WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:07.040 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBS Boston's radio. 2 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:09.560 Well, I hope you did better in the Super Bowl 3 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:12.199 than the Kansas City Chiefs did. It's as simple as that. 4 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:16.839 It was a blowout win for the Philadelphia Eagles. Correct 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:20.039 spelling E A G L. E. S. Note to the 6 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:22.399 Mayor of Philadelphia on that. My name is Dan Ray, 7 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:27.120 host of Nightside. I enjoyed watching the game last night 8 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:30.239 until it became a runaway, and I suspect most of 9 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:32.799 you did as well. We have lots to talk about tonight. 10 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.240 We will get to the big game. We'll get to 11 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.920 the end of the game. We'll get to the ads, 12 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:42.759 the TV ads. There were some good ones, some bad ones, 13 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:46.640 some ones that are totally in memorable. We'll talk about 14 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:50.000 the halftime show, which was interesting, to say the least. 15 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:52.520 We have so much to cover tonight. We'll also talk 16 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:57.960 about the soon to be layoffs sadly at mass General Hospital. 17 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:01.320 Looks as if the el at Mass General We're going 18 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:05.319 to take them quite quite a cut in jobs. We'll 19 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.239 get to all of that. That story was broken by 20 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:10.239 The Boston Globe today and is following on our Globe theme. 21 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.040 I will tell you that I'm Dan Ray hosted Nightside. 22 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.840 Rob Brooks is back in the control room and our 23 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.480 first guest tonight none other than Emily Sweeney from the 24 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.079 Boston Globe, who wrote a really interesting piece that was 25 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.480 in the Boston Globe on January thirty first, the last 26 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:32.280 day of January. I'm just well about ten days ago 27 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:35.159 now when I do the math on this, when travel 28 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:37.920 was treacherous for black people, the Green Books legacy in 29 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.480 New England. Emily Sweeney, Welcome back to Nightside. 30 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.680 How are you good, Dan, Hey, thanks so much for 31 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:45.519 having me. I really appreciate it. 32 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.439 We appreciate you coming on in. That is for sure. 33 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.359 There was the movie The Green Book that starred Morgan Freeman, 34 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:55.400 if I'm not mistaken a few years ago. 35 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:00.319 Correct, Yeah, so there was a green Book movie was 36 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:04.200 you know, based on you know, this concept which was 37 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:05.079 you know a real thing. 38 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:06.079 Uh yeah. 39 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.280 Green Books were you know, really important to people of 40 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:13.000 color who were traveling from the thirties through up through 41 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:18.599 the sixties. And you know, there were some digitized you know, 42 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.520 they got digitized and I started like looking through these 43 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:24.840 green Books and I was amazed to see just how 44 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:28.400 many locations there were all over New England. In Boston 45 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:34.080 and beyond, and you know, I approached some editors at 46 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:37.919 The Globe and mentioned it, and you know, we put 47 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.960 together an amazing team to put together this Green Book project, 48 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.520 which is like an interactive map of all the locations, 49 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.400 and you know, and we launched it in time for 50 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:49.520 Black History months. 51 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:57.479 So now it's now the movie The Green Book, which 52 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.319 came out a few years ago. I mean, that's it's been. 53 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:02.840 I was produced, I was directed, I guess by Peter Farley, 54 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.599 a local guy here in New England. But it was 55 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:11.560 released in twenty eighteen, and it was it was a 56 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:15.759 great movie. I enjoyed it. It was it was great history. 57 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.319 But it was really focused on the South, on the 58 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.840 Jim Crow South, and here in Massachusetts or New England. 59 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:28.280 You guys discovered that the same problem exists, even existed 60 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:32.520 even into the nineteen sixties throughout New England. 