| 01/31/2007 - Antibiotics For The Flu? |
| Everyone in the medical profession knows the problem with antibiotics. The excessive overuse of these drugs has prompted bacteria to quickly adapt and become much more resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. |
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| 01/31/2007 - Herbal Remedies to Control Blood Sugar |
| What do banaba leaf extract, bitter melon, and nopal cactus have in common? Each of these botanicals has been shown to help control blood sugar levels. |
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| 01/30/2007 - Chlorine and Tap Water |
| An HSI member named Mary asks: "I read your article on chlorine and have a concern. I do water aerobics 3x a week for an hour. If a 10 minute shower is bad, what can that be doing?" |
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| 01/30/2007 - Evaluating Multivitamins |
| When choosing a multivitamin, don't forget to look for one that has plenty of key vitamins and minerals, and, of course, is shaped like a favorite cartoon character. |
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| 01/29/2007 - Need a Lift? |
| If you know someone who's struggling with cancer, one of the best gifts you could possibly give her is a tip on how she might overcome fatigue.
Here's the tip: L-carnitine. |
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| 01/29/2007 - More Health Benefits of Olive Oil |
| Olive oil intake can lower systolic blood pressure, according to a study I told you about in the e-Alert "Big & Tall" (9/15/07). This is just the latest of many studies that have shown olive oil consumption to be beneficial to cardiovascular health. |
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| 01/25/2007 - Rags to Riches |
| Poverty of the bone - that's the literal translation of "osteopenia," which combines the Latin word for bone (osteo), and the Greek word for poverty (penia). |
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| 01/25/2007 - NBC showed CBS how it's done. |
| In the e-Alert "Katie, Bar the Door!" (1/17/07), I told you about an inept investigation of dietary supplements that appeared on the CBS Evening News last week… |
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| 01/24/2007 - Mysterious Ways |
| Here are the two best ways to lower your risk of pancreatic cancer: 1) Maintain a proper body weight 2) Avoid smoking. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health believe they've found evidence that might add a third item to that list. |
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| 01/24/2007 - Fats? In fruits and vegetables? |
| Absolutely. We're so conditioned to equating fats with meat that it may come as a surprise that fruits and vegetables also contain fats. In fact, one fruit in particular contains quite a bit of fat. |
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| 01/23/2007 - What's Good for the Body… |
| Like many health issues, kidney problems require very specific dietary considerations. |
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| 01/23/2007 - Feeling hungry? |
| Not if you work at the USDA. When noon arrives around the USDA offices, folks there begin feeling that tug of "low food security" in the belly. |
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| 01/22/2007 - Just For the Risk of It |
| As you may have heard (or seen on YouTube.com), when a stack of Mentos candies is dropped into a liter of Diet Coke, a frothy cola geyser instantly erupts from the bottle. |
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| 01/22/2007 - Great news! |
| After I sent you the e-Alert "Hot Buttons" (1/17/07) concerning the use of intravenous ascorbic acid (IAA) in the treatment of cancer I came across a very encouraging report. |
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| 01/18/2007 - Hot Buttons |
| Is vitamin C a placebo? That question was the subject line of an e-mail I received from an HSI member named David… |
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| 01/18/2007 - Secrets of the Almond |
| Researchers have revealed even more secrets of the almond. |
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| 01/17/2007 - More Than Pins and Needles |
| You know that tingling sensation you get when your leg "falls asleep"? Imagine if that tingling gradually subsided until your leg became completely numb. Or imagine the opposite: a simple tingling that slowly turns into a debilitating pain. |
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| 01/17/2007 - Can a little milk, added to tea, undo the beneficial effects of catechins? |
| Catechins (abundant in green tea, but less so in black tea) are flavonoid compounds with significant antioxidant power. |
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| 01/16/2007 - These Hips Don't Lie |
| They say there are only six degrees of separation between you and any other person on earth. |
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| 01/16/2007 - More Than Pins and Needles |
| You know that tingling sensation you get when your leg "falls asleep"? Imagine if that tingling gradually subsided until your leg became completely numb. Or imagine the opposite: a simple tingling that slowly turns into a debilitating pain. |
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| 01/15/2007 - Big & Tall |
| Many people who aren't obese, or even a little overweight, are suffering from obesity fatigue: the weariness of having to constantly hear about obesity in the mainstream media. |
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| 01/15/2007 - Oil Power |
| Another olive oil study has demonstrated how consumption of the oil promotes healthy hearts. |
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| 01/11/2007 - Feeling Your Oats |
| I'm sure you've seen those commercials where average folks talk about how they lowered their cholesterol levels after eating oatmeal for a few weeks. |
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| 01/11/2007 - The Safest Way to Avoid Death |
| HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., sent me an interesting article that was published this past October. And the title says it all: "Natural Medicines - The Safest Way to Avoid Death." |
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| 01/10/2007 - Green Eggs and Strange Ham |
| "I do not want to eat cloned animals!" That's the title of a petition I received in my e-mail in-box last week. |
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| 01/10/2007 - Getting Played (Again) |
| In the e-Alert "Getting Played" (1/2/07), I told you how patients with schizophrenia are typically deficient in vitamin B-3 (also known as niacin)… |
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| 01/09/2007 - Clear and Present Danger |
| Anytime you see "FDA" and the phrase "panel of experts" in the same sentence, you just know something fun is going to happen! |
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| 01/09/2007 - Energy Fiend? |
| If you've ever wondered how many cups of coffee would actually kill you, wonder no more. You can find out right now at energyfiend.com. |
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| 01/08/2007 - Sugar Buzz |
| Why in the world would American Diabetic Association (ADA) executives want you to believe that a steady daily intake of sugar is not potentially harmful to your health? |
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| 01/08/2007 - A Loyal Friend |
| Years ago, I brought home my first Brittany (sometimes called a Brittany Spaniel). While I didn't always have the energy to keep up with her, she was a loving, faithful and loyal companion. |
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| 01/04/2007 - New Wave |
| At a Christmas party last month, a friend of mine named Rose confided that she thought the mad press of holiday details was causing a stomach ulcer. |
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| 01/04/2007 - Would you buy gray ham? |
| How about gray lunchmeat or gray pepperoni? |
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