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Issue # 451, January 31/February 1, 2008
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Issue # 451, January 31/February 1,
2008
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Natural Health and Alternative Medicine Newsletter
Issue #451, January 31/February 1, 2008
Publisher: David Riklan -
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In this issue:
-- Top Natural Health News Story of the Week
-- Natural Health Products and Services
-- Other Health News from Around the World
-- Health/Safety Tips & Articles for the Week (pH Levels; Aging; Grief)
-- Book Review: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto - By Michael Pollan
-- Healthy Recipes: Ham Stuffed Potatoes
-- How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Top Natural Health News Story of the Week ***
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* Crazy or Brilliant? Extreme Home Remedies for Pain: Doctors Share Real-World
Bad Ideas to Treat Pain *
Right now -- in bathrooms, bedrooms or at the kitchen sink -- people across the
world are trying rather unusual home remedies to cure their pain.
In Mexico, some people rub potato halves on their foreheads for headaches. In
Central America, blowing cigar smoke on a sufferer's back is believed to bring
them pain relief. And in the United States, rubbing cobwebs into cuts is
believed to stop bleeding and pain.
The following is a list, compiled by pain management doctors, of the most
extreme measures people have taken to cure pain -- sometimes hitting the jackpot
and sometimes just hitting their heads.
(Go to this link for complete news story)
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/Story?id=4205426&page=1
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*** Natural Health Products and Services ***
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* An Important Message for Men from Al Sears, MD *
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*** Other Health News from Around the World ***
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* Virtual Or Real, Colonoscopy Is Best Test: Study Shows Both Types Are More
Accurate Than Other Colon Cancer Screenings *
Virtual colonoscopy is nearly as accurate as the real thing, and both methods
far outperform three other standard screening methods for colon cancer, German
researchers report.
Their study of more than 300 low-risk, healthy men and women compared virtual
and real colonoscopy to flexible sigmoidoscopy, fecal occult blood test (FOBT),
and immunological detection of hemoglobin in stool (FIT).
(Go to this link for complete news story)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/29/health/webmd/main3763962.shtml
* Cranberries can fight some urinary tract infections *
A well-known home remedy for urinary tract infections may in fact work for some
women, a review of the published research suggests.
Cranberry juice has long been espoused as a treatment for repeat urinary tract
infections (UTIs), and research suggests that certain substances in the fruit
can hinder bacteria from sticking to the lining of the bladder.
(Go to this link for complete news story)
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL87182220080128
* Personality can't predict breast cancer: Depressed, anxious women were no more
prone to disease, study finds *
The idea that a woman's personality traits can make her more prone to breast
cancer appears nothing more than a myth, according to a Dutch study.
Women who were unemotional, depressed or anxious were no more or less likely to
get breast cancer than any other women, the study found. Nor were women who were
optimistic, angry or understanding, or had any combination of personality
traits.
(Go to this link for complete news story)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22902743/
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*** Health/Safety Tips & Articles for the Week ***
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* pH Levels *
Remember the litmus test from high school chemistry lab? You stuck a small strip
of litmus paper into a solution, and if it turned red, it meant the solution was
acidic. If it turned blue, the solution was basic (alkaline).
Well, the body has its own sort of litmus test: It's called your pH level. And
many health care professionals consider a balanced pH level to be the key to
good health.
To read the complete article entitled "Did You Know Your Blood pH Levels Could
Be Keeping You in Pain?" - By Jesse Cannone, go to
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Did_you_know_your_Blood_Ph_Levels_could_be_keeping_you_in_Pain.html
* Aging *
While your eyes may indeed be your window to the world, your face is like the
world's window to you. Just looking at a person's face, you can easily identify
whether they are happy or sad, tired or energetic... young or old.
In your 20s, you might not have given this much thought. At this time, your face
is still firm and virtually wrinkle-free. But as you reach your 30s, your 40s,
and certainly your 50s, an aging face -- particularly one that's aged
prematurely -- can make you appear older, more fatigued, and less excited than
you really are.
To read the complete article entitled " Why Your Face Ages, and How to Avoid
Premature Aging" - By B. SixWise, go to
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/SixWise45.html
* Grief *
My family is a stoic one. I don't think I ever saw a tear or heard even a
sniffle. It's taken years, but I've broken out of that pattern somewhat. That
said, other than the immense emotions I expressed during the breakup of my
family at the end of my first marriage, I've been fairly reserved.
Not so yesterday. Yesterday, our wonderful, but elderly dog died. ...
To read the complete article entitled "The Blessing of Grief" - By Jacquie Hale,
go to
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/The_Blessing_of_Grief.html
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*** Book Review: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto - By Michael Pollan
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Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to
hate. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat,
and it's at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most
salient question: Where is the food in our food?
What follows in "In Defense of Food" is a series of wonderfully clear and
thoughtful answers that help us omnivores navigate the nutritional minefield
that's come to typify our food culture. Many processed foods vie for a spot in
our grocery baskets, claiming to lower cholesterol, weight, glucose levels, you
name it. Yet Pollan shows that these convenient "healthy" alternatives to whole
foods are appallingly inconvenient: our health as a nation has only deteriorated
since we started exiling carbs, fats -- even fruits - -from our daily meals.
His razor-sharp analysis of the American diet (as well as its architects and its
detractors) offers an inspiring glimpse of what it would be like if we could (a
la Humpty Dumpty) put our food back together again and reconsider what it means
to eat well. In a season filled with rallying cries to lose weight and be
healthy, Pollan's call to action -- "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." --
is a program I actually want to follow. --Anne Bartholomew
*****
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*** Healthy Recipes ***
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Ham Stuffed Potatoes
20 small red potatoes
1 cup diced cooked lean, low sodium ham
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon light ricotta cheese
1/4 cup reduced fat cream cheese
1 tablespoon minced onion
1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
Fresh parsley sprigs
Place potatoes in a vegetable steamer and steam over boiling water for 15-20
minutes or until tender. Remove from steamer and let cool. Scoop out center
using a melon ball scoop and save pulp for another use. Combine ham and next 4
ingredients and mix well. Fill center of potatoes with 2 teaspoons of ham
mixture and garnish with fresh parsley sprigs.
Makes 10 Servings
Serving Size: 2 potatoes
Nutrients per serving:
Calories: 72
Total fat: 2 grams
Saturated fat: 1 gram
Cholesterol: 12 mg
Sodium: 192 mg
Carbohydrate: 8 grams
Protein: 3 grams
Dietary fiber: 1 gram
http://amazingdiet.herbalcoach.com/shop/recipeSrch.cfm/storeID/3024/fuseaction/recipe/recipeID/17
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