http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php en-us http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P64 Here is a product that I have found that will save your salads. Its called a Salad-Sac. Keeps your veggies fresh for days! Great for making extra salad ahead of time! Eliminates lettuce spinning and costly paper towels! Made of a special grade of super absorbent 100% cotton, it preserves the freshness of your salad by allowing excess moisture to escape into the Salad Sac. Use it for other vegetables and herbs too! The Salad Sac is durable and reusable.... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P63 Recent studies praising the many health benefits of tea - reduced rates of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and some cancers - have increased its popularity and consumption. Additional research now suggests tea can help focus a scattered mind. Much of the current research has examined the healthful properties of tea: antioxidants, flavonols, catechins and lignans. These elements can help the body fight off disease, improve blood vessel dilation and lower the risk of... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P62 Diabetes currently affects almost 21 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Even more alarming is that the age of onset has dropped dramatically. It used to be that diabetes was primarily a "senior" disease, affecting those over age 45. Sadly, this is not the case any more. There are two main types of diabetes: type I, which usually is diagnosed in childhood and requires insulin; and type II, which does not require... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P59 By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON — In the buffet of reasons for why Americans are getting fatter, researchers are piling more evidence on the plate for one still-controversial cause: a virus. New research announced Monday found that when human stem cells -- the blank slate of the cell world -- were exposed to a common virus they turned into fat cells. They didn't just change, they stored fat, too. While this may be a guilt-free explanation for putting on pounds,... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P61 Journal Watch General Medicine June 14, 2007 Calcium and Vitamin D Intake and Risk for Breast Cancer Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH Journal Watch. 2007;6(6) ©2007 Massachusetts Medical Society Posted 07/13/2007 Higher calcium and vitamin D intake showed modest benefit in premenopausal women. Summary Animal experiments and observational human studies suggest that calcium and vitamin D may decrease risk for breast cancer. Researchers prospectively assessed this relation... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P60 Study Shows Risks of Several Types of Cancer Cut in Older Women By TIMBERLY ROSS AND JEFF DONN, AP OMAHA, Neb. - Building hope for one pill to prevent many cancers, vitamin D cut the risk of several types of cancer by 60 percent overall for older women in the most rigorous study yet. The new research strengthens the case made by some specialists that vitamin D may be a powerful cancer preventive and most people should get more of it. Experts remain split, though, on how much... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P58 I find a couple of things in this article fascinating. We have selectively bred wheat to be very high in starch and low in everything else. Now scientists are trying to put back what was lost. Reminds me of Wonder bread. So devoid of nutrients that vitamins and minerals have to added to the reciope to make it worth eating. Also its very sad that in this day and age that "more than 160 million children under the age of five lack an adequate protein supply" Dr.... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P56 Studies: Surgery No Better for Sciatica By CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer November 22, 2006, 7:04 PM EST CHICAGO -- Two big government-funded studies on back surgery for painful herniated disks show no clear-cut reason to choose an operation over other treatment. The pain and physical function of the patients, who were suffering from a condition called sciatica, improved significantly after two years whether or not they had surgery. However, neither strategy offered... http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P57 Consumption of a mixture of 3 probiotic strains in combination with vitamins reduces the severity of symptoms and the duration of the common cold. These are the results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention study among 479 healthy adults over at least 3 months during 2 winter/spring periods by de Vrese et al. [1] http://sawellnesscenter.com/health_nutrition_blog/weblog.php?id=P55 Originally published August 28 2006 http://www.newstarget.com/020176.html (NewsTarget) The medical journal The Lancet is appealing to the medical community to stop using the term "asthma" as it misleads people to believe it is a disease rather than a group of symptoms with various origins and characteristics. Symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing and breathing difficulties, and it is generally accepted that attacks are brought on by inflamed airways, but the...