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In parts of the world at this moment most kids are counting down until that special guest arrives, while they sleep, to leave them that special gift... Such a magical time for little ones but a stressful time for some parents... Everything in life has some good along with bad and we have to get through the tough times with our mental abilities in tact... I have a friend who when hit with hard or stressful times remarks, "Tomorrow will be better, if not then the next day, but I'm sure one of those days will be better!"

I thought the following information might bring a grin to your face: GLS scientists are looking at the pesky problem of deer that dart out in front of cars on dark country roads - a problem that causes thousands of injuries and more than 200 deaths every year. The plan: genetically modify the deer so they'll glow in the dark.

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Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
(Robert Frost)

The above poem is my favorite of all Robert Frost's poems. He has captured the quietness and isolation of New England woods at night, covered with snow: "Lovely, dark and deep." Ahh, only Frost could write a line like that!

While there are many interpretations of this poem (ranging from: the guy is contemplating suicide, to that the poem is about Santa!) to me the poem symbolizes the hope of Christmas...hope in the "darkest evening of the year."

I realized what hope really means this morning.

We have an Advent calendar and every night, while the kids are asleep, the Advent "elves" come and deliver a small piece of chocolate candy in one of the calendar's doors.

Well, last night the "elves" were quite tired and fell asleep before they got a chance to make the delivery.

This morning, our 6-year old son came into our bedroom and said, "The elves didn't come last night." But he didn't look sad. He looked out the window and said, "I think they're running late." He gazed out of the window for a long time and then said, "I think they went ice skating."
And then, "I hear them! Shh! Do you hear them? They're coming!"

My husband had gone to walk the dog and must have let the elves in. They quietly slipped into the kitchen and put the chocolates in the Advent calendar. Yes, that's what happened. My son went downstairs, then in a minute rushed back up with just the wrapper left in his
hand: "See? They came."

I was suddenly touched by how utterly hopeful children can be. Never did it occur to our son that maybe today would be the day that the elves would not come, or had forgotten. He knew they would.

In some ways, our celebration during the Christmas season is the same kind of hope. What kind of beings are we who can celebrate with such joy the "darkest evening of the year" with the assurance of a returning light? How can we ever be sure the light will come back? How can we ever be sure that the elves will come? Hope. Faith.

From my family to yours, I wish you a peaceful, hopeful Christmas.

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Some say it's an acquired taste, but natto, a Japanese delicacy for more than 1,000 years, is finally catching on this side of the Pacific. Its pungent scent and slimy, string-like consistency may never make this fermented soybean food the cross-cultural menu star that sushi is, but natto's health benefits may move even timid souls to give it a try.

Soybeans are boiled and then fermented to make natto, and researchers say that two enzymes formed during this process -- pyrazine and nattokinase -- offer powerful protection against blood clots, including those that lead to heart attack, stroke and deep vein thrombosis. Pyrazine helps prevent blood clots from forming, while nattokinase actually dissolves clots. Some doctors think these enzymes may be apt stand-ins for drugs such as warfarin, a blood thinner, or thrombolytics, which are administered shortly after the onset of stroke or heart attack to break up clots and let blood flow. A few experts suggest eating natto on Sunday evening, since many heart attacks and strokes occur on Monday morning.

In Japan, aficionados often eat natto, seasoned with soy sauce and spicy mustard, on top of rice for breakfast, but natto also appears in sushi, atop noodles and in other hot dishes. If you're thinking of trying natto for clot-busting purposes, make it raw. Nattokinase appears to lose its effectiveness when heated. You can purchase natto in stores that sell Japanese foods, or you can buy the extract over the Internet and in some health-food stores.

HOW ABOUT OTHER SOY SOURCES?

Although you won't find clot-dissolving nattokinase in other soy foods, many health experts, including those at the American Heart Association, praise soy's ability to lower cholesterol and fight cardiovascular disease. Unfermented foods, such as tofu, soy milk and soy nuts, also are good sources of protein, but some health experts stress that fermented soy foods, such as natto, miso and tempeh, are safer and healthier alternatives, claiming that fermentation blocks soy components that can interfere with protein digestion and mineral absorption.

SOY SAFETY

Meanwhile, the debate continues to rage over whether soy foods may increase women's risk for breast cancer, promote dementia and impede thyroid function.

