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In This Issue:

A NOTE FROM RANDAL
Aspertame vs. Snopes.com
Sending Out Early

HERB/VITAMIN NEWS
DHA May Help Diabetics

HEALTH NEWS
Plant Compounds Keep Disease Away

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NUTRITION CHOICE
Apple Recipes

HEALTH RELATED TIPS
09/21 Issue!

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Cattails For Dinner?

LAUGHING LINES
Moses And The Computer

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A NOTE FROM RANDAL

Hello Everyone,

With it being September 11 tomorrow, I wanted to send this out early. I am
planning to not send any ezines out tomorrow in honor of the one year
anniversary of the attack on US soil.

Last issue, I mentioned a resource that points out the dangers of aspertame.
I received a letter asking me to publish a contrary site to the previously
published site. You can go here and look up the word aspertame to find a
contrary opinion. Normally, I agree with snopes.com but not this time. I
have researched many articles on aspertame and I believe it is a product
that requires some warning related to its use. However, I did promise to
print a contrary site and I wanted to fulfill that promise accordingly.

Until next time,


Randal


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HERB/VITAMIN NEWS

DHA MAY HELP DIABETICS

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, was
found to improve insulin function in overweight individuals who are
vulnerable to type 2 diabetes. This is based on results of a clinical study
performed by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Institute,
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.

The results of prior epidemiological studies on Greenland Eskimos, a
population that eats mainly whale blubber, had prompted the current
research. These Eskimos are overweight people that scientists believe should
typically have a higher rate of diabetes and heart disease, but they do not.
The researchers that studied them concluded that this phenomenon was likely
due to the Eskimos' diet, and determined that omega-3 fatty acid provided
the necessary nutritional protection.

In the current study, 12 overweight men and women, aged 40 to 70, consumed
1.8 grams of DHA at breakfast for 12 weeks. While none of the study
participants had diabetes, they all suffered from insulin resistance-a
prediabetic condition in which the body fails to efficiently respond to
insulin.

Blood tests, taken at the outset and at the end of the study, allowed the
researchers to assess changes in each person's insulin resistance.

At the end of the 12-week period, the investigators noticed a positive
change in insulin sensitivity. They found that while 70 percent of the
subjects showed some improvement in insulin related function, 50 percent had
a clinically significant change.

The overwhelming majority of diabetics have the type 2 form of the disease,
in which the body's gradual failure to respond to insulin can cause blood
sugar to rise to dangerous levels.

[Presentation by Yvonne Denkins, PhD, nutrition researcher at Pennington
Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,
at the Experimental Biology 2002 conference in New Orleans, LA.]

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HEALTH NEWS

PLANT COMPOUNDS KEEP DISEASE AWAY: STUDY - By Merritt McKinney

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An apple a day may indeed keep the doctor away,
new findings from Finland suggest.

In a study of more than 10,000 men and women, individuals who consumed more
of plant compounds called flavonoids--especially one type that is most
abundant in apples--were less likely to die from heart disease or develop a
variety of chronic diseases, including lung cancer, asthma, stroke and
diabetes.

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APPLE RECIPES

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HEALTH RELATED TIPS

I had planned to take up this column in this issue. However, my Uncle
passed away Monday afternoon and I am pressed for time to get out there in
time for the funeral. Please forgive me and plan on the next issue
containing a new health related tip.

On the same note, I have only received one new ideas to write about. Please
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CATTAILS FOR DINNER?

Most people are familiar with the wild plant, cattail. The cattail is a
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LAUGHING LINES

MOSES AND THE COMPUTER

"Excuse me, Sir."
"Is that you again, Moses?"
"I'm afraid it is, sir."
"What is it this time, Moses? More computer problems?"
"How did you guess?"
"I don't have to guess, Moses. Remember?"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot."
"Tell me what you want, Moses."
"But you already know. Remember?"
"Moses!"
"Sorry, sir."
"Well, go ahead, Moses. Spit it out."
"Well, I have a question, sir. You know those 'ten things' you sent me?"
"You mean the Commandments, Moses?"
"That's it. I was wondering if they were important."
"What do you mean 'were important', Moses? Of course, they're important. Otherwise I wouldn't have sent them to you."
"Well, sorry, but I lost them. I could say the dog ate them, but of course you would see right through that."
"What do you mean 'you lost them'? Are you trying to tell me you didn't save them, Moses?"
"No, sir. I forgot."
"You should always save, Moses."
"Yeah, I know. You told me that before. I was going to, but I forgot. I did send them to some people before I lost them though."
"And did you hear back from any of them?"
"You already know I did. What about the one guy who said he never uses 'shalt not'? Can he change the words a little bit?"
"Yes, Moses. As long as he doesn't change the meaning."
"And what about the guy who thought your stance was a little harsh, and recommended calling them the 'Ten Suggestions,' or letting people pick one or two to try for a while?"
"Moses, I'll act like I didn't hear that."
"I think that means 'no.' Well, what about the guy who said I was scamming him?"
"I think the term is 'spamming,' Moses."
"Oh, yeah. I e-mailed him back and told him I don't even eat that stuff, and I have no idea how you can send it to someone through a computer."
"And what did he say?"
"You know what he said. He used Your name in vain. You don't think he might have sent me one of those - er - plagues, and that's the reason I lost those ten things, do you?"
"They're called 'viruses,' Moses."
"Whatever! This computer stuff is just too much for me. Can we just go back to those stone tablets? It was hard on my back taking them out and reading them each day, but at least I never lost them."
"We'll do it the new way, Moses."
"I was afraid you would say that, sir."
"Moses, what did I tell you to do if you messed up?"
"You told me to hold up this rat and stretch it out toward the computer."
"It's a mouse, Moses. Mouse! Mouse! And did you do that?"
"No, I decided to try the technical support first. After all, who knows more about this stuff than you, and I really like your hours. By the way, sir, did Noah have two of these mice on the ark?"
"No, Moses."
"One other thing. Why didn't you name them 'frogs' instead of 'mice,' because didn't you tell me the thing they sit on is a pad?"
"I didn't name them, Moses. Man did, and you can call yours a frog if you want to."
"Oh, that explains it. Kind of like Adam, huh, sir?
Bet some woman told him to call it a mouse. After all, wasn't it a woman who named one of the computers Apple?"
"Say good night, Moses."
"Wait a minute, sir. I am stretching out the mouse, and it seems to be working. Yes, a couple of the 'ten things' have come back."
"Which ones are they, Moses?"
"Let's see....'Thou shalt not steal from any grave an image' and 'Thou shalt not uncover thy neighbor's
wife.'"
"Turn the computer off, Moses. I'm sending you another set of stone tablets."


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