Robert Eckels
Robert Eckels
Robert Allen Eckels is a lawyer and businessman from his native Houston, Texas, who was from 1983 to 1995 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives and from 1995 to 2007 the county judge of Harris County...
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The dome is a shelter. It's not a home. We don't want it to turn into a refugee camp.
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This could be the proudest moment for the stadium. There have been tens of thousands of people in here who could be on the street.
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If you're overweight, you basically live three years less ... and if you're obese, you live approximately six to seven years less.
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The message is that a healthy diet early in life potentially has long-term benefits. The idea that heart disease starts in the 50s has been substantially discounted. Saturated fat is always an enemy to the arteries, at any age.
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This is a very important message and one that takes us into the 21st century.
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even being more fit may have a better outcome long-term.
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Eggs certainly can be part of a healthy diet.
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The important message from this study is, let's work on prevention. Let's work with young people to prevent that increase in body fat,
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It appears that the officials there have been overwhelmed by the magnitude of this disaster.
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If this observation is confirmed, I can see a scenario where a physician does genetic testing and says 'Mrs. Jones, you have (this genetic variation) and you don't drink much. Maybe we ought to increase your consumption,
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Houston is not a good shelter city, even if the hotels were not filled. But we have people from New Orleans and the mid-Gulf Coast. They have filled our hotel rooms and may have to leave.
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Alcohol has a direct toxic effect on heart muscle.
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That's based on a lot of scientific evidence that suggests that people who consume at least one, preferably two, servings of fish a week have reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease and stroke,
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Identifying the egg as the source of other nutrients is meritorious, ... But dietary cholesterol is not necessary for health and we certainly don't want to add a potentially injurious substance at unlimited levels.