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I love this seafood stew for being both simple and complicated at once. Few of us can achieve that dichotomy without substantial artifice, but this dish stumbles into it without effort. As my Marseilles cousin said to me when I described the recipe, “These are not the mussels of Marseilles.” Perhaps not in the traditional sense, but I've taken the essences of Marseilles that inspire me—the seafood, the pastis, the saffron, the garlic—and bubbled them into a light, spicy dish that is both warming and weightless.

The dish takes, from beginning to end, perhaps twenty minutes. The subterranean perfume of anise wafts up from the subtle, but present, pastis and fennel. The floral saffron and hot chilies add further depth of flavor to what is otherwise a simple pot of seafood. The clams leach their signature briny liquor, and add a sweet emphasis and contrast of texture to the quotidian mussels. It's a pot of mussels taken to new Provençal heights. And if you want to make this moules frites, I suggest you try it with sweet potato fries and some good crusty bread. Use the shells to spoon the hot broth into your mouth like a suppertime elixir—it's bright, fresh, and life-giving.

About the author: Kerry Saretsky is the creator of French Revolution Food, where she reinvents her family's classic French recipes in a fresh, chic, modern way. She also writes the The Secret Ingredient series for Serious Eats.

Marseilles-Style Spicy Mussels and Clams

- serves 2 to 4 -

Ingredients

2 tablespoon olive oil
3 shallots, finely diced
4 cloves garlic, sliced
1/4 fennel, thinly sliced
1/4 teaspoon chili flakes
1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup pastis
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/4 teaspoon saffron
1 pound mussels
1 pound little neck clams
1 tablespoon butter, very cold
2 tablespoon fennel fronds, chopped
1 tablespoon chervil, chopped

Procedure

1. In a wide risotto pan, heat the olive oil over medium to medium-low heat and add the shallots, garlic, fennel, and chili flakes. Sauté until translucent, fragrant, and tender—about 5 minutes.

2. Add the tomatoes, and sauté another 3 minutes.

3. Add the pastis, and reduce.

4. Add the wine, and reduce.

5. Add the saffron, the mussels, and the clams, and raise the heat to high. Cover, and steam the seafood until it opens—about 5 minutes. Shake in the cold butter to make the sauce creamy.

6. Toss in the fennel fronds and chervil and serve immediately.

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Beads and booze are just a small part of New Orleans’ biggest celebration, which also boasts some truly outstanding regional cuisine.

Joseph DeLeo

Seafood Jambalaya
by Ti Adelaide Martin and Jamie Shannon

The dynamic duo behind one of New Orleans’ most famous dining destinations offers the ultimate jambalaya recipe.

There are many stories about the origins of the name of this classic Creole-Cajun dish. Some linguists say it comes from the combination of the French words for “ham,” “jambon,” the article meaning “in the style of,” “à la,” and “ya,” a West African word for rice: jamb-à la-ya. Others believe that the name comes from the combination of Spanish words for ham, “jamon,” and paella, a similar seafood-and-rice dish from that country. Still others rely on the folk tale set in an old New Orleans inn, where the inn’s owner instructed his cook, Jean, to throw some food together for a late-night traveler—“balayez” in the local dialect—saying, “Jean, balayez!” Whatever the true source, there are few foods as emblematic of Creole-Cajun cooking as this shrimp, meat, and rice stew.

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Everyone gets sick once in a while. It's expected. Therefore they have sick time at work. That's why there are doctors and insurance organizations. But there are a lot of general things to be sure you stay in general perfect health. You should wash your hands. Sadly enough, not enough people do this. Especially after taking the restroom. Investigations have been done and a shockingly low %% of people wash their hands after using the lavatory or before meals.

I always tell you: Drink water. Water treat all ills. Deprivation of water is the guilty of many general indisposition like dry skin and even bloating. Eight cups of liquid is the minimum so make sure you're consuming at least that much. Keep in mind that fruits and vegetable juices count towards your daily scoop of hydrating drink. Exercise. Exercise doesn't have to mean hours on the treadmill sweating away to exhaustion. Sport can be as simple as walking across the parking lot to the grocery store or doing housework. That's right! Vacuuming burns calories intake! The more active in basic you are the more exercise youare getting. Consider getting a passometer. Pedometer's have shown that people who wear pedometer's are more active than those who do not.

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It has recently been discovered that a compound taken from a type of brown seaweed called Ecklonia cava ('noro-kajimi' in Japan) has proven to be very effective for rapid weight loss. It is being dubbed one of the new “Super Antioxidants.”1

In addition, it is extremely promising in the natural treatment of multiple health conditions related to the cardiovascular system, brain, and metabolism. For those experiencing CFS, Fibromyalgia and Tick Disease, it also provides improved energy, better sleep, increased relaxation, and tissue oxygenation. Since it has proteolytic and oxygenating properties, it may also prove beneficial for those experiencing COPD and Asthma related to pulmonary fibrosis.2

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“The polyphenol compounds in Seanol-F has been found to have uniquely strong antioxidant properties(approximately 10 times stronger than those of green tea polyphenols). Polyphenols are considered natural biological response modifiers. Some of the more commonly known polyphenols include quercetin, proanthocyaninidins, green tea, rutin, and hesperidin.”4

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The Huffington Post and Glamour Magazine are spot on to “out” our country's dysfunctional relationship with sleep. The list of negative physiological effects sleep deprivation can sponsor seems endless, but here are a few of my favorites: aching muscles (good for massage therapists), dizziness (only if swooning will get you prince/princess charming), nausea (could be misinterpreted as an eating disorder) dry mouth (bad for effective communications), hallucinations (could be fun but that was in the 60s), hand tremors (makes email and texting difficult), headaches (a pain in the head), increased blood pressure (danger sign), increased risk of diabetes (flashing red light), increased risk of fibromyalgia (major bummer), irritability (sucks for everyone around you) memory lapses or loss (could be misdiagnosed as an early on-set of Alzheimer's), rapid involuntary rhythmic eye movement (could be viewed as flirting), obesity (very bad for health and self esteem), slowed word recall (bartenders might refuse you service) temper tantrums in children (and the child inside adults — just work in the movie business for proof of concept), excessive yawning (very bad in corporate meetings), attention deficit issues (Ritalin here you come!) and psychosis (not a great goal for 2010).

