A Garlic a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

A recent study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute reveals that participants who ate garlic, shallots and onions more often (up to a third of an ounce a day) were 50 percent less likely to get prostate cancer. Scallions were the most protective overall with only a tenth of an ounce reducing cancer risk by 70%. So be liberal with those vegetables.

How to add more of these odorous vegetables? Chop finely and add a small amount to any savory foods, such as those you cook in a pot. A tiny amount won't be noticed, or start to feature special side dishes such as carrots and tofu sauteed with onions (recipe below in Tasty Bits).

Bizarre Effects of Liposuction

Who would have thought that removing fat from one part of the body would cause it to increase in another? But that is just what many women are claiming. At the Manhattan Juva Skin and Laser Center, approximately 73 women who had a procedure called power-assisted liposuction on various body parts including stomachs, hips or thighs reported that within a few months their breasts had grown larger.

Bruce Katz who performed the study of these women told the New York Post, "At first we thought the breast changes were due to swelling, but their breasts never went back down in size."

Before you go running off to have double-whammy lipo, just consider if this is true but the fat returns in some other less optimal area, like say your butt or your ankles? Might be best to wait and see whether this development continues to grow.

Dolphin Safe Casualty of the Times

You've probably noticed how cans of tuna often display the "Dolphin Safe" label, meaning fishermen had altered their usual tactic of netting dolphins in order to lure in the yellowfin tuna, who instinctively school under dolphins. Many of the dolphins become caught in the nets and drown.

The Bush administration has decided to cave in to the demands of the tuna fleets from Mexico and Latin American which claim that it is cheaper and more effective to use the old practice. In turn the US Commerce Department is sabotaging the 1990 program rendering the label Dolphin Safe as meaningless. So much for progress.

Featured Article: How to Lie with Statistics

Have you read the book *How to Lie with Statistics* by Darrell Huff? It explains how nearly any conclusion can be drawn from statistics, and a recent example is the claim that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol on a regular basis is a healthful and recommended activity.

The long-term study of 38,077 male professionals reported in the New England Journal of Medicine and conduced by Dr. Kenneth Mukamal of Harvard University Medical School indicated that those that drank at least three days a week had one-third fewer heart attacks than teetotalers. They didn't say what else may have been a factor?

Maybe these men exercised or lifted weights twice a week, or maybe they were happily married, while the sad folks who had heart attacks were not? Maybe this, perhaps that. These statistics are insignificant since they could pull out any commonality and then cite it as a reasonable conclusion. Another possible connection was they all read the Times on Sunday. Maybe they owned a boat. Who knows? Unless every person in the study lived exactly similar lives, in similar homes, with similar stress levels, and the same diets, the statistics don't mean a thing.

I wouldn't advocate starting to drink or drinking more often for health reasons based on these studies. Considering how many people have difficulties with alcohol, studies encouraging drinking are likely being funded by companies with a vested interest, say wine or spirits manufacturers perhaps? Say, Dr. Mukamal, who funded this study?

Chicken Nuggets, not so Healthful After All

A recently dismissed lawsuit against McDonalds has opened the possibility of tobacco like revelations about their star product, Chicken McNuggets. Long advertised as a healthy alternative, new revelations, including those outlined in Fast Food Nation explain that those tender, juicy nuggets contain much more than just chicken, including more saturated fat than beef (how'd that happen? Chicken doesn't contain more saturated fat than beef naturally) off avoiding).

Add to that the hundreds of chemicals and other ingredients that go into the innocent nugget-o-chicken and you have a recipe for disaster. Look out McDonalds. Folks might not be able to sue you for forcing them to eat too many fries, but misleading advertising is another story.

If you want an eye-opener about the fast food industry, read Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosserbut, but not while you're eating. Once you read his fascinating and book you'll never look at a fast food burger the same way again.

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Watch Food Labels - All is not What it Seems

Have you compared many food labels lately? Take two packages of sliced, roasted turkey. Find one labeled as low fat or reduced calorie, perhaps a Healthy Choice brand versus any other brand.

Check the food labels for a big surprise. Start with the ingredients: Water, turkey, a chemical or two; basically turkey. I'm curious what they do to make one be less fat? Fun and games with numbers (statistics play again) that's how.

You'll see that the healthy version contains a per serving calorie count of 55, plus 2 grams of fat. So far so good. The regular brand contains 110 calories and 4 grams of fat, so at first glance it sure looks like they've done something to the turkey, but what could it possibly be?

