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Greetings and thank you for reading A Natural Environmental Health Facts ezine!

This is going out Tuesday night since I have to leave so very early in the morning to travel to the Prescott court house... As you read today's edition, if you are reading this on Wednesday, I will be setting in the court house waiting to be chosen to judge someone, which isn't my idea of fun... I have jury duty and I feel it is my duty to fulfill that obligation no matter how much I hate it... Think of me sitting for such a long period and I may not even be chosen as the last few times the defense didn't like me on the jury since my daughter is a sheriff. I will take a good book for reading... But know that I'm not enjoying the day while you are reading this.

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EARLY SIGNS OF DEHYDRATION

* Fatigue
* Loss of appetite
* Flushed skin
* Burning in stomach
* Headache
* Lightheadedness & or dizziness
* Dry mouth
* Dry cough
* Heat intolerance
* Dark urine with a strong odor.

For an estimate of how much water your body requires, divide your weight in half. That number, in ounces, generally is considered your recommended daily water intake. Drink a variety of fresh juices and herbal teas to help with that quota. You don't have to feel deprived. Other beverages count toward your daily requirement, too. However, avoid more than three caffeinated beverages per day... and alcohol, both of which increase fluid loss.

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Relying on the way your water looks, tastes or smells is a mistake. Dangerous levels of contaminants that damage your health are measured in parts per million or billion, something that the human senses of taste, smell and sight cannot detect. A case in point: In some states, the FDA recently reported the widespread tainting of milk and lettuce with rocket fuel. But the contaminated milk and lettuce regulators examined looks, tastes and smells perfectly fine. Read Water Should Be Healthy

However, there's one thing average water filter company doesn't mention. Even if their filter removes contaminants from the water you drink, you're still exposed to contaminated water when you:

*Inhale steam from a shower
*Bathe
*Wash your hands
*Wear laundry washed in contaminated water
*Eat and drink from plates, glasses and utensils washed in contaminated water

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Amgen Adds Warning to Anemia Drug Aranesp
Jan 15, 2005

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) - Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. (AMGN) has added a warning to its anemia drug Aranesp after studies showed high doses of similar drugs can cause blood clots and death.

The company said in a Jan. 11 letter to health professionals that two clinical studies revealed the complications when similar drugs were used to raise hemoglobin levels above recommended levels.

Aranesp is used to treat anemia in adult cancer patients as well as chronic kidney disease. The company said it would not change its dosage recommendations. Shares of Amgen were down 8 cents at $63.81 Friday on the Nasdaq.

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Prunus armeniaca

The official name of a yellow to orange small fruit with a pit in the middle that contains a mountain of healthy nutrients - The Apricot!

Next weeks Ask Lena Health Q & A goes into the seed of the apricot and it's health properties but the fruit of the apricot is quite healthy on its own.

When I was doing my research into a question asked about Apricot Seeds and their health potential I realized I had never given you the story on the healthy Apricot aka prunus armeniaca. Since we have our own Apricot trees and I have a pantry full of canned and dried apricots as well as apricot nectar it stands to reason you should know why we eat so many of them and why you could benefit as well!

You've probably heard the term "nectar of the gods." It was nectar made of the juice and pulp of the apricot which was reputedly the drink of choice of the Greek and Roman gods.

Why eat raw first?

Something I learned a long time ago is; raw fruit when eaten at the beginning of a meal will allow your other foods to be digested better and the fruit enzymes help absorb more nutrients than you can without consuming fruit first. In some Latin countries dessert is served first and usually consists of fruit compote with one or more fresh fruits. This is the same concept that we, here in the United States, eat our salads first as raw veggies have some of the same enzymes that make it better for our digestive system.

Apricots come in so many varieties; Dried, canned, frozen or fresh that it makes for a simple solution to getting those RDV of 4.5 to 5 cups of fruit a day. They’re readily available year-round, store easily and add a boost of flavor, color and nutrients to meals or snacks. Fully ripe apricots ship poorly, so unless you live near an apricot-growing region, you may have a difficult time finding ripe ones—fruits that are soft to the touch and brimming with juice. If you find apricots that are plump, firm, and orange-gold in color, they'll be ready to eat after about two days of ripening at room temperature Don't buy hard fruits that are tinged with green—they will never develop full flavor.

