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Here we are past the middle of July and our monsoon season isn't happening again - tenth year now... We have an occasional shower that only messes up things and leaves muddy tracks but none to help restore our low water table, our mountain region is going to look like the lower Phoenix desert shortly, if we don't get some real moisture. Beatle bugs or fire is demolishing our forests due to the dryness that stresses the timber!

Another weekend! Are you going to use it to revitalize or tear down your health? The weekend warrior tries to make up for the week of work and puts him/her at risk for illness by overdoing either working around the house or out being the weekend jock and not taking the day of rest that the body so badly needs to recoup for next week. It really is important! So take it! It's only one day, you have six more to work or play and stress out!

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Something To Think About
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When you spray with insecticides, the labels always warn you not to get the liquid on your skin. But they don't mention that your clothes can make a difference in the absorption factor.

The proof: The chemistry department at Texas Southern University bought just about every brand of insecticide in the hardware store, and checked to see how the solutions penetrated different types of ordinary fabrics. The researchers tested cotton twill, wool, cotton-polyester, cotton thermal underwear, rayon and acrylic. The results, as reported in the journal Chemosphere, were that all the fabrics were good at blocking the insecticides -- except acrylic and rayon.

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Sun Screen Story!

A recent Harris survey found that 69 percent of Americans erroneously believed that government standards required sunscreens to protect against UVA rays, too. Here are a few other misconceptions or little-known facts:

The UVA factor: Companies can claim UVA protection by including oxybenzone, even though it protects only against short-wave, not long-wave UVA. The only effective complete UVA blockers approved for use in the United States are avobenzone, zinc oxide, itanium dioxide and Mexoryl. --Avobenzone alone is not enough. The chemical needs something to stabilize it, because basically the chemical, which absorbs the UVA, breaks down when exposed to sun.

Jeffrey Bortz, a Walnut Creek dermatologist. The Environmental Working Group study found that 54 percent of sun screen products had unstable ingredients, and don't last as long as the label promises. Aerosol sunscreens have become popular, but Price doesn't feel comfortable signing off on them. "You get beautiful coverage," he said, "but you're also breathing the chemicals into your lungs. We don't know what those chemicals m ght do when inhaled." --The chemical factor.

Some doctors and scientists caution against using sun screen ointments/creams that contain avobenzone and Mexoryl because, unlike zinc oxide and titanium dioxide, they absorb into the skin. Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, warns that the ingredients belong to a family of hormone-damaging chemicals called endocrine disruptors. "These stimulate uterine growth of infant rats following painting their skin wit concentrations similar to those in sunscreens," he said.

Examine the i active ingredients for fragrances, additives and dyes, which can cause allergic reactions. Some brands don't list inactive ingredients. Visit Drugstore.com for full ingredients of most products.

Q: What is the Sun Protection Factor?
A: SPF represents protection against UVB rays only. SPF 15 provides 93 percent protection; SPF 30 equals 96 percent; SPF 50 equals 98 percent. Follow instructions for reapplication times to maintain efficacy. Excessive activity or swimming may require r application before instructed time.
Q:What does "water resistant" mean?
A: That the SPF level is still effective after 40 minutes in the water; "very water resistant" means it's effective after 80 minutes in the water.

LENA'S COMMENT: If you have read this ezine for long you know I disapprove of suncreen usage due to the chemicals written about here and the increase in skin cancer corresponds with the time frame that sunscreens made their way onto the market.

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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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Figgy Medicine

This fruit/food is just about ready for harvest in many back yards around Southern California and my one of my husbands favorites! Figs!

Now I'm not a great fan of figs but I will eat them occasionally.

Have you heard of a Fresh Fig Poultice? No! Its use is found in the Bible in Isaiah 38:21 Works, wonders for boils and skin infections.

Figs are one of the first known natural medicines. The Roman writer Pliny, (52-113 AD) said, "Figs are restorative. They increase the strength of young people, preserve the elderly in better health and make them look younger with fewer wrinkles."

Figs contain the photochemical psoralenes, which helps bring about beneficial results in skin injuries, hence a fig poultice to draw and infection to a head. Also beneficial in the removal of dead skin tissues as for cosmetic use in facial scrubs, and in a skin disease involving lack of pigmentation in patches of skin (vitiligo). I bet it is the mineral properties contained in figs that does the trick!

Both fresh and dried figs are great medicinals! Dried, having about 5 times the amount of nutrients as fresh.

Figs have the highest overall mineral content of all common fruits. A 40 gram (1/4 cup) serving provides 244 mg of potassium (7% of the DV), 53 mg of calcium (6% of the DV) and 1.2 mg of iron (6% of the DV). On top of that contain the calming vitamins B1 and B2.

Great for intestinal balance and cleansing Figs have the highest dietary fiber of any common fruit, nut or vegetable. They are high in peptic fiber, which is a soft soluble fiber and helps the body remove toxic wastes and reduces cholesterol levels. They are good to prevent and relieve constipation. Chinese medicine recognizes figs as a toxin neutralizer. One of the most alkalizing foods, figs can help balance the acid that forms from diets rich in meat and refined foods. Figs contain significant amounts of the proteolytic enzyme Ficin which is a digestion enzyme helping with the digestion especially of proteins.

