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If you have a child or grandchild who takes lunch to school in a soft side lunch box you MUST READ The Environmental Report today!!!

Well, fall is definitely on it's way. A short distance North of us two nights have now been below freezing, so I know it will drop down to us on any given day. That means the colds and flu season will be on it way shortly, are you prepared for it? Don't know how to prepare Click Here!

NOTICE: Ads and the ezines will most likely be published in an erratic manner for the next couple of months but they will be published, Ads may not publish on the date you have been notified... Orders will continue to be processed but shipping of most orders will come from the warehouse by UPS taking a few days longer than normal to get to you so be sure to get your order in at least three days earlier than you usually do... This because I will be away most of the next six to eight weeks with my daughter in California... I have my laptop and cell phone and you can still contact me for health problems or product orders...(928) 713-3624

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Reaping The Results of Antibiotics Gone Wild!

Drug-Resistant E. Coli Spreads in England
Sep 12, 2005

WARWICK, England (AP) - Strains of E. coli bacteria that are resistant to most types of antibiotics and may be spread in food are increasing rapidly in England, the government's health agency said Monday.

The Health Protection Agency called for more research, saying there is no reliable estimate of the number of cases involved and it is not certain how the bug is transmitted.

E. coli are very common bacteria that normally live harmlessly in the gut, and are one of the most common causes of urinary tract infections.

In a report to a health conference in Warwick, central England, the HPA said the new E. coli strains produce an enzyme called Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamase, or ESBL, which makes them more resistant to antibiotics and therefore makes the infections harder to treat. In many cases, only two oral antibiotics and a few intravenous antibiotics remain effective.

"Voluntary national surveillance of blood poisoning (in England) caused by E. coli from 1994 to 2004 indicates a recent increase in the numbers of infections that are multi-resistant and therefore likely to be ESBL-producing strains," said Dr. Georgia Duckworth, who compiled the report.

"There is no comprehensive surveillance of urinary tract infections in the community so there is no reliable estimate of the number of infections caused by ESBL-producing E. coli strains in the community."

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Although the cause of Parkinson's disease remains elusive, highly reactive free radicals appear to play an important part in the nerve damage that occurs in people with this disease. Antioxidants -- like vitamin E -- are nutrients that prevent free radicals from injuring cells. Foods containing antioxidants are many... So eat all you can and possibly avoid Parkinson's and many other diseases...

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*Are you concerned about the impact we all have on Mother Earth?
*Are you concerned about the health of your family?
*Are you stressed-out by the constant struggle to keep you home clean?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you owe it to yourself, your family and the ecology to read on...

You don't have to be a member of a conservation society to care about the environment. It all starts with the simple understanding that whatever goes down the drain eventually ends up in the water supply. Whatever you spray in the air is ingested by those around it. And that will eventually have a pretty big impact on your home and family.

Consider this:
Each year more than 250,000 people are hospitalized from exposure to household chemicals in cleaners!
Each year 3,000 will be admitted to intensive care!
Each year appprox. 100 will die!
Each year hundreds of thousands of Americans will be harmed through contact with common household chemicals!

It is no wonder women that work from home have a 54% higher cancer rate than those who work outside the home. Others who spend most of their day in the home, like children and the elderly, are also getting sick.

Throughout my 30 year career in the medical field, I have seen loss of life in many forms. Of the many people I have cared for and interacted with, the ones that made the most impact on me were the ones that were poisoned in one way or another. Poisons come in many forms and can be inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin.

One case that greatly impacted me was of a little boy, who at 12 months of age wobbled to the dishwasher as his mother was loading it. Naturally curious, this little boy stuck his finger in the dishwashing detergent cup and then tasted the wonderful smelling liquid. The toxins (poison) in the dishwashing detergent ate through his esophagus and bronchus causing a very traumatic, preventable early loss of life.

Find out how a Registered Nurse, wife and mother of 3 switched to safer, nontoxic and cheaper product and you can too! Also find out the secrets of Keeping your home clean and safe in just minutes a day. Visit us and learn how to reduce your stress and improve your family's health. www.HealthyHomes-System.com/indextest3.htm

Kids who have the whole grains in the morning do better on tests than those who eat sugary cereals, a new study finds.
By Sally Squires

Want to give your children a head start in school this year? If you normally serve them cold cereal for breakfast, instead consider serving them oatmeal.

Numerous studies already link the first meal of the day to better classroom performance. But recent findings suggest that what children eat at breakfast may also shape how well they learn and the knowledge they retain.

In the August edition of the journal Physiology and Behavior, Tufts University psychologists report on two experiments they conducted on 60 schoolchildren.