"Overall, soy foods are safe," says Mark Messina, PhD, adjunct associate professor of nutrition at Loma Linda University and one of the top soy researchers. Dr. Messina thinks there's not enough data to advise people to stop eating soy, but cautions against consuming
any one food to the exclusion of others -- and that goes for soy foods, too. For more details on the soy debate, see Daily Health News, August 18, 2003.

http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/article_dhn.html?article_id=34252

Who should avoid natto? Those taking warfarin, coumadin or any blood-thinning medication, or those who suffer from bleeding disorders or peptic ulcers. You also should avoid natto if you have had a recent ischemic stroke, neurosurgery or other major trauma.

For all others, it's nice to know about another natural tool in the heart health tool chest.

Be well,
Carole Jackson
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This song was around when I was a child and kids use to sing it and most of us had no idea why or what it meant!

Where, oh where,
Is dear little Nellie?
Where, oh where,
Is dear little Nellie?
Where, oh where,
Is dear little Nellie?
Way down yonder
In the pawpaw patch.

Come on, boys,
Let's go find her.
Come on, boys,
Let's go find her,
Come on, boys,
Let's go find her,
Way down yonder
In the pawpaw patch.

Picking up pawpaws,
Puttin' 'em in your pocket,
Picking up pawpaws,
Puttin' 'em in your pocket,
Picking up pawpaws,
Puttin' 'em in your pocket,
Way down yonder
In the pawpaw patch.

Paw Paw, pawpaw, Graviola and soursop, all the same. Is grown on a very small Graviola tree in the Amazon jungle and some of the Caribbean islands. The pawpaw is also said to be native to the woodlands of the eastern U.S. The American Indian is credited with spreading the pawpaw across the eastern U.S. to eastern Kansas and Texas, and from the Great Lakes almost to the Gulf. The graviola tree (Annona muricata) produces the delicious fruit commonly called paw-paw, which is widely consumed by indigenous peoples.

Individual fruits weigh 5 to 16 ounces and are 3 to 6 inches in length. The larger sizes will appear plump, similar to the mango. The fruit usually has 10 to 14 seeds in two rows. The brownish to blackish seeds are shaped like lima beans, with a length of 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches. Pawpaw fruits often occur as clusters of up to nine individual fruits. The ripe fruit is soft and thin skinned.

A number of animals such as foxes, opossums, squirrels and raccoons will eat the fruit. But a great thing to grow around deer as goats, deer and rabbits will not eat the leaves or twigs. The Zebra Swallowtail butterfly's larvae feed exclusively on young, pawpaw foliage, but never in great numbers.

The skin of the green fruit usually lightens in color as it ripens and often develops blackish splotches which do not affect the flavor or edibility. The yellow flesh is custard like and highly nutritious. The best fruit has a complex, tropical flavor unlike any other temperate zone fruit. At present, the primary use of pawpaws is for fresh eating out of hand. The ripe fruit is very perishable with a shelf life of 2 or 3 days, but will keep up to 3 weeks if it is refrigerated at 40º - 45º F.

The name of this plant is sometimes spelled Papaw - and in that form is often confused with another fruit that sometimes goes by that name, the Papaya, Carica papaya. (The latter is in a totally different family than our Pawpaw, and can only grow in tropical areas.)

Native Americans used the fruits as food and the bark for medicine and fish nets. Extracts of paw paw have been used as an emetic (inducing vomiting), by Eli Lilly in 1898.

Not only is the pawpaw fruit tasty and healthy but the Pawpaw tree bark and twigs, may well prove to be the ultimate cancer-fighter. Studies by the National Cancer Institute already show that Graviola extract is 10,000 times stronger than top chemotherapy drugs...

Yet its incredible precision hunts down cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely alone! Graviola just seems to 'know' which cells to kill and which to avoid. There's no nausea, no hair loss, no weight loss, no weakening of the immune system.

Could this prove to be "The magic bullet" scientists have been seeking for so long. Dr. Garland uses the PawPaw as a cancer treatment in a portion of his cancer patients, with great results!!! But I'm not sure the pharmaceutical world will hone in on this inexpensive treatment!

The Pawpaw taste is a mix of banana, pineapple, and mango and contains a high level of amino acids, vitamins A and C, potassium, along with other nutrients still under study. According to the Purdue University Crop Fact Sheet, the Pawpaw is more nutritious than apples, peaches and grapes in most vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and food energy value. Nutrient rich in Vitamin A, C, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Essential amino acids, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Cystine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Threonine, Tryptophan and Valine. Unless refrigerated, it lasts only two to three days but in the fridge it lasts up to three weeks. You can substitute pawpaws for bananas in many recipes including banana bread. Because of its custardy texture, it's ideal for drink mixes, baby food, and ice cream. Because of its blendability and aroma, it is used in cosmetics and skin products. According to one pawpaw expert on the Internet, "If you have tried them and don't like them, suspect your sample to have been unripe, or from an inferior tree.