Word of caution; check that the figs you are buying are organic and of good quality. Fumigation is sometimes used to assure the absence of insects in figs and sulphur dioxide is used to maintain their sweet flavor and rich color. Dried figs infested by mites (rare but possible) may cause severe gastrointestinal conditions if eaten. Mold attack may cause figs to form mycotoxins, which can make you ill, so stick with fresh when you can.

Need ideas on how and/or when to eat figs?

1. Tuck a few figs into a plastic bag for the office, school, game or park, makes for a quick healthful snack. Satisfies to a sweet tooth.

2. Keep a container of dried organic figs in a desk drawer at work, to satisfy late afternoon munchies, or to nibble at coffee break time.

3. Chop a few California figs to add to tossed green salads. They add delightful sweetness and texture, as well as fiber.

4. Sweeten up mashed or cubed winter squash or sweet potatoes with some chopped figs adding a richness of their own, so you can skip the butter or margarine.

5. Blend low-fat cream, ricotta or cottage cheese with some figs to create a great spread for toast or bagels, or as a dip for sliced fresh fruit.

6. Chop some California figs to scatter over instant or regular oatmeal or any cold cereal, skipping the sugar.

Grab a bag from your neighbor's tree and put them into your dehydrator for future use!

Enjoy your figgy medicine!
Lena

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HEALTH TODAY
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Aspartame, Sugar substitute, found in so many foods but is it good for you? Many people who have been using sugar substitutes are baffled that they continue to gain weight even though their calorie intake is below normal. They question, Why? Studies have found that using sugar substitutes tend to cause weight gain simply because of it's chemical reaction on the brain and body. Of course there is a lot of scientific technical terms to that finding but they are valid!

Should you buy products with sugar substitutes? Read on and answer for yourself!

For years GD Searle Corp company tried in vain to get aspartame approved. But no one wanted to go near the stuff! The FDA refused to approve it for 16 years. In fact, according to a report I recently uncovered, the late Dr. M. Adrian Gross, a former senior FDA toxicologist, stated in his testimony before Congress:
"Beyond a shadow of a doubt, aspartame triggers brain tumors and, "therefore, by allowing aspartame to be placed on the market the FDA has violated the Delaney Amendment, which forbids putting anything in food that is known to cause cancer...And if the FDA itself elects to violates its own the law, who is left to protect the health of the public?"

Medical authorities estimate that aspartame has brought more complaints to the FDA than any other additive. In fact, it's responsible for as many as 75 percent of such complaints to that agency. And, after receiving some 10,000 consumer complaints, the FDA compiled a list of 92 symptoms linked to aspartame -- including death -- Headaches, memory loss, seizures, vision loss, coma, and cancer. It also appears to worsen or mimic the symptoms of such conditions as fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, ADD, diabetes, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue, and depression...

Why so many? It could be because aspartame attacks your body at the cellular level so it can negate all kinds of medications Americans take, including antidepressants, Coumadin, cardiac drugs, hormones, insulin, vaccines, and many others.

One medical investigator, Dr. H. J. Roberts, even concludes that aspartame has caused our obesity epidemic. He gives evidence that this "guilt-free" sweetener secretly makes you crave carbohydrates which, of course, make you gain weight.

It is a deadly neurotoxic drug masquerading as a harmless additive.

An Italy-based research team study, just published in a U.S. government journal, found increased rates of malignancies in animals fed aspartame throughout their lifespan. The product, which is the key ingredient in sweeteners including NutraSweet and Equal, is also used to sweeten thousands of food products and is widely used in diet soft drinks.

June 26, 2007 -- Researchers and a scientific watchdog group are calling on regulators to take a new look at the safety of aspartame following a new study concluding that the popular sweetener promotes cancer in rats. "We believe that a review of the current regulations governing the use of aspartame cannot be delayed," wrote researchers from the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna. The study was published online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. "But consumers, particularly parents, shouldn't wait for the FDA to act. People shouldn't panic, but they should stop buying beverages and foods containing aspartame," he said.

In order to overcome their poison another substitute has entered the market under the name of Splenda... What is Splenda? SUCRALOSE: A very dangerous chemical -- because in order to make sucralose, chlorine is added to sugar! Ever spilled chlorine bleach on your skin? No wonder that research by the Sucralose Toxicity Information Center showed that years of sucralose use can lead to serious compromise of the immune system and neurological disorders. Just as deadly as Aspartame? Read Is Splenda as Splendid as the Manufacturere Want You To Believe? for that answer!

Defying What Most Believe - Organic Can Save The World!

Organic Farming Yields as Good or Better - Study Finds
July 11, 2007

WASHINGTON - Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, US researchers said on Tuesday.

They said their findings contradict arguments that organic farming -- which excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides -- is not as efficient as conventional techniques.

"My hope is that we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you can't produce enough food through organic agriculture," Ivette Perfecto, a professor at the University of Michigan's school of Natural Resources and Environment, said in a statement.

She and colleagues analyzed published studies on yields from organic farming. They looked at 293 different examples.

"Model estimates indicate that organic methods could produce enough food on a global per capita basis to sustain the current human population, and potentially an even larger population, without increasing the agricultural land base," they wrote in their report, published in the journal Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.

"We were struck by how much food the organic farmers would produce," Perfecto said.

"Corporate interest in agriculture and the way agriculture research has been conducted in land grant institutions, with a lot of influence by the chemical companies and pesticide companies as well as fertilizer companies, all have been playing an important role in convincing the public that you need to have these inputs to produce food," she added.

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