy recipes for every meal possible, plus snacks. It includes step-by-step directions and shopping lists to make the process as easy as possible. You're also given tips on cancer-fighting nutrients and access to a frequently-asked-questions archive. As an app user, you can even ask the nutritionists questions of your own.
  
  This app comes with a unique premise, which is to find an optimal diet based on the type of cancer a patient has. It also has a search feature that focuses on specific dietary issues. So if you're battling nausea or fatigue, you can look up recipes designed to help with those symptoms.
  
  It's free to download, but only available on Apple devices like the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
• Cancer Fighting Diet:
  
  This app is also an anti-cancer health guide with information on cancer-fighting foods. It includes content on causes of cancer and what the app developers call "vital cancer-fighting health tips that can save your life."
  
  This one is built for Android devices, but costs $1.99. It strikes me as mediocre compared to the Ask The Nutritionist app. But apps are constantly updated, so check back from time to time to see if this one has improved.
  
  Good luck, and good eating!

BULLDOGS CAPTURE CIAA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 85-74 VICTORY OVER LIVINGSTONE

BULLDOGS CAPTURE CIAA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 85-74 VICTORY OVER LIVINGSTONE

Westmorland Named CIAA Tournament MVP

Bowie State Sports Information

3/2/2013 11:49:00 PM

Box Score CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Byron Westmorland had a huge night in leading Bowie State to the CIAA championship.

The senior forward scored a career-high 38 points including 26 points in the second half to outduel Livingstone's Mark Thomas and help Bowie State break open a tight game for an 85-74 victory over Livingstone in the CIAA finals at Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday. The Bulldogs (16-13 overall) won their second championship, including the first under Head Coach Darrell Brooks, after entering the tournament as the No. 4 Northern Division seed. The latest title comes 10 years and one day after the Bulldogs claimed their first CIAA crown in 2003.

With the victory, the Bulldogs received the conference's automatic bid in the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Blue Bears (22-6 overall) are anticipating an at-large bid after reaching the title game as the No. 6 ranked team in the Atlantic Region. The top eight teams in the region will advance to the tournament.

Junior Carlos Smith Adds 11 Points and Seven Rebounds

“I'm so proud of my team, especially my five seniors,” Brooks said. “They've worked hard. We've had a lot of adversity this year and all through it, they stuck together and we got a great reward for it.”

However, the Blue Bears missed out on that elusive first league championship after winning their first Southern Division title and coming into the tournament as the division's top seed. The Blue Bears can blame Westmoreland, the tournament MVP, for that.

The Bulldogs' star sparked a late run which clinched the title for the Bulldogs. Down 53-51 with 14:42 left, the Bulldogs outscored the Blue Bears 34-21 with Westmoreland scoring 18 points during the spurt. The Bulldogs' finish was similar to Friday's semifinal against Winston-Salem State when they went on a late surge to reach the championship game.

The Bulldogs withstood an outstanding effort by Thomas of the Blue Bears, a talented guard who scored a career-high 34 points before fouling out late. Thomas kept the Blue Bears in the game by scoring 18 points in the second half. His layup on a drive cut the Blue Bears' deficit to 75-67. But Westmoreland completed a three-point play of his own for a 78-67 lead with 2:05 left that wrapped up the game for the Bulldogs, who outscored the Blue Bears 42-33 in the second half.

Westmorland finished the night making 13 of 19 shots which ranged from jumpers to layups in transition which resulted in three-point plays at times. He also made 10 of 15 free throws in addition to getting six rebounds and four steals.

Westmorland got support from his inside players. Junior forward Carlos Smith had 11 points and seven rebounds and senior forward Najee White contributed 10 points. Senior forward Dameatric Scott had seven rebounds and five assists. Senior guard Bryan Wilson also helped out on the boards, grabbing six to go along with eight points. The inside play complemented Westmoreland as the Bulldogs scored 46 points in the paint and 16 second-chance points.

“[The] game was kind of what we expected,” Brooks said. “It was a war. We thought it was going to be a very physical game. We thought that the team that did the best job defending and on the backboards would be the team that would probably win the game and fortunately, it was us.”