61 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.599 Oh absolutely, I mean, Dan, I looked up a lot 62 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.000 of stories and the other reporters who worked on this 63 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.520 project as well. You know, you know, you think of 64 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:45.639 you know, Jim Crow, you know, laws and things like that, 65 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:47.439 and you think of that as like being like a 66 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:51.039 Southern thing, but it really was across the country, you know, 67 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:53.560 and it wasn't that long ago if you think about it. 68 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.560 I mean, there were stories in the globe of you know, 69 00:03:56.759 --> 00:04:00.879 black college professors being turned away having reservations well in 70 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.080 advance for hotels. There was a hotel up in Haveril 71 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.719 that you know turned away, you know, a college professor 72 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.080 who is here to speak for a conference, you know, 73 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:14.280 just because of the color of his skin, and you know, 74 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.319 it's anyway, you know. I was just surprised us to 75 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:21.879 see how many Green Book locations there were. And you know, 76 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.199 there have been other people who have you know, tried 77 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.360 to you know, map these out There are a lot 78 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.000 of scholars out there who have been, you know, documenting 79 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.040 these sites. But we tried to really jill down and 80 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:36.600 get every single location, like the exact location where they existed. 81 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:41.120 And it's been quite it's been an amazing experience because 82 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.000 I've contacted a lot of historical societies and local folks, 83 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.199 you know, and some of these towns, a lot of 84 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.040 people didn't even know that these places existed right in 85 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:50.839 their backyards. 86 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:55.279 So I see that you have a map that's associated 87 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:59.279 with you story. So overall, again, give us just a 88 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.800 rough idea how many locations were you able to identify. 89 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.160 Over over three hundred and fifty, just over three hundred 90 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:09.040 and fifty. 91 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:12.720 And these were both were both restaurants and hotels or 92 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:14.000 these primarily hotels. 93 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:17.120 Yeah, And actually I should have been more clear too, 94 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:20.360 because you know, there wasn't just hotels. It was restaurants, 95 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:24.560 it was gas stations, it was you know, garages, it 96 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.360 was beauty polas. You know, there were so many beauty 97 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.839 pilas back in the day, like fifties and sixties that 98 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.040 were you know, owned by black women all over the 99 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:37.720 South End. And you know, so it's pretty much all 100 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.199 types of businesses anything anything you'd need if you were 101 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:43.160 on the road, you know what I mean, like barbers, tailors, 102 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.160 you know, drug stores and one cool thing we're going 103 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.040 to be doing too, just to tie this together, you know, 104 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:54.759 you know, kind of bridging you know, history past the present. 105 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.480 On February twenty fifth, the Globe is going to be 106 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:04.120 hosting a event at Roxbury Community College and with and 107 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:05.800 we're going to have like a kind of a panel 108 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:08.519 of speakers and just talking about the importance of black 109 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:12.199 owned businesses and you know, how the community is doing today. 110 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:16.319 And so that should be a really good discussion as well. 111 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:19.160 That's February twenty fifth, and there's information about it on 112 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:21.959 our website if you're interested in checking it out, So. 113 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:27.040 If folks want to, if they missed the piece on 114 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:31.959 January thirty first, it's titled when when travel was treacherous 115 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:34.800 for Black people? The Green Books Legacy in New England. 116 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.639 If they just probably google Green Book in Boston Globe, 117 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:42.920 they'll they'll find this. Yeah, we think of ourselves in 118 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:47.000 New England as sort of the abolitionist you know, base 119 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:55.600 of the Northern universe. How did did these institutions, these 120 00:06:55.800 --> 00:07:01.360 these these restaurants and beautyful, honest and all that did 121 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:06.360 they increase in New England? There was a pretty big 122 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:10.399 migration of black people from the South towards you know, 123 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.079 towards New England because we thought of as being a 124 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:18.439 little bit more tolerant. But is it was it automobile 125 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:23.120 travel that, you know, the mobility what prompted the need 126 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.600 for the Green Book? Besides you know what, there must 127 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:28.759 have been something like the arrival of the automobile. You know, 128 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.519 most people in the eighteen hundreds probably never traveled more 129 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:33.920 than twenty or thirty miles from. 130 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:40.040 Their home yeah, yeah, you know there absolutely, you know 131 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.399 that that definitely played the you know, the car and like, 132 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:45.759 you know, people being able to travel and go on 133 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.759 road trips with you know, take their families on vacations 134 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:52.040 