Saturday, August 18, 2007

Nutrition in the news...

The U.S. is one of the richest countries in the world, with more money spent on health care than any other country. Maybe we shouldn't call it health care, maybe we should call it disease intervention. Health care to me is more about prevention than intervention. We are all living longer today because we have improved sanitation and deal with infections and viruses so we don't die early, as our ancestors did. According to global statistics, 20 years ago the U.S. ranked 11th in the world as far as life expectancy, today we are 42nd. Does this sound like we are winning the war against cancer, heart disease and diabetes? The fact that we can control symptoms with drugs does not impress me, does it impress you? There is not enough emphasis today on prevention and using natural products to enhance the bodies ability to heal and cure itself from disease. This has been my life's work for over 30 years. Here are some interesting news articles that support my view on preventative health care. cw

US slipping in life expectancy rankings...
WASHINGTON - Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries. For decades, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of life expectancy, as other countries improve health care, nutrition and lifestyles.
Countries that surpass the U.S. include Japan and most of Europe, as well as Jordan, Guam and the Cayman Islands.
"Something's wrong here when one of the richest countries in the world, the one that spends the most on health care, is not able to keep up with other countries," said Dr. Christopher Murray, head of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.


Healthy Lifestyle Key To Cancer Prevention...
THURSDAY, August 16 (HealthDay News) -- While the number of deaths from cancer have been declining, many malignancies could be prevented by exercising, eating right, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking, a new federal report finds. We tried to think of what would have the biggest impact on reducing cancer mortality," she said. "If you consider that 15 to 20 percent of cancer deaths are related to obesity and another 30 percent of cancer deaths are due to tobacco use, that's 50 percent of all people with cancer."


Healthy Diet Guards Against Return of Colon Cancer...
TUESDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients who eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, poultry and fish can significantly lower the risk of their cancer returning, new research suggests.


Dietary carbs linked to vision loss...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The carbohydrates present in a diet can influence the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of vision loss in older adults, according to a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Regular consumption of a diet with a high-glycemic index - a diet containing carbs that quickly raise blood sugar levels -- significantly increased the risk of AMD relative to regular consumption of a diet with a low-glycemic index.






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Sunday, July 29, 2007

Nutrition in the news...

If you have any of the cluster diseases attributed to Metabolic Syndrome, like being over weight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or triglycerides, acid reflux, cancer, POS, heart disease, or type 2 diabetes, you will want to read these articles.

cw

Low-Carb Diets Combat Metabolic Syndrome ...
FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A low-carbohydrate diet helps people with a condition called metabolic syndrome, a collection of serious risk factors found in some obese individuals. Eating a low-carb diet improves the hormonal signaling involved in obesity and improves the sense of fullness, allowing weight loss, according to study leader Matthew R. Hayes, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Six Top Health Myths...
There is an overwhelming amount of health information circulated by the media, and it can be difficult to discern between what is credible and what is not. What’s more, some of the information that has been accepted as truth by many experts, health care practitioners and Americans are actually myths.
Your health really depends on your own ability to sort through all of the information and pick out what is reliable. Unfortunately, you often cannot rely on the "popular" opinions to give you the best results. Here are some of the top health myths that are wrongly accepted as truths by many.

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Eating blueberries slashes colon cancer risk by 57 percent, animal study finds...
A compound found in blueberries shows promise of preventing colon cancer, according to a new study. Scientists at Rutgers University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a joint study on animals, and found that the compound -- called pterostilbene -- lessened pre-cancerous lesions and inhibited genes involved in inflammation. Researchers presented the study at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting in March.
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Study: Obesity is 'socially contagious' ...
If your friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a startling new study that suggests obesity is "socially contagious" and can spread easily from person to person.
The study found a person's chances of becoming obese went up 57 percent if a friend did, 40 percent if a sibling did and 37 percent if a spouse did. In the closest friendships, the risk almost tripled.
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Soft drinks - heart disease study sparks reaction...
24/07/2007 - Drinking more than one soft drink a day is associated with a 50 per cent increase risk in metabolic syndrome, says a new study from the US. And writing in the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, lead author Ramachandran Vasan, from Boston University School of Medicine, states that it made no difference if the drinks were low-calorie or regular."We were struck by the fact that it didn't matter whether it was a diet or regular soda that participants consumed, the association with increased risk was present," said Vasan. "In those who drink one or more soft drinks daily, there was an association of an increased risk of developing the metabolic syndrome."
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Friday, July 27, 2007

Broccoli, cauliflower and tomato sause great for prostate cancer prevention...

Eating the right diet can have profound effects on reducing your chances of chronic disease. While cutting out as much wheat and sugar as you can is the most effective way to improve overall health, eating more foods like the ones listed below, especially cruciferous vegetables and red colored foods, can make major improvements in your health.