Najee White Contributes 10 Points

As a team, the Bulldogs shot 56 percent. Meanwhile, the Blue Bears shot 38 percent.

Other than Thomas, the Blue Bears struggled from the floor. Thomas was 11 of 21 from the floor and 9 of 13 from the free-throw line in addition to three steals. Darnell Turner added 11 points but he was the only other double figure scorer. Anthony Welch scored nine points on 3 of 4 three-point shooting.

The Bowie State big men impacted the contest from the start by limiting the Blue Bears to one shot and getting inside for easy baskets. A dunk by Smith off a missed layup lifted the Bulldogs to an early 15-7 lead.

Led by Thomas, the Blue Bears came back to pull within 22-19. The Blue Bears led 26-24 on his three-point play.

The Bulldogs reclaimed momentum when Wilson swished a three pointer for a 40-36 Bulldogs lead with under a minute remaining in the half. A three-pointer by Westmorland made the score 43-38 Bowie State, but Thomas answered with a three before halftime to cut the Bulldogs lead to 43-41 at the break.
Thomas scored 16 points in the first half for the Blue Bears. Westmorland scored 12 and Smith with 10 for the Bulldogs. White added eight points for the Bulldogs.

Thomas gave the Blue Bears a 46-44 lead in the second half on a three-pointer, but Bowie State reclaimed the lead at 51-46 on a free throw and layup by Westmorland.

Once again, it was Thomas who brought back the Blue Bears. His free throw and three from the deep corner put the Blue Bears back ahead 53-51. Westmoreland scored five straight points as the Bulldogs regained the lead at 56-53. A dunk by White and a layup by Westmoreland extended their lead to 65-56, giving the Bulldogs the cushion they needed to hold off the Blue Bears. When Scott scored on a tip-in, the lead reached 13 points at 75-62.

The All-CIAA Tournament team featured Westmorland and Scott of Bowie State, and Thomas, Jody Hill and Ethan Anderson of Livingstone. The other All-CIAA Tourney members are Quinton McDuffie of Chowan, Christopher Grier of Virginia State, Justin Glover of Winston-Salem State, Derrick Washington of Lincoln (Pa.), and Angelo Sharpless of Elizabeth City State. Johnson C. Smith won the Team Sportsmanship Award.

Has your doctor said one of the 5 things to you?

Has Your Doctor Said
Any of These 5 Things About You?

    This represents one of the fastest-growing health problems worldwide… but in the U.S. it now affects 25 to 35 percent of the population — and 40 percent of people in their 60s and 70s.

    Long identified as a cause of heart disease and diabetes, now a recent study shows it may be linked to cancer as well.

    Keep reading to find out how you fare on the five warning signs of this medical condition — and more importantly, what you can do about it.

Continued below. . .

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    A recent study from Cancer — a journal of the American Cancer Society — suggested that certain physical attributes and medical markers may slash your chances of survival if you're diagnosed with prostate cancer.

    Other studies link the same markers to an increased risk of getting cancer in the first place, including breast and endometrial cancers.

Pay heed to these early warning signs

    There's one factor that has a huge impact on your chances of avoiding or surviving cancer. You can figure out in mere seconds whether you've got it. I'm talking about your waist size.

    But a "cluster" of three or four or all five of these symptoms can be much worse than having just one. For example, has your doctor ever told you that you have any of these?

1. High Blood Pressure — greater than 130/85
2. Fasting blood sugar (glucose) — 100 mg/dL or higher
3. Triglycerides — 150 mg/dL or higher
4. Low HDL cholesterol
1. Men — under 40 mg/dL
2. Women — under 50 mg/dL
5. Large waistline
1. Men — 40 inches or more
2. Women — 35 inches or more

    If you have three or more of these, take heed. You have Metabolic Syndrome — also called Syndrome X. And it's recently been tied to cancer.

    Extra weight around the middle and upper body is a key characteristic of Metabolic Syndrome. Sometimes called central obesity, it can also be described as an "apple shaped" profile. I've also heard it called a "pear shape," which seems more accurate to me, because the weight is around the middle and tapers off toward your neck.

