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Today is "National Women's Health Fitness Day." Here are some simple ways of getting exercise without heading for the gym;

Take a co-worker for a "talk walk." Instead of a coffee break at your desk, grab a co-worker and take a walk outside. The conversation will make the time fly by, while the exercise will raise your energy level (so you'll be less likely to get sluggish by midafternoon).

Play tag with your kids. When was the last time you participated in a simple game of tag? Rediscover your inner child while spending quality time with your kids. They'll get a kick out of having you join their game, and it's a great way to reconnect with your little ones while enjoying some exercise.

Take a loved one to a salsa club or social dance. It's always more fun to exercise with your partner than doing it alone. Find a dance club that offers swing, salsa, or line country dancing and you'll learn some new moves with this enjoyable form of exercise. And for those who have two left feet, try a less crowded, early-evening lesson to help get you up to speed.

Consider martial arts. Quality time with your child. Find a class that offers instruction for both of you, or go to separate classes and practice your moves together at home.

Go for a ride. September's beautiful weather is perfect for an afternoon bike ride. Take your bike in for a tune-up and then take it for a spin around your neighborhood. Don't have a bike? Try an indoor spinning class instead.

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Sugar in a refined processed form is bad for you.

Basically, anything ending in "ose" on an ingredient label -- including sucrose, fructose, and glucose (as well as their cousin, corn syrup) -- these form have had the natural goodness removed, leaving a product that severely inhibits the immune system and compromises the body in many ways. That being said, it is true that not all sugars are bad for you. In fact, some can be extremely helpful. For example, a sugar cane extract called policosanol is an excellent alternative to cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. It also appears to be effective at lowering triglyceride levels. Another sugar cane extract that does the body good is;

- D-mannose, which is naturally found in cranberry juice and is often used to treat E.coli, the common cause of most bladder infections. The E.coli bacteria stick to the D-mannose instead of sticking to your bladder walls, which allows your body to eliminate them during urination. This process appears to be a common job that simple sugars perform, making them beneficial for eliminating all sorts of bacteria from your system.

- Xylitol is also on the list of helpful simple sugars. One of my colleagues reports a 93 percent reduction in ear and sinus infections in his patients who use an intranasal spray made from xylitol. In another form, xylitol can actually prevent tooth decay, and some manufacturers have even added it to breath mints and chewing gum.

- Polysaccharides, which are simple sugars that combine in metabolic "chains" and cause immune cells to be more active and vigilant against bacteria and other germs. Echinacea, a well-known immune-boosting herb, is a rich source of polysaccharides.

There is actually an entire field of study, called "glycobiology," based on examining these and other simple sugars in order to better understand their bacteria-fighting and other health-preserving potential.

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Artificial Colors Effect Everyone, Not Just ADD As Originally thought!

Just published in Lancet. A team of researchers at Southampton University in the UK has found that not only do hyperactive children react to artificial coloring, but ALL children do. Ordinary children from the general population are "pushed" toward the hyperactive end of the spectrum by these chemicals.

Although the U.S. government agencies are refusing to ban the additives, claiming it should be an industry decision, it looks like at least some of the industry in England and Europe is listening and cares.

In the UK, the Daily Mail has been campaigning to have the additives removed, and they are succeeding!! According to so many reports sent me that I have lost count of them, it seems that five major supermarkets in Britain have pledged to get rid of the dyes from their own-label products.

American companies use the 1:100 formula. This means that for every call they receive, they assume that 100 other people would like to say the same thing. This gives you power.

Here is the contact information you will need:

MARS: (M&M, Milky Way, Snickers, Twix, Starburst.....)
Mars, Inc. Corporate, in VA
hours: 8:30 - 5 Eastern Time
1-703-821-4900
1-800-551-0702
1-703-448-9678 FAX

CADBURY: Chocolates made by Hersey's in the US:
hours: 9 - 4 Eastern Time
1-800-468-1714

If you prefer email, they have a form for Hershey's at https://www.hersheys.com/contactus/ (click on the button for "online form")

Remember -- the nice ladies who will answer your phone call will probably not know anything about what's going on in England, so be prepared to give them the facts, and be polite. They are probably moms, too. In any case, their job is to report our calls to their bosses and if there are enough such calls, it could help move the company in the right direction. Let's do this and have an impact on the children of our world!

