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Old man winter continues to give us a very late coming winter. We've had snow for the last three days, luckily for us it melts in a hurry and doesn't present a horrific problem as in some areas where show piles up and people lose power and ability to navigate around the area... I am so fortunate to have good health that allows me to appreciate these small things in life.

A report on my daughter with Thyroid cancer. We've stopped progression, which is good news. Sadly she is letting up on her natural protocol so I don't know what the future holds for her if she doesn't get back to it. Sticking the head in the sand waiting for the best just doesn't make for smart but she thinks the stopped progression button means she can stop other things. Oh well, what do you do with one who is 43 years old and refuses to accept the danger she is in? Pray she will return to sanity soon!

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Nuts To Cholesterol

Recently conducted tests determine phytosterol content of different seeds and nuts, are known to be rich in phytosterols. Also called "plant sterols," phytosterols are almost identical in structure to cholesterol. When consumed, plant sterols attach to sites called micelles, where cholesterol is normally absorbed. This effectively blocks the cholesterol, forcing it to exit the digestive system unabsorbed. The net result is a decrease in the amount of cholesterol the body takes in from the diet.

Sesame seeds and wheat germ to have the highest phytosterol content. Next on the list is sunflower seeds and pistachio nuts.

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Crazy FDA Ruling Allows Yet One More Lethal Drug on the Market

An FDA advisory panel has unanimously recommended that the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri be returned to the market.

The drug was withdrawn about a year ago after it was found to cause a deadly brain ailment.

It is expected that the FDA will follow the recommendation, making Tysabri the second instance ever of a drug returning to the market after being withdrawn for safety reasons.

Shares in Elan and Biogen, the manufacturers of the drug, jumped upward in response to the news.

About one in 1,000 people who took Tysabri during clinical trials developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare brain disease that results in death or severe disablement. There is no treatment for PML.

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Strange names to say the least... In some parts of the world green foods are ready to come into season popping their green little heads out of the ground waiting to be picked and enjoyed. Those greens are great health foods as well as tasty… Today I'm going to cover only two of those healthy nutritious greens!

Some people use these greens interchangeably and accept them as the same green. Kale and collards are similar in many respects, differing in little more than the forms of their leaves. They are, in effect, primitive cabbages that have been retained through thousands of years. The Greeks grew kale and collards, although they made no such distinction between them as we make today. Well before the Christian era the Romans grew several kinds, including those with large leaves and stalks and a mild flavor; a crisp-leaved form; some with small stalks and small, sharp-tasting leaves; a broad-leaved form like collards; and others with curled leaves and a fine flavor. "Coles" were described also in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 13th centuries by European writers.

Kale and collards have remained minor commercial crops in the United States, although collards are the standard winter greens in home gardens of the South. Neither crop thrives in hot weather as it gives the plants a strong, unattractive flavor. Cool growing weather, fall frosts, and mild winters, however, impart a high sugar content and fine flavor.

"Kale" is often used to decorate produce cases at the grocery store, but would better serve you as a steamed up batch of health building food for you and your family. Known for its detoxing properties, which is good for cleaning the body of its winter comfort food goop and preparing it to take on the summer BBQ's and beach parties! Kale is often called "borecole," and in America collards are sometimes called "sprouts." "Kale" is a Scottish word derived from coles or caulis, terms used by the Greeks and Romans in referring to the whole cabbage like group of plants. The German word Kohl has the same origin.

"Collards" is a corruption of coleworts or colewyrts, Anglo-Saxon terms literally meaning "cabbage plants." With much the same nutrients as Kale.

These leafy nonheading cabbages bear the Latin name Brassica oleracea variety acephala, the last term meaning "without a head." They have many names in many languages, as a result of their great antiquity and widespread use. Apparently none of the several principal forms of kale and collards that we know today are new. All have been known for at least two thousand years.

All varieties of collards appear rather similar, but the kales show interesting diversity: tall and short; highly curled and plain leaved; blue-green, yellow-green, and red; erect and flat-growing; in various combinations and gradations of these characters.