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Here is my my top 10 “don't” list if you want your beauty sleep!

1. Don't start a conversation about money before preparing for bed. Worrying about money, fighting about money, or analyzing your financials at night will keep you tossing and turning until the wee hours. Unless you're a global trader, it can wait!

2. Don't turn your computer off minutes before going to sleep. Emailing is the equivalent of drinking a cup of coffee right before bed. It's a stimulant. Face it! Stop social networking, dealing with correspondence, or surfing the web at least one hour before the sleep fairy comes, or she/he may blow you off!

3. Don't eat a big, juicy steak (and certainly not one shot full of hormones!) later than 8 p.m. Or any other large meal for that matter. Digesting meat (and food in general) takes time and it will infringe on your ability to say bye-bye to the world when you want to. It will also increase your chances of gaining weight.

4. Don't have phone sex before you plan to turn off your light (regular sex is fine). Titillation on the phone is just that — titillating! Titillation doesn't bode well for sleep!

5. Don't start watching a movie (or rerun of a television series) that you love, because it rivets you. My weakness is Dexter, particularly this season where John Lithgow's serial killer rocked my world. The odds are you'll finish the show rather than nod off, which will make you less than attractive the next morning.

6. Don't let your snoring dog sleep in your bed! Or your spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/child either. Deal with snoring! There are things that can be done. Do them.

7. Don't have an espresso after dinner, even if the fun of being at a restaurant makes you feel festive. You'll pay the price. Switching positions at night (while you try and get relaxed enough to sleep) decreases the life of a mattress. They cost a fortune today, even if you get one on sale!

8. Don't pick a fight with anyone before you go to bed. Going to bed angry is a disaster. Your upset mood will embed itself in your consciousness while you sleep and you will awaken (if you sleep at all) in an even more fowl mood.

9. Don't work in your bed. That means no phone calls, computers or PDA devices. Your bedroom is not your second office, even if you're sleeping with your assistant.

10. Don't make a list of everything you have to do the next day. This will only engage your mind to activate, not slow down. Just give work/responsibilities/the outer world a rest, okay?!

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1. Read, as long as it's not work related.

2. Journal about your thoughts, feelings and perceptions of life.

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4. Take a hot bath, stretch or wrap yourself in a warm blanket.

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Research published today on bmj.com reports that a new computerized device that can track portion size and how fast people eat, is more successful in helping obese children and adolescents lose weight than standard treatments.

Developed at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, the Mandometer device is a portable computerized weighing scale. It is used to retrain individuals to eat less and more slowly by providing real-time feedback during meal times. A graph is plotted by the device showing the rate at which food actually disappears from the plate. It is compared to the ideal graph programmed in by a food therapist.

Childhood obesity is an increasing global problem. Furthermore, there is little evidence to support one particular treatment program. In this study the patients ate large portions very rapidly. However, it is unclear whether specific eating patterns are common in all obese people.

Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield led researchers at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and the University of Bristol. The team carried out a randomized controlled trial. A total of 106 obese patients participated. They were aged between 9 to 17 years.

They were divided in two groups. One group of participants received Mandometer therapy to lose weight. The other group was provided with standard care. Both groups were encouraged to increase their levels of physical activity to 60 minutes of exercise a day. They were motivated to eat a balanced diet based on the Food Standards Agency “eatwell plate.”

After 12 months participants were assessed. There was a follow-up evaluation at 18 months. During the research period they were also monitored on a regular basis. They were also offered telephone support and encouragement.

After one year, results showed that the Mandometer group had a significantly lower average body mass index and body fat score than the standard care group. In addition, their portion size was smaller and their speed of eating was reduced by 11 percent compared with a gain of 4 percent in the other group. Levels of 'good cholesterol' were also significantly superior in the Mandometer group.

Six months after the end of treatment, the improvement in body mass index was maintained. The authors remark that this suggested an element of longer term behavioral change.

The researchers say: “Mandometer therapy, focusing on eating speed and meal size, seems to be a useful addition to the rather sparse options available for treating adolescent obesity effectively without recourse to pharmacotherapy.”

They grant that the Mandometer requires additional evaluation in other settings and with different groups of patients, but they say in closing: “Retraining eating behavior and reinforcing feelings of satiety, however, does seem to improve weight loss in obese adolescents.”

“Treatment of childhood obesity by retraining eating behaviour: randomised controlled trial”
Anna L Ford, research nurse, Cecilia Bergh, CEO of Mando Group AB, Per So¨dersten, professor, Matthew A Sabin, RCH Foundation clinical research fellow, Sandra Hollinghurst, senior lecturer, Linda P Hunt, senior lecturer, Julian P H Shield, professor

BMJ 2010; 340:b5388
doi:10.1136/bmj.b5388
bmj.com

Written by Stephanie Brunner (B.A.)

Copyright: Medical News Today

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Signing day never has been as big a deal as “Reassigning Day” for the TCU football program.