For breakfast one day, the researchers served the youngsters Quaker oatmeal made with milk and then gave them a battery of classroom tests. A week later, the students ate Cap'n Crunch cereal with milk and then were tested. During a third week, they skipped breakfast and only took the tests.

Simply eating breakfast produced better test results than missing the morning meal - findings that echo results of numerous other studies. But the researchers also discovered that boys and girls performed better on tests when they ate oatmeal than when they had Cap'n Crunch. (The research was funded by Quaker Oats, maker of both products used in the study.)

After eating a bowl of oatmeal, boys and girls ages 9 to 11 showed enhanced spatial memory, a skill that helps with drawing and doing puzzles. Spatial memory can help not only with art, but also with geography as well as some technical skills used in math and science. Girls, but not boys, also displayed improved short-term memory after eating oatmeal.

Children ages 6 to 8 listened better after eating oatmeal than after a breakfast of Cap'n Crunch. And, like their older counterparts, they also scored higher on spatial memory. Younger girls also showed improvements in short-term memory similar to that seen in their older counterparts.

So what gives oatmeal its punch? The researchers suggest that the mixture of protein, fiber and complex carbohydrates may account for the differences in test performance. "Oatmeal may provide a slower and more sustained energy source and consequently result in cognitive enhancement compared to low-fiber, high-glycemic, ready-to-eat cereal," the team concluded, noting that the results suggest "the importance of what children consume for breakfast before school."

The findings "reinforce the recent move toward whole grains," said Holly A. Taylor, professor of psychology at Tufts University and a coauthor of the study. "Since the brain uses glucose, and the source of glucose is diet, having a sustained-release food for breakfast is going to have beneficial effects on memory and attention."

Here are other benefits and tips for eating a healthy breakfast:

* Not just for the young. A University of Toronto study of 22 healthy men and women, ages 61 to 79, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2001 found that breakfast improved memory. And researchers at the University of Wales, Swansea, have reported that adults who ate a breakfast of low-glycemic foods such as whole-grain unsweetened cereal, bread or eggs performed better on memory tests in the morning than they did after eating sugary, high-glycemic fare such as sweetened cereals or doughnuts.

* Think outside the cereal box. Cheese, whole-grain crackers and fruit provide a good breakfast. So do smoothies made with nonfat yogurt and fruit. Or slather peanut butter on a slice of whole-grain bread, top with banana slices and drink a glass of skim milk or low-fat soy milk for a nutritionally complete breakfast.

* Eat breakfast to keep your waistline whittled. Breakfast doesn't necessarily help with weight loss, but it appears to be important for long-term weight maintenance. Successful losers - members of the National Weight Control Registry - report that breakfast is a meal they rarely miss. (The registry has several thousand registrants, who, on the average, have lost about 60 pounds and kept it off for roughly five years.) Researchers say eating breakfast may help control appetite for the day.

Eating breakfast has helped Arlene Rimer of Toronto maintain a 150-pound weight loss. Now she's hoping that her example will rub off on her children. She wrote in an e-mail recently: "I am trying to teach my children to take the few minutes to eat a healthy breakfast at home before they leave for school."

www.latimes.com

The Fruit That Played A Role In Knights Of Old!

These pieces of healthy gold will soon be appearing on trees for the picking and prices will lower in the supermarkets making it the season's healthy choice!

These sweet juicy yellow, green and sometimes a musty brown fruit with a rounded shape that becomes narrower towards the stalk and has kind of a grainy texture that turns some people off. Pears offer a healthy snack as well as a healthy ingredient in many recipes. Full of natural nutritious fiber!

Pear History is interesting in that pears date back to the early Asian history!

Pears are one of the world's oldest cultivated and beloved fruits. In 5,000 B.C., Feng Li, a Chinese diplomat became consumed by grafting peaches, almonds, persimmons, pears and apples as a commercial venture. In The Odyssey, the Greek poet laureate Homer lauds pears as a "gift of the gods." Pomona, goddess of fruit, was a cherished member of the Roman Pantheon and Roman farmers documented extensive pear growing and grafting techniques. Thanks to their versatility and long storage life, pears were a valuable and much-desired commodity among the trading routes of the ancient world. Evident in the works of Renaissance Masters, pears have long been an elegant still-life muse for artists. In the 17th century a great flourishing of modern pear variety cultivation began taking place in Europe. And in popular culture, the pear tree was immortalized alongside a partridge in the 18th-century Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Early colonists brought the first pear trees to America's eastern settlements where they thrived until crop blights proved too severe to sustain widespread cultivation. Fortunately, the pear trees brought west to Oregon and Washington by pioneers in the 1800's thrived in the unique agricultural conditions found in the Pacific Northwest. Today's Northwest pear varieties are the same or similar to those first cultivated in France and Belgium where they were prized for their delicate flavor, buttery texture, and long storage life.