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Broccoli and cauliflower reduce aggressive prostate cancer risk...
A study reported in the August 1, 2007 issue of the
Journal of the National Cancer Institute concluded that men who consume more cruciferous vegetables, particularly broccoli and cauliflower, have a lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer. The cruciferous family of vegetables, which also includes cabbage, kale, and Brussels sprouts, has been associated in previous research with protection from colon, breast, prostate, thyroid, cervical, and other cancers, as well as with slower disease progression.
For the current study, Victoria Kirsh, PhD, of Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto and colleagues utilized data from 29,361 men participating in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. Over the 4.2 year average follow-up period, 1,338 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, including 520 with aggressive disease. Dietary questionnaires completed by the participants were analyzed for the association of fruits and vegetables with prostate cancer risk.
While total fruit and vegetable intake was not found to be related to prostate cancer risk, higher intake of dark green as well as cruciferous vegetables was found to be associated with a lower risk of the disease, particularly that which was aggressive and had spread beyond the prostate. Broccoli and cauliflower had especially strong protective associations against aggressive and extraprostatic disease. Men whose intake of broccoli was greatest, at more than one serving per week, had a 45 percent lower risk of extraprostatic disease cancer than men whose intake was least, at less than once per month. Cauliflower was associated with an even greater benefit, with a 52 percent reduction in risk experienced by men who consumed the vegetable more than once per week. The gluocinsolate-derived compounds contained in cruciferous vegetables modify cancer risk by protecting cells from DNA damage, inducing apoptosis, influencing genetic expression, and inhibiting prostate cancer cell proliferation.
“Aggressive prostate cancer is biologically virulent and associated with poor prognosis. Therefore, if the association that we observed is ultimately found to be causal, a possible means to reduce the burden of this disease may be primary prevention through increased consumption of broccoli, cauliflower, and possibly spinach,” the authors conclude.


Prostate cancer
Besides laboratory testing, physical examination, and investigative procedures to rule out the presence of prostate cancer (PC) and other diseases, an action plan to prevent their development should be considered.
A dietary history of significant lycopene and/or strawberry consumption correlated with a lower risk of aggressive and extra-prostatic PC. The lycopene source that was found to be most significant in most epidemiologic studies was the tomato, in the form of tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes, and pizza. In one large-scale study involving 812 new cases of PC over the years 1986-1992 with matched controls, of the 46 vegetables and fruits or related products significantly associated with lower PC risk, three of the four identified were related to lycopenes--tomato sauce, tomatoes, and pizza. In this study, the combined intake of tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato juice, and pizza (accounting for 82% of lycopene intake) was associated with a reduced risk of PC for consumption frequency greater than 10 versus less than 1.5 servings a week. Lycopene intake was also associated with a 53% reduced risk for advanced PC (Stages III and IV). The other nonlycopene product identified with significantly lower PC risk was strawberries.
The largest relevant dietary study, a prospective study in male health professionals, found that consumption of 2-4 servings of tomato sauce a week was associated with about a 35% risk reduction of total PC and a 50% reduction of advanced (extra-prostatic) PC. Tomato sauce was by far the strongest predictor of plasma lycopene levels in this study. These associations persisted in analyses controlling for fruit consumption, vegetable consumption, and olive oil use.


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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Nutrients in the news and product updates...

Dear readers...

If you had been on my e-mail blog for the last few years, you would have been educated on why 1 billion people around the world are now estimated to be vitamin D3 deficient. Getting adequate sunshine without sunscreen helps a lot, but now there is evidence that supplementation is a better way to assure that you are protected. I am so convinced of the benefits of supplementation that all my multivitamins have at least 800 IU's to 1200 IU's of vitamin D3. Most multi's contain 200 IU's to 400 IU's of D2, a much inferior form. Here is some new information on why you need vitamin D3.

Calls get louder to raise vitamin D levels...
19/07/2007 - Recommended daily intakes of vitamin D should be quadrupled to 800 International Units, says a leading US expert from Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Michael Holick states that current recommendations of 200 IU per day for children and adults up to 50 years of age for vitamin D need to be increased to 800 - 1000 IU vitamin D3.
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One Billion People Don't Get Enough Vitamin D...
THURSDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D deficiency is a common problem that can lead to a number of serious health conditions, but it can be prevented, says one expert.
People get vitamin D from sun exposure, diet and supplements. Yet vitamin D deficiency is all too common.

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Vitamin D and Calcium Combat Cancer...
Large amounts of these nutrients reduced the all-cancer risk in postmenopausal women by 60% By Hyla Cass, M.D.
We have long known that vitamin D and calcium are essential for our health and that proper calcium metabolism depends critically on adequate amounts of vitamin D, a steroid hormone popularly known as the “sunshine vitamin.” Both of these nutrients play important roles in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. A new study published by researchers at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, however, has startled the medical world by providing unusually strong evidence of an anticancer effect for the vitamin D and calcium pair.
Dr. Cedric Garland, a prominent vitamin D researcher at UC San Diego (who was not involved in the study), said, The findings . . . are a breakthrough of great medical and public health importance. No other method to prevent cancer has been identified that has such a powerful impact.
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Breakthrough Updates You Need to Know on Vitamin D...
The compound we call vitamin D can no longer properly be considered a vitamin. For most mammals, it is not in any sense even a nutrient. Nevertheless, vitamin D resembles true vitamins inasmuch as humans -- who are cut off from the critical solar ultraviolet wavelengths by reason of latitude, clothing, or shelter -- depend on an external source of the substance, just as they do for the true essential nutrients.
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Friday, July 13, 2007

EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO BECOME & STAY ...WELL BEINGS...

I am sure I am going to offend a few people with this post, but I have to voice my opinion here.
I look at modern medicine today and the pharmaceutical companies and I ask myself, is it all about the money?

Baby Boomers are aging and they are being targeted by ads on TV for drugs for this and drugs for that. Are the drug companies suppose to drum up business by scaring everyone to death about how they might have this condition, or they may have that disease, so they go see there doctor in a panic and get on the latest and greatest new wonder drug. And then there are those cute acronyms too, RA, COPD, RLS, HD, CVD, etc - etc...

