Closed Vehicles left in the Sunlight........MUST READ
Please do not turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car. Open the
windows after you enter your car and turn ON the air-conditioning
after a couple of minutes.
Here's why: According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air
freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcin ogen - take
time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car). In
addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes
anemia and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will
cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause
miscarriage.. Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq.
ft.. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain
400-800 mg of Benzene.. If parked outdoors under the sun at a
temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to
2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level... People who get into
the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick
succession excessive amounts of the toxin. Benzene is a toxin that
affects your kidney and liver. What's worse, it is extremely
difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff..
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car wait a few moments
then, enter.
Here is a chicken recipe that also includes the use of popcorn as
a stuffing - imagine that! When I found this recipe, I thought it was
perfect for people like me, who just are not sure how to tell when
poultry is thoroughly cooked, but not dried out. Give this a try.
BAKED STUFFED CHICKEN
6-7 lb. baking chicken
1 cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is good.)
1 cup uncooked popcorn (Orville Redenbacher's Low Fat) Salt/pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brush chicken well with melted butter, salt, and pepper.
Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn.
Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven.
Listen for the popping sounds.
When the chicken's ass blows the oven door open and the chicken flies across the
room, it is done.
And you thought I couldn't cook.
THE SCOOP ABOUT BANANAS THIS IS FASCINATING!
After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way gain!
Bananas Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined
with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of
energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a
strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with
the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us
keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses
and ?conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst ?people
suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is
because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts
into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make
you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates
blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the
blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet
low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the
US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make
official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and
stroke.
Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams
this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost
their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist
learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore
normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to
laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana
milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help
of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and
re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer
from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar
levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the
affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly
successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found
pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips.
Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more
likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The ?report concluded that, to avoid
panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by
snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders
because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be
eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes
over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that
can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In
Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born
with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they
contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12
they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the
body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends
oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are
stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These
can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating
bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as
much as 40%!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an
apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the
phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and
minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods
around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A
banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
Subject: MSG - used in Tim Horton's Coffee
Food additive "MSG" is a Slow Poison. Slow Poisoning MSG hides behind
25 or more names, such as "Natural Flavouring".
MSG is also in your favourite Tim Horton's and other brand coffee shops! Pass
this on to those who still may be unaware or disbelieving of the dangers of MSG.
I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity
epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the
University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and spent years working for the
government. He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals
for a book he was writing called "The Slow Poisoning of America".
In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and
rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No strain of rat or mice is
naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly
obese creatures by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. The MSG
triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates; causing rats (and humans?)
to become obese. They even have a title for the fat rodents they create:
"MSG-Treated Rats".
I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the fridge.
MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays
flavoured potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned
gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings, especially the
'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG marked on the product
label had something called ''Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein'', which is just
another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of
the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide
MSG under many different names in order to fool those who carefully read the
ingredient list, so they don't catch on. (Other names for MSG: 'Accent' - 'Aginomoto'
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'Natural Meet Tenderiser' etc.) But it didn't stop there.
When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu
items had MSG. Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But
when we ask for the ingredient list, which they grudgingly provided, sure enough
MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King, McDonalds,
Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like TGIF, Chilis',
Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be
the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad dressing and gravy. No
wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin, their secret spice was MSG!
So why is MSG in so may of the foods we eat?... Is it a preservative or a
vitamin?? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of
the food additive industry called "The Slow Poisoning of America" he said that
MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the humanbody. http://www.spofamerica.com
Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group
supporting MSG at: http://www.msgfactscom/facts/msgfact12.html explains that the
reason they add it to food is to make people eat more. A study of the elderly
showed that people eat more of the foods that it is added to.The Glutamate
Association lobby group says eating more benefits the elderly, but what does it
do to the rest of us? 'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning
where MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight?
The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products.
It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of
it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG scientifically proven to
cause obesity, it is an addictive substance! Since its introduction into the
American food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger
doses to the pre-packaged meals, soups, snacks and fast foods we are tempted to
eat everyday.The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food.