So while the Horned Frogs landed their best recruiting class ever in 2010 on paper, they've built themselves into a top-10 program by signing athletes that are versatile and fast.

How else do you explain a program that has finished 2008 and 2009 ranked seventh and sixth, respectively, in the final Associated Press polls when their recruiting classes since 2005 have ranked no higher than 46th—at least by Rivals.com?

TCU almost singlehandedly shows on an annual basis how precarious recruiting class rankings are.

Here's a quick history lesson. Check out the Frogs' signing-day finishes on Rivals since 2004:

2005: 56th

2006: 61st

2007: 80th

2008: 96th…96th?

2009: 46th.

2010: 46th.

Their record since 2005? The Horned Frogs are 53-11.

TCU is either getting great coaching or the recruiting ranking systems are a bit overrated. Or both.

The secret to coach Gary Patterson's success the past five years has been his staff's ability to evaluate talent based on potential, rather than any preconceived scouting report.

That's why several of his players—his more successful players—end up at positions different than the ones they played before coming to TCU.

The Horned Frogs have success reassigning players to different positions like no other program in the nation.

Look no further than Lott Trophy winner and reigning Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year Jerry Hughes as proof.

He was an all-district and honorable mention all-state player at Austin High School in Sugarland, Texas in 2005 that Rivals rated two stars.

TCU's 2010 class is guaranteed not to have any such stories. None of its recruits are rated lower than three stars by Rivals.

The Horned Frogs landed two four-star recruits in wide receiver Curtis Carter of Stonewall, La., and running back Ethan Grant of Coconut Creek, Fla.

Their ranking predisposes them to greater expectations of greatness. Not that they're destined to be great.

Even if they are, it might not be at the positions they played in high school. The trio could shine at any number of positions.

Even punter, knowing TCU.

Grant originally committed to Oregon before changing his mind and jumping on the Frogs bandwagon. Wide receiver Chris Hawkins (Channelview, Texas) originally was headed to Minnesota. Running back Matt Anderson (Vanderbilt, Texas) first was a Utah pledge.

Even quarterback Matt Brown (Allen, Texas)—who along with Sam Carter of Alief, Texas, will try to succeed Andy Dalton in 2011—jilted Arizona for TCU.

The Frogs did lose four-star running back Josh Huff (Aldine, Texas), who signed with Oregon. He'd originally committed with the Ducks but then jumped on the Horned Frogs bandwagon before flying back to Oregon on signing day.

Still, it's a sure sign of progress when you've become the robber rather than the robbed.

Yet despite the star-studded class, TCU finished 46th nationally, according to Rivals. Utah was the top Mountain West Conference team at No. 33, with Brigham Young at No. 40 among MWC schools.

Huff's defection cost the Frogs about 10 spots on the Rivals rankings. They were 36th nationally going into signing day.

Revising a Patterson favorite saying, it's not where you're ranked in February; it's where you're ranked in December or January that matters.

And, at least at TCU, where you end up playing matters as much.

TCU Class of 2010

Name , position, height, weight, hometown (School), Height, Weight. Recruiting rankings.

Jonathan Anderson , safety, 6'1″, 196, Corpus Christi, Texas (Carroll). Rivals three-star, Scout two-star, ESPN three-star.

Matt Anderson , tailback/safety,  6'2″, 214, Vanderbilt, Texas (Industrial). Rivals three-star, Scout two-star.

Travaras Battle-Smith , cornerback, 5'10″, 175, San Antonio (John Jay). Rivals three-star, Scout two-star, ESPN three-star.

Matt Brown , quarterback, 6'1″, 185, Allen, Texas (Allen). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star.

Stephen Bryant , tight end, 6'5″, 220, New Deal, Texas (New Deal). Rivals three-star, Scout two-star.

Curtis Carter , tailback/wide receiver, 5'10″, 170, Stonewall, La. (North De Soto WR). Rivals four-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star.

Sam Carter , quarterback, 6'0″, 205 Alief, Texas (Hastings). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN four-star.

Ethan Grant , running back, 5'10″, 175, Coconut Creek, Fla. Rivals four-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star.

Antonio Graves , safety/wide receiver, 6'1″, 210, Texarkana, Texas (Pleasant Grove). Rivals three-star, Scout two-star.

Chris Hawkins , wide receiver, 6'2″, 175, Channelview, Texas (Channelview). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star.

David Johnson , defensive tackle, 6'2″, 270, Argyle, Texas (Argyle). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN four-star.

Marcus Mallett , linebacker, 6'1″, 216 Cleveland, Texas (Cleveland). Rivals three-star, ESPN two-star.

Clifton Murphy , defensive end, 6'4″, 230, Little Elm, Texas (Little Elm). Rivals three-star.

Elisha Olabode , defensive back, 5'10″, 170, Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star.

Blake Roberts , linebacker, 6'4″, 225, Tyler, Texas (Tyler Lee). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star.

Michael Thompson , center, 6'4″, 315, Farmersville, Texas (Farmersville). Rivals three-star.

Nykiren Wellington , offensive tackle, 6'6″, 275, San Antonio, Texas (Holmes). Rivals three-star, Scout three-star.

Kevin White , cornerback, 5'10″, 170, Round Rock, Texas (Stony Point). Rivals three-star, Scout two-star, ESPN three-star.

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Day Two: Go to the produce section of your favorite grocery store. Go to each section of fruit and smell one piece, then put it back. Try to smell at least six before an employee notices you aren't buying anything and kicks you out.

