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Eating two grapefruits a day can reduce gum bleeding for those who suffer from gum disease.

A two-week study showed that eating two grapefruits a day raised vitamin C levels for all participants. The vitamin C level of smokers in the study almost doubled.

Grapefruit increases blood levels of vitamin C, which promotes healing, and also lessens damage caused by free radical molecules. This aids in the repair of gums.

LENA'S COMMENT: Is it the Vitamin C, the other antioxidants or the ant inflammatory properties of the grapefruit. They did not touch on those possibilities so I wouldn't say it's absolutely why, but whatever the reason eat them and have healthy gums!

Tangy vegetable, fruit or what?

This tangy flavorful herb/food/flavoring isn't really a fruit or vegetable but a root, which could qualify as a vegetable!

It's a perennial herb Zingiber Officionale or commonly English name Gingerroot. In the fresh Gingerroot state, it has a characteristic staghorn-like appearance; dried ginger is usually sold in form of off-white to very light brown powder or fresh whole or pieces. Ginger root is a rhizome or underground stem and not considered an actual root. Depending on the location it is being grown at, it is harvested nearly year-round. It is ready for harvest about five months after planting. The early harvests are used for ginger syrup and candied ginger. The later harvests are usually sold as fresh ginger. It becomes hotter and spicier, and better for homeopathic remedies, the longer it is in the ground.

Ginger leaves are occasionally used for flavoring in ginger producing countries.
Ginger and turmeric combine with citrus and maple syrup to make the perfect blend of healing nutrients.

The English botanist William Roscoe (1753-1831) gave the plant the name of Zingiber officinale in an 1807 publication. The ginger family is a tropical group especially abundant in Indo-Malaysia, consisting of more than 1200 plant species. The genus Zingiber includes about 85 species of aromatic herbs from East Asia and tropical Australia. The name of the genus, Zingiber, derives from a Sanskrit word denoting "horn-shaped," in reference to the protrusions on the rhizome. Major world producers include Fiji, India, Jamaica, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and China. American imports come from China, several Caribbean Islands, Africa, Central America, Brazil, and Australia. Ginger is now commercially cultivated in nearly every tropical and subtropical country in the world with arable land for export crops. While in Hawaii last April I was privy to see ginger growing in all it's beauty and several organic plots for personal use as well as for sale... Fresh ginger and dried ginger are considered two different commodities. In fact, one author of an early Chinese herbal felt that they were so different that they must come from two different plants! The dried root is known as Gan-jiang. The fresh root is called Sheng-jiang.

Ginger having been around so long that its exact origin is unclear.

It reached the West at least two thousand years ago, recorded as a subject of a Roman tax in the second century after being imported via the Red Sea to Alexandria. Tariff duties appear in the records of Marseilles in 1228 and in Paris by 1296. Ginger is known in England before the Norman Conquest, as it is commonly found in the 11th century Anglo-Saxon leech books. Ginger is detailed in a 13th century work, "Physicians of Myddvai," a collection of recipes and prescriptions written by a physician, Rhiwallon, and his three sons, by mandate of Rhys Gryg, prince of South Wales (who died in 1233). By the 13th and 14th centuries it was familiar to English palates, and next to pepper, was the most popular spice. A pound of ginger was then valued at the price of one sheep. Ginger, as a product of the Far East, was indelibly imprinted on the taste buds of Westerners before potatoes, tomatoes, and corn were even known to exist by Europeans.

Medicinal properties

Ginger has been used for centuries in treating the common cold. Additionally, it is an effective analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-viral agent. Asian cultures believe it prevents them from maladies found in most countries such as hypertension, and in the prevention of atherosclerosis. Other known benefits of ginger include its ability to cleanse the colon, reduce spasms and cramps, stimulate circulation, and aid metabolism. Many have used it to treat colitis, nausea, gas, indigestion, bowel disorders, morning sickness, motion sickness, vomiting, congestion, fever, and headaches. In spite of Westernized medicine moving in on them Asian medicine still, for the most part, uses it as a treatment for asthma, shortness of breath, water retention, earache, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Homeopathic practitioners even recommend it for sexual disorders. In some cultures over the centuries it has been credited with the ability to treat arthritis, fevers, and toothaches. It is said to have the ability to prevent internal blood clots. An added benefit to Ginger is that it is a strong antioxidant and effective microbial agent for sores and wounds.

Ginger in protecting and soothing the digestive system increases the pH of stomach acid, reducing its acidity, thereby naturally lowers the rate of gastric secretions, and increasing digestive enzyme activity. Rather than blocking the feelings of nausea in the brain, it acts directly on the stomach and liver to reduce nausea and vomiting. Ginger tincture - root is soaked in alcohol and water - sometimes labeled as "drops" or "extracts" - are available in health and natural food stores. Recommended ten to twenty drops of ginger tincture in a little water with meals to counteract indigestion or help fight early symptoms of cold or flu.

Ginger root herb has no known harmful side effects, and is viewed as a very safe herb. However, it has been known to cause heartburn in some people. If such occurs, reduce dosage and try again or discontinue use.

In most American Asian restaurants shredded fresh ginger is offered as a condiment to dishes and is found to be a common flavoring in most of their dishes. Since I have not been to the orient I cannot absolutely say how it is served over there.

Many people like raw ginger. Sometimes people will soak ginger in water for several hours then added to the dish immediately before serving. This gives it a more fresh, spicy and pungent taste. The freshness decreases and the pungency increases when fresh ginger is cooked. Often times, ginger is ground up into a powder and used in curries and spice pastes.

Slices of ginger are used quite often to flavor foods that need to simmer for long periods of time. The reason ginger is good for this is because the slices release their flavor quite slowly.