Both are full of nutrition;
Vitamin C, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin,Pantothenic acid, Vitamin B-6, Folate, Folic acid, Folate, Vitamin B-12. Vitamin A, Retinol, Vitamin A and Vitamin E along with minerals such as Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus,Potassium,Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, and Selenium. Along with important Amino Acids such as; Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Cystine, Phenylalanine , Tyrosine, Valine, Arginine, Histidine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Proline and Serine.

Kale and Collards is one of the best vegetables you can eat as preventative medicine. Touted to help prevent several types of cancer, in particular lung cancer. Each contains more carotenoids (anticancer agents) than just about any other green vegetable.

Leafy greens are officially "in season" in the winter months, but tend to be available year-round. Choose leaves that are crisp and fresh and have a deep green color, with no yellow tinge. Smaller leaves have a milder flavor, can be cooked whole, and often have stems tender enough to eat. With larger leaves, you'll need to cut out and discard the stems, and then chop the leaves into small pieces.

You don't like one or the other? Well, that is easily changed and flavorful tasty mix! Also some of the carotenoids are destroyed during heat, but when cooking both at the same time makes for more carotene available for your body to use. Collards can be eaten raw but I believe has a better flavor when steamed… Collard greens have a much softer, sweeter taste than kale. When you combine the two greens in the same dish, the mild collard flavor mitigates the sharpness of the kale.

An extra half cup a day will give you cancer-blocking benefits. And smokers, you need to load up on them as it will boost your resistance to developing smoking-related cancers. These are also used as part of cleaning those winter blahs from the body!

Store kale and collard greens in dry plastic bags in the refrigerator for up to three days. You can also cook the greens, and store them in the freezer in sealed plastic bags. They'll keep for months, so you can use them spontaneously in soups or casseroles when you don't have time to get to the store.

I grew up with the term "mess o' greens" (that's southern speech) when we were having them. Greens of all kinds have been staples in the Southern U.S. Diet for as long as the south has existed, which is where my family resides. In just about every garden there will be an area of all types of greens but kale and collards seem to be the most prolifically grown… I also grew up going out and hunting wild greens for eating…

Here is a suggested Kale recipe;

My favorite way of eating Kale or Collards and sometimes both mixed is Sautéed in Olive Oil

Wash well and dry one bunch of kale (or ½ bunch of kale and ½ bunch collards) and chop into bite size pieces. Chop a couple of green onions. Finely chop 2 cloves of garlic. Put one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil into a sauté pan heated on medium low. Throw in kale, onion and garlic and sauté until wilted. I sometimes will add 2 Tablespoons of water and a dash, to taste of hot sauce; cover and simmer until tender. Either way is excellent.

COOKED FOODS ARE DAMAGED FOODS

An abundance of research has revealed that a high percentage of nutrients are destroyed in cooking, up to as much as 80%. There is some variation in research findings, but most agree that over 50% of B Vitamins are destroyed in the cooking process. Thiamine (B-1) losses have been found to be as high as 96%, and biotin losses up to 72%. Vitamin C losses are up to 70-80%.

The Max Plank Institute for Nutritional Research in Germany has found that there is only 50% bioavailability in protein that has been cooked. Cooking alters protein into substances, which disrupt cellular function, and speeds up the aging and disease process. In general, cooking also coagulates the bioactive mineral/protein complexes and therefore disrupts mineral absorption. Cooking foods disrupts RNA and DNA structure, and destroys most of the nutritive value of fats, while creating carcinogenic and mutagenic structures in the fats, which produce free radicals.

I like what Gabriel Cousins has to say about cooked food in his book "Conscious Eating": "There is an old saying, 'IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT.' I believe this applies to the way Mother Nature has presented us with Her food, in an "unbroken" way. Nevertheless, humans insist on virtually unrestricted use of cooked foods."

As our understanding of how best to nourish our physical bodies grows, we will also realize that what we stop eating is as important as what we start eating. In other words, if we continue to place into our bodies, foods that are harmful to it on one hand, while trying to place more nutritious foods into our body on the other hand, we will not be able to totally eliminate physical problems, and we will never reach that goal of ultimate health.

Now, eliminating all animal source foods is a huge step in the right direction, and if all we did was eliminate animal source foods, even if what we substituted for the animal source foods was not optimal, this step alone would result in improved health. However, we should want to do more than just eliminate the most dangerous foods from our diet. We should also make sure that what we replace the most dangerous foods with, be of the greatest nutritional value possible.

