About Us. St. Jude Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis, and is located in Martin, Tennessee, near the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin. We are the only Catholic parish in Weakley County, serving families in Martin, Dresden, Greenfield, Gleason, Palmersville and Sharon.
It was dueling rice reports on Wednesday. First up, Consumer Reports announcing that an analysis of 200 samples of 60 rice products, including breakfast cereal and rice pasta, turned up âworrisome levelsâ of the inorganic form of arsenic, a toxin known to cause liver, lung, kidney and bladder cancer.
The Harvard School of Public Health states that substituting brown rice for white rice can lessen the risk of becoming diabetic. The fiber in brown rice also helps prevent heart disease because fiber binds with fatty substances in the intestines and lowers bad cholesterol in the dieter. The regulation of sugar levels in whole-grain rice also helps the dieter control hunger to help prevent over-eating and obesity, which can lead to diabetes.