Day Three: Congratulations, you should have lost at least four pounds by now! Celebrate by baking a nice, big baked potato and topping it with plenty of butter and sour cream. Admire it for no more than three minutes, and then give it to your husband.

Day Four: Fill a glass with water, the juice from one lemon, as much Tabasco sauce as you can stomach, and 2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup. Stir until well-mixed, and then pour on your house plants. In your starvation-induced haze, you probably forgot to water them, so this may perk them up.

Day Five: At last, it's meat day! Get a piece of paper and some crayons and draw all the animals you wish you could eat today. Go ahead and splurge…draw yourself the baked potato you almost ate on day three.

Day Six: Make a chocolate cake from scratch and give it to your family. They deserve it for putting up with your crabbiness all week. If they haven't left you by now, they must really love you. You may smell the cake while you bake it.

Repeat this cycle until you lose track of time and suddenly wake up in the hospital with a tube in your arm.

Some tips to help you fight the urge to eat:

1. Take up smoking.
2. Drink plenty of water
3. Chew sugar-free gum, but make sure you don't swallow it!
4. Brush your teeth a lot. You'll get bad breath from having nothing in your stomach for so long, so keep it as fresh as possible with some nice, minty toothpaste. Besides, who wants to eat right after brushing their teeth? Feel free to brush 10 or 15 times per day if you need to.
5. Every time you get hungry, go for a walk. You probably won't be able to do this one after day four or so.

Best of luck with the Ultimate Diet Plan! Feel free to post your progress in the comment section below, along with any survival tips you have. Once you get out of the hospital, be sure to come back and post how much weight you lost and how long you managed to keep it off before it all piled back on when you went back to your regular eating habits.

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So, I wondered about the generic brands of Viagra. Naturally, the maker of real Viagra gives all sorts of dire warnings about obtaining anything but 100% patented Viagra. However, I knew that several big drug companies in India make a large number of US drugs under license and these are considered exactly the same as the US versions. So, it seemed reasonable to me that if these companies could make so many other drugs to full FDA specifications that they could probably handle generic sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra. I did some research online and found out that generic Viagra is sold in India under the brand names Silagra, Kamagra, Edegra, Zenegra, and Caverta. I was concerned that a foreign online ordering site might just be a scam like the Nigerian scams I receive almost daily. Recently, I even filled out a form online for a free eBay wholesalers kit. They then called me and told me that they were ready to ship it right out just as soon as I paid the $1.85 shipping charge. Naturally, I wasn't about to give credit card or banking information to someone who called me so I had to pass on their offer. Likewise, if you get emails that talk about low prices for Viagra don't order anything from them. You can't really trust a spammer. However, I had no trouble doing a search and finding places online that sell these Indian brands. The process was quite similar to the US order: fill out an even briefer questionnaire and make an order. The overseas orders have shipping charges but don't seem to charge a doctors fee. The big difference is that these Indian brands cost about one third of what real Viagra costs. Since the prescription for my genuine Viagra was for 100mg tablets I ordered the same thing in the other brands. Typical prices I've seen for generic Viagra for 30 100mg tablets is $60 or $2 per pill. I ordered Silagra and one of the other brands and some sildenafil citrate Soft-Tabs which are supposed to dissolve more quickly.

Just like my US order, all of my overseas orders arrived with the correct number of tablets and there were no phantom charges on my credit card. So there was no obvious attempt to rip me off. However, that still left the question of whether the Indian brands were really the same as genuine Viagra. The Sildenafil and the Soft-Tabs both came in individually sealed blister packs the way that most over-the-counter gel tabs are sold. However, the other brand simply came loose in a ziplock bag. This did seem a little unprofessional, however, it did occur to me that the capped plastic pharmacy bottle that my US order came in probably didn't protect the pills anymore than the sealed ziplock bag. Now with genuine Viagra I had something to compare the generics with. It was time to try the genuine Viagra and see what it did if anything.

Since I don't actually have any erectile problems and I, in fact, have a much higher than average libido I did wonder if I would notice anything from the Viagra. However, I can now safely say that even without ED, it definitely had an effect on me. It seems to take the pills at least half an hour to start working for me and they seem to last about five hours. I've seen it suggested that it can take an hour to start working and perhaps it would right after eating. There were noticeable sideffects. The side effects for me included a feeling of having the blood rush to my head. This gave me a small headache and gave me a feeling of pressure in my throat. It also had the odd side effect of making the light look more blue. Also, with only slight exertion I would get red in the face. However, the intended effect was there as well. Viagra won't just give you an erection; you still have to be aroused in some way for that to happen. However, I noticed that it took less arousal to give me an erection; I definitely got an erection more quickly than typical. Also, after reaching orgasm, I was able to get another erection more quickly than typical. So, in terms of the effect it seemed to give me erections more quickly and to allow quicker recovery. The side effects are not that pleasant but I knew after the first test to take some pain reliever before taking the Viagra. However, you should eat some saltines or drink some milk to keep your stomach from being upset. Since these are 100mg tablets you can also try cutting these in half and see if 50mgs has enough effect. This would reduce the side effects to some extent and if 50mgs isn't enough taking the second half will give the full effect in another 30 minutes. Sadly, the 50mg tablets are not half the price of the 100mg so it still makes sense to buy 100mg tablets and a good pill cutter even if 50mgs works for you. Pill cutters typically use a razor blade to make the cut so handle with care. Also, after the pill is cut you definitely need to store the unused half in a sealed container.

