Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Next Wonder Drugs



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 Yep One of my favorite fruits is avocado http://libslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/11/avocado.html



From: lt
Subject: FW: Next Wonder drugs
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:06:11 -0600




Next Wonder drugs




Who needs doctors?  Just drink cocoa and avocado shakes.

Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug" 
For high blood pressure?
 

Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!





According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama , hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.
 


Is it because they eat less salt? No. Kuna Indians eat as much, if not more salt, than people in the U.S.
 
Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who move away from the islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as anyone else!
 
So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer?
 


Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink about 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!
 
Studies show the flavonols in cocoa stimulate your body's production of nitric oxide -- boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well as low-dose aspirin!
 
But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa can also treat blocked arteries, congestive heart failure, stroke, dementia, even impotence!



Painless cholesterol cure
 
works in just 7 days -- and drives 
the "food police" crazy!
 

Want to lower your cholesterol so fast it'll make your head spin? It's a breeze, just eat guacamole -- or any dish containing avocados!
 


Most health experts and nutritionists will tell you this rich, delicious Mexican dish is BANNED from any cholesterol- watcher's menu. But not Dr. Steven Pratt. That's because new research shows eating avocados can lower your cholesterol even faster than drugs.... without the side effects!
One study found after just 7 days on a diet including avocados, LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglyceride levels dropped by 22 percent. Meanwhile, HDL ("good") cholesterol shot up 11 percent -- something most cholesterol- lowering drugs won't do!
 

The cinnamon cure for high blood sugar




Sprinkle a little cinnamon on your toast, cereal, oatmeal, or sliced apples.. It not only tastes good, it lowers your blood sugar!
 

In a recent study, people reduced their blood sugar levels by as much as 29 percent in just 40 days. That's with NO drugs, NO diet changes -- just plain old cinnamon!
 

The fat that blasts away cancer
 

You've been told cancer runs in families. You've been told what to eat and what NOT to eat -- including LESS fat.
 

Yet Dr. Steven Pratt says there's one fat you should eat MORE of. It's the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, found in olive oil!
 It should come as no surprise. After all, olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet. And people in Spain and Greece are far less likely to develop cancer than in the U.S. 
But what's really interesting is how olive oil not only prevents cancer, it blasts away cancer cells that already exist! So if you're even the slightest bit worried about cancer, this is oneSuperFood you don't want to be without!
 

NEW prostate-protecting champ trumps tomatoes!
 

Unless you've been asleep under a rock for the past decade, you've heard the news about tomatoes. They contain a potent antioxidant called lycopene that's been proven to reduce the risk of certain cancers -- in particular, prostate cancer.
 

A famous Harvard study back in 1995 found that out of 48,000 men surveyed, those who ate 10 or more servings of tomatoes a week reduced their risk of prostate cancer by more than one-third. What's more, they lowered their risk of aggressive prostate tumors (the kind that are really tough to treat) by HALF!
 
But before you reach for that slice of pizza or bottle of ketchup, listen up. What if I told you about a sweet, refreshing food Dr. Steven Pratt recommends that's even better for your prostate than tomatoes?
 
This NEW prostate protecting champ is watermelon! Ounce for ounce, watermelon is even richer in lycopene than tomatoes. And since you probably eat more watermelon in one sitting than you do tomatoes, you don't have to gorge on it 10 times a week in order to slash your cancer risk! Just a few times a week should do it.
 

Knock out an ulcer with broccoli?!
 

About 25 million Americans will suffer from a peptic ulcer
 at some point in their lives. To get rid of their ulcers, most will take an antibiotic like amoxicillin. 
Pretty tame stuff, right? Wrong! Amoxicillin can bring with it unwanted side effects like fever, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, headache, even a yucky condition called "hairy tongue"!
 
And if you think that's bad, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the cost of treating an ulcer with antibiotics over an average 17-day period can run upward of $1,000!


Fortunately, there's one unconventional treatment with NO side effects Dr. Pratt swears by. "Eat broccoli!" he says. Why?
Broccoli contains a remarkably potent compound called sulforaphane, that kills off the H. pylori bacteria that cause most ulcers. Not only can it knock out an ulcer, eating one serving a day for a month might run you 20 bucks... a fraction of the cost of drugs.










TJ Gatchalian

tj.gatch@me.com (TJ only)


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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Ice, ice baby!

@ Drinking Buddies

Oh, no! It's what you add to the ice that's bad!  One exception: I'm a Coke drinker, put 4 ice cubes to the glass, add Coke, watch the fizz-fizz and then drink.  Both good.

