Jack Challem
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 In a study at the University of illinois, women on high-protein diets had increases in their thyroid hormone and a faster metabolic rate, which helped them to burn calories. Protein also requires a fair amount of energy to metabolize, resulting in a thermogenic effect three times higher than that of either carbohydrate or fat.
Protein plus exercise burns even more fat. Researchers at the University of illinois, Urbana, placed obese middle-age women on either a high-protein, low-carb diet or a high-carb, low-protein diet. They also asked some of the women to exercise regularly. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 REPPED: The Governor of illinois is launching a program to allow its citizens to re-import prescription drugs from not only Canada, but other countries around the world. It's all a part of a growing grassroots effort to give citizens access to more affordable prescription drugs.
A growing number of states like Minnesota, Wisconsin and New Hampshire have officially thumbed their noses at the FDA by creating online resources that actually lists Canadian pharmacies where people can purchase prescription drugs. |
Devra Davis
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 Take the Stein-grabers of illinois, the family of the lyrical environmental writer Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream and Having Faith. Hers was a cancer-prone family for sure. The writer-daughter, her mother, three uncles, and a first cousin all got the disease. Could their shared disease have something to do with the pesticide-sodden wheat and cornfields of illinois, and the huge grain silos surrounding their small town? We can't say. But we know it had nothing to do with shared genes: Sandra and all those with cancer in her family are not related by blood. |
Mark Schapiro
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 Louis birthplace of those seeds, the illinois River flows past the historic city of Springfield, illinois, birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. The scene along the riverfront is classic Americana, saturated with the aromas of grain and abuzz with the engines of open-air trailers piled high with the bounty of Midwest agriculture. Had the customers of Laura Krause the opportunity to export corn grown with her seed, they would have sent it from Springfield. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 A researcher at the University of illinois at Springfield sums up the basic point behind these fluorescent bulbs: "People need to understand that these bulbs are considered "hazardous" and can cause long term damage to not only the environment, but if broken can cause health problems with people as well. Mercury has the ability to cause humans, as well as animals, serious health problems such as permanent nerve and kidney damage if exposed. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In California, Minnesota, Ohio, illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, it is unlawful for anyone to dispose of fluorescent bulbs as universal waste, according to LightBulbRecycling.com.
So far, BanTheBulb.org fails to offer mercury-free alternative to fluorescent lights, such as my own company's high-efficiency LED lighting products found at www.BetterLifeGoods.com
These LED lights are completely free of mercury, and they generate clean white light using 1/10th the electricity of incandescent light bulbs. |
David R. Montgomery
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 Severely eroded areas of Kentucky, illinois, Indiana, and Michigan already produce a quarter less corn rhan rhey once did. Just a foot or two of erosion can dramarically reduce soil productivity—sometimes to the point of losing all agricultural potential. Less than 50 percent of U.S. croplands have slopes gentler than 2 percent and therefore little threat of accelerated erosion. The steepest 33 percent of U.S. cropland is projected to fall out of production over the next century. |
| Soil conservation trials in Texas, Missouri, and illinois slowed erosion by a factor of two to a thousand and increased crop yields by up to a quarter for crops like cotton, corn, soybeans, and wheat. Soil conservarion is not tadical new territory. Many of the most effective methods have been recognized for centuries.
Despite compelling evidence that soil erosion destroyed ancient societies, and can seriously undermine modern societies, some warnings of an impending global soil crisis and food shortages have been overblown. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In California, Minnesota, Ohio, illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, it is unlawful for anyone to dispose of fluorescent bulbs as universal waste. These laws are based on the well-documented toxicity of the heavy metal mercury.
Mercury (also called 'quicksilver') is a heavy, silvery transition metal most commonly found in thermometers, barometers, and other scientific apparatus. It is used in the electrical industry and in laboratory and medical instruments. Mercury is a known neurotoxin, and elevated blood mercury levels may lead to retardation and deformities in children. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Jay Olshansky, PhD, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, University of illinois at Chicago.
Researcher Astounded as Yoga Melts Off Pounds
Alan R. Kristal, DrPH, associate head, Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and professor of epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.
