Health Updates: Vit D deficiency; nanotechnology in food, packaging-safe or harmful?; anti-cancer properties of tea; acupuncture relieves hot flashes in women on Tamoxifen; cocoa powder & husks; blueberries boost memory in older adults; Brazilian fruit/pulp oil reduces inflammation; MIT research on TSA’s full body scan; Omega3FA helps enhance nervous system.
Commentary: The Economy: debt, depression, inflation, trade imbalance, globalization.
Updates: acupuncture; resveratrol; soy; the Mediterranean diet; Vitamiin K; melons & SOD; vaccines update.
Les Leopold: co-founder & director of The Labor Institute, & the Public Health Institute, he helped create the Blue-Green Alliance, an organization that merges labor unions with environmental concerns, such as the Sierra Club. Thoughts on creating a better economy- and society. “The Looting of America” www.lootofamerica.org
Gary: Health Updates: Vitamin K- the forgotten vitamin- aids heart & liver; energy medicine, acupuncture; caffeine linked to cancer causing hormone in women.
Commentaries: “The Five Pillars of Food Safety”[Shiv Chopra- shivchopra.com ]
5 toxic substances that shouldn’t be in our food- and Obama supports their use.
“Bill Gives Attorney General Power To Designate Gun Owners, Tax Protesters As Terrorists”-HR2647 [Paul Joseph Watson-GlobalResearch-7Jul09]
“Adding up the true costs of two wars”[Joseph Stiglitz, Linda J Bilmes- madison.com-7Jul09] “Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates?” [Laura Flanders-TheNation-7Jul09]
“A Quagmire for Obama” [Derrick Jackson-BostonGlobe-7Jul09]- another Viet Nam?
GARY: Updates: acupuncture alleviates pain in cancer patients; importance of exercise after heart attack; fish- brain food for teen-age boys; use of diabetes drugs by girls increases 142%; heavy metals pollute Arctic, Greenland; carrot poltice to cleanse lymph system; sugar impairs sleep; UV light could curb TB spread 70%; brain cancer linked to cell phone use- especially by children.
Mindful Eating
DR JAN CHOZEN BAYS: board certified pediatrician and Zen roshi; as a physician she is on the staff of the Legacy Children’s Hospital in Portland Oregon; as a Zen practitioner, she received lay precepts in 1975 & began teaching in 1983 under guidance of the late May-zumi Roshi & Sho-do Harada Roshi in Japan; co-founder of the Great Vow Monastery in Oregon; she’s written several books on medical practice & Buddhism “Mindful Eating: Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food”
GARY: Health Updates: optimism is healthier-an angry heart dies sooner; acupuncture for hayfever; helium & oxygen mix aid COPD, emphysema breathlessness; bee pollen, propolis; cell phones help spread staph infections in hosptials; menopause sex myths; processed meat increases risk of childhood leukemia.
GARY: Economy: ‘Kiss the Banks Goodbye’-David Lindorf(Mar10’09 www.globalresearch.ca)
“12 Deregulatory Steps to Financial Meltdown”-Robert Weissman(Feb6’09) www.multinationalmonitor.org
MELODY PETERSON: former reporter for the New York Times, covering the pharmaceutical industry; “Our Daily Meds’ has been acclaimed as one of the most decisive and best researched indictments of the tactics of the pharmaceutical industry to dominate and control medical practice in America today. “Our Daily Meds” –how the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines & hooked the nation on prescription drugs. http://www.ourdailymedsthebook.com/