absolutely was a big portion of this. And also you 135 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:54.519 know business travel, you know what I mean, business trips, 136 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.720 you know, speaking engagements. Yeah, so you know, and another 137 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:01.319 interesting thing is like we found what we found out 138 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:03.879 was you know, the the Green Book, you know, kind 139 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.040 of the most famous black travel guide that we know 140 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.800 that was started by Victor H. Green in in the 141 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:14.680 late nineteen thirties. There was actually a predecessor to that 142 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.879 that was written by a woman in Connecticut that came 143 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:22.399 out in nineteen thirty and she compiled all the hotels 144 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.680 and places she could find that you know, were you know, 145 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:30.040 absolutely welcoming of people of color. And it was interesting 146 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.960 to see a lot of her listings, you know, were 147 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.360 in Victor Green's Green Book, you know when when and 148 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.759 that and that one. You know, Thetyed you know, had 149 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.840 a lot of publishing power, you know, millions of people 150 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.879 and you know was around for decades up until the sixties. 151 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.639 But yeah, I would say you know that the focus 152 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.960 was it you know, you know, Victor Green kind of 153 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.399 put it as like, you know, be uh, you know, 154 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.799 vacationing without aggregation, you know, and that was putting in 155 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:04.080 my you know, because you know, obviously, you know, people 156 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.720 of color could face like, you know, dangerous situations even 157 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:10.320 if they went into the wrong spot. And this was 158 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:13.399 kind of a roadmap, a really important guide, you know, 159 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.000 almost about I hope folks will go. 160 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.000 Back and find the Globe piece if they haven't read 161 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.639 it as yet. And also I would highly recommend the 162 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:24.120 movie Green Book. Watched it a few years ago. Is 163 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.200 actually set being reminded, as they say, look at it 164 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.039 in nineteen sixty two. I was mistaken for some reason. 165 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:34.120 I thought Morgan Freeman had a role in that. The 166 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:38.919 star of the movie was an actor named Marshalla Ali 167 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:48.440 who depicted this concert pianist who doctor Dawn Shirley, who 168 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:53.639 was an African American pianist who was in the need 169 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:56.440 of a driver for this concert tour of the Midwest 170 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:00.399 and South in the nineteen sixty two So it's not 171 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:04.080 all that far away and not that long ago that 172 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:09.679 Green Book was sadly unfortunately necessary. Emily Sweeney, as always, 173 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.799 you always bring great, great topics to our program. Thank 174 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:13.320 you so much. 175 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:17.240 Oh thanks for having me, Dan, I appreciate it absolutely. 176 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:21.360 Talk soon when we get back, we will have another 177 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:23.279 fine guest. My name is Dan Ray. This is nights. 178 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.559 I did a little bit of a hurried up introduction 179 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.360 of Emily because there was so much to get there. Again, 180 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:33.120 that movie Green Book. The Green Book is a great 181 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:37.200 movie to watch. It's educational, historic, et cetera. When we 182 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.320 get back, when I talk about American Heart Month, which 183 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.240 of course is February Valentine's Day, and all of that, 184 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.360 and we will talk about how to un choose the 185 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:47.440 best eating plan for people concerned about their heart health, 186 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.080 which should be everyone. We'll be back on Nightside. My 187 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.840 name's Dan Ray. This is Nightside on WBZ, Boston's news 188 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.480 radio ten thirty in the AM dial, Boston's news radio 189 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:58.320 station WBZAM. 190 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:02.960 Now back to Dan Ray, live from the window World 191 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.240 Nice Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 192 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:12.000 We're joined by Gretchel Schuller Schuler, US World of News 193 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:15.919 Reports Managing Health Editor. Gretel I said, Gretchel, I meant 194 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.279 to say, Gretel I apologize. 195 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:21.440 Okay, Hi Dan, thanks for having me. Good. 196 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:23.639 How are you nice to make your acquaintance great. This 197 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:27.200 is American Heart Month February twenty twenty five, and we're 198 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.440 going to talking about some of the top heart health diets. 199 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:33.360 My first question is, and this is a generic general question, 200 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:38.200 but has the heart health diet or the heart health 201 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:43.320 diets have they changed over time? Oftentimes the food pyramid changes. 