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I KEEP WAITING FOR SANITY TO COME BACK TO TRADITIONAL MEDICINE BUT INSTEAD IT'S GETTING CRAZIER AND MORE DANGEROUS! Since the HPV vaccine is doing serious damage to girls in the 12 to 21 year age range they now want to take that damage further.... You will understand why I say that when you read the following;

Experts Debate Giving HPV Vaccine to Boys
By E.J. Mundell
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Amid the controversy around mandated vaccination of young girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV), some experts are beginning to wonder whether the shot should also be given to boys.

While males cannot get HPV-linked cervical cancer, they make up half of the equation when it comes to spreading the sexually transmitted virus. And a new study released last week shows that the virus is also a leading cause of throat cancer, which affects both sexes.

"This is a viral infectious process, and the majority of the time it is passed through heterosexual contact. And I think it's important to consider boys as equal players in that process," said Dr. Michael Bookman, director of medical gynecologic oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

"Boys are not as prone to [HPV-linked] cancer as girls, but they are obviously involved in the transmission, and there is some risk of cancer in boys, as well," he added.

No one is debating the effectiveness of the vaccine, called Gardasil. The shot is targeted against the four strains (out of 15) of HPV that are thought to trigger 70 percent of cervical cancers.

Since its approval for use in girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last June, several states have moved to mandate Gardasil's inclusion into routine school vaccination programs. That's because vaccinating before the onset of sexual activity is most effective in preventing HPV infection.

Those efforts have met with strong opposition, however. Some conservative groups worry the vaccine will encourage sex among young people, while other critics view the mandates as an intrusion on parental rights. Most state measures do give parents the right to opt out of the program, however.

So far, those debates have centered on young girls. But, in more rare instances, boys and men can fall prey to HPV as well. Reporting last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University confirmed that infection with HPV via oral sex is by far the leading cause of throat cancer, which strikes 11,000 American men and women each year. HPV is also a major cause of anal cancer and genital warts, both of which affect either sex.

The threat of throat cancer is especially troubling, Bookman said, because doctors traditionally only look for these malignancies in long-time smokers and drinkers. "Head and neck exams are more associated with smoking and alcohol and less associated with HPV, although that's changing," he said.

And while girls and women typically see a gynecologist for their Pap smear to look for cervical cancer, "how many boys and men are going to go to a doctor and ask them to look at their throat? It's just not that common," Bookman said.

Debbie Saslow is director of breast and gynecological cancers at the American Cancer Society. She agreed that HPV also poses a threat to males, but she's not yet convinced that Gardasil would help protect them.

"We have been considering vaccination for boys since day one, but the problem is that there is just no data yet -- everything is holding until we get data that the vaccine actually works in boys," she said.

Gardasil's maker, Merck & Co., is largely responsible for pulling that data together. However, according to Bookman, "they took a more conservative stance when they approached the FDA for licensure, registration and vaccine recommendations -- their safety data base was stronger for girls than boys."

Saslow also is doubtful whether Gardasil -- which costs $360 per three-shot regimen -- would prove to be cost-effective if provided to boys as well, at least in terms of preventing the biggest threat, cervical cancer.

"It may be cost-effective to vaccinate boys if not that many girls get vaccinated," she said. "But if most of the female population ends up getting vaccinated, then vaccinating boys won't add very much."

But what about the vaccine's cost-effectiveness in preventing anal and throat cancers, plus genital warts, among boys? Saslow said that since Gardasil has not yet been proven to be effective in boys, or to be effective against cancers outside the cervix, those points remain up in the air. "We still have all these questions that we need to look at," she said.

Another expert, Dr. Robert Frenck, a professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, was equally noncommittal. Frenck, who sits on the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on infectious diseases, said his group is "in the process of developing the recommendations for HPV vaccine use." He said the AAP recommendations would focus only on the vaccine's "currently [FDA] licensed usage," which is exclusively for females.

Still, Bookman believes that, should Gardasil prove effective in boys, widening its use to both sexes "is the correct way to try and do things."

"What about everything that we know about controlling any other type of infectious process? Where we wouldn't discriminate on the basis of sex, we would vaccinate universally," he said. "Yes, in women cervical cancer is a more serious risk statistically than other cancers in men. But I think that the best way of controlling it with a vaccine is to use it broadly."