They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. How can they claim it safe when there
are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these?:
- 'The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of exercise
in obesity'. Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT, Ribeiro IA.Res Commun Mol Pathol
Pharmacol. 2002.
- 'Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in
both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats'. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM,
Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug.
- 'Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously
hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors'. Iwase M, Yamamoto
M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens Res. 1998 Mar.
- 'Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling
period and subsequent development of obesity'. Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao K,
Kusunoki Exp Neurol. 1978 Oct.
Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978. Both the "medical
research community" and "food manufacturers" have known about MSG's side effects
for decades! Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to
Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even Alzheimer's. But what
can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping fattening and addictive MSG
into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see?
Even as you read this, G. W. Bush and his corporate supporters are pushing a
Bill through Congress called the "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption
Act" also known as the "Cheeseburger Bill", this sweeping law bans anyone from
suing food manufacturers, sellers and distributors. Even if it comes out that
they purposely added an addictive chemical to their foods.
Read about it for yourself at: http://www.yahoo.com. The Bill has already been
rushed through the House of Representatives, and is due for the same rubber
stamp at Senate level. It is important that Bush and his corporate supporters
get it through before the media lets everyone know about 'MSG, the intentional
Nicotine for food'.
Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the
highest government health officials in Canada. While sitting in the Government
office, the official told him "Sure I know how bad MSG is, I wouldn't touch the
stuff!" But this top level government official refused to tell the public what
he knew.
The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues with
their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on fast food industry may hurt
their profit margin. The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us
to their products for years, and now we are paying the price for it.
Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food
additive. But what can I do about it?... I'm just one voice! What can I do to
stop the poisoning of our children, while our governments are insuring financial
protection for the industry that is poisoning us!
This e-mail is going out to everyone I know in an attempt to tell you the truth
that the corporate owned politicians and media won't tell you. The best way you
can help to save yourself and your children from this drug-induced epidemic, is
to forward this email to everyone. With any luck, it will circle the globe
before politicians can pass the legislation protecting those who are poisoning
us. The food industry learned a lot from the tobacco industry. Imagine if big
tobacco had a bill like this in place before someone blew the whistle on
Nicotine?
If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us, and you
don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the National
Library of Medicine, at http://www.pubmed.com. Type in the words "MSG Obese" and
read a few of the
115 medical studies that appear.
We, the public, do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and we do not
approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese, lethargic, addicted sheep,
feeding the food industry's bottom line, while waiting for the heart transplant,
diabetic induced amputation, blindness or other obesity induced, life
threatening disorders.
With your help we can put an end to this poison. Do your part in sending this
message out by word of mouth, e-mail or by distribution of this print-out to all
your friends all over the world and stop this 'Slow Poisoning of Mankind' by the
packaged food industry.
Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, get the word out.
Tuck this in the back of your brain, sounds like something
we should all be aware of.
Heart Attack Procedure: NOT A JOKE
Women should also know that not every heart attack
symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest
pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a
heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
The pain in the jaw happened to me and woke me from a sound sleep.
I was one of the fortunate ones. Trust me when I tell you it's pain unlike
anything you've ever experienced before.
Given a choice between natural child birth and a heart attack, pain-wise; it's
much easier to have a baby.
Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know..........
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you
can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read this... It could save your life!!
Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're driving home (alone of course), after an
unusually hard day on the job. You're tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you
start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into
your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital
nearest your home.
Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have
been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to
perform it on yourself.
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the
person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only
about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can
help themselves by coughing repeated ly and very vigorously. A deep breath
should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as
when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up
until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart
and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this
way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Tell as many other people as possible about this.
It could save their lives!!
Subject: FW: Stroke Identification
STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ a friend stumbled
and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to
call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They
got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit
shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.
Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to
the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the
BBQ - had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke perhaps Ingrid would
be with us today.
It only takes a minute to read this-
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Recognizing a Stroke
----- A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within
3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the
trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient
within 3 hours which is tough.
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the
lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage
when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions:
1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.
2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out
today)
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and
describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial
weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public
to learn the three questions. They presented theirconclusions at the American
Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test
could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain
damage.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you
can bet that at least one life will be saved.
BE A FRIEND AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE, you could
save their lives.