So, I then tried each of the other three generic brands that I had bought. Unlike the dire warnings from the Real Viagra website (which I've included as a link) I have to say that all of the generics that I tried worked, including the ones that came loose in a ziplock bag. There was no difference between the generics and the genuine Viagra that I could detect. They all seemed to have exactly the same erectile effect and the same side effects. The Soft-Tabs weren't really worth the extra price since even though they dissolve more quickly, they still take about the same amount of time to take effect. I suppose if it weren't illegal to obtain drugs from overseas sources, I would certainly consider the Indian generics since they seem to basically be the same as real Viagra. In particular, the packaging on the Silagra was very professional. The tablets are individually sealed and the foil is printed with the active ingredient, sildenafil citrate and the dosage. It contains the manufacturer's name and address and when the tablets were packed along with the expiration date. The foil package also contains consumer warning information like not to take more than 4 pills a day. What is particularly interesting though is that all of the printed information is in English. This seems to suggest that the factory always intended to sell the product in English speaking countries. For example, I would bet that Silagra is considered a normal brand in both Australia and Canada and probably England as well. Nevertheless, Silagra is currently illegal to important into the US. Naturally, any version of Viagra will contain sildenafil citrate and will have the same warnings and precautions as real Viagra. These warnings and precautions can be seen on the Viagra website which I've linked to.

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Children and obesity is something that is becoming a serious concern. Overweight children have a terrible social stigma, as well as many health concerns. Many children that are overweight, are at a higher risk for the development of type 2 diabetes.

It is important to impress upon your child from the time they can eat at the table, healthy foods. Introduce foods such as vegetables, whole grains, healthy cereals, and fruits. Keep a lot of these healthier foods around the house and healthy snacks such as granola bars, low-fat snacks, and things of this nature. Avoid keeping a lot of fattening foods around in the first place, since this is what creates bad nutritional habits and sets a child on the wrong path with food. By doing this, you are setting the stage for your child making better food choices, and heading off obesity to begin with.

Another problem that contributes to childhood obesity these days along with improper eating habits, is lack of actvity. There are way too many video games, television shows, and many other interests that keep children from getting out and exercising. It is important to encourage your child to exercise daily, whether it be walking, bike riding, or activities such as ping pong ball, badminton, or anything that burns calories. Avoid making exercise a chore, and instead, make it fun by using a reward. This creates motivation for an obese child to keep exercising and helps them to slim down.

When obesity is a problem for your child, your doctor together with a dietitian should be able to assign your child or children a well balanced meal plan that includes the right amounts of fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, and starches which should be whole grains. Following a sensible meal plan with your child will help them to eat well, have tasty foods if the plan is done right, and lose unwanted weight. Snacks should be included which are healthy and low calorie, yet fun to eat. Your child's dietitian should have some great ideas and resources to use.

Above all, it is important to educate your child or children about the many health problems which stem from obesity. You also don't want to keep lecturing your child about their weight problem as this can set the stage for an eating disorder later. But instead, encourage healthful habits, and at the same let them know that by avoiding obesity, they will become healthier people.

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Her remarks, coming on the anniversary of her first year as first lady, marked the beginning of what Mrs. Obama has said will be a major initiative on her part to raise awareness about childhood obesity.

A formal rollout of her program is planned for next month. Mrs. Obama has said she will look to businesses and nonprofits, community and health centers, educators, religious leaders and government to help.

Childhood obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years, and the latest figures show that about one in three children are overweight. Nearly 2 in 10, or 17 percent, are obese, or dangerously overweight.

“The statistics still never fail to take my breath away,” Mrs. Obama told the standing-room only audience.

The first lady said she knows budgets are tight everywhere, but she said the nation can't afford to continue on the current path, which means that nearly half of all Americans will be obese in just 10 years.

Higher obesity rates, she said, pose a threat to the economy and the nation's collective health through increased spending on obesity-related conditions like diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

“Leadership is about having the foresight and the courage to make those sacrifices and investments in the short run that pay big dividends, often paying for themselves many times over in the long run,” she said.

Mrs. Obama also highlighted steps some mayors have taken to help their communities get healthier.

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett challenged the city to lose 1 million pounds and created a Web site where people can find weight-loss tips and track their progress. Some 40,000 people have signed up and, together, have shed more than half a million pounds. Cornett lost 40 pounds.

In Somerville, Mass., Mayor Joseph Curtatone partnered with local eateries to promote those that agree to offer low-fat options and smaller portions.

In Bowling Green, Ky., Mayor Elaine Walker launched a Web site to encourage residents to exercise by helping them find information on parks, trails and upcoming bike rides, and runs and walks.

Mrs. Obama said Cornett's example shows the power of raising awareness of an issue.

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“I want to leave something behind that we can say that because of this time that this person spent here, this thing has changed,” she said. “And my hope is that that's going to be the area of childhood obesity.”

Mrs. Obama said that establishing a vegetable garden on the South Lawn this past year proved to be a surprisingly potent way to start a “non-threatening” conversation about eating right and fighting obesity. It's key, she said, to talk about the issue “in a way that doesn't make already overstressed, anxious parents feel even more guilty.”

While the conversation with the first lady ranged over a variety of issues, Mrs. Obama declined to share her thoughts on Republican Sarah Palin, saying she didn't know her well enough. And she said no decision had been made about whether she'll be involved in campaigning for candidates in the 2010 midterm elections.

Mrs. Obama said she began last year with overriding worries about her daughters, Sasha and Malia, focusing on how the girls and her own mother would adjust to the move to Washington. In March, when the girls declared they felt at home in Washington, “that was the first time that I really was able to breathe a sigh of relief,” Mrs. Obama said. Asked about her major accomplishments for the year, the first lady started with this: “My kids are sane. I recognize them as the kids that they were before we got here.”