Janine Blackman, MD, PhD, assistant professor of family medicine and medical director, Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Tim Eisenbeis, South Dakota
Eyewitness reports: Animals avoid GMOs
Avoiding GM soybeans
A flock of geese visit an illinois pond each year and feed on soybeans from a nearby 50-acre field. The year the farmer planted GM soybeans on half the field, he was shocked to discover that the geese ate only from non-GM side. There was a line right down the middle of his field with the natural beans on one side and the genetically engineered beans, untouched by the geese, on the other. Agricultural writer C.F. Marley reported, "I've never seen anything like it. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Animal studies conducted at the University of illinois found that isoflavones increased tumor growth—yet similar studies at Harvard University showed the opposite. No one knows if soy isoflavones have any effect on breast cancer in humans. A recent two-year study of premenopausal women found that soy had no effect on breast tissue density, an indicator of cancer risk.
MORE ON SOY
Some people don't eat soy because they're just not familiar with it. The soybean is a member of the legume (pea) family. It forms clusters of three to five pods, each with two to four beans. |
| Los Angeles, and a director of the corporate board, illinois College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is author of Natural Remedies for 150 Ail-mewte(Basic Health) and Bottom Line's Prescription Alternatives (Bottom Line).
It's a little-known fact that an estimated 50% of hospital admissions are the result of adverse reactions to prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.
But aren't drugs the only option for treating some medical conditions? Certainly—but not as often as you might think.
Many natural remedies are effective, inexpensive and safe. |
| Olga Jonasson, MD, professor of surgery, University of illinois at Chicago.
David R. Flum, MD, MPH, associate professor of surgery, University of Washington, Seattle.
Robert Bell, MD, assistant professor of surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Men who have a hernia that does not cause pain or discomfort may not need surgery, a new study has found. Hernias occur when a portion of an organ (the intestine, for example) protrudes through an abnormal opening in the muscle wall, often as the result of a muscle tear injury. |
| The next time your doctor writes you a prescription, be sure to ask the right questions to save money, advises Diane Nitzki-George, RPh, a clinical pharmacist in Evanston, illinois, and the author of Generic Alternatives to Prescription Drugs (Basic Health)...
•Is a generic available? On average, generics, which have the same active ingredients as brand-name drugs, cost 52% less.
•Is there a cheaper drug in the same class?
The newest—and most expensive—drugs sometimes represent a significant advance over older medications in the same chemical class. |
Bill Sardi
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 John Pezutto of the University of illinois who was commissioned to travel the world to identify the most promising anticancer molecules in nature. His investigation assayed over 30,000 molecules found in plants. He found a particular molecule in a crude extract of the roots of a tree collected in Peru. Working under a grant from the National Cancer Institute which involves screening for cancer-inhibiting compounds from plants, Pezutto focused his attention on resveratrol. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Wu, PhD, professor of periodontics and associate dean for research, University of illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
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Two Great Hiccup Stoppers
Pour a tall glass of water. While holding your breath and pinching your nostrils, take small sips until you feel like you are drowning. Stop, inhale deeply and breathe normally.
Alternative: Ice the nerve fibers responsible for hiccups.