I also see ads for what they are calling, I am sure for marketing purposes, Power Chairs. Rather than encouraging people to keep moving and teaching them that if you don't use it, you will lose it. Instead they are telling you how powerful you will become with the use of their POWER chairs. They are free, they will even bill medicare for you... Wow, how gracious of them. Isn't there more power in being able to walk around on your own, as long as you can?

What about all these ads for the Freedom you will now have with your new freedom oxygen tank. Also, to add insult to injury, there is now a TV show dedicated to teaching you how to LIVE with diabetes called the D-Life. How about teaching people how to reverse type 2 diabetes, instead of telling them how to just manage it, and then bombard them with blood sugar testing meters, which are just about all the ads I see when I have caught that program. Want to bet who sponsors that show?

Do I think these tools are helpful, yes, but they are not the goal.
I think there is more power and freedom in prevention and in educating people about the many ways they can take charge of their own health, and in caring enough to fight back the aging process, yourself.

It's starts with a concept... Optimal Health does not come from minimal efforts, bad diets, or supplements that are designed to just keep you from getting Rickets and Scurvy.

And it won't come from watching TV programs on how to manage or maintain diabetes, while watching from the comfort and freedom of your power chair and freedom oxygen tank.

Fight back people and take pride in good health!

cw


Daily allowances for vitamins need to be changed, study says...
13/07/2007 - New recommended daily allowances for micronutrients need to be set if European regulation on the maximum levels of vitamins and minerals is to be successful, a study has said. "RDAs define the minimum required amount to maintain health by avoiding a specific deficiency state, below which risks will increase," the authors said.The researchers said that RDAs should take into account the vitamins ability to ward off more serious conditions, rather than being based simply on day-to-day nutritional needs. The authors wrote: "However,….we should envisage the development of a different physiological perspective in which the issue of optimum dosages not in relation to specific acute deficiency states but to long term (chronic) disease states, can be addressed."They add that current scientific models used to determine these levels also need to be updated, and note that little has changed with RDA levels in 50 years.
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Why Take a Multivitamin? ...
Recently, many medical journals, newspapers, and popular magazines have reported new findings related to vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional supplements. They reported on their benefits in the maintenance of health and in the prevention of illness. For example, a recent issue of Prevention magazine contained an article about the health benefits of the top 10 vitamins and herbs. In this article, the multivitamin was listed as the single most important nutritional supplement for everyone to take.
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More support for Med diet's heart benefits...
03/07/2007 - Consuming a Mediterranean-style diet, rich in fruit, vegetables and fish, may decrease oxidative damage to LDL cholesterol and protect against coronary heart disease, suggests a new study.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

I know I am boring you with omega 3 & vitamin D info, but... are you taking them yet???

More omega-3, less omega-6 better for prostates...
22/06/2007 - Increasing omega-3 fatty acid levels, and decreasing levels of omega-6, could reduce the risk of prostate cancer risk in individuals with a genetic predisposition to cancer, if results from an animal study can be translated to humans.
READ


Omega-3 again linked to Alzheimer's protection...
22/06/2007 - Supplements of omega-3 fatty acids may help combat the depression and agitation symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, says a new clinical trial.
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Packing a Punch Vitamin D May Play a Role in Preventing Cancer, Heart Disease and Other Ailments...
We've known for decades what vitamin D can do for your bones. Kids who don't get enough vitamin D get rickets. Adults who are deficient in D also can develop brittle, misshapen bones.
In this job, vitamin D is cast in a supporting role; it's main function is ensuring calcium is absorbed into the bones and muscles. But it turns out we might have been selling D short.
An avalanche of research over the past few years suggests vitamin D might play a role in preventing other diseases, independent of calcium:
- A Harvard study of more than 30,000 women published in May found premenopausal women with the highest vitamin D intake had 35 percent less breast cancer than those getting the least vitamin D.
- Another Harvard study in 2006 found white people with the highest levels of vitamin D had a 62 percent lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
- In a study published earlier this month, researchers in Nebraska found women who got 1,100 international units of vitamin D every day lowered their risk of any cancer by 77 percent. This study was small - just 1,179 women - but it was the most rigorous yet to examine vitamin D's impact on health. Other studies point to a protective effect against cancers of the colon, prostate, ovaries, pancreas and kidney, as well as heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, arthritis and other illnesses.

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More vitamin D can put more pep in seniors' steps ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Declining physical performance among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency, results of a new study suggest.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Nutrition in the news

Cinnamon and Chromium Reduce Blood Pressure...
Diet, Exercise, Cinnamon, and Chromium all support lower insulin levels and blood pressure.
Some foods that are known to promote insulin resistance—notably fats and sugars—are also associated with an increased risk for hypertension. Underscoring this relationship between glucose metabolism and blood pressure is the fact that certain anti diabetic drugs, which suppress insulin resistance, also lower blood pressure. The same is true of the best “drug” of all, physical exercise. Thankfully, some nutritional supplements are also beneficial in this regard, and leading the way are cinnamon and chromium.

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Controlling Blood Sugar with Cinnamon...
Water-soluble cinnamon extract lowers glucose levels and improves lipid profile in diabetic mice.
If you attend any parties this holiday season, you’ll probably encounter some of the traditional delicacies we all enjoy so much: spice cake or pumpkin pie, baked apples or mulled cider—perhaps even one of those fruitcakes that get sent as gifts but are never actually eaten. And what do these goodies have in common besides being trotted out at this time of year? They usually contain cinnamon in one form or another. So unless you regularly eat cinnamon buns, cinnamon toast, or some other cinnamon-containing product, chances are you’ll be getting more cinnamon during the holidays than you usually do.
That’s a good thing, because a particular component of cinnamon helps keep blood sugar under control, and during the holiday season, we tend to eat more than the usual amounts of sugary and fatty foods, especially at parties. Controlling blood sugar is important all year round, though, so it would be good to have cinnamon on a regular basis. In the course of one year, the average person in our society consumes about 150 pounds of sugar, or about half a cup daily (teenage boys are the champions in this department, downing about twice as much sugar as any other age or gender group).