With that said, let's now examine those diets that are comprised of basically COOKED plant source foods. I will begin with what I consider to be the poorest, or least healthy of the COOKED, plant-based diets, and then move on to those, which are healthier.

*** Dr. Malkmus has a tremendous passion for the Kingdom, for people's hearts and lives. This work was born out of that passion, and God will mightily use the knowledge and wisdom this book contains. Back to the Garden?" is his FREE paper newsmagazine that is mailed bi-monthly and read by over a half-million people each issue. If you are not on the mailing list for his paper health publication "Back to the Garden", in the U.S. call (704) 481-1700 and request your FREE copy, or visit us on the web at <http://www.hacres.com>.If you live in Canada, call (519) 935-9999.

LENA'S COMMENT: I am not pushing any one religious belief here but this food plan is certainly viable that should be considered and has proven to not only create health but also restores health to a multitude of people...

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Study Says U.S. Companies Lag on Global Warming
By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH
March 22, 2006 NY Times

European and Asian companies are paying more attention to global warming than their American counterparts. And chemical companies are more focused on the issue than oil companies.

Those are two conclusions from "Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Making the Connection," a report that Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmentalists, expects will influence investment decisions.

The report, released yesterday, scored 100 global corporations ? 74 of them based in the United States ? on their strategies for curbing greenhouse gases. It covered 10 industries ? oil and gas, chemicals, metals, electric power, automotive, forest products, coal, food, industrial equipment and airlines ? whose activities were most likely to emit greenhouse gases. It evaluated companies on their board oversight, management performance, public disclosure, greenhouse gas emissions, accounting and strategic planning.

The report gave the chemical industry the highest overall marks, with a score of 51.9 out of a possible 100; DuPont, with 85 points, was the highest-ranking American company in any of the industries. Airlines, in contrast, ranked lowest, with a score of 16.6; UAL, the parent of United Airlines, received just 3 points.

The study gave General Electric, American Electric Power and Cinergy among the highest scores in their industries. But over all, it concluded, American companies "are playing catch-up" with international competitors like BP, Toyota, Alcan, Unilever and Rio Tinto.

"Dozens of U.S. businesses are ignoring the issue with 'business as usual' responses that are putting their companies, and their shareholders, at risk," said Mindy S. Lubber, president of Ceres and director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, a group whose members control a total of $3 trillion in investment capital. "When Cinergy and American Electric Power are tackling this issue, and Sempra and Dominion Resources are not, that should be a red flag to investors."

Art Larson, a Sempra Energy spokesman, took exception to Sempra's score of 24. He said that Sempra, based in San Diego, had been "aggressive in promoting energy efficiency and procuring renewable energy sources," and that "in the area of environmental responsibility, Ceres seems to give more weight to words over action." Hunter Applewhite, a spokesman for Dominion, a big electric utility in Richmond, Va., that scored 27, said the company had no comment on its ranking.

Members of the Investor Network said they would take the report's conclusions seriously. "We need to continue to press poor-performing companies to clean up their act," said California's state treasurer, Phil Angelides, who is on the board of two pension funds that collectively manage more than $300 billion in assets.

Connecticut's state treasurer, Denise L. Nappier, who administers a $22 billion investment fund, lauded the report as an "unprecedented window into how companies most affected by climate risk are responding at the board level, through C.E.O. leadership and strategic planning."

The report does show progress since 2003, when a much smaller Ceres study concluded that most American companies were ignoring the threat of climate change. Since then, Ceres notes, Chevron Texaco has invested $100 million in developing cleaner fuels, Ford Motor introduced the first American hybrid car, American Electric Power has committed itself to "clean coal" technologies and G.E. has introduced its Ecomagination program stressing "green" products. And many companies including Dow Chemical, Anadarko Petroleum and Cinergy have board committees that oversee the curbing of greenhouse gases.

"More U.S. companies realize that climate change is an enormous business issue that they need to manage immediately," Ms. Lubber said.

Still, the top-scoring company, with 90 points, was BP, a British company that has said it will invest $8 billion in solar, wind and other clean-energy technologies in the next decade. "BP understands that all companies must work to reduce their carbon footprint, starting with fossil fuels," Ms. Lubber said.

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