Did You Know?

-An Australian study found the powerful antioxidant bacopa boosts short-term memory and decreases the damaging effects of stress and aging on the brain.


-Statin drugs, antidepressants and beta-blockers have been shown to lower levels of Co-Q 10.

-The effect of a six-month study on cola drinks sweetened with sucralose, aspartame and an aspartame/acesulfame K blend showed a consistent acidic pH 3.0.

-Paraguay, Ireland, and the Dominican Republic generally adjust their clock time in winter instead of summer. Thus, this is known as "winter time."

-First aid for a nosebleed requires keeping the victim quiet and in a seated position with the head leaning forward. Apply pressure to the outside of the bleeding nostril, or insert gauze pads in one or both nostrils and squeeze the outside of the nose toward the midline. Also, apply ice or a cold compress to the nose and surrounding areas of the face. If the nose continues to bleed, notify a practitioner.

-Tender vegetables should be planted in spring or summer in warmer zones and in the late spring in cooler zones.

-If you wake up in the middle of the night with heartburn, try elevating the head of your bed or your pillows and let gravity flush the reflux.

-The sugar alcohols include sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol, lactitol, erythritol and hydrogenated starch hydrolysates.

-If you suffer from recurring headaches, try eliminating all diet sweeteners, particularly aspartame. Research showed holes in the brains of laboratory mice fed aspartame.

-FDA rules and regulations prevent labeling Stevia as a food ingredient and it cannot be named a "sweetener," but it can be sold labeled as a food supplement.

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