Bottoms up!

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From: lfgarc
To:
Subject: FW: [Centennial71] Fwd: Health Alert
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:45:57 -0600


When you drink Vodka over ice, it can give you kidney failure,
When you drink Rum over ice, it can give you liver failure,

When you drink whiskey over ice, it can give you heart problems,
When you drink Gin over ice, it can give you brain problems.

Apparently, ice is really bad for you.
Warn all your friends



"La Creme de la Creme"
The 100th year graduates of the Royal & Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines.
Faculty of Medicine & Surgery- Established in 1871.


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Thursday, November 17, 2011

32 Month Report Card




May I add,

 First President to "Blame America First!"



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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:15:41 -0500
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Subject: Barack Obama's 32 Month Report Card
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Barack Obama's 32 Month Report Card





 

Mr. " Hope and Change " wants to create a nation humbled; humiliated, casting-aside capitalism and individual freedoms for one where “we the people” are government controlled. This would be a system that genuflects mediocrity, steals personal aspiration and opportunity, and punishes those who strive to succeed.

 

A gallon of regular gasoline the day Obama was inaugurated was $1.79 on average in the U.S. Today that price is $3.59, a 100.6% increase . The number of food stamp recipients has risen since Obama took office from 31,983,716 to 43,200,878, a 35.1% jump . Long term unemployment soared 146.2% during the same

32 month period from 2,600,000 to 6,400,000. Staggering “hope and change” isn't it?

 

American citizens living in poverty have risen 9.5% from 39,800,000 to 43,600,000, and the number of unemployed has jumped almost 25% from 11,616,000 to 14,485,000 as of August 31, 2011. The number of unemployed blacks has risen from 12.6% at the end of George Bush's term to 15.8% today, a 25.4% increase , and finally, our national debt is up 34.4% from 10.627 trillion to 14,278 trillion *

 

Keep these figures in mind as we recount the number of “firsts” for this presidency:

 

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

First President to have a social security number from a state in which he has never lived.

First President to preside over the very first cut to the treasured "Credit Rating" of the United States.

First President to violate the War Powers Act.

First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico .

First President to defy a Federal Judges court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.

First President to mandate all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.

First President to spend a Trillion dollars (that's $1,000,000,000,000) on shovel-ready jobs and later admit there really weren't any shovel-ready jobs.

First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters (e.g. the automobile industry)

First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.

First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants from the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.

First President to demand a private company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space (effectively ending our prized space program).

First President to encourage racial discrimination and intimidation at polling places (refused to prosecute Black Panthers from blocked voting place).

First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present. (because he was heading out on vacation).

First President to unilaterally declare existing law s unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly speak-out on the reasons for their rate increases.

First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state they are allowed to locate a factory (refused to let Boeing to build in SC)

First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (Az, WI, OH, IN)

First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.

First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case .

First President to appoint 45 Czars to replace elected officials in his office (to gain power and thereby usurping the function of the Legislative Branch)  

First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office .

First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.

First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.

First President to coddle American enemies while alienating Americas allies.

First President to publicly bow down to Americas enemies while refusing to salute our own fl ag.

First President to go on multiple global tours apologizing for (and degrading) the U.S.

First President to go on 17 lavish vacations around the world, with family and friends, all paid for by the taxpayer (while tells us that we must all cut back)

First President to refuse to wear the U.S. Flag lapel pin.

First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) to respond to his wife's every whim.

First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000.00 a year at taxpayer expense.

 

Remember that 32 months of Obama White House we the people have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as anytime during

the rest of our nation's entire history, as the Obama's plan their next extravagant vacation to the Indonesian Island nation of Bali.

 

Hope and change anyone?

 

* sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wall Street Journal, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Dept of Labor, Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller, Federal Reserve, US Treasury, Heritage Foundation.

 

 

   







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We Should Try Buy American

Try only if you like it.  I believe very much in international free trade - show me what you got, let's make a deal and I'll buy it.  Vice versa.  It's not good for the U.S. economy to buy American products strictly.  Look at Greece? When I was in Greece some years ago, everything in their store was all Greek products, at least where I'd shopped.  The country of gods and goddesses is bankrupt.  Fortunately, I'm not into fresh fruits and veggies but into canned fruits, corned beef from Argentina and Spam.