202 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:45.399 You know, people will always I'm sure a kid with 203 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:47.720 you and say, first they told us you're supposed to 204 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:50.879 eat this, and then they said don't eat. That is 205 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.600 what we're talking about here. Top health heart diets. Are 206 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:57.360 they diets that people should be following and should have 207 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:58.519 been following for years. 208 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.360 I mean the short answer to that is yes. I mean, 209 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.879 the basic science of what makes a heart healthy diet 210 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.200 hasn't changed a whole lot. If there's some nuance that, 211 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.000 I don't want to get too much into the weeds 212 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.840 in terms of like dietary cholesterol like people. This is 213 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:19.399 a great example. People used to think that eggs were 214 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:22.279 pure evil when it came to heart, you know, heart health. 215 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:25.080 But now they're finding that, you know, even people with 216 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:29.279 you know, higher cholesterol levels, for example, it's okay for 217 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.080 them to have an egg or to you know, on 218 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:34.000 a regular basis. They're not as evil as that. You know, 219 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:37.840 we're once made out to be the dietary cholesterol. 220 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.000 They're no longer evil. They're just expensive. Go ahead, I 221 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.200 didn't mean to that is true. 222 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:45.960 Yeah, so maybe another reason not to eat them. But 223 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:51.559 in terms of heart health they're okay. Yeah, But just 224 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:56.519 generally speaking, there's no that's okay. But generally speaking, there 225 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:59.159 are some sort of basic tenets when it comes to 226 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:01.720 you know, look for a heart healthy diet, and one 227 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:03.799 of the big ones is fat. 228 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:04.320 Right. 229 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.279 You know, there's good fats and there's bad fats, and 230 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.600 the bad fats those are like what we call saturated 231 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.000 or trans fats. Those are the ones that are proven, 232 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:17.960 you know, scientifically to raise cholesterol, including you know, the 233 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:21.559 so called LDL bad cholesterol, and it can increase the 234 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:25.440 risk of heart disease. That's pretty well established. But at 235 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:27.519 the same time, you know, not all fats are created 236 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:31.159 egle eat equal, and there are actually some fats that 237 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.919 are good for you. And good fats are ones that 238 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:37.279 are what they call uninsaturated fats. So those would be 239 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:42.879 ones like found in olive oil or avocado or salmon 240 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:45.519 or nuts and seeds for example. 241 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.720 And those all the stuff, all the stuff, all the 242 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.799 stuff that tastes good, you can probably. 243 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:57.960 Well, I'm going to try and convince you that there 244 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:02.440 are heart healthy foods that are all so delicious. That's okay, 245 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:08.879 my goal. You're going to tell me avocados, right, Yes, salmon, 246 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:11.720 So you could have a delicious dish of like roasted 247 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.320 salmon with a little olive oil dribbled on it. You 248 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:17.919 could have a side of brown rice or quinoa that 249 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.000 would work too, you know, for a dessert. You know, 250 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.799 ideally you try to minimize the sweets as they're inflammatory 251 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.639 for your heart, but you could have like watermelon with 252 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:33.919 some feta cheese on top. Any kind of fruit actually 253 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.720 would do. It's again, it's a lot a lot of 254 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.240 it is about moderation. Fiber is another thing. 255 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:49.519 Yeah, ok, serious dark chocolate, right, so you're. 256 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:52.120 Right that dark chocolate, and the darker the better. So 257 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:55.120 not you know, the Hershey's bars or the Cadberry bars, 258 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:57.639 the milk chocolate, that's not going to do it. But 259 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:00.799 dark chocolate, the more cacao, the high or the percentage 260 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:07.360 the better, actually has antioxidant effects. So again, everything in moderation. 261 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:10.919 So it has been found to have heart health benefits. 262 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.559 So if you're thinking of Valentine's Day coming up and 263 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:16.960 you want to give someone some chocolate, it may not 264 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.720 be their favorite, but dark chocolate could work. You could 265 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.639 put that on the list. 266 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:26.399 No, I have some dark chocolate every night for desserts. 