Find your Adam's apple—for women, this is approximately two inches below the chin. |
Bill Sardi
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| Journal Nutritional Biochemistry 16: 449-66, 2005]
Researchers at the University of illinois state that "resveratrol holds great promise for future development as a chemopreventive agent that may be useful for several disorders." [Annals NY Academy Sciences; 957: 210-29, May 2002]
Given that most cancer patients succumb to the toxic effects of treatment rather than their disease itself, resveratrol's nontoxic and selective ability to kill cancer cells makes it the most desirable of treatments. Resveratrol blocks the three stages of cancer genesis: initiation, promotion and progression. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 After California, there are seven states with high numbers of female physicians—New York, Texas, illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Florida, and New Jersey. Female physicians in those states make up an additional 39 percent of the total for the entire country. So if you live in one of these eight states, you may have an easier time finding a female physician than you'd have in one of the other forty-two states. But with more and more women entering medical school, these numbers will improve in the near future. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was called in to investigate an alarming cluster of heart disease cases among a relatively young group of workers in a sausage factory outside Chicago, illinois. It turned out that since 1957, carbon disulfide had been used in the plant. Owned by a company called Teepak Inc., the factory produced Wienie-Pak packaging for skinless hot dogs. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Nicki Engeseth, of the University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign, illinois, determined the antioxidant capacity of buckwheat, Hawaiian Christmas berry, tupelo, soybean, clover, fire-weed, and acacia honeys. Using the test that is the gold standard for such research—the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay— Engeseth found that the darkest-colored honeys, such as buckwheat honey, have the highest ORAC values, which are related to the amount of phenolic compounds they contain. |
Michael J. Panzner
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 Continental illinois, a bank that went belly-up in 1984, "succumbed in days," according to the former industry insider, because of overly aggressive lending practices and a dependence on short-term borrowing and large, uninsured deposits to meet its funding needs.
Odds are that the often-cited benefits of faster communications, high-powered computers, real-time portfolio pricing, and an aggressive approach to investing won't be seen in the same light when many people are hitting the panic buttons at once. |
Mark Schapiro
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| Larry Keene, a representative of Growmark, a grain processing cooperative that sends grain down the illinois, explained to me that any farmer who hopes to load his corn onto a ship headed downriver for export must first have it tested at the grain elevator.2' The testing has become an unavoidable step at the transit depots of U.S. agriculture. Testers of GMOs are the flip side of the auctioneers; the presence of the former has contributed to the rise of the latter. Farmers are accustomed to dealing with the vagaries of the weather, of moisture levels, of pests and unforeseen diseases. |
| Barges line up along the docks to load up with corn, soybeans, and other crops supplied by the farmers of Iowa and the upper Midwest, for the trip south along the illinois to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. In times past, the grain piled high in those barges would be sent to Europe and beyond. Here you don't see policemen, but what you do see is a sight new in our era, the American mirror image of those French police. |
| Already New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, illinois, and California have passed or have laws pending that are similar to RoHS, though far more limited in their scope. The prospect, said Goss, of a patchwork of different state standards was enough to unnerve major players in the industry. "We would rather have California adopt the entire RoHS directive tied to enforcement in the EU than to have the different states doing each of their own versions. |
John J. Ratey, MD
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 So I made the journey to illinois, and as I sat with Lawler and Zientarski in the atrium of the Naperville Holiday Inn, I listened to them say things I never expected to hear from a couple of coaches. "In our department, we create the brain cells," Zientarski says. "It's up to the other teachers to fill them."
A NEW STEREOTYPE: THE SMART JOCK
Lawler's tack runs opposite the trend in American public schools of cutting physical education in favor of increasing study time in math, science, and English — an effort to help students pass tests dictated by the No Child Left Behind Act. |
| In Naperville, illinois, gym class has transformed the student body of nineteen thousand into perhaps the fittest in the nation. Among one entire class of sophomores, only 3 percent were overweight, versus the national average of 30 percent. What's more surprising—stunning—is that the program has also turned those students into some of the smartest in the nation. |
| The educators come from a neighboring suburb, a school in South Side Chicago, as well as a rural district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and they're here because Naperville 203 serves as a training academy for a nonprofit agency called PE4life, which has adopted the New PE philosophy. illinois is the only state that requires daily phys ed, and PE41ife is lobbying to change that — as well as the way it's taught. Zientarski stands up and announces, "Now, we're going to take a tour."
He leads the way, moving through the hallways with the deliberate stride of a seasoned U-boat commander. |
| GOOD FOR THE BODY, GOOD FOR THE BRAIN
About 135 miles south of Naperville, at the University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a psychophysiologist named Charles Hillman conducted his own version of the CDE study with a group of 216 third and fifth graders and found the same correlation between fitness and academics. He and his coauthor, Darla Castelli, noticed something interesting. Of the six areas that the FitnessGram measures, two seem to be particularly important in relation to academic performance. |
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