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From: jpl
Subject: FW: We Should Try
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:36:13 -0500

I have doing that now specially since my daughter is home. She's an organic food buyer & refuses to buy foods from Chile or China. But do you know we couldn't find oranges from Cali or Florida? What up with our own produce?  Winter is upon us & for us who live in the Midwest, we depend on warmer climate States for our produce. What are we to do if most food comes from Chile? Josie



A MUST READ  TO FIND A JOB  EH                                                                                                                                  


The following was forwarded to me and now I pass it along to you to read.  Your decision to make - I've made mine. 

OCTOBER 1st to DECEMBER 31st




Well over 50 years ago I knew a lady who would not buy Christmas gifts if they were made in China . Her daughter will recognize her in the following. 




Did you see Diane Sawyer's special report? They removed ALL items from a typical, middle class family's home that were not made in the USA or CANADA . 




There was hardly anything left besides the kitchen sink. Literally. During the special they showed truckloads of items - USA and CANADIAN made - being brought in to replace everything and talked about how to find these items and the difference in price, etc. 




It was interesting that Diane said if every American OR CANADIAN spent just $64 more than normal on USA OR CANADIAN  made items this year, it would create something like 200,000 new jobs! 




I WAS BUYING FOOD THE OTHER DAY AT WALMART and ON THE LABEL OF SOME PRODUCTS IT SAID "FROM CHINA ." 




FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN "FROM CHINA >" 




I WAS SHOCKED, SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE SINCE IT'S FROM CALIFORNIA . 




Are we Americans and Canadians as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think. The Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American and Canadians markets. 




70% of Americans and Canadians believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended. 




Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges? DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA and CANADA !! 




Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says "Made in China " or "PRC" (and that now includes Hong Kong ), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without. 




Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some Canadian or American farmer. Easter is just an example. The point is, do not wait for the government to act. Just go ahead and assume control on your own. 




THINK ABOUT THIS: If 200 million Americans and Canadians each refuse to buy just $20 of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!! 




Remember, OCTOBER 1st TO DECEMBER 31ST!!!!!! START NOW. 




Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are Americans and Canadians and NOBODY can take us for granted. 




If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for THREE months out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET! 




Pass it on, America and CANADA ....




Well, instead of doing it for just 3 months, why not try to do it all the time.



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Published  11/17/11  altgroup multiply
Web Page: We Should Try

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

RETIRE WHERE?


I RECOMMEND BABY BOOMERS RETIRE IN TEXAS!



No second thought! I enjoy the 4 seasons so I'll stay in Chicago.  I love the cumsi-cumsa city life and everything is so accessible and  convenient.
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(Did I e-mail this before?)



Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:13:08 -0800
From: gloria c
Subject: Fw: RETIRE WHERE? Here are some of the possible choices:
To:

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RETIRE  WHERE?   Here are some of the possible choices:

You can retire to Phoenix , Arizona where...
 

1.  You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade. 
2.  You've experienced condensation on your hiney from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3.  You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town. 
4.  You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5.  You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6.  The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
 

OR

You can retire to California where... 
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5.  When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.
 


OR

You can retire to New York City where... 
1.  You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan . 
 
2.  You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
 
3.  You think Central Park is "nature."
 
4.  You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
 
5.  You've worn out a car horn. (ed. note if you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.


OR


You can retire to Minnesota where... 
1.  You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco .
 
2.  Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
 
3.  You have more than one recipe for casserole.
 
4.  Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
 
5.  The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.
 


OR

You can retire to the Deep South where... 
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
 
2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
 
3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names:  Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder." It's important to know the difference, too.
 

OR

You can retire to Colorado where... 
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he stops at the day care center.
 
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
 
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
 


OR

You can retire to the Midwest where... 
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
 
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
 
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
 
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
 
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"
 


OR


FINALLY You can retire to Florida where. 
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2.. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5.  Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.






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Published  11/16/11  altgroup multiply
Web Page:  RETIRE WHERE?
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Polish Salt Mine--- A Salt Cathedral


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@ Lilian & World Travelers

I was in Poland in 2009 and opt out of visiting the Salt Mine as part of our travel itinerary and chose other excursions.  Some fellow travelers went down the mine and was impressed.
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Deep underground in Poland lies something remarkable but little 

known outside Eastern Europe. For centuries, miners have extracted salt 

there, but left behind things quite startling and unique. Take a look at the 

most unusual salt mine in the world.



From the outside, Wieliczka Salt Mine does look extraordinary. 