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Fight aging and go back in time...

Fight the Effects of Aging with Alpha Lipoic Acid
By Dr. Allen S. Josephs
Co-Founder & Chairman, Vitacost.com 05/31/2007

There was a recent conference, entitled "Diet and Optimum Health," sponsored by the Linus Pauling Institute that took place at Oregon State University. One of the key nutrients discussed was alpha lipoic acid (ALA). In animal and human studies, this compound has been shown to slow the aging process, improve blood flow, enhance immune function and promote healthy blood sugar and many other functions. Dr. Tory Hagen, a researcher at Linus Pauling Institute, noted, "the evidence suggests that lipoic acid is actually a low-level stressor that turns on the basic cellular defenses of the body, including many of those that naturally decline with age." He further added, "In particular, it tends to restore levels of glutathione, a protective antioxidant and detoxification compound to those of a young animal.Researchers at Oregon State University now believe that ALA does not work directly on cells but rather indirectly, "kick starting" declining cellular function. Hagen adds, "Our studies have shown that mice supplemented with lipoic acid have a cognitive ability, behavior and genetic expression of almost 100% detoxification and antioxidant genes that are comparable to that of young animals. They aren't just living longer, they're living better – and that's the goal we're after." I couldn't agree more with Dr. Hagen. I've been a big advocate for ALA for many years. I routinely recommend it, along acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC), to my patients with poor peripheral nerve function. Patients will frequently present with pain and numbness in their feet which, in many cases, can be improved with these important nutrients. There was a study published several years ago where aged rats were given a combination of ALC and ALA1. Not only did these rats perform in a more youthful fashion, when their brains were autopsied, it actually showed regeneration of brain neurons and tissue. Whether this happens in a similar fashion in humans has never been firmly established, although ALC and ALA have been put into the category of anti-aging nutrients. ALC works by providing fuel for the cell via the Kreb's cycle and promotes healthy mitochondrial function in a manner similar but complimentary to coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). ALA, CoQ10 and ALC combined are the three most powerful anti-aging nutrients you can take that promote healthy energy, cellular health, cardiovascular health, healthy blood sugar and optimal neurological health.


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Have you had your phytos today?

Once upon a time it was thought that fats, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals were all the nutrients necessary for growth and health. Now we know there's another group of nutrients necessary for optimal health - phytonutrients. Despite its high tech ring, "phytonutrient" (from the Greek phyton for "plant") simply means a "nutrient from a plant."
While there are many phytos that have been identified, there are probably thousands more that remain to be discovered. The best known phytos are carotenoids, flavonoids, and isoflavones. Carotenoids include yellow, orange, and red pigment in fruits and vegetables. Dark, green, leafy vegetables are rich in the carotenoid, beta carotene, but the usual yellow color is masked by the chloraphyll, the green pigment in the vegetables. Flavonoids are reddish pigments, found in red grape skins and citrus fruits, and isoflavones can be found in peanuts, lentils, soy, and other legumes. You're familiar with vitamins, now we have "phytomins," which are less familiar, but equally important, health-promoting substances in food.

1. Phytos protect the body and fight disease.
2. Phytos fight cancer.
3. Phytos help hearts.


The power of blue foods...
04/10/2002 - Early results of a study by neuroscientist James Joseph, of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, indicate that blueberries may help reduce age-related brain damage that can lead to conditions like Alzheimer's Disease, reports the Wild Blueberry Association of North America (WBANA).
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Blueberries show promise in protecting heart...
13/04/2006 - Blueberries could strengthen blood vessels against oxidative stress that may lead to heart disease, says new research - news that could boost already impressive sales.
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Cranberries may fight ulcer-causing bacteria in humans...
6/28/2007 - Cranberry juice may enhance the power of antibiotics to clear the stomach of women of a bacteria known to cause ulcers and cancer, new research reports.
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Cranberries top the antioxidant list...
23/04/2002 - Cranberries are the fruit with the greatest antioxidant properties, according to a number of studies presented this week at the Experimental Biology 2002 meeting and at the 223rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society earlier this month. Cranberries were among a number of the most popular fruits investigated by scientists in several separate studies, and were shown to be among the best at fighting cancer, inhibiting the growth of common foodborne pathogens and aiding in the prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs).
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

A nutraceutical approach to preventing migraines...

