Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Good morning crew,

I saw a fascinating video today. It's all about how depression can be caused by a lack of niacin, tryptophan and vitamin C. So I went online to find out a little more about niacin. It turns out that like with most essential, natural supplements, niacin can be found in a variety of natural foods, almost none of which is cheeseburgers.

But one surprising (or not so surprising, if you think about it) inclusion on the list is an item that has almost as much niacin per serving as liver or kidneys. Beer! 6 mg per pint.

Coincidence?

So which would you rather have when you're feeling down; a big ol' plate of kidneys or a couple ice cold beers?

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. When asked why they're so happy, Swiss people couldn't answer because their hands were counting money and their mouths were full of chocolate." -Conan O'Brien

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"A new survey has found that people in Ireland tell an average of four white lies per day. And three of them are, 'I'm fine to drive home.'" -Seth Meyers

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"A rare and beautiful thing was seen today - a quadruple rainbow. That's four rainbows. They were seen by all seven of the people who looked up from their phones today." -Jimmy Kimmel

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Four-year-old Johnny was eating a hot dog when he dropped it on the floor. He quickly picked it up and was about to take another bite when his mom said, "No, Johnny, you can't eat that now it has germs."

Johnny pondered the thought a moment and replied, "Jesus, germs, and Santa Claus - that's all I ever hear about and I haven't seen one of 'em yet!"


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While I was serving as a chief master sergeant at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, La., my son and namesake was also serving there. His two month old son, whose name was the same as ours, was receiving medical treatments at the base hospital.

I went on sick call one morning, and as the doctor reviewed my file, he looked at me in disbelief. "Are you Curtis E. Chaffin?" he asked. When I answered yes, he told me, "It says here that you turn blue when you cry."