It looks extremely well kept for a place that hasn't mined any salt for 

over ten years but apart from that it looks ordinary. However, over two 

hundred meters below ground it holds an astonishing secret. This is the salt 

mine that became an art gallery, cathedral and underground 

lake.






Situated in the Krakow area, Wieliczka is a small town of close 

to twenty thousand inhabitants. It was founded in the twelfth century by a 

local Duke to mine the rich deposits of salt that lie beneath. Until 1996 it 

did just that but the generations of miners did more than just extract. They 

left behind them a breathtaking record of their time underground in the 

shape of statues of mythic, historical and religious figures. They even 

created their own chapels in which to pray. Perhaps their most astonishing 

legacy is the huge underground cathedral they left behind for 

posterity.






It may feel like you are in the middle of a Jules Verne adventure 

as you descend in to the depths of the world. After a one hundred and fifty 

meter climb down wooden stairs the visitor to the salt mine will see some 

amazing sites. About the most astounding in terms of its sheer size and 

audacity is the Chapel of Saint Kinga. The Polish people have for many 

centuries been devout Catholics and this was more than just a long term 

hobby to relieve the boredom of being underground. This was an act of 

worship.







Amazingly, even the chandeliers in the cathedral are made of 

salt. It was not simply hewn from the ground and then thrown together; 

however, the process is rather more painstaking for the lighting. After 

extraction the rock salt was first of all dissolved. It was then 

reconstituted with the impurities taken out so that it achieved a glass-like 

finish. The chandeliers are what many visitors think the rest of the 

cavernous mine will be like as they have a picture in their minds of salt as 

they would sprinkle on their meals! However, the rock salt occurs naturally 

in different shades of grey (something like you would expect granite to look like).






Still, that doesn't stop well over one million visitors (mainly 

from Poland and its eastern European neighbors) from visiting the mine to 

see, amongst other things, how salt was mined in the 

past.




For safety reasons less than one percent of the mine is open to 

visitors, but even that is still almost four kilometers in length  more 

than enough to weary the average tourist after an hour or two. The mine was 

closed for two reasons  the low price of salt on the world market made it 

too expensive to extract here. Also, the mine was slowly flooding  another 

reason why visitors are restricted to certain areas 

only.




The religious carvings are, in reality, what draw many to this 

mine  as much for their amazing verisimilitude as for their Christian 

aesthetics. The above shows Jesus appearing to the apostles after the 

crucifixion. He shows the doubter, Saint Thomas, the wounds on his 

wrists.




Another remarkable carving, this time a take on The Last Supper. 

The work and patience that must have gone into the creation of these 

sculptures is extraordinary. One wonders what the miners would have thought 

of their work going on general display? They came to be quite used to it, in 

fact, even during the mines busiest period in the nineteenth century. The 

cream of Europeâ thinkers visited the site  you can still see many of 

their names in the old visitor books on display.







These reliefs are perhaps among some of the most iconographic 

works of Christian folk art in the world and really do deserve to be shown. 

It comes as little surprise to learn that the mine was placed on the 

original list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites back in 

1978.








Not all of the work is relief-based. There are many life sized 

statues that must have taken a considerable amount of time  months, perhaps 

even years  to create. Within the confines of the mine there is also much 

to be learned about the miners from the machinery and tools that they used   

many of which are on display and are centuries old. A catastrophic flood in 

1992 dealt the last blow to commercial salt mining in the area and now the 

mine functions purely as a tourist attraction. Brine is, however, still 

extracted from the mine  and then evaporated to produce some salt, but 

hardly on the ancient scale. If this was not done, then the mines would soon 

become flooded once again.






Not all of the statues have a religious or symbolic imagery 

attached to them. The miners had a sense of humor, after all! Here can be 

seen their own take on the legend of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The 

intricately carved dwarves must have seemed to some of the miners a kind of 

ironic depiction of their own work.




The miners even threw in a dragon for good measure! Certainly, 

they may have whistled while they did it but the conditions in the salt mine 

were far from comfortable and the hours were long  the fact that it was 

subterranean could hardly have added to the excitement of going to work each 

morning.






To cap it all there is even an underground lake, lit by subdued 

electricity and candles. This is perhaps where the old legends of lakes to 

the underworld and Catholic imagery of the saints work together to best 

leave a lasting impression of the mine. How different a few minutes 

reflection here must have been to the noise and sweat of everyday working 

life in the mine.



 




Published  11/15/11  altgroup multiply
Web Page:  Polish Salt Mine--- A Salt Cathedral