Dried apricots come in a number of different forms. The most common are the bright orange apricot halves; their rich color is the result of the apricots being treated with sulfur dioxide. If you are allergic to sulfites, you can look for unsulfured apricots in health food stores. Because they're untreated, they're brown rather than orange. You may also find small, whole apricots called Turkish apricots. These are a much paler orange and are considerably sweeter than regular apricot halves.

Canned apricots are sold packed in heavy syrup, light syrup, or fruit juice. The sugary syrups add a lot of empty calories, and the fruit is so naturally sweet that it really doesn't need the extra sugar. I can our apricots with syrup made with Stevia rather than sugar.

Nearly 4000+ years ago, a fruit belonging to the rose family was discovered on the mountain slopes of China. Today, it’s generally accepted that the Chinese first cultivated this ancient fruit, the wild ancestor to the present day apricot. It is also believed that the Chinese considered the apricot to contain special fertility enhancing properties.

With the strong sensory appeal of apricots’ delicate, velvety skin and intensely sweet fragrance and flavor, apricot cuttings traveled across the Persian Empire to the Mediterranean where they flourished. In the 18th century, Spanish explorers introduced apricots to the New World. California inherited the golden blush fruit planted in the gardens of Spanish missions. In 1792, the first major production of California apricots was recorded. Many varieties of the fruit differing in size, color and flavor are still grown with popular appeal throughout the world.

The unique mix of compounds found in apricots also makes this fruit a good choice for helping to fight heart disease. Along with beta-carotene, apricots contain the other powerful anti-oxidants, Vitamin C and lycopene. Combined, these compounds help protect against cancer, heart disease and stroke.

The beta-carotene in apricots is converted to Vitamin A in the body. This nutrient helps protect the eyes and keep the skin, hair, gums and various glands healthy. It also helps build bones and teeth. Plus, research shows that Vitamin A helps to fight infection by maintaining strong immunity. For this reason, researchers are looking to apricots as a valuable source of beta-carotene’s healing power. Note: beta-carotene is often called Vitamin A on food labels.

Apricots contain the following nutrients in different amounts depending on the form eaten, with raw giving off the most. Apricots are alive with fiber, are fat free and include the minerals Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese and Selenium. Along with those minerals come the vitamins A, C, B-6, B-12, E, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Folate and Folic acid. All making for great health builders.

Apricots make for a great snack or dessert and my most favorite is in a pie. I'm not big on eating pie unless it's fruit and Apricot tops the list as my first choice.

Poaching: Place apricotspeeled or unpeeled, whole or halvedin barely simmering fruit juice, cover, and cook until tender. Add whole cloves or a cinnamon stick to the liquid for extra flavor. Once the apricots are poached, the liquid can be cooked down to produce a sauce. Cooking time: 5 to 7 minutes.

Reconstituting dried apricots: Serve dried apricots for breakfast or dessert, at any time of year. Simmer them in a small amount of water, white wine, or fruit juice until tender. Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Here is my recipe for apricot pie.

Heat oven to 350 Degrees F.

You will need a 2 crust pie crust of your choice. ( I make it with a whole wheat or soyflour pie crust.)

Filling ingredients:

1 tablespoon Whole wheat flour or Corn Starch
2 tablespoons butter, cut into small bits.
3 cups apricots, washed, pitted, sliced (some may prefer to remove the peel but we like the peel included and makes for more fiber and doesn't alter the taste.)
2/3 cup brown sugar or 1.5 tbsp. whole stevia leaf powder or 1/4 tsp.
white stevia extract (powder)

Mix together flour and sugar, then add apricots and mix until apricots are well coated with mixture. Place apricot mixture evenly in the pie crust. Put butter bits all over the top of mixture. Wet edges of the bottom crust, cover with upper crust and press the edges together. Place pie pan/plate on cookie sheet and bake about 45 - 50 minutes taking care to not over brown crust. Pie will be flavorful and not too sweet.

Enjoy your healthy apricots!
Lena

This article may not sound like a health issue but it is!

Monsanto Suing Farmers Over Piracy Issues
Jan 13, 2005
By PAUL ELIAS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Monsanto Co. (MON)'s "seed police" snared soy farmer Homan McFarling in 1999, and the company is demanding he pay it hundreds of thousands of dollars for alleged technology piracy. McFarling's sin? He saved seed from one harvest and replanted it the following season, a revered and ancient agricultural practice.