Pears are picked when they are almost ripe. The fruit will come off if you lift the fruit vertically, signally time to pick. Pears ripen best at room temperature. If you want too keep them a few days you have to keep them in a dark cool place. There's no need to peel a pear... their tender, edible skin is an additional and nutritional source of fiber. A medium sized pear provides 4 grams of fiber, or 16% of the recommended daily value. Always wash all fresh fruits and vegetables before serving.

More levulose - the sweetest of known natural sugars - is found in fresh pears than any other fruit, which doesn't really sound like it's good for dieting. Well, levulose is easily digested and plays a role in energizing the metabolism thereby helping to bring about weight loss. The pear is rich in the minerals; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium - 30% more than an apple - , Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese and Selenium Not short changed in the vitamin department either containing; Vitamin C, B-6, B-12, A, E, Rhiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Folate and Folic acid.

There are many varieties of pears to choose from and should hit just about any desire!

*Yellow Bartlett (Bart-let) U.S. Availablity in August through January ripens to bright yellow, perfect for fresh eating. Very sweet and juicy. Excellent for canning or cooking.

*Red Bartlett (Bart-let) Availablity in August through January Bright red skin when fully ripe. Same flavor, texture and use as yellow Bartletts.

* Green Anjou (On-ju) Availablity in October through June. Abundant juice and sweet flavor when ripe. They do not change color as they ripen.

* Red Anjou (On-ju) Availablity in October through May. Much the same flavor and texture as green Anjous. Remains maroon red when ripe.

* Bosc (Bahsk) Availablity in August through April. Highly aromatic flavorful pear. Dense flesh makes it ideal for baking and cooking. They are brown and often russeted. They do not change color as they ripen.

* Comice (Co-meece) Availablity in August through February. One of the sweetest, juiciest varieties, and often are very large. An elegant dessert pear that's excellent with cheese. Almost no color change when ripe.

* Seckel (Seck?l) Availablity in August through February. Tiny pears with ultra-sweet flavor, maroon and olive green in color. Excellent choice for children's snacks, pickling, or as a garnish. No color change when ripened.

* Forelle (For-ell) Availablity in September through February. A smaller variety. Turns bright yellow with crimson freckling when ripe. Sweet, very juicy.

Our favorite way of eating pears is fresh and raw but poached pears are excellent as well and here is a relish recipe that is very tasty and nourishing adapted taken from http://www.hugs.org

Pear Relish

Great on toast, English muffins or as a relish for meats.

      8 quarts of Pears
      6 Onions
      3 Red bell peppers
      3 Green bell peppers
      5 cups apple cider Vinegar
      2 teaspoons Sea Salt
      1 teaspoon Pickling spices
      1 teaspoon Turmeric
      3 cup Sugar [Healthier made with Stevia: 8 Tablespoons. whole Stevia leaf powder or ¼cup white Stevia extract (powder)]

Grind vegetables. Combine with remaining ingredients; bring to a boil and boil until thickened, about 30 minutes. Seal in pint jars. Makes about 8 pints.

Eat to be healthy!
Lena

Mental and Physical Acuity Increases With Ginseng!

The July 2005 issue of the Journal of Psychopharmacology, States that "Performance may be enhanced and mental fatigue may be avoided by using moderate doses of ginseng during sustained mental activity." And they added, "This effect may be related to the acute gluco-regulatory properties of the extract." Subjects in both of the ginseng groups had significant reductions in blood sugar in each of the post-treatment measurements compared to the placebo group.

Oriental ginseng is grown in China and Korea, and has a reputation throughout Asia as the "king of all tonics." It's also known as "panax ginseng," and this was the type of ginseng used in a recent study conducted by researchers at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

A battery of tests was devised to evaluate the effects of ginseng intake on 30 healthy young adults. Using computers, each subject took a 10-minute math test. This was followed by the intervention: Either 400 mg of standardized panax ginseng extract, or 200 mg of the same extract or a placebo. Testing resumed one hour later with six additional 10-minute tests. All of the subjects participated in three days of testing.

Oriental ginseng is just one of three ginseng types. The other two are American ginseng and Siberian ginseng. The latter, however, is not a true ginseng, but still produces many of the same beneficial effects. Red and white ginsengs are both of the Oriental variety. When the root is naturally dried it's white, but when processed a certain way the root turns red.

Testing scores in the ginseng group were also higher, and mental fatigue in this group was significantly reduced. The highest test scores were posted by the 200 mg ginseng group.