SOURCES: Michael Bookman, M.D., director, medical gynecologic oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; Debbie Saslow, director, breast and gynecological cancers, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; Robert Frenck, M.D., professor, pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cryptosporidium Outbreak Hits the West
Sep 21,2007
By REBECCA BOONE

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Nearly 230 Idaho residents have been sickened by a waterborne parasite this year, along with hundreds of others across the Rocky Mountain West, health officials said.

The cryptosporidium outbreak has reached record numbers, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare spokesman Tom Shanahan said, and has federal officials looking at the role water parks and public pools play in spreading the diarrhea-causing parasite.

Since 1995, Idaho has averaged about 23 cryptosporidium cases a year, said Dr. Randall Nett, an epidemic intelligence officer with Idaho's Health and Welfare Department. But this year, 229 cases have been reported, the vast majority in the Boise and Meridian areas.

Nearby Utah has been even harder hit, with more than 1,600 illnesses attributed to cryptosporidium so far this year, Utah Department of Health epidemiologist Diane Raccasi said.

"It's a record year by a long way," said Nett. "There's probably going to have to be some research done to determine if it was weather, rainfall, runoff or other things contributing to the outbreak."

Colorado and other Western states have also reported increases, Nett said. However, Montana has seen a decrease. There have been 42 cryptosporidium cases so far this year, compared to 93 at this point in 2006, according to Jon Ebelt, spokesman for the Montana Department of Public Health and Services. There were 152 total cases last year, driven in part by an outbreak at a Missoula water park, Ebelt said.

Health officials believe splash parks and other recreational water parks can offer the hardy parasite the opportunity to rapidly spread from person to person.

Splash parks are often a feature of city parks, and are popular with younger children because they require no swimming skills. Instead of a pool, water sprays up from spouts in the ground, somewhat like a glorified sprinkler system. Many parks also feature water guns or water slides.

But at parks where water is recirculated, the spray can rinse any contamination - whether from diarrhea, vomit or dirt - down into a water holding area and back up through the water spouts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Unfortunately, there's no national pool code to regulate how these splash pads are designed, so the CDC is working with a consortium of scientists to come up with a model pool code," similar to what the Food and Drug Administration created for food, Nett said.

"To prevent outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis, change is needed in the way we build and operate the nation's disinfected recreational water facilities," the CDC wrote in a report earlier this summer. "Key changes call for the inclusion of new supplementary disinfection measures that kill the parasite ... and existing chlorine disinfection."

Cryptosporidium can survive for up to a year in the right conditions, Raccasi said. People infected with the parasite get symptoms ranging from watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, nausea and vomiting. The illness can last for as long as a month. An infected person can spread the parasite through water or through contact with changing tables or bathroom fixtures, or during diaper changes, according to the CDC.

Splash parks and pools have been indicated in Utah's outbreak, Raccasi said, and most of Idaho's cryptosporidium cases have originated at a Meridian city splash park, Shanahan reported. The splash park in Meridian, like many others, uses chlorine to keep its water clean, but the cryptosporidium parasite has a hard outer shell that allows it to survive even in properly chlorinated water.

Meridian officials are considering adding ultraviolet light decontamination to the splash park, said city communications director Shelly Houston, because the UV light is more effective at killing hardy contaminants.

"Our splash pad is meticulously maintained. It's brand new and it's really been our baby so we've been paying close attention to chemical precautions and disinfecting techniques," Houston said.

"It's been a good learning experience for all of us. You can't help but think of those little children playing in their diapers or their mamas changing diapers on nearby picnic tables, and realize the importance of good hygiene and hand washing."

In general, water poses a high risk for transmitting cryptosporidium, which can live in human and animal fecal matter, Raccasi said. Young children, especially those in diapers, can easily contaminate pools and splash parks, she said.

"I don't want to say that splash parks aren't safe, they just have some variables for decontamination that make them a higher risk," Raccasi said. "Combine that with the fact that they're attracting more children between the ages of zero to four years old - and that's the age group that has the most difficulty controlling their bowels - and it makes decontamination more complicated."

LENA'S COMMENT: One of my clients/patients ended up a victum of cryptosporodium and we have been able to kill it and get him healthy with Ionic Silver Water (2 Tablespoons 4X a day) and Probiotics 4 a day... He has been taking the minerals for many years so his sytem was in fairly good shape except he had been diving in lakes and rivers in NorthWestern U.S. and contracted Cryptosporidium... He is now healthy and back diving...