Feverfew for the prevention of migraines...
It's not at all unusual for people interested in using herbs to replace over the counter medications with simple herbal counterparts. What has been unusual enough to generate headlines, though, is the conventional medical community's research and acceptance of a traditional European folk remedy, Feverfew, in preventing migraine headaches.
Migraines are believed to be caused by an upset in serotonin metabolism, causing spasms of intracranial blood vessels, which then causes dilation of extracranial blood vessels.
In the 1970s an English research group sought volunteers already using Feverfew before beginning a study of its efficacy. Their advertisement in a London newspaper brought more than 20,000 responses. Since then, several well-documented double-blind, placebo studies in England confirm its value. An interesting one reported in The Lancet (July 23, 1988; 2(8604):189-192) followed 72 volunteers. After a one-month trial using only a placebo, half of the group received either one capsule of dried Feverfew leaves a day (or a matching placebo) for four months. Neither the group nor the researchers knew which group was receiving the Feverfew. The group kept diary cards of their migraine frequency and severity. After four months, the groups switched medications, and the trial continued for an additional four months. 60 patients completed the study, and full information was available on all but one. The study found Feverfew to be associated with reducing the number and severity of attacks (including vomiting), with the researchers concluding that there had been a significant improvement when the patients were taking Feverfew. There were no serious side effects. Its primary actions are anti-inflammatory, bitter, emmenagogue and a vasodilator. Aside from migraine relief, long-term users report relief from depression, nausea and inflammatory arthritic pain. The Eclectic physicians of the 19th century called it one of the pleasantest of the tonics, influencing the whole intestinal tract, increasing the appetite, improving digestion, promoting secretion, with a decided action on kidney and skin.
Pharmacologists say it is likely that the sesquiterpene lactones in Feverfew inhibit prostaglandin and histamine released during the inflammatory process, preventing the vascular spasms that cause migraines. It appears to regulate the serotonin mechanism. To attain the maximum benefit from Feverfew, it should be taken daily as a preventive along with magnesium.

Magnesium for migraine relief...
About 18 million women and some 5 million men in the United States suffer from migraine headaches. Only about a third are satisfied with their treatments, which can range from over-the-counter headache remedies to serotonin receptor antagonists, beta-blockers and calcium antagonists. Many of these prescription drugs come with an array of side effects. But what if a mineral could make a difference for migraine sufferers?
Magnesium's role in the origins of migraine headaches has been demonstrated in a number of studies. It seems magnesium concentration affects serotonin receptors, nitric oxide synthesis and release, as well as other migraine-related receptors and neurotransmitters. In fact, evidence suggests some 50 percent of patients have low levels of ionized magnesium (IMg++) during an acute migraine attack. Alexander Mauskop, M.D., and colleagues from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn set out to evaluate intravenous magnesium to treat headaches, to correlate clinical responses to baseline serum magnesium levels, and to see if patients with certain headache types had low serum ionized magnesium vs. total serum magnesium. Traditional blood magnesium tests measure total magnesium, but Mauskop believes the ionized fraction (IMg++) is more relevant to the migraine problem, so he developed a test to measure IMg++ and used it in the study. The researchers recruited 40 people (11 men and 29 women) who suffered from any type of moderate or severe headaches. Of these patients, 36 had some diagnosed form of migraine. Patients with renal, cardiac, diabetic or other medical problems were excluded. Age-matched healthy volunteers served as controls. When subjects had an acute headache, researchers measured their ionized magnesium, then gave them a 1 g intravenous infusion of magnesium. The results of this study were impressive. Only eight patients had no response to the magnesium, while 32 of the 40 patients (80 percent) had complete elimination of their headache pain within 15 minutes. However, as with other anti-migraine maneuvers, symptoms returned within hours in 14 of the 32 patients (43 percent). Still, with just this one magnesium treatment, 18 of the 32 subjects were free of symptoms for 24 hours or more. (One patient's remission lasted more than five months.) Almost all patients reported a flushed feeling after the magnesium injection, but that was the only side effect. Interestingly, researchers found those without pain for 24 hours or more after treatment were mainly the patients whose initial ionized magnesium levels were low, below 0.55 mmol/L. In all, there was a correlation between the clinical response to intravenous magnesium and low serum magnesium levels in 75 percent of the patients.
The conclusions from this study:
A substantial proportion of migraine patients probably have low IMg++. For those patients with low magnesium levels, acute migraine pain can likely be stopped with a single intravenous magnesium treatment.
The researchers summarize:
"Magnesium deficiency could be involved in both the vascular and neurological aspects (e.g., migraine aura, pain, nausea, etc.) of the development of migraine. Our results support a role for magnesium deficiency in the development of headache."

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Several clinical trials have shown that Feverfew reduces the frequency and severity of migraine headaches when taken in small amounts daily. It reduces symptoms of pain, nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and noise. It may be more effective in patients with more frequent migraine attacks. Magnesium compounds seem to reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches as well. Niacin has vaso-dilatory properties. White Willow has aspirin-like properties and therefore can provide pain relief from cluster headaches. Capsacin, the active ingredient in Cayenne, depletes the chemical messengers that send signals through the pain-sensing peripheral nerves, thus deadening the sensation of pain even when its cause remains present.

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Why taking charge of your own health makes sense to me...

When Doctors Strike, Fewer People Die...
In 1973 doctors in Israel staged a month-long strike and during that month, mortality fell by 50 percent. A couple of years later, a two-month work stoppage by doctors in the Columbian capital of Bogotá led to a 35-percent decline in deaths. And during a “work slowdown” by doctors in Los Angeles protesting against the sharp increase in premiums for liability insurance, the number of deaths fell by 18 percent. Once doctors were back at work full time, mortality immediately jumped back to the previous level. Every year, 1.2 million Britons are hospitalized as a result of improper medical care. In the United States – where 40,000 people are shot to death each year – the chance of getting “killed” by a doctor is three times greater than being killed by a gun. And every year significantly more people die from an infection sustained while in the hospital than as a result of traffic accidents. mercola.com
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What's the 3rd leading cause of death in America...
Doctors...
A Quarter-Million Doctor-Induced Deaths Annually: Iatrogenocide?
What is the meaning of the word Iatrogenic: An iatrogenic disorder is a condition caused by medical personnel or procedures or through exposure to the environment of a health care facility, including fears instilled in patients by remarks or questions of examining physicians. ~Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 5th Edition, 1998
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Pharmaceutical firms are inventing diseases to sell more drugs, researchers have warned. ...
Disease-mongering promotes non-existent diseases and exaggerates mild problems to boost profits, the Public Library of Science Medicine reported.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Great nutritional insurance for under a dollar a day...