Mrs. Obama said 2009 was also about “figuring out the job” of first lady. She said it's been surprising to have every move, word and wardrobe choice subjected to celebrity levels of scrutiny.

“How you stay grounded is to not focus on it,” Mrs. Obama said, adding that she checks in with friends from her past to make sure it's not all going to her head.

Asked about how the state dinner had been handled, the first lady said the White House and Secret Service were taking steps to make sure such a breach never happens again. Pressed specifically about how the event had been handled by her longtime friend, Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, the first lady added: “When I say the White House, I mean everyone in the White House.”

On another matter, Mrs. Obama said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid had no need to apologize to her for his remarks about President Barack Obama's race and dialect.

“I know Harry Reid,” she said, “and I measure people more so on what they do rather than the things that they say.”

Reid apologized last weekend after a new book revealed that during the 2008 presidential campaign, he had described Obama as a light-skinned African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

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Everyone has a vested interest in and ever increasing desire to improve our ability to accurately recognize increased risk of violent behavior in any given individual. While there is a tendency to rely on putative experts to perform such assessments it is important to realize every citizen can become better prepared to spot “ticking time bombs”. allowing them to alert local authorities to unusual or suspicious behavior.

Our knowledge base and list of factors that are predictive of increased risk of violence is better than most think though not as good as we want. After the eruption of each national or local dramatic incident of violence careful investigations reveal a broad range of red flags apparent to a range of people who knew the perpetrator. It is rarely ever the case that an episode of serious violence “just seemed to come out of the blue”. So, the good news is ordinary citizens can increase their skills allowing them to alert local first responders and ancillary professionals. This type of communication and coordination permits all involved to put together pieces of the puzzle.

So, let's lay out the pieces of the puzzle. Research indicates that the top three indicators of violent behavior are (1) excessive alcohol intake; (2) a history of violent acts, with arrests or criminal activity; and (3) a history of childhood abuse. It is a truism that excessive alcohol use increases the risk of people behaving badly as judgment and self-control become increasingly impaired. Perhaps the single best predictor we all know is: “The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior”. Similarly, any information about childhood abuse is critical given the high correlation between being victims of violent behavior as youth and becoming perpetrators of violence in their teens and beyond.

Along with the top three risk factors there are a number of important factors that demonstrated value when used to assess dangerousness and potential for violence in a given individual. To start,we know males between the ages of 15-24 from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with minimal social supports present the highest risk to become violent as compared to all other age groups. Research indicates that very recent acts of violence, including property violence is known to be a strong predictor of increased risk of additional violence. Verbal and physical threats (menacing and aggressive movements) should be interpreted as increased risk for violent behavior.

People carrying traditional weapons such as knives or guns further heighten risk of impending violent behavior. It is important to note that less 'orthodox' weapons such as carrying forks, rocks, ashtrays, or anything that could be used as a weapon warrants close attention. The presence of emotional lability, physical agitation, or emergence of erratic movements are factors associated with greater risk for violent behavior.

Medical and mental health professionals can contribute an extraordinary amount to risk assessments of dangerousness and violence. Health care professionals are becoming increasingly skilled in the diagnoses of medical and psychiatric conditions known to substantially elevate risks for violence. Acurate diagnoses and prompt and appropriate treatment given to potential violent perpetrators can become a key juncture permitting the interruption of an unfolding and evolving act of tragic violence.

Some of the more common psychiatric and medical diagnoses associated with increased risk for violent behavior include psychoactive substance-induced organic mental disorders, antisocial personality disorder, catatonic schizophrenia, medical infections, cerebral neoplasms, decompensating obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, dissociative disorders, impulse control disorders, sexual disorders, severe thyroid disturbance, alcohol idiosyncratic intoxication, delusional disorder, paranoid personality disorder, schizophrenia, temporal lobe epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and uncontrollable violence secondary to interpersonal stress. Any type of substance intoxication including everything from alcohol, over the counter medications,intoxicating fumes to prescription medications can substantially heighten the risk for violence.

Psychotic patients who are feeling paranoid, a subset of schizophrenics experiencing command auditory hallucinations, and people with Bipolar illness in manic or mixed states are at increased risk to behave in violent ways. Similarly, people diagnosed with certain personality disorders known to include episodes of rage, violent behavior, and poor impulse control are also at substantially increased risk to become violent. At this point it is critical to remind the public that mentally ill people as a group are no more prone to violence than the typical citizen.

People experiencing serious psychosocial stressors such as job loss, loss of health insurance, relocation, death of a loved one, loss of a pet, real or perceived threats to social status, strained interpersonal relationships, divorce, ostracism from social groups, serious illness, and most anything the average person would identify to be stressful alone or in combination ought be seen as heightening the risk of violent behavior.

Certain psychological testing batteries coupled with clinical interviews with possible perpetrators, their family,friends,teachers, co-workers, etc. can be of invaluable assistance in identification of individuals at increased risk to become violent. That said, there are no psychological assessment tools or procedures that can provide unequivocal proof that any given individual will behave in a violent manner.

Such evaluations become far more valuable when summarized during consultation with law enforcement personnel and other professionals with extensive experience in violence risk assessment. Though rarely reported such standard operating procedures have ensured the success of any pre-emptive action taken to minimize or eliminate an evolving or unfolding plan within an individual to inflict violence on people.

It is worth noting that involvement of health care profesionals to terminate an unfolding episode of violence in no way jeopardizes the ability of law enforcement personnel from taking such individuals into custody at a prudent time nor hinders a criminal attorney's capacity to hold violent or nearly violent people from effective prosecution for any charges filed against them.

