FRENCH FRIES

NOW, HERE IS NEWS YOU WON?T BELIEVE!!!!ADVANCE/Nutritionist Credits Americans’ Penchant for French Fries to Helping Prevent ‘Outright Scurvy in this Country’ June 2, 2000 (ADVANCE) PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 1, 2000–A...

THE FOSAMAX FRAUD

This just in from Dr. Whitaker’s Health & Healing Newsletter:June 2000 Vol. 10, No. 6The Fosamax FraudFosamax (alendronate), the leading drug for osteoporosis, generated $775 million in sales in 1998. But other than the drug’s manufacturer, Merck...

FOLIC ACID & WOMEN’S HEALTH

Folate is Challenging Calcium as the Women’s Wonder Nutrient May 26, 2000 Latest Folate Findings Are Published in the Journal of Nutrition’s June Issue GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 25 /PRNewswire/ — As the nutrient for women, calcium ruled the late 1990s....

BEER FOR HEART HEALTH?

MAY 24, 2000 We know it may sound like a hoax, but new research indicates that drinking beer may be good for your heart. Appearing in the latest volume of the esteemed British Medical Journal, the sudsy findings constitute preliminary research into potentially...

VITAMIN K & BONE HEALTH

More evidence that vitamin K helps maintain strong bones comes from a new look at data from 888 elderly men and women participating in the Framingham Heart Study between 1988 to 1995. The study is reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Clinical...

VITAMIN E — CARDIOLOGISTS FAVORITE

ITHACA, New York, May 23 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation – More cardiologists take Vitamin E supplements to protect their hearts than any other “common antioxidant vitamin,” a special report by Cornell University’s Weill Medical College...

ACETOMINOPHEN HELPS ARTERIES

MAY 23, 2000 ThirdAge News Several ongoing studies point to acetaminophen — found in Tylenol — as being a protector against hardening of the arteries. “We found that acetaminophen blocks the activity of myeloperoxidase,” says Phillip Greenspan,...

ARTHRITIS RELIEF with ENZYMES

Arthritis Relief Reported With Systemic Enzymes April 27, 2000 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 26 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation One of the nation’s most respected natural health organizations has cited a study that found systemic enzymes provide safe, effective...

COWS and MILK

US ARS: Grazing cows produce more cancer-fighting compound in milk. April 10, 2000 A change in the way U.S. dairy cows are fed may give consumers one more healthful reason for drinking milk. Cows grazing pastures, or fed diets containing vegetable oil, produced five...

OLIVES and HEART DISEASE

Olives, olive oil and heart diseasePetroni A, et al. Inhibition of platelet aggregation and eicosanoid production by phenolic components of olive oil. Thromb Res 1995;78:151-160.2-(3,4-di-hydroxyphenyl)-ethanol (DHPE) is a phenolic component of extra-virgin olive oil...