Announcing 2 new Orthomolecular Formulations...

The 2 new products are called Men's Basic + and Women's Basic +, and were designed to cover the MDR's (Minimum Daily Requirements) of A-Zinc, in a lower cost product compared to my MULTI MAX. I also gave them a gender formulation distinction making each one unique.

These formulations have the addition of 2 powerful nutrients and an increase in 1 ingredient over the RDA's.

I added 50 mgs a day of Alpha Lipoic Acid, & 2, 000 mgs of Spirulina and increased Vitamin D3 levels to 1,000 iu's.
The goal here was to keep the cost low and affordable for anyone, but give it a unique nutritional punch for the money.

ALA was added as the great multiplier to increase the action of all the oil & water soluble antioxidants like vitamins A, C, E, Zinc & Selenium and to increase their longevity cycle in the body over a 24 hour period of time, so they are more effective. I also added a powerful food base called Spirulina with it's exceptional phytonutrients, and with all the new research on the immune benefits and cancer prevention aspects of D3, an inexpensive ingredient, I made sure it was increased to the new levels now recommended by leading scientists around the world.

These 3 nutrients make these 2 products an exceptional value in the market place. Here is why...

Alpha Lipoic Acid:
Alpha Lipoic Acid can almost be termed the perfect antioxidant. Not only is it capable of reviving itself to fight again after sacrificing itself on the battle field as it destroys free radicals, but it enables Vitamins C & E to reconstitute themselves too. Some studies have in fact shown that when taking Alpha Lipoic Acid, it is possible to reduce the amounts of the other vitamins one needs to take to protect health. It is noted for its ability to both lower cholesterol, and regulate blood sugar levels. Alpha Lipoic Acid is hepato-protective - it protects the liver from damage caused by the many chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis. In Europe, ALA has been used for 30 years as a medically approved treatment for diabetes. Studies done at the University of Pennsylvania in 1970 shows that it increases the rate at which the body converts sugar into energy, and also slows the damage caused in diabetics such as cataracts and neuropathy. Speaking of cataract tissue, a 1995 study by Dr. Lester Packer found ALA extremely protective against cataracts in diabetics: being both water and fat soluble it is able to penetrate deep into the tissue of the lens in its mission to destroy free radicals.

Spirulina:
Spirulina is believed by anthropologists and biologists to be the oldest living plant on the planet. This "old faithful" has provided complete nutrition, unmatched in value, for over 3.5 million years. Only in the past 75 years have we become familiar with Spirulina, a sleeping powder keg of "green power" that has the potential to become the prime choice for a world super food of the future. Spirulina has been blessed by nature with a huge arsenal of valuable nutrients. Of special interest is the phycocyanin, a blue pigment naturally present in large amounts. Results of a 1986 study presented at the International Association for Dental Research General Session concluded that phycocyanin was unique because of its cytostatic (suppressing formation of new cancer cell colonies) and cytotoxic (that destroy existing colonies of cancer cells) abilities.
Spirulina is also naturally "pumped" with vitamins, especially the carotenoids like beta-carotene, essential fatty acids (EFA's), the important fatty acid gamma linolenic acid (GLA), digestive enzymes, minerals and the richest plant source of vitamin B12. Spirulina is the "must have" green food- a complete protein with all eight essential amino acids present. Its 60% protein content is four times greater than beef (18%)! In our society, where the concept of complete protein is meat and dairy, it is very reassuring to know that greens like Spirulina can provide all the high quality protein and other nutrients needed.

Vitamin D3 - The sunshine vitamin:
While the diet in America is one of the highest in the world when it comes to calcium intake, via cheese, yogurt, and dairy in general, we still have health problems associated with the lack of calcium utilization. This is mainly due to a lack of magnesium and adequate levels of vitamin D3 or sunshine exposure. The following study sums up my feelings best about the potential power of D3 supplementation.
"Exciting new research conducted at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Nebraska has revealed that supplementing with vitamin D and calcium can reduce your risk of cancer by an astonishing 77 percent. This includes breast cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer and other forms of cancer. This research provides strong new evidence that vitamin D is the single most effective medicine against cancer, far outpacing the benefits of any cancer drug known to modern science. The study involved 1,179 healthy women from rural Nebraska. One group of women was given calcium (around 1500 mg daily) and vitamin D (1100 IU daily) while another group was given placebo. Over four years, the group receiving the calcium and vitamin D supplements showed a 60 percent decrease in cancers. Considering just the last three years of the study reveals an impressive 77 percent reduction in cancer due to supplementation."

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Nutrients in the news this week...