Truth be told, it takes a community to identify troubled individuals with whom we cross paths in our daily lives. Everyone has a responsibility to educate themselves on this subject so they can pass information onto designated authorities. A school janitor or university employee might play a bigger role as compared to most respected expert in violence prediction. Individuals, teachers, employees, students, a passer-by, medical and mental health professionals, animals, co-workers, neighbors, and law enforcement officers share common ground and equal respect in community efforts to provide assistance or neutralize anyone moving toward perpetrating a violent tragedy.

It is essential that all citizens and designated individuals from local first responders untis develop ever more effective methods of communication, coordination, and action plans to stop or interrupt the unthinkable.
Heightened awareness of the possibility that violent tragedies can occur anywhere and examination of mental states and behavior of people who pose increased threats to a community can be unsettling and disorienting.

It is essential that people remember our world is much safer than the media lead us to believe. There is no reason to walk through our lives in guarded, hypervigilant, and fearful states of mind. Sometimes bad things happen.
As individuals and community members we are well-positioned to learning the fundamentals of developing an eye for preditive factors violent people will demonstrate. Cultivation of the ability to maintain and focus awareness of our surroundings is an important life skill as we move through our lives. Similarly, developing a knack for trusting gut feelings and exercising common sense is another lifelong skill that prompts us to alert authorities to unusual or strange behavior. It is a fact that crises and difficult situations offer opportunities to learn about a dark side of life that can not be wished away.

So, we accept the challenge as individuals to work together to look out for each other as the wolves in sheep's clothing sometimes wander into our territory. Panicked and divided we become easy prey. United in a sense of Solidarity and community we alert predators that the risks of taking a risk in our communities simply isn't worth the trouble. Predators instinctively move to safer hunting grounds at the first whiff of “wolf hunters” dressed in routine attire.

We've known about big bad wolves, trolls, and monsters since we were children. As we get older we apply the wisdom and lessons first encountered in fairy tales honing our skills as time goes by. There is an old Chinese proverb worth some careful thought and reflection as it relates to identification of people at increased risk to become violent.: “Deal with a big problem while it is still small”.

A related excerpt from the Bible makes clear that being naive is not a smart way to move through the world. “I send you out as sheep amongst wolves. Be ye therefore as wise as serprents and innocent as doves”. Like fairy tales, these words of wisdom alert us to the responsibility we have to identify predators and protect the innocent and vulnerable from them. We are all in the same boat–good news anyway you cut it.

Be safe out there. And remember to have fun.
Primary source:(2007) Synopsis of Psychiatry, 10th edition; Kaplan and Sadock

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Fewer left-sided colorectal tumors observed after colonoscopies

The prevalence of left-sided advanced colorectal neoplasms was lower in participants in a community setting, but not right-sided advanced neoplams, who had received a colonoscopy in the preceding 10 years, according to a new study published online December 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Effectiveness of colonoscopy in preventing colorectal cancer has been studied, but evidence from community settings is sparse, especially with respect to anatomical site.

To study this, Hermann Brenner, M.D., MPH, of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, in Heidelberg, Germany, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study among 3,287 participants of screening colonoscopy aged 55 years or older from the state of Saarland between May 2005 and December 2007. Previous colonoscopy history was obtained by standardized questionnaire, and its association with prevalence of advanced colorectal neoplasms was estimated.

Advanced colorectal neoplasms were detected in 308 (11.4%) of the 2,701 participants with no previous colonoscopy compared with 36 (6.1%) of the 586 participants who had undergone colonoscopy within the preceding 10 years. Prevalence of left-sided advanced colorectal neoplasms, but not right-sided advanced neoplasms, was substantially lower within a 10-year period after colonoscopy in this community setting.

“Although a strong protective effect of colonoscopy from colorectal neoplasms has been established through previous studies, our results add to the evidence that this effect is much stronger in, if not confined to, the left colon and rectum, at least in the community setting,” the authors write.

In an accompanying editorial, Nancy N. Baxter, M.D., Ph.D., of the Division of General Surgery at St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, and Linda Rabeneck, M.D., MPH, of the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, note that these results are an important contribution to the growing body of literature of colonoscopy effectiveness research but still leave questions about the incremental benefits of screening colonoscopy. The editorialists point to some of the limitations of the literature.

“Simply put, is the effectiveness of colonoscopy 'good enough' for population-based screening?” they write. “As more observational evidence accumulates, the answer to this question becomes less certain.”

 

You read articles and research briefs everyday in newspapers, on the web, and in magazines. Many are negative about alternative medicine. Often those articles are read as the views presented was the gospel true. This is not true in many cases so how do we know what is the truth?

Much of the research published or presented in newspaper and magazines was not researched with integrity. Research on any subject should be performed without bias to secure the truth in that subject matter. The research should be conducted with proper and consistent research principals. Research done without these principles is just a tool to brainwash the public or to keep the research institution in business. Research is big money to the men who head the research and the research institution. Where money is, greed often feeds.

An example of flawed research and its impact on society is the research data that eggs were not good for you conducted in the 50's. The Cereal Institute of America conducted that research on dried egg yolk powder. There were many flaws in this research including that it was done only on the yolk portion and that the product was dried and not fresh product. The findings of this flawed research were considered gospel for years and some people still think eggs are not good for you.

Research in recent years have proven the 50's egg research and its conclusions flawed, but it influenced how we eat for years. Since it was the cereal industry that conducted the research, perhaps one should have questioned the integrity present to begin with. Eggs were the main breakfast for most Americans until the cereal industry and all its brands were created. That flawed research study directly benefited the sale of cereal. Much of our cereal products for children are low in protein, fiber, and vitamins. Most are extremely high in sugar and more a desert than suitable breakfast.

