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Happy Father's Day to all fathers or fathers-to-be... As the house rings with noise from children and grandchildren my husband is being rather melancholy about the whole day. He is remembering the things he should have done with our children while trying to make up for it with the grandchildren. So typical... Father's if your children are still young remember they will grow up faster than you can blink an eye and regrets can be minor or major. Which will it be with you? Take time to smell the roses and build memories with your child(ren)...

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The Claim: Bottled Water Is Cleaner Than Tap Water
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
June 14, 2005

THE FACTS It's no secret that many Americans are suspicious of what comes out of their taps. According to surveys, public concern about tap water is in part why sales of bottled water have tripled in the last decade. But are people getting their money's worth?

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More Columns: Really? Not exactly. While many large cities are required to regularly disinfect their water supplies and test for parasites, bottled-water manufacturers are not.

Those regulations apparently make a difference. In 2000, for example, a study in The Archives of Family Medicine compared 57 samples of bottled water to the tap water in Cleveland and found that while 39 samples of the bottled water were cleaner than tap, more than a dozen had at least 10 times the bacterial levels found in the city's water.

Another study, by the Natural Resources Defense Council in 1999, tested more than 1,000 bottles of water sold under 103 brand names. Two-thirds were deemed "good quality," while the other third were contaminated - including many bottles from popular brands, some of which had samples containing "bacterial overgrowth."

THE BOTTOM LINE Bottled water is not always purer than tap water.

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LENA'S COMMENT: This is why I have a water purification/filtration unit making it unnecessary to buy bottled water... You most definitely should consider doing the same thing. Not only is it cheaper than buying bottled water but if you get the right unit it's much cleaner and healthier...

Small And Powerful

As I pulled some little red balls and long whitish veggies out of the ground I naturally wondered why these should be desired. One of the earliest things ready to eat in our garden are these little red and small elongated whitish radishes with a bite. I don't remember them being so hot as a child from our garden. Is it the ground here makes things hotter or what? Some are sweet though so guess not?

Radishes have often been considered more as decoration and garnish than a food, except by those who grow them. Radishes are roots and actually members of the cruciferous (cabbage, etc.) vegetable family and all parts are edible, including the greens. Because they vary in quality, radishes are usually classified as winter or summer plant. Small ones of bold red, pink, purple, white or red and white are usually considered summer radish by some. They may be globe-shaped or elongated, can be fiery hot or tastefully mild.

Most common varieties here in the U.S. are usually round, but can also be ovoid, cylindrical, or turnip-like in shape. They can be the familiar red or white, red and white mix, pink, purple, and black; but the flesh is almost always white. However, there are some stunning varieties that have produced such dramatically colored flesh as black and white stripes or red, green, purple, or fuchsia. Mustard oils are responsible for the tangy taste of radishes not the ground they grow in, or so I'm told.

The most popular, in my part of the world anyway, are red globe radish or Daikon, a general term for a group of long white radishes. So this information is mostly about those two radishes...

The Red Globe is low in calories and an abundance of flavor and crunch. Daikon radishes are similar in nutrients to the Red Globe.

A good source of Vitamin A, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Iron and Copper, and a very good source of Vitamin C (ounce for ounce about 42% as much as an orange), Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Magnesium and Phosphorus.

Radishes are known to relieve indigestion and flatulence, as well as being a good expectorant. Like other cruciferous vegetables, radishes contain sulphurous compounds that have anti-cancer properties. They also contain salicyclates, compounds similar to aspirin and, therefore, should be avoided by those with aspirin sensitivities.

The pre-bagged radishes have a longer refrigerator life than those sold with their greens still attached as the greenery leeches nutrients from the bulb.

Daikon radishes are said to aid the digestive system, especially in the digestion of fatty foods. It is a common ingredient in Japanese cooking and is always grated and added to tempura dipping sauce. Young daikons can be eaten raw but the larger (more than 8 inches long) ones must be cooked. Always peel daikons. Cut up and simmered in stews and soups, daikon tastes light and refreshing rather than heavy or starchy. Daikons are often cut into paper-thin slices by talented Japanese chefs.

Daikon greens are delicious too. They can be washed, stacked, rolled as a scroll, and cut crosswise. This produces thin julienne strips which are traditionally salted and left standing for an hour. The moisture is squeezed out. The leaves are then chopped and stored in glass jars for up to a week in the refrigerator. The Japanese stir them into warm rice, they can also be added to soups and other recipes. Of course my sister-in-law has always cooked the greens of the little red ones as well and added garlic and a splash of lemon juice? very good!