Mashed paw paw also makes a great face mask and aids wound healing, while the liquid extract is made from the paw paw leaf and is a rich source of the antioxidant nutrients beta carotene and vitamin C, which explains its relevance in helping to prevent and treat cancer. Also several acetogenins have been isolated from Graviola (PawPaw tree) twigs shown in a chart at ACAM.

Its anti-tumor efficacy against human ovarian carcinoma in athymic mice were demonstrated in studies in 1993. There have been over 100 scientific papers published on the chemistry and biology of the paw paw compounds.

Paw paw is not toxic according to studies with beagles (dogs). It appears to be impossible to 'overdose', 32 capsules 4x/day were non toxic because it caused vomiting.

In clinical trials with human research subjects, generally using one capsule 4x/day, some breast cancer patients experienced partial or complete tumor reduction.

In men with prostate cancer, some patients experienced subjective benefits as well as tumor reduction and PSA decreases. One patient even took half the suggested dose (mistakenly) and still had great results.

There were good results with lymphoma - Non Hodgkins where white cell counts were reduced, as were lymphocytes. A patient with stage IV lung cancer also had subjective and objective results.

Hundreds of human research subjects have used paw paw, with many types of tumors. Significant reductions in tumor sizes has been seen (verified by CT, etc.) There have been reductions in tumor antigen levels (PSA, CA27/29, CA125, alkaline phosphatase, etc.)

There have been very few unwanted effects, some itching and some nausea/vomiting but many have reported 'increased energy'. There was no hair loss, no GI bleeding, no bone marrow depression.

Benefits have been seen with cold sores, shingles, toe nail fungus, acne, athlete's foot, eczema and psoriasis.

So not only is PawPaw great eating but great medicine as well! I'm sure we will hear much more about this down the road...

US Meat Plants Violating Mad Cow Rules
December 21, 2004

WASHINGTON - US meat plants are allowing brains and spinal cord from older cattle to enter the food supply, violating strict government regulations aimed at preventing the spread of mad cow disease, a federal meat inspectors union said on Monday.

Nearly a year after the first US case of mad cow disease, meat plants have yet to implement measures required by the US Agriculture Department to protect consumers, said the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals.
"We are seeing little to no change at these plants," said Stan Painter, the union's chairman.

The USDA has said its ban on brains, spinal cord, eyes and other so-called specific risk material (SRMs) was the most important action it has taken since the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States.

The deadly disease is carried within the infected animal's brain and nervous system and can be spread to humans when eaten. Older cattle, over 30-months of age, are thought to be at higher risk for mad cow disease than younger animals.

"We know USDA's zero tolerance is not being met," Painter said. "We believe this is a widespread problem." He declined to say how many plants were in violation.

The USDA disagreed with the union, saying no prohibited cattle parts were slipping into the food supply.

"Parts that are defined as SRMs are being removed and being disposed of according to regulations implemented in January 2004," said Steve Cohen, spokesman for USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The American Meat Institute, a trade group representing US meatpackers, said it was unaware of any plants in violation of the regulations.

The labor union's allegations come as the United States tries to convince Japan and South Korea, previously its top buyers, to ease their bans on US beef.

Japan, the No. 1 market for US beef in 2003, said it would reopen its borders once Washington could assure that only beef from cattle 20 months or younger would be shipped.

"I would think (Japan) will definitely have a concern about this," Painter said.

SLIPPING THROUGH

In October, US meat inspectors began alerting the union that plant employees were incorrectly identifying carcasses of animals over 30 months old, Painter said. Under USDA procedures, plant employees are responsible for identifying older cattle by examining their teeth.

Painter said these violations allowed prohibited parts to slip by inspectors and enter the food supply.

Inspectors said plants were also violating a trade agreement with Mexico by shipping kidneys from cattle over 30 months old.

The union said inspectors were being told by their supervisors not to intervene when they noticed export requirements of Mexico were not being followed.

"We have seen cattle that have been over 30 months ... and the kidneys were shipped to Mexico," Painter said.

Painter said slaughter plants needed to segregate their production lines by age. The union also urged the USDA to give inspectors more authority to enforce regulations.

The union told the USDA about its concerns in a Dec. 8 letter. The USDA said it had received the letter and would soon respond.

Story by Randy Fabi
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