    This profile is also associated with insulin and leptin resistance… where your body has trouble "hearing" the signals that tell it to burn fat. I'll explain more on this in a moment.

    Other warning factors include aging, genetics (a parent or grandparent with diabetes or metabolic syndrome), hormone changes, and lack of exercise.¹

Don't put yourself at greater risk
of prostate cancer

    Recent studies show that metabolic syndrome symptoms are linked with an increased risk of death from prostate cancer.

    In a nutshell, these results suggest that the same lifestyle that helps you prevent heart disease and diabetes may also slash your risk of dying from prostate cancer. The University of Sweden conducted a study dubbed the "Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Project".

    They followed 289,866 men over a period of 12 years. During that time, 6,673 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 961 died from it.

    The men with the highest categories of body mass index (BMI) had a 36 percent higher risk of dying from the cancer. And those with the highest blood pressure had a 62 percent increased risk. When the study's authors used a composite score of all metabolic factors, men with the highest scores were most likely to die.

    The study did not find a link between the indicators of metabolic syndrome and thelikelihood of developing prostate cancer — just a greater risk of dying from it. If two men have just been told they have prostate cancer — one with metabolic syndrome, the other one thin and with low blood pressure, low cholesterol, etc. — the one with metabolic syndrome is less likely to defeat his cancer. Researchers concluded that overweight and hypertension must be able to stimulate prostate cancer progression.²

Women beware — the news may be even worse
for breast and endometrial cancers

    Most of the signs of metabolic syndrome, considered separately, have been linked to the development of cancer, but few studies have been conducted that actually link cancer to the whole complex of markers called metabolic syndrome.

    However, research published by breastcancer.org found that postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of breast cancer — both invasive and non-invasive.³

    This study was a small part of the large, comprehensive Women's Health Initiative (WHI). The researchers followed 4,900 postmenopausal women for an average of 8 years. Of those, 165 developed breast cancer, most of which was invasive. Breast cancer was nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed in women who had developed metabolic syndrome during the previous three to five years.

    Three symptoms of metabolic syndrome -- elevated glucose, triglycerides, and blood pressure -- were each independently linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. Researchers think increased insulin may promote the development and growth of breast cancer.

    But that's not all women should be concerned about.

    Various studies also directly link endometrial cancer to separate aspects of metabolic syndrome.⁴

It promotes colon cancer, too

    Two studies link clustered metabolic syndrome components to colon cancer and showed the syndrome increased mortality compared to just individual components.⁵

    Researchers who conducted this University of Alabama study propose that metabolic syndrome should be considered a high-risk state for "certain cancers" — and that this relationship should be systematically explored across all cancer types.

    Long-time readers of Cancer Defeated already know this. Check out Issue #256 if you'd like to know more about the diabetes-cancer connection.

    The big takeaway here is that you need to take action if you have any of these five symptoms.

    But what to do?

What you can learn from conventional medicine

    The National Institutes of Health suggests these things for metabolic syndrome:

• Lifestyle changes or medicines to help lower your blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and blood sugar.
• Lose weight. The goal is to lose 7 to 10 percent of your current weight, which they suggest means slashing 500 to 1000 calories per day. (If only it were that easy. But more on this in a moment.)
• Get 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, such as walking, 5 to 7 days per week.
• Take low-dose aspirin. (I do not agree with this. I think it's dangerous. Take natural anti-inflammatories instead, such as omega-3 oils, curcumin and proteolytic enzymes.)
• Quit smoking.

    While I certainly cannot argue with the wisdom of smoking cessation, getting exercise, and losing weight…

    I do not agree with going on dangerous medicines to lower your risk markers. You'll merely be trading one problem for another, and not addressing the core issue. And the advice to "lose weight" makes it sound more simple than we all know it is. But one of our Cancer Defeated contributors, Carol Parks, has some helpful ideas about losing weight. . .

Shun conventional wisdom
and lose weight this way

    Contrary to popular belief, all calories are not the same, according to Carol's research.

