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July 26, 2011  In This Issue... - The Shocking Truth About The Omega-3 FISH OIL You Are Taking Now
- Will Diet Soda Break Your Heart?
- The Fallacy of Fatigue
- The Best Way to Take Your Fruit
- Spit
The Shocking Truth About The Omega-3 FISH OIL You Are Taking Now Warning: Do NOT Take Any Fish Oil Until You Read This News... Breaking new research by 3 M.D.’s proves this New Type of Omega-3 Fish Oil is Proven 47 Times Better For Your Health Than Regular Fish Oil! It gives you more of the health benefits you want now and in the future. This "upgrade" must cost a fortune more than regular Omega-3 Fish Oil, right? Wrong! The best news of all is that...
Will Diet Soda Break Your Heart? How much do you love your diet soda? Enough to let it ruin your life? An alarming new study raises even more concerns about the safety of diet soda, finding that people who drink it appear to be at higher risk for heart attack and stroke. We already knew these low- and no-cal drinks are formulated with unhealthy ingredients, including some thought to be carcinogenic. And we knew that diet soda is associated with an increase in risk for kidney disease. And now this! I called the study’s lead author, Hannah Gardener, ScD, an epidemiologist in the department of neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, to get more information about this latest finding. So Long Soda? Researchers at the Miller School used data from the Northern Manhattan Study begun in 1990, with more than 3,000 participants, all over the age of 40, to learn whether there was any link between their health and soda intake. Based on their soda-drinking habits, participants were grouped into seven consumption categories according to the type and frequency of soda consumed. There was no distinction among brands, flavors or type of sweeteners used (other than diet versus regular). Results: Looking at 10 years of follow-up from this ongoing study, researchers saw that the daily diet soda drinkers had 48% more heart attacks and strokes than people in any of the other groups -- including those who drank different types of soda and those who drank no soda at all. The results still held after researchers adjusted for other factors known to raise risk for heart attack and stroke -- age, sex, race or ethnicity, smoking, alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, daily calorie intake, metabolic syndrome, peripheral vascular disease and heart disease history. Not What They Expected It’s a perplexing finding that the researchers hadn’t expected, Dr. Gardener told me, noting that there could be a wide range of explanations. The most obvious would seem to be that one or more of the ingredients in diet soda leads to heart disease... but it’s also possible that diet soda isn’t the culprit at all. It might be that the problem lies with other behaviors of diet soda drinkers, she said. For instance, while researchers accounted for some aspects of diet (such as total calorie intake as noted above), it could be that people who drink diet soda also eat in a less healthy way overall. Further analysis of the results of this study may yield more information. Meanwhile, the smartest thing to do is what we all know already anyway. Drink water and other natural beverages -- soda is just plain unhealthy. Source(s):
Hannah Gardener, ScD, epidemiologist, department of neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. 
The Fallacy of Fatigue EXPOSED: The outrageous reason why millions of us are stumbling through life exhausted, despite spending billions on stimulants, supplements and energy drinks... AND: The incredibly simple secret that will fire you up all day long, keep you sharp as a razor at any age, and drop you off to sleep at night like a very contented kitten. Learn more...
The Best Way to Take Your Fruit Maybe it wasn’t a smart decision for Eve to pluck an apple from a tree and eat it on the spot... but it certainly was a healthy one! The fresher fruit is when eaten, the more nutrition is packed into every bite. The reality of modern life, however, is that most of us buy our fruit already picked -- often, in fact, it was picked quite a while ago -- and processed in some way as well. So I asked Daily Health News contributing medical editor Andrew L. Rubman, ND, to tell us what we need to know about the health benefits of fruit in its four most common forms -- fresh, frozen, canned and dried. Fresh Is Best -- Or Is It? According to Dr. Rubman, when it comes to nutritional value, not to mention taste and texture, fresh fruit is best -- as long as it’s truly, and not just legally, fresh. What’s the difference? In the US, much of our "fresh" fruit is picked, spends days or weeks in storage and then spends considerable time in transit to the grocery aisle -- and it’s not flying first-class! Whether it’s going by boat, train or truck, fruit in transit is tightly packed and, unfortunately, not always kept as cool as it should be. In a warehouse, it may be treated with gases that inhibit spoilage. Not only does all this drain nutritional value, but it can provide the opportunity for dangerous bacteria (such as E.coli and salmonella) to multiply. The fruit might be "fresh" technically... but the obvious fact is that all this time and processing makes it anything but fresh. The hands-down healthiest fruit you can buy is organically grown (no pesticides) from a local farm or farmer’s market, which means it really is fresh! Dr. Rubman said his next best choice for nutritiousness would be conventionally farmed (not organic) produce, again bought directly from the grower shortly after it’s harvested... followed by organic produce from a supermarket... and finally conventionally grown fruit from a supermarket. Wash it, no matter where it comes from. Frozen Fruit -- A Close Second Unsweetened (with no added sugar or artificial sweeteners) frozen fruit is a surprisingly good choice. It retains much of its nutritional value because it is rapidly picked at the peak of ripening and then processed with a technique known as flash freezing. Dr. Rubman recommends: Frozen fruit is most nutritious when it is still frosty because it loses nutrition as it thaws. Berries are great right from the bag or blended into a smoothie. If you pick apples or raspberries at a local farm and freeze them yourself, remove as much air as possible from the freezer bag or container so there’s less potential oxidation. Canned Fruit Comes In Third Canning (or jarring -- the preparation process is the same) fruit at peak ripeness is a time-honored farming tradition and can be a good way to enjoy the fruits of summer all year long. Of course, nothing’s perfect. Many nutrients (including B vitamins and potassium) survive the preparation, but heat-sensitive vitamin C is destroyed. Dr. Rubman recommends: If you want to put away your own fruit, be sure to strictly follow guidelines for safely preparing it and sealing the containers to avoid bacterial contamination. The USDA National Center for Home Food Preservation offers useful advice on its Web site ( http://www.uga.edu/nchfp). If you are buying canned fruit, look for the kind that’s packed in its own juice or water and, if possible, sold in jars or in cans labeled BPA-free. Dried Fruit Is a Mixed Bag The drying process destroys some nutrients, including vitamins B and C, and concentrates sugar and calories. Also beware of added sugar and other sweeteners as well as preservatives, such as sulfites (to which some people have allergic reactions). That said, dried fruits such as raisins, prunes, figs and apricots are still rich (and highly portable) sources of healthful antioxidants, potassium and fiber. Dr. Rubman recommends: Watch portion size, since dried fruit contains more calories per ounce. The takeaway? Fresh produce in season is always the best choice, but as long as it’s not drenched in sugar or syrup, any kind of fruit is always a far healthier snack choice than a bag of chips or a candy bar. Source(s): Andrew L. Rubman, ND, founder and director, Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines, Southbury, Connecticut. www.SouthburyClinic.com.
Correction: Due to an editing error, the article Chocolate: Even Healthier Than You Knew (July 5) incorrectly attributed certain material to Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition. Dr Lichtenstein’s recommendation is not for particular foods but rather for a diet that includes a wide range of fruits and vegetables. To read the complete story, click here.
Spit We had overnight houseguests this past weekend -- relatively new friends so I don't know too much about the couple's childhoods. I don't recall how it came up, but I learned that the wife was a champion Spit player amongst her friends growing up. (For those of you who don't know, Spit is a fast-moving card game that is kind of like two-handed solitaire.) I, too was a Spit champion in my youth, ultimately taking to play my friends, and later my children, left handed because playing righty caused me to win too quickly. Click here to read more...
Be well, 
Carole Jackson
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