Some other varieties of Radishes include:

Beauty Heart; is often sold as a red daikon, and has a striking fuchsia flesh, but can also be green or purple with crimson striping. It is grown mainly in China and treated more as a fruit like an Asian pear.
Blanche Transparent; (Transparent White) is a long, small, white radish and important only in the region where it is grown. It is similar to the winter radish in appearance and taste.
Cherry Belle; is round with crisp, white, mild flesh and can be harvested three weeks after planting.
China Rose; is bright red, with white flesh and a good flavor.
D'Avignon; is rose-colored with a white tip, crunchy, and extremely hot.
18 Day; is a fast-growing French breakfast type.
French Breakfast; is an elongated radish that sports red shoulders and a white tip. It is milder than the red globe, but just as crisp. If left too long, it becomes hot and woody.
Long Black Spanish; is dark skinned and extremely hot. Round Black Spanish is similar, but globe-shaped.
Müchen Bier; is a tasty green which can be eaten raw or stir fried.
Palatinate Giant Radish; is one of the largest varieties, but no different in taste from its smaller relatives.
Scarlet Globe; is a popular mild variety.
Short Top Forcing; is bright red and excellent for winter sowing under cover.
California Mammoth White; is larger than the White Icicles, oblong in shape, with an average length of eight inches and a slightly pungent flavor.
Chinese Misato Rose; is a round Asian radish about four inches in diameter. Cream and green colored on the outside, it has a beautiful rosy-pink interior.
Easter Egg; comes in pastel shades.

Since we eat them raw and fresh around our house I have no recipe, so pop them into your mouth and enjoy the health benefits?
Lena

Healing Sunburn!
© By Lena Sanchez

Summer sun and heat is here in this part of the world and that can mean some pain for those who overindulge.

What to do is the question so many in pain will be asking? Here is an inexpensive suggestion that can make that mistake easier?

APPLY virgin olive oil to your skin after sunbathing; It protects you against skin cancer, claims Japanese scientists. They have found that using it as an after-sun lotion slows tumor growth in mice.

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sunlight creates free radicals, which damage DNA in skin cells and trigger abnormal growth, often leading to skin cancer. Antioxidants such as vitamin E mop up these radicals and are thought to protect against UV damage. So Masamitsu Ichihashi and his colleagues from the Kobe University School of Medicine decided to find out if olive oil, which is a potent source of antioxidants, provides UV protection.

They gave hairless mice three UV sessions a week under a sunlamp. Five minutes after the treatment, they painted their skin with either regular or extra virgin olive oil. After 18 weeks, control mice started to grow skin tumors, and mice treated with regular olive oil fared little better. But mice daubed with virgin olive oil took an extra six weeks to show any sign of cancer. What's more, their tumors were smaller, less frequent and there was less DNA damage to skin cells.

The researchers are quick to point out that olive oil isn't a sunscreen. But they claim that rubbing on olive oil after sunbathing could help protect skin from UV damage.

So if you have had too much sun, spray or rub Virgin Olive oil on it for healing damaged skin and spray with Ionic Silver Water to remove sunburn pain

Have a healthy summer.

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Tsunami May Have Spread Alien Species
Jun 17, 2005
By DILIP GANGULY

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The Indian Ocean tsunami's devastating waves brought more than death to this island nation - they upset some of Sri Lanka's key ecosystems, the U.N. environmental agency warned Friday.

Nearly six months after the disaster that killed more than 31,000 people in Sri Lanka, studies have found that the tsunami waves have pushed seeds of so-called alien invasive species from their coasts farther inland on the tropical island, the United Nations Environment Program said.

"In some areas, including important national parks, the wave has encouraged the spread of alien invasive species, such as prickly pears and salt-tolerant mesquite," the agency said in a statement.

A mesquite is a spiny leguminous tree or shrub and found chiefly in southern United States. The shrub has sweet pods that are eaten by livestock.

Prickly pears, a type of cactus, are most prevalent in Mexico, where many of the 100 different species are cultivated as a food source.

Neither species is native to Sri Lanka, but they existed in small numbers in limited coastal areas, said Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, the country's best-known nature expert. He did not say how the species first arrived in Sri Lanka.

"Now they can pose a threat to our ecosystem," he said. "Our local plants and animals have not co-evolved with these alien plants so when alien plants dominate in the ecosystem they will reduce the diversity of the local fauna and flora."

These are among the findings into the environmental impacts of the tsunami done by the U.N. agency and Sri Lankan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

The report confirms that in those areas with healthy coral reefs and mangroves, the impact of the devastating events the tsunami were significantly reduced.

The tsunami "taught the world some hard, shocking but important lessons which we ignore at our peril," said Klaus Toepfer, UNEP's Executive Director.

Mangrove forests along shorelines in Sri Lanka and other Asian nations hit by the tsunami are considered critical to halting erosion, but much of growth has fallen victim in recent years to intense coastal development.

"We learned in graphic and horrific detail that the ecosystems, such as coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses which we have so casually destroyed are not a luxury. They are lifesavers capable of helping to defend our homes, our loved ones and our livelihoods from some of nature's more aggressive acts," he added.

"It is therefore vital, that during the reconstruction of shattered coastlines and settlements, the environment is taken into account along with the economic and social factors."

The UNEP report said that well over 500 million kilograms (1,100 million pounds) of rubble were created by the tsunami, posing an enormous challenge to the solid waste management system in Sri Lanka.

Resettlement and reconstruction are now placing a huge burden on natural resources, specially through the location of new settlements in or near ecologically sensitive locations, and increased demand for sand and wood for reconstruction and firewood for brick-making.

"These activities are thought to have the potential to cause more irreversible damage to Sri Lanka's environment than did the tsunami itself," the report said.