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Middle of the week and mother nature still not sure if she's ready for spring or wants to continue winter. Really playing havoc with our fruit trees. Looks like we may not get fruit this year... Only mother nature knows for sure. Hope things are more settled where you are, but from all reports I see that isn't the case. This will call for you to be really diligent with your health practices to overcome the uncertainty that will play games with your immune system!

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If you've renovated your home lately, think about hanging spider plants in the rooms where new wood products -- like plywood -- were used. The easy-to-grow plant, technically known as Chlorophytum elatum or green spider plant, is capable of significantly reducing formaldehyde in the atmosphere, reports David Bodanis in his book, The Secret Family. Formaldehyde, a stiffening agent commonly used in wood products, also is considered a major contaminant. On a warm day or when the heat has been on overnight, the concentration of formaldehyde at floor level can be twice the concentration as in the rest of the house, Bodanis says. Tests sponsored by NASA show that the spider plant and other common houseplants -- including several kinds of philodendron, golden pothos, aloe vera and Chinese evergreen -- also can reduce concentrations of benzene and carbon monoxide by more than half in a 24-hour period.

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POSSIBLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT NUTRITIONAL
PRODUCT YOU WILL EVER TAKE TO PREVENT CANCER.

THE Two omissions from your daily regimen are probably putting you at risk for illness and/or cancer!

Another great springtime green for detoxing and cleansing the body of its winter residue!

During my years of living in Oklahoma as a young child there was a spring ritual that we took part in that produced a tasty and healthy green dish. It was known to us as "poke salat pickin time". This tasty green popular wild food is found mostly in the eastern half and southern part of the United States but can be found in the western portion in some areas. Each year as spring approaches I start to hunger for these tasty greens. Mother nature produces some great free food if you know where to look for it… These days with the population so exploded it's harder to find but bet your grand mother will know where to find them!

Some so-called smart people will tell you not to eat Poke Salat, but they also will tell you that processed foods are good for you and your body can be healthy without vitamins and minerals so I totally discount their recommendations!

We didn't start that ritual! Native Americans introduced the plant to the early European settlers and fast became such a popular pot herb that seeds soon were being cultivated back in Europe. After a long winter without fresh food, the early settlers looked forward to cooking the first tender green leaves of pokeweed. It gave them vitamins while providing a good spring cleansing tonic. They'd cook it up with Lamb's Quarters – another of my favorite wild greens - and Dock, which are also early spring greens. Some people today still cook and eat poke greens in the early spring although fast food is overshadowing healthy eating that I fear this green will lose it's appeal in future generations. Growing up it was simply understood that everyone ate greens and liked them but now most children have never tasted a green food or if they have most have chosen to dislike them.

Salat is the German word for salad, and probably came with German settlers. In towns you'll find pokeweed growing wild in alleyways and vacant lots. In the country it grows in the fence rows and along the edges of woods. When mature, in mid and late summer, it has clusters of shiny purple berries which birds love to eat. Poke is poisonous in uncooked stage and cannot be eaten raw in salads!

Pokeweed is a large and coarse herbaceous weed with big leaves, a stout reddish trunk, widely branching reddish stems, and elongated erect clusters of small white flowers that give way to drooping clusters of dark purple berries. The leaves are smooth, long and taper at both ends. As the season progresses all parts of the plant take on more of a reddish or purplish hue. Pokeberry is an herbaceous perennial that dies back in winter and grows quickly in spring Mature leaves give off an unpleasant odor when bruised. In addition to eating the young shoots and leaves, native Americans and early American settlers made a crimson dye from the berry juice and continues with some today. The berry juice was used for ink.

Only the young shoots and developing leaves - before they take on their reddish hue - can be eaten, and only after boiling for 20-30 minutes in at least two changes of water. Be very careful not to get any of the root when picking the young shoots.

Native Americans from throughout its range used pokeweed concoctions for a wide variety of internal and external medicinal applications. It seems the berry juice has been used for pimples and boils, in some cases taken internally in other cases applied to the skin. It has also been taken for joint pain and applied to sore breasts. Leaf concoctions have been used as an expectorant, emetic and cathartic. My mother would make a poke poultice for boils and it worked…

Sadly I cannot find the exact nutrient makeup of Poke Salat but is said to contain the same nutrients as other greens and cabbage families. In the spring, the tender young shoots are picked and boiled in two changes of water to help remove any toxic properties. Traditionally cooking; drained leaves are then seasoned with salt, pepper and bacon drippings and then fried in an iron skillet. Personally, any way you fix spinach will work with poke greens as long as you drain off the first water and toss it.

My mother served poke greens two ways. One; by boiling until tender then she would drain them and put into a skillet and add one egg and one small chopped onion per 2 cups of cooked greens and cook until eggs were set and onions tender crunchy. Second, was simply boiled for about 15 minutes, drain off water, add more water and a few pieces of beef, sliced onions, salt and pepper to taste and boiled until the beef was fork tender. Both ways are tasty.

I now live in an area that I cannot find wild poke greens, but forced to buy canned ones, which just isn't the same nor as tasty… Fresh is best!

Ads for Pharmaceuticals and Dangerous Foods Have Infiltrated Health Publications
March 21, 2006
by Healthy News Service

Conflicting media messages: How ads for pharmaceuticals and dangerous foods have infiltrated health publications

A February 2006 issue of Prevention magazine features a young, fit, happy
looking couple on its cover, surrounded by headlines like, "How to be (and stay) happy" and "18 best foods to fight disease." Taken at face value, the approximately 4.5 by 6.5-inch, full color booklet appears to be a publication dedicated to exactly what its title implies: "Preventing" disease and health problems. It's when you crack open the cover that the magazine begins to contradict itself.

