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The Nose!

* "From birth, females have a better sense of smell than males, an equality that persists for life."
* The ability to smell improves until middle age and declines steadily after that.
* Half of people over age 80 have lost their ability to smell.
* Unlike the retina in the eye or the vital hair cells in the inner ear, olfactory nerves constantly regenerate; they live about a month and are replaced from the nasal lining.

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Fatigue or Medication?

Researchers from the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles studied how to predict fatigue in the elderly. They studied 199 people who had an average age of 88.

The researchers considered things like pain scores, number of disease conditions, gender and age. And they found that none of these factors was a good predictor of elderly fatigue.

In fact, they found exactly two things that could predict fatigue: too much exercise, and lots of different medications. When it comes to fatigue, it's not how many diseases you have, but how many drugs you're taking to treat them.

Olea europaea L

When my grandchildren were younger they liked to use this week's food as finger fun. Each finger would have a black or green one slipped on one or both hands and used them as fun food, waving them and plucking one at a time off a finger and into their mouth. Some mom's would find this disgusting but I find that children use all kinds of things for play that can invariably end up good for them just as the olives did for my grandchildren. They are growing up and I don't see that behavior any longer but still fondly remember chiding them that food wasn't a toy but secretly admiring their ability to make fun out of every aspect of life...

The olive - Olea europaea L. - is a subtropical evergreen tree or shrub with leaves that are waxy green on top and grayish green on the bottom. Young bark is green, but older bark is gray. In the Mediterranean, olive trees are known to live for over a thousand years. If the top is damaged, a new tree will sprout from underground parts. The olive tree gives us great food and health nutrients! Olive trees have been cultivated for thousands of years, and were already plentiful during biblical times. The olive can be traced back to Biblical times when a branch in a dove's mouth sent Noah the message that dry ground existed and he and his family could leave the ark. Olives continue to be grown in the Mediterranean area today. The olive was also important to the Greeks and the Romans, who made it a part of their mythologies to celebrate the use of its oil as an essential food and fuel for lamps. The olive leaf extract was also used to prepare the dead for burial.

The conditions for the olive's greatest cultivation is found in Italy and Spain. It was the Spanish who spread the olive to America. Catholic missionaries spread the olive to Mexico and later to California, as well as to South America.

Plucked from the tree, the olive is extremely bitter, and virtually inedible. Prior to eating, olives are typically cured, either in brine, water or in oil. Freshly picked olives can also be stir-fried to remove some of the bitterness before eating.

Known Health Benefits:

FRUIT: First are the fruits processed and eaten either as ripe or pickled. Olives are most widely used in Italian dishes...

LEAF: Olive leaf extract has also been studied for its ability to normalize blood pressure.

The most commonly known use of the olive is its oil:

Widely used and best for our health is the oil pressed from ripe fruit... Like other types of vegetable oils, olive oil contains no cholesterol. Organic virgin oil has 120 calories and 14 grams of fat per tablespoon. The olive oil is important in prevention of heart disease. Its high concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids, compounds decrease blood levels of LDL cholesterol - the type associated with plaque build-up in the arteries - and increase levels of protective HDL cholesterol. The higher amount of monounsaturated fatty acids in olive oil is known to help improve your cardiovascular health. Olive oil is classified mainly by the amount of acidity, as well as the flavor, color and aroma. "Extra virgin" olive oil meets the highest standards for low acidity and rich and fruity taste. It should have less than .8% acidity content. "Pure" olive oil has a lighter color and aroma, and is often used as a general, all-purpose olive oil.

About 40% of the calories in the typical Greek diet come from olive oil. To some that looks like a lot of fat, yet this traditional Mediterranean style of eating -- which emphasizes fish, olive oil, whole grains, and fruits and vegetables -- seems to contribute to the favorably low rates of heart disease among people who live in the countries that ring the Mediterranean Sea. Both vitamin E and polyphenols act as antioxidants, inhibiting the development of heart disease by reducing the oxygen-related damage along artery walls. An ingredient in olive oil also appears to make the blood less likely to clot, reducing the chance that an errant blood clot will block an artery and lead to a heart attack or stroke.

In our house you will find olive oil as the only oil used and I make my own butter spread by putting one-half butter and one-half olive oil whip it up and into a container and refrigerate it. You cannot tell the difference and it has no artificial anything to make it unhealthy. Try it you will like it!

Lena

Can Chronic Pain come from Food Additives?
Copyright 2005 Jane Oelke

It is always amazing to me when I find a food substance that when taken in excess can cause pain the body. And sometimes these foods, and food additives that are regulated by the government, are supposed to be safe. When I test clients and their supplements, or ask about their dietary habits, or chemicals in their work environments, we often discover chemicals or foods that are causing their chronic pain symptoms. When these chemicals are removed, much of their pain subsides.

