Time at the Table

dren who spent just 10 minutes more at the table consumed significantly more fruits and vegetables. The study was conducted by Jutta Mata and colleagues at the University of Mannheim in Germany.

Researchers found that in those extra 10 minutes at the table, children ate 3.32 more pieces of fruit (equivalent to a me- dium apple) and 3.66 more pieces of vegetables than children at regular mealtime duration. The study was published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers found that kids in the longer mealtime group tended to eat more vegetables from the start and more fruit during the extra 10 minutes added to the end of mealtime.

The average age of children in the study was 8 years (range 6 to 11) and the average age of parents was 43. Children were equally split between boys and girls. Some 50 pairs of parents and 50 children participated in the study.

Children who had longer family mealtimes also drank more water, on average, about 3.70 milliliters more, as well as more sugar-sweetened beverages. Interestingly, the length of family mealtimes wasn’t associated with more bread or cold cuts eaten. Researchers think because the fruits and vegetables were cut into bitesize pieces, they were more convenient to give service the state.

The Inca society was a combination of feudalism and socialism. While they did not have currency and technically did not use slaves, instead, the exchange of goods and services was based on reciprocity between individuals, communities, and the Inca rulers and priests. Farm production was divided up: 25 percent to the Inca rulers and nobility, 25 percent to the priests and religious institutions and half kept by the farmers. The Inca rulers (who theoretically owned all the means of production) reciprocated by granting access to land and goods and providing food and drink in celebratory feasts for their subjects.

When the Spanish came, they introduced a feudal system – where the Spanish owned all the land. That persisted up to as recently as 1969, when a socialist (nationalist) president came to power.

Before the day is done, we will have a chance to explore the archeological sites of Pisac and Ollantaytambo before making our way back to Cuzco for our 6 pm orientation with Alpaca Expeditions for our Incan Trail trek that begins the next morning.

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BY CLAIRE LYNCH

After being retired for five years and always hearing from golfers who “just play for fun” that golfing really is lots of fun, I gave in and decided that I, too, could learn to golf and enjoy it. There would be some problems with that statement but suffice it to say that in the past few months I did learn to golf as a beginner and as far as the part about “enjoying it” goes, that is definitely debatable.

Despite volunteering at my church and local senior center and spending time doing arts and crafts, I still have some time to golf. “The weather is perfect for golfing,” my friends would say and so is the camaraderie.

They canceled their rounds of golf only on pouring down rainy days - that and when thunderstorms were forecast - so it was hard to make excuses and get out of golfing when they were set on including me in their foursome. It’s a golfers’ world and they sure have their view of it.

Golfers build their days around golfing - driving to the golf course, playing a round of 18 holes which can take at least three hours, depending on one’s partners on the greens - then heading off the course to a clubhouse or sandwich shop for a late lunch or early dinner. It’s a full day and their spouses are off enjoying their own hobbies.

I’ve had my learning curve as a golfer. Sure I’ve picked up a golf club many times before but they didn’t want to hear my stories about playing miniature golf at Nunley’s in Baldwin as a kid because mini golf and real golf are two very different things. They scoffed when I described how it felt to hold an iron golf club in my hands on a mini golf course, a course that’s much shorter than a real golf course, and even though I described how the sun on my face and the wind in my hair felt as I focused and swung while playing mini golf, they still smirked and said, “It’s not the same at all.”

Wanting to be helpful before we head-