    To lose weight once and for all and avoid the "inevitable" yo-yo's, it matters a great deal which kind of calories you eat. And unfortunately, you've been fed a bill of goods for the past 40 years — while nearly everyone has become fat and fatter, sick and sicker.

    Here's a quick primer on the little devil that sits on your shoulder and screams for food… and why you've been forced to listen and eat, listen and eat.

    If you are the unfortunate owner of an apple-shaped body, you must get your hormones functioning correctly to lose weight.

    Hormones are little messengers that direct your body's activities, including what you eat and whether you cling to fat or burn it.

    The wrong foods trigger those hormones to crave food.

    Have you ever eaten a Big Mac extra value meal (at 1,060 calories) and then felt hungry again in 60 or 90 minutes? Or eaten junk during an entire football game, only to go out for a big bowl of ice cream to "celebrate" after the game?

    The key hormone that regulates appetite and weight loss is leptin. Your doctor may have never heard of it… but it's produced by your fat cells and it signals your brain when to eat — and more importantly, when to STOP eating.

    The leading expert on leptin, Dr. Ron Rosedale, author of the books The Rosedale Diet andMastering Leptin, says he always measures his patients' leptin levels with a simple blood test.

    Low levels of fasting leptin show that it's doing its job well, and that it won't sabotage your weight-loss efforts by making you constantly hungry. High leptin likely means you're a sugar-craver, and always feel hungry.

    Leptin also regulates your body's FAT burning. (And for sure you do NOT want to burn muscle and bone!)

    "Burn fat" is one of the most critical messages your body must hear for good health. And this is precisely the signal that gets lost in the "noise" if your leptin signaling is malfunctioning.

High leptin levels equal high fat

    Without getting too long-winded or technical here…

    If your leptin levels spike too high, too often, then your cells stop listening to its message — kind of like the boy who cried "wolf" too much. Because it's not getting the message, your brain tells you to eat and store more fat for a rainy day.

    Not only are you hungry all the time, but you will crave SWEETS! And that's a real spiral to poor health.

    The more sugary foods you eat, the LESS likely you are to perceive sweet tastes, so you "need" increasing amounts of sugar to feel satisfied… the law of diminishing returns. I've said many times before in issues of this newsletter: sugar is addictive. The stuff is irresistible, you need the fix, and you need higher and higher doses to get the effect. You find yourself craving ever greater amounts of cakes, donuts, soda, and ice cream.

    For more info about sugar addiction, see Issue #77. That's where we first broke the leptin story.

    Similar to leptin-signaling problems, insulin resistance occurs when your body makes plenty of insulin but your cells fail to recognize and utilize it effectively.

    Likewise, most overweight and obese people are not leptin deficient. They actually produce too much! So it takes more and more to tell your brain to stop eating. Meanwhile your brain frantically signals for more and more fat to be stored…

Foods that actually make you hungry

    Certain foods feed this cycle and hype up that little demon on your shoulder by triggering a gigantic surge in leptin production. (But don't expect to hear this from USDA dieticians or your doctor.)

    Non-vegetable carbohydrates — including all breads, grains, cereals, pastas, and starchy vegetables as well as desserts and soda — sabotage your leptin and insulin signaling.

    What's more, these foods all break down into simple sugars the moment they hit your tongue! Dr. Rosedale says your body will always burn sugar before it burns fat. So if you eat sugar, your fat stays lodged exactly where it is.

But (surprise) a high-protein diet is not the answer

    Sorry to say, you can't solve the problem by just replacing carbohydrate calories with protein calories because your body has limited use for protein, and will convert any extra into sugar and store it as fat.

    Being a chronic sugar-burner leads you to metabolic syndrome, and by extension to the diseases linked to it, including cancer and heart disease.

    The answer is: You must retrain your body to listen to leptin. You do that by avoiding the sugars that interfere with its signals. In turn, your hunger will come under control, you won't crave sugar, and you can finally get the trim, well-toned, healthy body you dream of.