Many research institutions and their findings have been found to be flawed and in some cases later proven to be outright fraud. Dr. Jerry Bergman, a well known writer, teacher and researcher with several degrees states in his published paper, Why The Epidemic of Fraud Exists in Science Today, “The study found 94 cancer papers 'likely' contained manipulated data. Two years later, many of the papers were still not retracted. This confirms the conclusion that 'even when scientific misconduct is proven, no reliable mechanism exists to remove bad information from the literature. ''

I encourage you to read the articles below on research fraud for yourself. You will then see just how entrenched science and medicine has become with lies, false data, and flawed conclusions.. Some very famous research as you will discover has been found to be fraudulent. Here are the links to read more on research fraud: http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j18_3/j18_3_104-109.pdf , http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/rcr/rcr_misconduct/foundation/index.html and http://www.rsdfoundation.org/en/Fraud.htm

Here are some distinctions to use when evaluating research studies and articles:

Does the newspaper or magazine tend to be slanted toward conservative views or views only that support standard medicine?

It is a fact that some periodicals are more prone to publish articles slanted toward the right or left. Some are very conservative and will not publish any material that is not generally accepted by the AMA. The publisher and copy editors often edit the article to the point that the original article intent is lost or changed. Sometimes by this method it may reflect views that are completely different from the original intent of the writer.

Who conducted the research? What is the reputation of the research institution?

Have there been cases of fraud in the past with this institution? Is there a conflict of interest? Wonder about the validity of a research paper that smoking does not cause lung disease that is financially supported by the cigarette industry. If you were a research firm getting $400,000 from the cigarette industry to prove that smoking does not hurt your health, what might happen when your research proves it does? Don't you see the conflict of interest in this example?

What were the perimeters of the research study? These perimeters in themselves can mean the success or failure of a study.

Was the study conducted on rats, monkeys, or humans? How many animals or humans participated in the study?

One study giving a certain result does not tell the whole story. Even studies conducted with integrity may be missing criteria that are important and perhaps critical. Understand that there may be issues and factors not seen or accounted for influencing the results of that study and the conclusions reached.

How many patients and what was the ethnic background of the patients who participated in the study? Some diseases are more prevalent in some ethnic heritages.

What was their ages and health status of the participants at the beginning of the research? People who have a history of smoking may not respond the same way to a program as patients who have never smoked. If their immune function is compromised to begin with, they may not respond at all or as quickly. It may take more of a product to achieve results. If the patients are obese, lack sleep, are under stress or nutritionally deficient, they may respond more slowly or not at all. If they do not believe that a program can work, it can influence their response. How were the patients monitored, medically evaluated and for what period of time?

How was the research conducted?

What products and quality of products were used? There is a significant difference in the quality of herbs and vitamin products. This quality or lack of quality will determine the failure or success of the study. The form of the vitamin or herb makes a difference. Certain forms of vitamins are more absorbable than others. Calcium citrate is a higher form of calcium than oyster shell and much easier for the body to utilize. For many people with compromised stomach digestion, tablets are much harder to digest than gel caps or liquids.

Was the dosage level high enough to do any good? If the dosage is too low then the research will be a failure. Was the dosage too high giving in effect an overdose of the product? Any food, vitamin or substance can be given to the point of overdose including water. When dosages are too high there may be allergy reactions or imbalances created. An example would be giving patients a dose of 5000 milligrams of Magnesium when the usual dosage is 100 milligrams. One does not usually drink comfrey tea all day. If you drink too much of it, you may very well have problems with comfrey and any other tea. I can drink one cup of coffee and have stomach pain and mouth ulcers within one day. Your sensitivity to a substance also makes a difference such as the case of orange juice. In many women, orange juice due to its acidic content will cause bladder irritation.

Was the product or regimen given to the patient long enough to secure a result? Often this is the problem on why the study failed in its results. If you have been ill with colitis for 15 years, is it realistic for a month long research regimen to have a positive impact? The answer in most cases is no.

Years ago, I conducted a study under a doctor on the subject of digestive enzymes and their effect on food allergies. I did not realize until I was deep into the study that the doctor's intent was for me to fail. He gave me his most medically difficult patients including one with a mental disorder, one who had their stomach juices rerouted into the colon, one patient with unknown problems that other doctors had failed to help, and none were average patients. They did, in fact, all have food allergies. The compliance was not good with these patients because most had given up on feeling better. These patients had such long standing imbalances and disease states making it almost impossible to succeed. To his irritation, the patients that did stay on the program did see positive changes in the foods, they could eat without problems.

The result of the research project showed that 50 percent of the patients were able to eat more foods without problems. My research was given the thumbs down because he initiated that the results had to be in the 80 percent range to be worthwhile. At that time, the main treatment for food allergies was just to discontinue eating those foods. The research could not have succeeded to his goals with the quality of the patients I was given to enroll.

Unless the research is conducted with the true intent of truth with integrity and authenticity, then it is fraud. Just because it is written does not mean it is truth. Read articles no matter what the subject matter is with the parameters above. Question and consider before you bring it into your belief structure. Remember once it was considered fact that the earth was flat. That was concrete science until that fact was proven false.

Research the references below on fraud including Dr.Jerry Berman's paper from which I took the quote above;

Roman, M., When good scientists turn bad, Discover 9(4):50-58; 1986;p. 58.

Abbott, A., Science comes to terms with the lessons of fraud, Nature

398:13-17, 1999; p. 13.

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