267 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:27.679 That's a great choice. 268 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:29.480 Yeah, absolutely, Yeah. 269 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.279 And it tastes good too. 270 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:31.759 Yeah. 271 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:38.480 So realistically here, what percentage of Americans do you think 272 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:42.399 now are much more cognizant of what you're talking about 273 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.840 than maybe we were twenty or thirty years ago. 274 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:48.159 Yeah. 275 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:53.200 So, I mean, the sobering statistic is that, you know, 276 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.320 heart disease is probably one of the leading causes of 277 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:01.000 death when it comes in adults in the US, especially 278 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:04.000 when it comes to sort of chronic diet related diseases. It's, 279 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.799 in fact, according to the CDC, the Center for Disease 280 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.960 Control and Prevention, it's the number one cause of death 281 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.200 for men and women. And yet at the same time, 282 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:18.080 you know, science says that about eighty percent of premature 283 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:22.240 heart attacks and strokes are preventable. And there is I think, 284 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:24.799 and people I think are being able to recognize us 285 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:28.320 that that there's a strong connection between the foods we 286 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.480 eat and our health. And the good news is we 287 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.600 can't improve our heart health, you know, with the right 288 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:37.200 foods and avoiding you know, the wrong foods. 289 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:42.559 Yeah, I mean that is It's a challenge, There's no 290 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:47.600 doubt about it. But it certainly is something that that 291 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:53.639 we should aspire to. Is there anything in recent US 292 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.960 News and World Report that you could cite for folks 293 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.480 that they could find? It's one thing for to talk 294 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.759 about it. Very few people out there are taking notes 295 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.759 right now, but I'm just writing right Is there something 296 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:10.839 at the US News and World's Report World Reports website 297 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:14.359 that you could refer my listeners to? 298 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.079 Absolutely so, just for a little context, you know, we 299 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.559 here at US News and World Report, we have been 300 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:26.319 evaluating diets for fifteen years and we have a team 301 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:30.000 of sixty nine experts. These are doctors as well as 302 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:36.240 dietitians who evaluate, you know, a long list of eating plans, 303 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:39.920 and one of the categories they evaluate are the best 304 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:43.240 heart healthy diets. So if you want the full list 305 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:46.200 of the best heart healthy diets, you can read about 306 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:49.319 those diets as well as sort of high level tips 307 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:55.119 to you know, eat heart healthy. Usnews dot com backslash 308 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:59.880 best slash hyphen diet, and you will see not only 309 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:03.880 the list of best heart healthy diets, but also best 310 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.200 diets to lower cholesterol and the best diets to lower 311 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.960 blood pressure. 312 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:11.759 So as well as we have a. 313 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:17.160 Total of eleven different health goals that you can look at, 314 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:23.039 everything from lowering fatty liver to losing weight to improving 315 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.759 brain health. 316 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:26.240 So we have those there. 317 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.480 Just give me that website, Yeah more. 318 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:36.160 Time, sure Usnews dot com backslash best hyphen diet. 319 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.400 Perfect perfect that way everyone don't have a chance to 320 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:44.960 write it down dot com slash best diet, Gretel, Thank 321 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.680 you very much. Great information tonight. And I try to 322 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.240 make this sometimes a little bit more, uh, you know, conversational, 323 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.759 and I hope I didn't interject myself too much. But 324 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:59.720 this is something no note at all, you know, something 325 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:04.359 that I take really seriously. And I had some advice 326 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:08.160 from a doctor many years ago that doc, chocolate is 327 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:10.359 good for you. So I try to work that in 328 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:13.039 because it tastes great too. I try to work that 329 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.279 into every one of these interviews we do. And you've 330 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:18.920 been a great sport and I love Yeah News and 331 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.759 World Report. It's a great magazine and it's a website 332 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.400 now I realize, but I can remember reading it as 333 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:27.880 a magazine. You guys no longer publish correct me if 334 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.400 I'm wrong. I just want to make sure I'm right, 335 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.359 do you guys? 336 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:37.119 We do publish an annual issue which includes Best Hospitals 337 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:39.960 as well as some diet and nutrition information and some 338 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:44.200 other stories in it. But yes, we are largely now online. 