    But you must strictly limit your sugar and all products that become sugar, including grains, most fruits, and even protein. In order to not feel deprived you'll want to VASTLY increase your intake of vegetables, healthy fats (such as avocado and coconut oil), and nuts. Find a few you like and build from there.

    According to Joe Cross's riveting documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, the diet most Americans eat is just 5 percent fruits and vegetables… the rest is mostly processed grains and protein. Ask yourself what could happen to your health if you ate 60 percent vegetables (and I don't mean potatoes) instead of all the sugar, carbs and meat?

    Rosedale recommends you get rid of all the foods that turn into sugar in your body. Doing so certainly seems to have some far-reaching consequences, and being cancer-free is one of them.

    Plus, it takes a mere 21 days to build a new habit and retrain your taste buds.

    If you don't think you have that much willpower, why not buddy-up with a health-minded friend and hold each other accountable?

    After all, if the two young men in Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead — one weighing in at 309 pounds and the other at 423 pounds and both of them sick — can "juice" themselves from sickness to health and lose a few hundred pounds between them, why can't you?

    

Tucker Tobin Returns, Homers, and Wins at Povich Field!

Big Train College Round-Up 3/1

Interview: Tucker Tobin (BT '11-'13) Back at Povich Field Tucker Tobin (BT '11-'13) of George Mason was named CollegeBaseballInsider.com Louisville Slugger Northeast Region Player of the Week and CAA Player of the Week last week after he had a few of incredible games last weekend against Iona. On Friday night, he went 4/4 with a walk, two stolen bases, and four runs scored. During a double-header on Sunday, he went a combined 6/9 with a walk, three runs scored, and seven runs batted in coming off two home runs and a double. On Wednesday, Tobin and his George Mason Patriots came into Shirley Povich Field to take on the Georgetown Hoyas. That game featured two other former Big Train players in Josh Leemhuis (BT '11) and Brandon Gum (BT '12) that play for the Patriots as well. The Big Train powered George Mason to a 4-1 win as Leemhuis had an RBI single while Tobin drove in three runs and came up a triple short of the cycle. "Hopefully I'll hit some more (homers) here next summer," Tobin said after the win. "It's always fun to play at Povich." Another player who had a strong weekend was Hunter Renfroe (BT '11-'12/ Mississippi St.). Over three games, Renfroe composed a stat line of 5/10, 2HBP, 3R, 6RBI, 2HR, 3B, but one of the two pitches he was hit by caused a very small fracture in his throwing hand and has caused him to miss the last few games. The injury isn't supposed to be a serious one and Renfroe is expected back soon. That said, the Bethesda Big Train wishes him a speedy recovery. Other Notable Pitching Performances: Michael Frank (BT '11 / Bowling Green St.) - 7IP, ER, 2H, 6K... Michael Boyle (BT '13 / Radford) - 5.2IP, W, ER, 5H, 2BB, 6K... Danny Mooney (BT '13 / Davidson)... Gary Cornish (BT '13 / St. Mary's (CA)) - 5.1IP, 2ER, 6H, BB, 3K... Hugh Adams (BT '06-'12 / Florida Atlantic) - 2IP, 2SV (ties FAU career record), 0ER, H, HBP, 2K. Other Notable Hitting Performances: Michael Bass (BT '10-'12 / UNC-Wilmington) - 5/9, 2BB, HBP, 4R, 3RBI, 3SB... Tim Quiery (BT '11 / San Jose St.) - 9/14, BB, HBP, 3R, 4RBI, 4SB... Josh Spano (BT '13 / High Point) - 8/15, 3BB, 7R, 3RBI, 2 2B... Brennan Middleton (BT '10-'12 / Tulane) - 10/20, 2BB, HBP, 2R, 2RBI, 2B, 2SB... Landon Appling (BT '11 / Houston) - 5/12, 2BB, 2HBP, R, RBI, 2 2B, 2SB... Adam Barry (BT '11-'12 / High Point) - 4/12, 4BB, 2HBP, 7R, 6RBI, 3B... Brandon Gum (BT '12 / George Mason) - 5/15, 2BB, HBP, 4R, 3RBI, 3B, 2B, SB.

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