When I talk to clients, I often ask if they can decipher what foods tend make the pain worse or better, and if they crave certain foods in their diet. One of the foods I am always listening for are diet soft drinks with aspartame (Nutrasweet). From personal experience, I have been relieved of constant headaches when I was convinced to stop drinking Diet Pepsi. I was a regular user and once I stopped drinking it, the nagging headaches that I had for a long time totally cleared up. So if you are drinking diet soft drinks, STOP NOW, and see what difference it makes. I have had quite a number of clients feel much better just a couple weeks after abstaining from soft drinks.

Recently, we have been introduced to the new fake sugar called Splenda. Advertising for Splenda says that is made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar. But this doesn't tell the whole story. Splenda is made by taking out 3 of the 6 molecules that make up sugar, and adding chlorine molecules. If you are avoiding chlorinated water because of chlorine toxicity, then you should be avoiding Splenda. You are getting chlorocarbons from Splenda that can cause immune system problems, such as thymus gland shrinkage, and other genetic and reproductive damage.

The FDA approved Splenda in 1988 as a sucralose sweetener that tastes just like sugar. But the sugar flavor is artificial, since Splenda is about 600 times sweeter than natural sugar, so the sugar flavor is forced out of the partial sugar molecule. And our body cannot use the sugar in Splenda as fuel for our brains. It does not turn into the glucose we need for brain function and energy production. Early studies show many of the same side effects, such as headaches and chronic pain, as found with aspartame.

Soft drinks have surpassed water as the number one choice of beverage in the United States. Aspartame is not the only problem. When you have fibromyalgia or any other autoimmune disease, you need good minerals in your diet to distress the immune system, and the phosphoric acid in the dark soft drinks will rob your body of calcium. The sugar version is not better for you either, since sugar stresses your adrenals, especially when it comes in concentrated doses, like it does in any sugar-laden soft drink.

Also all soft drinks are very acidic, with an average reading of 2 to 3 pH. Acid urine and saliva pH readings are related to immune system stress, and joint and muscle stress. So if you want to have your urine and saliva pH levels stay in balance (in the 6.4 pH range or higher) avoiding soft drinks is very important. Coffee is another acid drink, along with beer. Green tea is the only relatively popular alkalizing drink. Or you can add lemon or lime to your water (without sugar) for flavoring.

Other substances also can cause chronic pain. Fillers, preservatives, food additives and coloring agents in supplements can build up as toxins in the tissues. This often makes it harder to lose weight, and can create pain when these toxins are stored in your tissues disrupting your nervous system pain response. This is why it is important to use high quality nutritional supplements without a lot of fillers. Too many over the counter vitamins and minerals seem to have more fillers than nutrients on the label, and these are the ones to avoid.

When choosing foods for your daily diet, or supplements that support your daily diet, look for foods and supplements that do not have fake sugars, preservatives like propylene glycol, and any food colorings. By finding out what chemicals, processed foods, or supplements are causing your pain; you will also be able to see a remarkable difference in just a short period of time.

About the Author:
Jane Oelke, N.D., Ph.D. is a Traditional Naturopath and Doctor of Homeopathy in southwest Michigan. She is the author of ?Natural Choices for Fibromyalgia? and ?Natural Choices for Attention Deficit Disorder.? She is a professional speaker on natural health topics. She can be contacted at DoctorOelke@aol.com or through her website at http://www.NaturalChoicesForYou.com

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A Sneaky Pollution Problem!

A leaking gas cap cutting into your vehicle's fuel efficiency and mileage? Your neighbors, friends, family and community should be infuriated because your leaking gas cap has been spraying pollution all over them and other innocents wherever else you drive.

If you live in a state that has regular emission control testing that procedure includes an inspection of the fuel cap for leaks. Mandated nationally since 1971, a special-design emission control fuel cap is constructed with two-way valves, one to keep gasoline vapors in the tank and the other to allow air into the tank as it empties.

Today, the onboard computers in most cars "tattle" on leaks anywhere within the closed exhaust system by snapping on the "Service Engine" light and keeping it on until you get to the dealer to find and repair the problem.

One repair the dealer cannot make is the motorist who does not put the filler cap back correctly after gassing up. Too many motorists have been screwing those threaded gas caps into the filler neck but not "ratcheting? them the three (or whatever is recommended) "clicks" to create the precise seal modern exhaust systems need to provide maximum fuel efficiency, economy and emissions control.

Automakers to the rescue again! The gas cap cavalry at most factories have now developed a new kind of cap that is either completely off or completely on. Inserted in the filler neck after gassing up, they quick-snap on to make the tight fit that keeps "Service Engine" lights off and your engine efficiency and pollution controls on.

That's what you might call "putting on their thinking caps."