Ginger tea can be made by cooking slices of fresh ginger in water for a few minutes. It is a spicy and healthy drink that can be enjoyed in hot tropical climates or in freezing cold climates. Below is a great tasting and healthy detoxing, pain relieving and refreshing tea!

Ginger Healing Detox Tea with Turmeric

INGREDIENTS

2 cups water
1/8 teaspoon shredded ginger
1/2 teaspoon powdered turmeric
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Juice of 1/2 lemon

1. Bring water to a boil, then add herbs (1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger may be used in place of shredded fresh). Simmer for 10 - 20 minutes.
2. Strain tea into a mug, add maple syrup and lemon, stirring to combine. Drink warm.

Makes 1 serving.

Enjoy this pleasant food/herb/medicinal in all kinds of cookies, cakes, tea, drinks or as a condiment with fish or fruits. I add a small piece of fresh root to my juicer when I juice apples and carrots together for a very pleasant flavor enhancer and nutrient enrichment.

Disciplined Doctors Not Required to Stop Practicing Even Temporarily

This is not a new topic nor am I into doctor bashing but having been responsible for instigating and helping to remove one dangerous doctors' license and attempting to remove another one unsuccessfully, in the late 90's, I feel the need to again warn you!

While spending time in trial against the two bad doctors I can tell you that absolutely no one ever knew about either of those proceedings, because nothing was ever published to the public. The one doctor, only sanctioned, is still out there practicing bad medicine and probably hurting people and until an organization called Public Citizen decided enough is enough no one would ever know. I still do not understand why news people don't find such things newsworthy? Now if a doctor is being sued for millions of dollars it's newsworthy yet seldom does that doctor lose his licenses when found guilty nor do they tell you that either… Why? I can't prove my opinion so I will say nothing but draw your won conclusion…

I only know that of all the dozens of doctor's, over my twenty years of working with and assisting them, I can say that "a good bedside manner does not guarantee a doctor knows what he is doing or is capable of being your doctor!"

Is your doctor safe?
Does he/she know what he/she is doing?
How would you know?
Do you know where to find that information?

"Choosing a doctor is arguably one of the most critical choices consumers make," said Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, which conducted the research. "We believe the public should be armed with as much information as possible when doing so. Unfortunately, consumers can find out more about a car they plan to purchase than a doctor they plan to visit."

www.citizen.org may save your health and/or your life by keeping tabs on the bad ones as best they can!

Their list of more than 20,000 U.S. practicing Questionable Doctors is an invaluable consumer guide containing information about physicians who have been disciplined by state medical boards and other agencies for incompetence, misprescribing drugs, sexual misconduct, criminal convictions, ethical lapses and other offenses.

Questionable Doctors analyzed the nation's system for protecting the public from medical incompetence showing it is far from adequate, and that medical boards are too forgiving of doctors who have erred. Questionable Doctors contains a state ranking to help citizens determine which states are doing the best job of regulating the medical profession.

The majority of doctors in Citizen.org report were disciplined for the five most serious offenses-sexual abuse or sexual misconduct; substandard care, incompetence or negligence; criminal conviction; misprescribing or overprescribing of drugs; or substance abuse-were not required to stop practicing even temporarily. Therefore, it is likely that they are still practicing and that their patients are unaware of their offenses. For instance, in 2001 3,215 doctors were disciplined for substandard care, incompetence or negligence, but only about a third had to stop practicing, even temporarily.

Similarly, only about two-fifths of the 2,963 doctors with criminal convictions had to stop practicing, even temporarily, while only about a third of 1,715 doctors disciplined for substance abuse were required to stop practicing, even temporarily.

"In the majority of cases, the seriousness of these offenses was not matched by the severity of the sanctions ordered by medical boards," Dr. Wolfe said.

Almost all of the disciplinary actions -- 90.6 percent-taken against the 20,125 doctors were for serious offenses (including substandard care, criminal conviction, substance abuse, sex-related offenses, misprescribing of drugs, providing false information to the state board, loss of hospital privileges or insurance fraud). Despite the gravity of these offenses, only 48 percent of the disciplinary actions were serious: revocation, suspension or surrender of license, or probation/restriction of license.

Information came from all 50 state medical boards, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration. The 20,125 doctors in that initial report had a total of 38,589 disciplinary actions taken against them.

Public Citizen asked all the state medical boards to provide information about court actions that may have overruled or changed previous disciplinary actions.

Any disciplinary actions that were overturned by courts or for which litigation ended in the doctor's favor were deleted from the database.

Although some earlier editions of Questionable Doctors included disciplinary actions against dentists, chiropractors and podiatrists when state boards provided the information, these doctors were eliminated from the database because information about them from states was so inconsistent.

Public Citizen has long sought greater consumer access to information about doctors, and there have been recent improvements in making that information available. Most state medical boards, for instance, now provide some physician information on the Internet, but the information about the disciplinary actions varies greatly, is often inadequate and can be difficult for people to access.

Congress still drags their feet at doing anything to protect the consumer from bad doctors and bad doctoring and continue to protect them rather than spotlight them… There are no excuses for allowing doctor's data to be viewed by HMOs and insurance companies but not by the people who must put their lives in the hands of these practitioners.

In spite of the fact that at least 80,000 patients are killed and more than 300,000 are injured as a result of negligence in hospitals, most cases involving doctors. "A key problem is that too many state medical boards believe their first responsibility is to protect the doctor from the public, rather than the other way around," Wolfe said.

Be diligent when choosing or keeping a doctor. You do not have to continue with a doctor who is incompetent; it is your right to choose another, so use that right!!!

Lena

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