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In India, where curcumin (Turmeric) is used regularly, the rates of Alzheimer's Disease are much lower than in Western countries. It is one of those ancient culinary traditions that could rapidly become cutting-edge medicine if recent studies continue to provide the back-up. It is also a great pain killer. Simply put 1 Tablespoon to a cup of hot water or warm soy milk and drink every hour for two to three hours and notice the difference in your pain level!

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What Happens When Immunizations Don't Exist?

Looking at the Amish Communities, who do not immunize their children, is a great place to iron out that question.

The mainstream scientific consensus says autism is a complex genetic disorder, one that has been around for millennia at roughly the same prevalence. That prevalence is now considered to be 1 in every 166 children born in the United States.

That is why it is worth looking for autistic Amish -- to test reasoning against reality. Largely cut off for hundreds of years from American culture and scientific progress, the Amish might have had less exposure to some new factor triggering autism in the rest of population. That means upwards of 50 Amish people of all ages should be living in Lancaster County with full-syndrome autism.

Sources inside and outside the Amish community have identified three (3) Amish residents of Lancaster County who apparently have full-syndrome autism, all of them children.
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Phaseolus vulgaris,

Legumes of all kinds are great foods and should be eaten at least twice a week for greater health. Black beans, botanically-known as Phaseolus vulgaris, are native to the Americas. One of over 500 varieties of kidney beans, black beans are also known as turtle beans, caviar criollo, black Spanish beans, Tampico beans, Venezuelan beans and frijoles negros. These beans date back at least 7,000 years when they were a staple food in the diets of Central and South Americans.

Black beans are about the size of a pea, up to 1/2-inch long, with the slightly less-pronounced boat-shape common to kidney beans.

The darker the bean the more the antioxidant content. Out of all the bean family black beans win with the most nutrients.

Black beans are an amazing food! One-half cup of cooked black beans has as many antioxidants as two glasses of red wine. Not only that but they are packed with fiber and folate, which are touted to be great at reducing the risk of heart disease. Black beans, as all dried beans, are also good sources of starches, fiber, B vitamins, iron, zinc, phosphorus, complex carbohydrates and calcium. About half of the calcium is lost during cooking. High percentages of the other nutrients remain however, even after cooking.

All legumes are high in protein, and black beans are no exception. Dried beans are important sources of protein in vegetarian diets, and in areas where animal protein is scarce or expensive. However, this protein is incomplete (does not contain all 9 amino acids), so grains (which provide the missing amino acids) must also be a significant part of the strictly vegetarian diet. In the areas where common beans originated (Central America and southern Mexico) corn and squash supplied the missing amino acids and additional source of vitamins.

Before cooking, be sure to pick through them, picking out any small pebbles, split and withered beans and any other foreign matter. (Beans from the Rockies and Pacific coast tend to have more adobe (bits of clay) and stones). It is also helpful to cover the beans with cold water, let sit for 5 minutes and remove anything that floats. Repeat to be sure all dirt and foreign matter is removed. Drain and ready to cook

Here is one great way of eating black beans.

Bean, Barley & Avocado Summer Salad

This can be refrigerated and stored for several days!

1 cup carrot juice
½ teasp. Thyme
½ teasp. Sea salt
1/8 teasp. Ground Cayenne pepper
1.2 cup quick-cooking barley
3 Tablespoons Lime or Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Virgin Olive Oil
1 can (9 oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup diced tomatoes
½ cup diced avocado

Combine carrot juice, thyme, sea salt and cayenne in a saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat; add barley and reduce to a simmer. Cover with lid and simmer until barley is cooked, approx. 15 minutes.

While beans are simmering whisk lime/lemon juice and oil in a large bowl. Add barley when cooked and any liquid remaining in the barley. Toss to coat all.
Add beans, tomatoes and avocado, toss to mix well. Serve on a lettuce leaf.

Enjoy your healthy beans,
Lena

Study Questions Heart Failure Drug
Apr 19,2005
By LINDSEY TANNER

CHICAGO (AP) - A genetically engineered drug that was hailed as a breakthrough in the treatment of heart failure when it was approved in 2001 might actually raise patients' risk of dying soon after treatment, researchers say.

Pooling results from three studies, the researchers found that hospitalized patients given nesiritide appeared much more likely to die in the first month after treatment than those given traditional medication such as nitroglycerin or dummy pills.

The intravenous drug has been given to more than 600,000 patients nationwide.

"The public should be very alarmed," said Dr. Jonathan D. Sackner-Bernstein, a cardiologist at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and lead author of the study, which appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. He said a large, rigorous study is needed to answer safety questions.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) spokesman Mark Wolfe called the analysis inconclusive and said nesiritide is safe and highly effective. Nesiritide, sold as Natrecor, is made by Scios Inc., a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary.

Dr. Robert Temple, director of the Food and Drug Administration's drug evaluation office, said there is "not a convincing case for increased mortality, but we will be looking at all available data."

The researchers acknowledged that the studies were small and not designed to examine increased death risks, so it is possible the results were just a chance finding.

They said they considered the possibility that nesiritide simply prolonged the lives of patients who would have otherwise died earlier, and they do not believe that explains their findings.

The analysis follows a study last month linking nesiritide to an increased risk of kidney problems. Scios announced last week it is convening a panel of outside experts to review those concerns.

The FDA saw much of the data on higher death rates before it approved the drug. The warning label on nesiritide already mentions the potential for low blood pressure, kidney problems, and more deaths than are seen with nitroglycerin.

In the pooled analysis, 35 of 485 nesiritide patients, or 7.2 percent, died within 30 days of treatment, compared with 15 of 377 patients, or 4 percent, given other drugs. That 80 percent increased risk of death is higher than found in previous studies and would translate into thousands of deaths nationwide, Sackner-Bernstein said.

Sackner-Bernstein has done consulting work for GlaxoSmithKline, which owns rights to market nesiritide in Europe. His daughter owns stock in Johnson & Johnson.

Natrecor was the first new drug in a decade approved to treat heart failure, which affects about 5 million Americans and is diagnosed in more than half a million people nationwide each year. It is designed to treat the frightening breathing problems that often accompany heart failure and is a laboratory version of a hormone hearts produce to ease breathing. Skeptics say it is unclear whether nesiritide is better than old standbys like nitroglycerin.

Dr. Steven Nissen, a Cleveland Clinic heart specialist who said he was the lone dissenter on an FDA advisory committee that recommended approval of the drug, said: "If it really does increase the risk of death, then this is a major public health issue."

Dr. Rose Marie Robertson, chief science officer for the American Heart Association, said the AHA would review the latest findings. But she added: "I don't think there's sufficient data here to alarm patients or to alarm physicians."

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