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NUTS CUT RISK OF HEART DISEASE FOR WOMEN WITH DIABETES

EATING nuts can help cut the risk of heart disease among women with Type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

A study of more than 6,000 women from 1980 to 2002 found those who ate lots of nuts or peanut butter slashed their risk of heart disease almost in half. The research was published in the Journal of Nutrition.

Overall, there were 452 coronary "events" such as heart attack or revascularisation, and 182 cases of stroke.

Women at the start of the study who consumed more nuts and peanut butter were leaner, more physically active, and tended to smoke less, the authors said.

After adjusting for those factors that could influence the results, the experts found that women who ate at least five servings per week of nuts or peanut butter had a 44 per cent lower risk of heart disease and events such as heart attack or stroke.

A serving was defined as 28g of nuts or 16g (one tablespoon) of peanut butter.

The authors, from the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said: "These data suggest that frequent nut and peanut butter consumption is associated with a significantly lower CVD risk in women with Type 2 diabetes."

Ellen Mason, cardiac nurse for the British Heart Foundation, said: "It is beneficial to include nuts in our diets, as they are low in the saturated fats that raise our cholesterol. However, peanut products can be full of added sugar or salt."


Source:

Jane Kirby, "Nuts can cut risk of heart disease for women with diabetes",The Scotsman, June 26, 2009, http://news.scotsman.com/health/Nuts-can-cut--risk.5404665.jp

 

Hi John,

You know, I've been thinking recently about our eating habits as a nation, including Canada in this...  your email on the red meat media attack makes me want to share my thoughts...

We want the cheapest price for the most food, and we don't care how we get it.  We don't care what kind of terrible conditions the animals live in, what drugs they're given to keep them alive and grow as big as possible, to make the most money for the corporation that grows them.  They have no business being called a farm, farmers care about their animals, these corporations only care about money, at any cost, to animal or the human who consumes the contaminated product they manufacture.  

It is no wonder if people are getting sick from red meat, because it is primarily this red meat-like product that most Canadians and Americans consume.  We don't want to pay too much for it, so we can afford that designer handbag or whatever it is we think we need.  We want as much food for as little as we can spend, we don't want to give up any more of our budget for food than is absolutely necessary.

If we'd all think twice about what is really important, we'd all realize that it is our responsibility as consumers to make sure that the animals we consume are treated humanely and with respect, they give us life.  Sometimes you get what you pay for, and we are paying a bigger price with our health, much of that I'd bet to the big drug companies who benefit from all of our maladies.

We shouldn't be supporting the corporations that keep animals in un-natural conditions, so that we can benefit from the lower cost.  It doesn't cost that much to eat well and support respectful farming of the animals that nourish our bodies.  We all need to eat a little less perhaps anyway, if we spend more, and get more out of that money spent, we need to eat less. 

It costs very little to soak a cup of brown rice over night in 3 ½ cups of water, cook that in the morning for twenty minutes, and add chopped dried fruit, yogurt, bananas, and you get a LOT more out of it than from that cardboard boxed cereal.  I like the savvy customer you mentioned in your email, though I can't purport to being to the level yet of never buying anything in a cardboard box.  It does take time to come around from what we've all become so accustomed to, opening a bag of something you buy in the grocery store so that you can eat in ten minutes...

Perhaps we all need to take a step back from the more for less thinking that we've all fallen into, and think about what that cheap factory meat, and everything else we buy in bags and boxes, ready to eat in ten minutes, and what it actually does to our health.  If we are suffering maladies from red meat consumption, then perhaps it is time to think about how that meat is being manufactured, and remember that if we fill those animals with drugs and garbage food, that is the quality of meat that we're going to get on our tables.

If we eat meat from animals who have been treated with respect and fed properly, we benefit in so many ways, healthfully, and morally.  We have a responsibility to these animals who are entirely at our mercy, who are bred by, cared for by us, cannot survive without us.  Their entire lives are in our hands.  We owe it to them to stop buying garbage that is produced by factories.  If we did this, perhaps we'd even see the return of more small family farms, more care for our environment, and better health for us in both regards.

Sincerely,

A.H.
Lithia, FL

 4TH OF JULY

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his Ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.

He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives.  His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste.  For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.  So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and  silently thank these patriots.

It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

If the spirit move you: Copy and send to your elected officials in hopes it impacts their decision making and removes any thoughts of greed and power mongering.

Note: This story forwarded to us by one of our best customers.