Vitamin K reduces calcification of arteries by 37 percent; blood thinner medications cause calcification...
A study has found vitamin K not only blocks new arterial calcium buildup but can also reduce existing levels of calcification by 37 percent. Researchers at Maastricht University published their findings in the April 1st issue of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology. "Given that arterial calcifications are predictive of cardiovascular events, regression of arterial calcification may help reduce the risk of death in people with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease," wrote lead author Leon Schurgers.
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Metabolic Syndrome Points To Heart Health...
Science Daily — Typified by high blood pressure, weight gain around the waist and problems regulating blood sugar, metabolic syndrome may also be associated with compromised heart structure and function, according to a paper published in the online open access journal BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.
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Folic acid seen to reduce stroke risk...
6/4/2007 - Folic acid supplementation is best known as a means of protecting unborn children against birth defects, but research suggests that it could also be beneficial to adults and significantly reduce their risk of suffering a stroke.
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COMMENT: Folic Acid is part of the b-complex group and is in most quality multiples in ample amounts. Vitamin K2 though is not in most multi's, a cheaper vitamin K is found and not in sufficient amounts. Hardening of the arteries involves calcium deposits, as does cataracts, arthritis etc. If you understand how significant removing calcium from soft tissues is to your health and longevity, then you might want to do as I do and take 200 mcgs daily.

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Christopher Wiechert, C.N.C.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Important health news this week...

An Urgent Warning to Parents About the Dangers of Soy Milk for Babies...
Two vegan parents have been convicted of murder and given life sentences in prison for starving their 6-week-old baby to death.
Though the parents may have thought they were doing the right thing, they were feeding their child a completely inadequate combination of soy milk and apple juice along with a small, but insufficient, amount of breast milk.
Now, soy experts are again calling for clear and proper warning labels on all soy milk products -- indicating that it should NEVER be used in place of infant formula -- following this and several other babies' hospitalizations or deaths under similar circumstances.

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Drink Soda and Damage Your DNA...
Research from a British university suggests that sodium benzoate, a common preservative found in many soft drinks, has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA.
This could eventually lead to diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's.

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Green tea drinking may halve the colorectal cancer risk...
07/06/2007 - Regularly drinking antioxidant-rich green tea may halve the risk of colon and rectal cancer, suggests a new study based in China.
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Green tea extract may boost blood vessel health...
31/05/2007 - The heart healthy reputation of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the main extract from green tea, may be due in part to improvement in blood flow through the vessels, suggests a clinical trial from the US.
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Christopher Wiechert, C.N.C.


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Sunday, June 10, 2007

New research shows vitamin D slashes risk of cancers by 77 percent; cancer industry refuses to support cancer prevention...

Friday, June 08, 2007
by: Mike Adams
http://www.newstarget.com/

Exciting new research conducted at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Nebraska has revealed that supplementing with vitamin D and calcium can reduce your risk of cancer by an astonishing 77 percent. This includes breast cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer and other forms of cancer. This research provides strong new evidence that vitamin D is the single most effective medicine against cancer, far outpacing the benefits of any cancer drug known to modern science. The study involved 1,179 healthy women from rural Nebraska. One group of women was given calcium (around 1500 mg daily) and vitamin D (1100 IU daily) while another group was given placebo. Over four year, the group receiving the calcium and vitamin D supplements showed a 60 percent decrease in cancers. Considering just the last three years of the study reveals an impressive 77 percent reduction in cancer due to supplementation.
(The full press release of this study is included below. It provides more details about the findings.) Note that these astonishing effects were achieved on what many nutritionists consider to be a low dose of vitamin D. Exposure to sunlight, which creates even more vitamin D in the body, was not tested or considered, and the quality of the calcium supplements was likely not as high as it could have been (it was probably calcium carbonate and not high-grade calcium malate, aspartate or similar forms). What does all this mean? It means that if you take high-quality calcium supplements and get lots of natural sunlight exposure or take premium vitamin D supplements (such as those made from fish oil), you could easily have a greater reduction than the 77 percent reduction recorded in this study.

American Cancer Society opposes vitamin D...
This research on vitamin D is such good news that the American Cancer Society, of course, had to say something against it. An ACS spokesperson, Marji McCullough, strategic director of nutritional epidemiology for the American Cancer Society, flatly stated that nobody should take supplements to prevent cancer. If it seems surprising to you that the American Cancer Society -- which claims to be against cancer -- would dissuade people from taking supplements that slash their cancer risk by 77 percent, then you don't know much about the ACS. In my opinion, the ACS is an organization that actually prevents prevention and openly supports the continuation of cancer as a way to boost its power and profits. The ACS is the wealthiest non-profit in America and has very close ties to pharmaceutical companies, mammography equipment companies and other corporations that profit from cancer. Notice the name, too: It isn't the American Anti-Cancer Society, it's the American Cancer Society!

What they really stand for is right in the name!
Click here to read more about the ACS and its financial ties to chemical companies, pharmaceutical companies and radiology equipment manufacturers. The cancer industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and I've written extensively about the criminal organizations that protect and promote the industry. Just about everything the public is told about cancer by these cancer institutions is a lie. Those "race for the cure" cancer walks are a complete scam (they really aren't searching for any way to prevent cancer or cure cancer, they're only searching for new patented drugs to profit from cancer). This research on vitamin D is a huge threat to the cancer industry profit mongers because it reveals a way to prevent cancer for free -- by seeking natural sunlight exposure and letting your skin manufacture your own powerful anti-cancer medicine (vitamin D). The idea that the cancer industry could lose 80% of its patients due to widespread education about vitamin D and sunlight scares the living daylights out of the cancer industry. Billions of dollars in cancer profits are at stake here, so the pro-cancer groups have to do everything they can to discredit vitamin D by creating doubt and confusion. The degree of dishonesty at work here is almost unbelievable to those who don't really know what's happening in the cancer industry.