339 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:48.279 Yeah, but again put it on folks. Check it out 340 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:55.119 usnews dot com or usnews dot com slash Best hyphen Diet. 341 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.160 Thank you so much for joining us tonight, and we'll 342 00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.599 talk again. 343 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.279 Absolutely happy to be here. 344 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.599 Yeah, thanks so much. Have a great night. Good night. 345 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:06.559 When we get back and we talk about the Super Bowl. 346 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.359 You know, it was only like twenty four hours ago 347 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:10.720 they were still playing. Some people thought Kansas City still 348 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.119 had a chance. We're going to talk with Christina Basilio 349 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:17.759 about the Google trends that what people and this is 350 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:19.279 kind of a little preview of what we're gonna do 351 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:21.279 later on tonight at ten o'clock as well. So stay 352 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.400 with us back right after the news here at the 353 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.920 bottom of the hour on night Side. 354 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:31.279 Night Side with Dan Ray ONBZ Boston's news radio. 355 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:36.759 Well, it was last night twenty four hours ago, and 356 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:41.519 that the Philadelphia Eagles were demolishing the Kansas City Chiefs. 357 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:48.000 And here is Google trends expert Christina Basilio. Christina's been 358 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:50.039 with us before. Welcome back, Christina, how are you. 359 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:53.400 I'm great, so great to be back. 360 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:59.920 Thanks so much. You're following what people were googling last night, 361 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:08.039 And let's talk about terms, and did people not know 362 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:11.880 some of the football terms? It seemed to be a 363 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:16.440 lot of googling of references that the announcers were making 364 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:19.839 that I thought most people would know what they were 365 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.440 talking about. 366 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:25.160 Yeah, it was a really interesting trend that we saw yesterday. 367 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:28.599 There were searches for things like what is a pick six? 368 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:31.319 What is a penalty? To things like even what is 369 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:33.880 a first down? So it seems like maybe there's a 370 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:37.119 newer fans we are attracted to football. Maybe we just 371 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:40.240 wanted to get a better understanding of the game itself. 372 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:43.240 Yeah, I mean, I guess if you've never watched a 373 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:47.319 football game in your life, you know the concept of 374 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:51.039 a pick six would be WHOA. I was pretty interesting. 375 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:55.119 But obviously there was that d back from the Eagles 376 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:58.279 that I guess on his twenty second birthday. His last 377 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:02.480 name was Dejene. He intercepted the pass and ran it 378 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:05.680 back for a touchdown, only became the second player in 379 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:09.519 the history of the championship game. I guess it had 380 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:11.799 never been done in the Super Bowl before, but it 381 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:14.960 was done by Steve Van Buren way back, like in 382 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:19.279 the nineteen forties. So you had those topics which people 383 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:23.720 didn't understand when the commercials have. The commercials were an 384 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:26.519 interesting mix, and we're going to talk about this later 385 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:30.440 on the show and talk to callers during the ten 386 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:34.279 o'clock hour. But I thought some of the commercials were 387 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:38.119 really clever. I thought that the David Beckham the two 388 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:42.039 David commercial was clever. But I thought of them really 389 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:45.440 were flat. What did you think of the commercials as 390 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:47.279 a whole, and then give us a couple that you 391 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:49.960 liked and a couple that you thought fell flat. 392 00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:54.920 Perhaps, Yeah, So the commercials are always really interesting and 393 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:57.519 something that we've noticed year every years, you did so 394 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:01.640 many cameos. So the book dot com commercial that had 395 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:04.480 the muppets, that one seems like it really played up 396 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:07.400 on like things that are funny. Of course, I had 397 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.359 to talk about the Google Pixel commercial that talks about 398 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:13.519 how to use Gemini to do something like heartwarming, like 399 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:16.799 really nail that interview and that storyline was really great 400 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:20.200 to see. But there's just also really cool concept that 401 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:22.480