I'm going to let you in on a big industry secret: They didn't change a thing. You'll notice on closer inspection that the healthy package contains a mere 1/2 ounce per serving, while the regular brand contains 1 ounce per serving. Voila! Cut the serving size in half and you have just cut the calories and fat in half too. What a great example of our food labeling in action.

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Want more fuel for the fire? The packaged marked as being low fat costs 35% more! This package, containing exactly the same ingredients, is purposely labeled to mislead the purchaser, and costs more money. That is simply fraudulent and shouldn't be allowed. Where are the industry watch dogs looking out for the public's best interests?

Pay close attention to low fat alternative products. Usually the serving size is smaller, and there is likely added sugar to bring the overall fat percentage down. The product is not better for you, and may be less satisfying overall than the regular version. This occurs most often in cakes, pastries, chips, crackers, etc.

Low fat or non-fat dairy products are truly reduced fat products, although their labels are also misleading. 2% milk is not 2% fat, but actually closer to 35% fat. Since the food producers are allowed to include water in the overall percentage, (even though water adds nothing to the nutritional content), it greatly reduces the overall percentages, allowing many products to be labeled 97% fat free while they are actually up to 55% fat!

Whole milk (labeled as 3% fat) is really 49% fat.
2% milk is actually 35% fat
1% milk is actually 23% fat

Start paying closer attention to the food labels. There are no standards, and companies can create magical serving sizes to create unrealistic numbers. They, in fact, use standard recommended amounts of nutrients and things such as sodium to create the "serving size" because they want to be sure they don't go overboard. Serving size has nothing whatsoever to do with what a human being might eat.

Formula to Calculate True Fat Percentage:

Example:

Calories per serving: 150 cal.
Fat per serving: 6 gm.

Convert grams into calories by using the formula: 1 gm fat = 9 calories
Our example serving has 6 gm. fat X 9 = 54 calories

We now have:

Calories per serving: 150 cal.
Calories of fat: 54 cal.

Divide fat calories by total calories: 54 / 150 = .36

Multiply the result by 100 to get the total percentage (or just
move the decimal point two places to the right)

.36 X 100 = 36%

Anything over 3 grams of fat per 100 calories is over 30% fat. A product with more than 30% from fat is not a low fat product, no matter how you slice, or label it. It is misleading labeling that has people eating far more fat than they realize, especially when they eat "low fat" products and consume the entire package.

Truth in labeling - what a concept!

Drugs in Toothpaste - Why Didn't we Think of That Before?

Scientists at the University of Texas, Houston have developed a mint-flavored toothpaste that contains estrogen, the female hormone. So what's the problem? It seems like a great idea at first glance: Pre-menopausal and menopausal women have reduced levels of estrogen and many women receive prescriptions for supplements to help ward off nasty side-effects of menopause such as hot flashes.

Imagine when your husband suddenly asks, "Does my butt look fat in these pants?" That's your first clue that he's been into your minty toothpaste again.

Dieters who Receive Support Have Better Success

We've all known at one time or another that it's easier to make a change when there are others working with you to make changes too. Now a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medicine Association finds that dieters who use online or other types of support systems have better success.

E-mail support is especially effective because many people feel less inhibited while sending a message to another than they might feel sitting across from someone with a clipboard and disapproving look.

TRIVIA BITS: How Did Dumbbells Get Their Name?

Long ago, it was noticed that the bell ringers (those stout fellows who pulled the ropes to ring the bells on the town clock) had nicely built arms and chests. Perhaps it was all that rope pulling?

The first hand weights created resembled the ringers that hung inside the bells. Because they were silent, they were called "dumb," from the old slang for "being without sound," hence the name dumb bells.

TASTY BITS - Recipe of the Month

Carrots, Onions & Tofu Saute
Serves 2 - 3

Ingredients & Preparation:

• Slice thinly on a diagonal 2 large carrots
• Dice 1 med. onion into 1" pieces
• Chop or mince 2 med. cloves of garlic
• Dice into 1/2" pieces, 1/2 package firm tofu

  Pour 1 Tablespoon sesame oil into saute pan and heat it to medium high. Add carrots first and let them saute for a few minutes, then add onion pieces and garlic. Cook until onion is translucent, the add tofu, cover and let steam until tofu is warmed. Add a bit of water if necessary to keep food from sticking to pan.

  Eat by itself, over rice. Any vegetables work, so substitute for variety.

Til next time, eat and enjoy life. Stop waiting until you're thinner, taller, richer - Do it Now!
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Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP
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