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		<title>The Real Terrorists &#8211; Mosquitoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting health factoid. Did you know that mosquitoes have been responsible for more human deaths throughout history than all wars combined?]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Pie and Blood Sugar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers studying the effects of common foods on blood sugar were surprised when subjects who were give apple pie actually experienced a significant improvement in their blood sugar levels. Go figure. Turns out that apple pie&#8217;s blood sugar lowering ability comes from the cinnamon it contains. Tests done by the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirm this cinnamon’s ability to lower blood sugar. They found it increases your body’s glucose metabolism by almost 20 times. We&#8217;re not recommending that you start eating an apple pie every day, but you might want to consider adding cinnamon to some more healthful recipes.]]></description>
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		<title>1 Weird Tip for a Tiny Belly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to this brief audio-video presentation from Rob Poulos of Fat Burning Furnace. It&#8217;s pretty interesting and he gives you some valuable insight into why you haven&#8217;t lost those unwanted pounds: 1 Weird Tip for a Tiny Belly]]></description>
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		<title>Living In The Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I have been doing a little covert mindfulness study on my unsuspecting friends and acquaintances.  It centers around the notion that living in the past is a favorite past-time of we humans. But my study has an even more narrow focus.  We are all familiar with our tendency to get into the &#8220;woulda&#8217;, coulda&#8217;, shoulda&#8221; mode and wallow around in our pasts wishing we had behaved differently &#8211; a singularly unproductive activity to be sure.  But that is not the subject of my recent study. I have been observing how eagerly most people move from present to past when an error has been made (usually by the one being spoken to) and how a great deal of the present is invested in the past as the parties discuss what went wrong.  I am aware that a certain amount of &#8220;post-game analysis&#8221; is useful in preventing certain errors from occurring repeatedly. However, my unscientific, covert study convinces me that when these discussions occur between adults, the goal is not usually edification or avoidance of further errors.  It is something much less noble.  In many, if not most instances, it is an opportunity for the person pointing out the error to: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Turn on the Lights Cause I Don&#8217;t Want to See!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a survey done by researchers from Yale University, 6 out of 4,311 (0.1%) diners at fast food restaurants looked at the nutritional information provided by the restaurants.  I&#8217;ll bet if they knew the large fries had 570 calories, they&#8217;d think again about their food choices. Oh well, ignorance is bliss (until the coronary event).]]></description>
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		<title>What Color is Your Fat?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who Knew?  I didn&#8217;t!  Fat cells come in designer colors.  OK, not exactly.  In reality, there are only two colors, brown and white, which can hardly be referred to as &#8220;designer colors.&#8221; But here&#8217;s the interesting part.  Those nasty white fat cells are the ones we are all familiar with &#8211; the ones that make us, well, fat.  And then there are the brown fat cells.  One would assume that a fat cell is a fat cell and all fat cells should be equally abhorred.  But we should not be so quick to judge all our fat cells using the same measuring stick. It has always been thought that babies have brown fat cells to help them regulate their body temperatures, but that the brown fat cells are quickly lost as we mature, leaving us with only those despicable white fat cells.  However, recent articles published in the New England Journal of Medicine report that studies using PET scans have now shown that adults actually retain significant amounts of brown fat cells, primarily in the area between our shoulder blades. Why is that significant.  White fat cells make us fat.  Brown fat cells actually burn fat (you can read that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Sweet Tooth, Batman!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in July I posted about two &#8220;foods&#8221; that should be illegal &#8211; high fructose corn syrup and French fries. Wow! Here&#8217;s a follow up. Just watch this YouTube video of Dr. Robert Lustig discussing what he calls the &#8220;Coca-Cola Conspiracy.&#8221; Without being overly dramatic, this is frightening. My thanks to Dr. Mercola for posting this video to his website and, thus, bringing it to my attention. The research shows that high fructose corn syrup is far more dangerous than ordinary table sugar and either causes or contributes significantly to a number of health related problems. You don&#8217;t even want to know how much of this stuff the average American consumes annually. Just watch the video.]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Risks and Benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate goes on as to whether coffee wears a white or black hat. Is it actually good for you, or is it to be avoided? The jury is still out, but here are some of the potential benefits and risks of coffee consumption: Possible Benefits of Coffee Consumption: • For men at least, coffee helps prevent gallstones and gallbladder disease • It has been reported to increase alertness, postpones muscle fatigue and enhance endurance • Studies suggest that coffee may improve short-term recall • There is some evidence that coffee could reduce the risk of cirrhosis of the liver among heavy drinkers of alcohol • At least one study found that coffee has more antioxidant activity than red wine, green or black tea, or orange juice, which indicates that it might protect against free radical damage to tissues Possible Risks of Coffee Consumption: • Coffee consumption can Increase blood pressure, so may be ill advised for people who are at risk for high blood pressure • Coffee can keep you awake at night (surprise!) and can also increase anxiety and irritability • Coffee has been reported to worsen PMS symptoms for some women • Some health experts are concerned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Food Is Useless?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Copywriters advise to use an &#8220;attention-grabbing&#8221; headline, so we did. Now, please put this in the &#8220;fairness in reporting&#8221; category or the &#8220;for what it&#8217;s worth&#8221; category. The authors of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which consisted of a systematic review of 162 scientific papers published over the last 50 years came to the following conclusion: &#8220;Our review indicates that there is currently no evidence to support the selection of organically over conventionally produced foods on the basis of nutritional superiority.&#8221; Not surprisingly, the study and its conclusions have been challenged by organic food proponents. Questions have been raised about the methodology used by the researchers. Obviously, CenteredHealth.Net has a strong bias toward all things natural and organic, but it is important to consider all the evidence, pro and con, for such matters. The study discussed here, while far from conclusive on the benefits (or lack thereof) of organic food, is one piece of information to consider.]]></description>
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