Sure, there is some valuable content on the 216 pages that follow -- such as an article on using peppermint as a natural way to ease irritable bowel syndrome and a Q & A with Dr. Andrew Weil about preventing osteoporosis naturally -- but all this is interspersed with materials that have little to do with a truly healthy lifestyle, namely a lot of advertisements for
prescription drugs.

Of course, this is how prescription drugs have come to be viewed in many
Americans' minds -- as part of a healthy lifestyle. People think if they are treating their health ailments with drugs, they are taking responsibility for their health, when, in fact, the opposite is usually true. In reality, they are only masking the symptoms of whatever health problems they are experiencing, while neglecting to fix the real problem, which is usually related to diet or lifestyle.

But most people don't see this. They don't think of prescription drugs as a sign of health weakness, but rather as a means of taking care of themselves. For that reason, it probably comes as no surprise to find a whopping 33 pages of ads for pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter drugs in something called Prevention magazine. For those who know better, or who take the time to think about it, there is great irony in this.

Prescription drugs have no ability whatsoever to prevent disease; they are given to patients who already have the symptoms of disease and are simply looking to cover them up. So what are advertisements for drugs like Plavix, Nexium, Crestor and Vitorin -- accompanied by several pages of fine print -- doing in a magazine like this? It probably has a lot to do with how ubiquitous prescription drug ads have become in all avenues of the popular press these days.

It's true that, in modern medicine, the prevention of disease has taken a back seat to the treatment of disease, as conventional medical doctors focus more and more on treating the symptoms of illness rather than determining its root cause. This is reflected in the popular media by the huge numbers of direct-to-consumer drug ads aimed at convincing patients themselves to ask their doctors about this drug or that drug.

With the big bucks in the pharmaceutical advertising business, and the dependence of most media outlets on advertisers to keep them financially afloat, it's no wonder we see these ads almost everywhere. But Prevention magazine?

Clearly, there is something wrong with this picture. It's not just drugs that stand out as being unusual here. Prevention magazine contains ads for instant rice, white bread, condensed soup, cow's milk and sugary granola bars, all of which contain unhealthy ingredients and arguably contribute to chronic disease. In most cases, these are products labeled with nutritious-sounding claims like "heart healthy" or "all natural," making them appear appropriate for a magazine that is supposed to be about disease prevention. However, more often than not, these are just buzzwords designed to appeal to a mildly health conscious consumer. A quick glance at the product's actual ingredients, in most cases, shows they are not all they are cracked up to be.

While there are some advertisements in Prevention magazine for truly healthy foods -- like California almonds, for example -- they are few and far between. That's because most of the healthiest foods available, like fruits, vegetables and other natural foods, are never the ones that get a lot of attention. Heavily advertised foods are usually processed, sugary, generally unhealthy foods manufactured by extraordinarily wealthy companies.

What kind of mixed messages are we sending in this world when we present a publication called Prevention magazine filled with ads promoting prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases and other health woes? It is no wonder so many Americans are devastatingly confused about their health when they are facing these kinds of contradictions every day.

Pharmaceutical companies and junk food manufacturers have become overwhelmingly powerful forces in our modern world -- too powerful. They have even infiltrated Prevention magazine, which, taken without the ads, might actually be a valuable resource for individuals seeking health advice. So, what can you do when faced with these sorts of contradictions? Most importantly, you must educate yourself and learn not to take things at face value. Just because something says it is "heart healthy" doesn't necessarily mean it is good for you, and just because something is called Prevention magazine doesn't necessarily mean it can be trusted as a guide to preventing diseases. Be wise. Think independently. Recognize the difference between disease prevention and disease treatment, and take your health into your own hands.

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Brazil Plans to Expand Amazon Protection
Mar 27, 2006
By MICHAEL ASTOR

CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil announced plans to expand protection of the Amazon rain forest, and its president on Monday called on wealthy nations to do more to protect the environment.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva blamed industrialized nations for the "unsustainable patterns of production and consumption."

"It is unacceptable that poorer nations continue to suffer the main burden of environmental degradation," the Brazilian leader told cabinet ministers from more than 90 countries. His remarks came at the opening of three days of high-level talks at the eighth biannual Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity, sponsored by the United Nations.

The talks are a major test to the cabinet ministers' commitment to the 1992 treaty; and a U.N. report released at the conference said species were being lost at the fastest rate since the disappearance of dinosaurs - or as much as 1,000 times faster than the natural rate of extinction.

"In a sense we are at a crossroads," said Marcelo Furtado of the environmental group Greenpeace.

Furtado said without tangible results from the conference, "pressing environmental issues could end up being dealt with at other forums like the World Trade Organization, where economic considerations take greater priority."

The Convention on Biological Diversity arose from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where more than 100 world leaders recognized that the world's environment was in danger and pledged to take steps to protect it.

The 11-day convention in Curitiba - 400 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro - runs through Friday and is aimed at reviewing progress made toward goals set out at the Earth Summit.

Brazil's Environmental Ministry said late Sunday that 84,000 square miles of the Amazon rain forest - an area about the size of Kansas - would be declared a protected zone over the next three years.

The campaign is part of the Amazon Protected Areas Program, which banned development in some regions and created sustainable development zones in others.

The world's largest remaining wilderness, the Amazon region covers nearly half of Brazil and extends into five neighboring countries.

Greenpeace released maps last weeks showing that less than 10 percent of the world's forests remained intact, and environmentalists said governments worldwide have failed to honor their commitments to the Global Fund for the Environment, another product of the Earth Summit, leaving the fund with only $10 billion - or $67 billion less than promised.

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