10 QUESTIONS TO CONDIDER ABOUT THE CANCER INDUSTRY...
#1: Why does the cancer industry refuse to educate people about cancer prevention?
#2: If people keep donating money for the "search" for a cancer cure, why won't drug companies pledge to "open source" their patents on cancer drugs to benefit the people whose donations funded them in the first place? In other words, why do people donate money for cancer research but then get charged for cancer drugs?
#3: Why does the entire cancer industry so strongly dissuade people from using sunlight exposure to dramatically reduce their cancer risk? (Hint: Follow the money to the sunscreen industry...)
#4: Why have all the really good cancer supplements, clinics and naturopaths been banned, arrested or run out of the country? (Look up the FDA's oppression of Lane Labs over MGN-3 for a fascinating review of this...)
#5: The U.S. has poured billions of dollars into the cancer industry over the last three decades. Cancer cures were promised in the 1970's. Why are cancer rates still essentially the same today as they were in the 1970's?
#6: Why does the cancer industry continue to use chemotherapy, radiation and other toxic procedures to "kill tumors" when the latest science clearly shows that cancer tumors are only the symptoms, not the cause, of cancer? Chemotherapy destroys immune function and causes permanent damage to the heart, brain and liver...
#7: The World Health Organization says that 70% of all cancers are easily preventable through dietary and lifestyle changes. This latest research shows that sunlight and low-cost calcium supplements can slash cancer risk by 77% in women. Why won't conventional medicine embrace this low-cost, safe and highly effective method for preventing cancer?
#8: The cancer industry routinely attacks anti-cancer herbs, superfoods and supplements.
Why is the cancer industry opposed to anti-cancer nutrition? Why does it believe that only man, not nature, can manufacture anti-cancer medicines?
#9: Dark skin pigmentation blocks ultraviolet radiation, meaning that people with black skin need far more time under the sun to generate the same amount of vitamin D as someone with white skin. Not surprisingly, black women suffer extremely high rates of breast cancer while black men show similarly high levels of prostate cancer. The white-dominated medical industry pretends to be "mystified" by all this. Why won't conventional medicine simple tell black people the truth about vitamin D, skin pigmentation and cancer? Why do oncologists try to keep black people ignorant about their vitamin D deficiencies?
#10: Why is it illegal for nutritional supplement manufacturers to tell the truth about the anti-cancer effects of their products? Broccoli, garlic, onions and sprouts all have powerful anti-cancer effects, as do dozens of rainforest herbs (Cat's Claw, for example), Chinese herbs and Western herbs. But the FDA threatens and censors any company that dares to mention cancer prevention on its supplement products. Why is the FDA enforcing a policy of nutritional ignorance with U.S. consumers? Why does the federal government want people to remain ignorant of methods for preventing or treating cancer? You probably already know the answer to all these questions, because the answer is the same for each one:

Corporate profits...
Cancer is hugely profitable to treat. Substantially preventing cancer would result in a loss of billions of dollars in profits for the oncologists, drug companies, hospitals and clinics that currently prey upon the finances of cancer victims. The cancer industry is operated like a criminal racket, using false information, intimidation, political pressure and propaganda to protect its power base and keep its corporations profitable. And that, my friends, is exactly why the industry is against the use of sunlight to prevent cancer. Free medicine from the sky? The very thought of it makes the cancer industry cringe. Sunlight doesn't even need a prescription, you see, and it can't be patented, either.
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Christopher Wiechert, C.N.C.


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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Nutrition in the news...

Insulin Levels May Dictate Success With a Diet...
TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- A diet slightly higher in fat and lower in processed carbohydrates -- such as refined cereals, white bread and white sugar -- may help people who secrete insulin at higher levels lose more weight than a low-fat, higher-carb plan. That's the conclusion of a new study that may help to explain why a person's rate of insulin production -- and not dedication to a diet -- can determine their weight loss success.
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Tips to Keeping the Barbecue Cancer-Free ...
SATURDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- The Memorial Day holiday is the traditional kick-off of the summer barbecue season in the United States, but research has shown that grilling can create cancer-causing compounds in meat, experts say. Among the compounds are heterocyclic amines (HCAs), which are created when heat acts on amino acids, and creatinine in animal muscle.
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Calcium, vit D may cut pre-menopausal breast cancer risk...
29/05/2007 - Premenopausal women who consume higher amounts of calcium and vitamin D may lower their risk of developing breast cancer by almost 40 per cent, new research suggests.
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The Sinatra Solution, Metabolic Cardiology...
For many years, I have been teaching patients, and doctors, about the life-giving benefits of Coenzyme Q10 and L-carnitine. Looking back, using them in my practice represented our first steps into the world of metabolic cardiology-the treatment of heart disease on a cellular level by improving individual cell function and energy production. The effect of these nutrients on cellular energy has now been experienced by thousands of heart patients, who improved the quality of their lives by the simple supplementation with these "Twin Pillars" of cardiac health.
Now a new nutrient, D-ribose, has arrived on the scene, heralding a second generation of metabolic cardiology. In combination, these nutrients provide the metabolic support hearts and other body tissues need to generate and maintain the energy required to promote health and vitality. I've watched nutritional interventions improve and literally save lives when traditional medicine just wasn't enough. Now, I employ them as my first line approach whenever I can.

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Apple juice may help protect kids from asthma ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking apple juice from concentrate daily may help ward off asthma symptoms in children, a study from the UK hints.
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US conference on cancer to focus on latest research...
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The American Society of Oncology holds its annual conference this weekend to chart progress on the latest advances in preventing and treating cancer amid calls for more US funding for research.
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