"My daddy saved seed. I saved seed," said McFarling, 62, who still grows soy on the 5,000 acre family farm in Shannon, Miss. and is fighting the agribusiness giant in court.

Saving Monsanto's seeds, genetically engineered to kill bugs and resist weed sprays, violates provisions of the company's contracts with farmers.

Since 1997, Monsanto has filed similar lawsuits 90 times in 25 states against 147 farmers and 39 agriculture companies, according to a report issued Thursday by The Center for Food Safety, a biotechnology foe.

In a similar case a year ago, Tennessee farmer Kem Ralph was sued by Monsanto and sentenced to eight months in prison after he was caught lying about a truckload of cotton seed he hid for a friend.

Ralph's prison term is believed to be the first criminal prosecution linked to Monsanto's crackdown. Ralph has also been ordered to pay Monsanto more than $1.7 million.

The company itself says it annually investigates about 500 "tips" that farmers are illegally using its seeds and settles many of those cases before a lawsuit is filed.

In this way, Monsanto is attempting to protect its business from pirates in much the same way the entertainment industry does when it sues underground digital distributors exploiting music, movies and video games.

In the process, it has turned farmer on farmer and sent private investigators into small towns to ask prying questions of friends and business acquaintances.

Monsanto's licensing contracts and litigation tactics are coming under increased scrutiny as more of the planet's farmland comes under genetically engineered cultivation.

Some 200 million acres of the world's farms grew biotech crops last year, an increase of 20 percent from 2003, according to a separate report released Wednesday.

Many of the farmers Monsanto has sued say, as McFarling claims, that they didn't read the company's technology agreement close enough. Others say they never received an agreement in the first place.

The company counters that it sues only the most egregious violations and is protecting the 300,000 law-abiding U.S. farmers who annually pay a premium for its technology. Soy farmers, for instance, pay a "technology fee" of about $6.50 an acre each year.

Some 85 percent of the nation's soy crop is genetically engineered to resist Monsanto's herbicide Roundup, a trait many farmers say makes it easier to weed their fields and ultimately cheaper to grow their crops.

"It's a very efficient and cost-effective way to raise soy beans and that's why the market has embraced it," said Ron Heck, who grows 900 acres of genetically engineered soy beans in Perry, Iowa.

Heck, who is also chairman of the American Soybean Association, said he doesn't mind buying new seed each year and appreciates Monsanto's crackdown on competitors who don't pay for their seed.

"You can save seed if you want to use the old technology," Heck said.

The company said the licensing agreement protects its more than 600 biotech-related patents and ensures a return on its research and development expenses, which amount to more than $400 million annually.

"We have to balance our obligations and our responsibilities to our customers, to our employees and to our shareholders," said Scott Baucum, Monsanto's chief intellectual property protector.

Still, Monsanto's investigative tactics are sewing seeds of fear and mistrust in some farming communities, company critics say.

Monsanto encourages farmers to call a company hot line with piracy tips, and private investigators in its employ act on leads with visits to the associates of suspect farmers.

Baucum acknowledged that the company walks a fine line when it sues farmers.

"It is very uncomfortable for us," Baucum said. "They are our customers and they are important to us."

The Center for Food Safety established its own hot line Thursday where farmers getting sued can receive aid. It also said it hopes to convene a meeting among defense lawyers to develop legal strategies to fight Monsanto.

The company said it has gone to trial five times and has never lost a legal fight against an accused pirate. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1980 allowed for the patenting of genetically engineered life forms and extended the same protections to altered plants in 2001. Earlier this year, a Washington D.C. federal appeals court specifically upheld Monsanto's license.

"It's sad. It's sickening. I'm disillusioned," said Rodney Nelson, a North Dakota farmer who settled a Monsanto suit in 2001 that he said was unfairly filed. "We have a heck of an uphill battle that I don't think can be won."

LENA'S COMMENT: Yes, this could be won if we ALL boycott Monsanto products and let them know we are doing it because of their dogmatic tactics on the farmers... GM products are going to prove to be unhealthy as time goes on and it will be for our benefit not to use the GM produce!!! Saving seeds is a practice as old as this earth and farming and just because they now have these GM hybrids doesn't make it any less a practice, or at least it shouldn't...

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