Zinc deficiencies a global concern

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION

DNA damage caused by zinc deficiency
Two billion people around the world have diets deficient in zinc

CORVALLIS, OR

Other vitamins and nutrients may get more headlines, but experts say as many as two billion people around the world have diets deficient in zinc – and studies at Oregon State University and elsewhere are raising concerns about the health implications this holds for infectious disease, immune function, DNA damage and cancer.

One new study has found DNA damage in humans caused by only minor zinc deficiency.

ARTICLE CONTINUES:
http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2009/sep/zinc-deficiencies-global-concern


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Leaves of three, Let it be!

SELFCARE PRODUCTS

Poison oak, poison ivy and poison sumac
Most common allergy in the US claiming half the population

Arlie Maylin
Garden of Healing®

There's an old saying, "leaves of three, let it be."

Here we're talking about poison oak.

If you want to enjoy the great outdoors, get familiar with this plant to avoid its painful, itchy rash.

A poison oak rash is an allergic reaction to the urushiol oil that is found in poison oak, poison ivy and poison sumac.

You do not have to come into contact with the actual plant to get exposed, touching anything with the urushiol oil on it will produce this painful rash.

Marie's Poison Ivy/Oak Soap should be a part of everyone's First Aid Kit.

Marie's soap is a bar soap with chemicals that can break down the urushiol oil. It also has emolients that are supposed to soothe irritated skin and help it to heal faster.

TO ORDER: http://www.poisonoaksoap.com/


© 2009 Arlie Ian Maylin/Garden of Healing®. All rights reserved.

Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fish Oil; $20 Million Study

RESEARCH STUDIES

Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL)
Trial will research 20,000 men and women beginning in January 2010

Garden of Healing®

Pharmavite http://www.pharmavite.com/ and Ocean Nutrition Canada http://www.ocean-nutrition.com/ will provide vitamin D and omega-3 fish oil supplements for an upcoming study that will explore the effects of the supplements on a person’s risk of getting cancer, heart disease or having a stroke.

The $20 million study will be funded by the National Institutes of Health and is being conducted by the Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

The study is being called the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL) and will research 20,000 men and women beginning in January 2010.

Women aged 65 or older and men aged 60 or older who have not previously had a heart attack, stroke or cancer may be eligible to participate in VITAL. One quarter of the participants will be blacks, as the study seeks to investigate whether or not people with dark skin have a higher risk of cancer, stroke and heart disease due to vitamin D deficiencies. Researchers will also monitor the effects of the supplements on memory loss, depression, diabetes and osteoporosis, among other conditions.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.vitalstudy.org/


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Living a Life of Ma'at

MEDICINE

Life of Ma'at
The Ancient World of Modern Medicine

Mark Isaac Thyss
Garden of Healing®

Medicine is rediscovering it's roots...

Addressing healing on all levels - mind, body and spirit, is far from new.

Remember the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks?

Akin to the Chinese concept of Tao, living a life of Ma'at, was the greatest prescription for maintaining a healthy life in Ancient Egyptian times.

So, what has changed?

Amid the bustle of our modern world...,

there still can be found a level of purification that produces a foundation of health, a new starting point for reaching out.

Magic and Practicality

Healing is both part magic and part practical means that are completely integrated...

What is true today are the core foundations of health, as alive as they were in ancient times.

Simple clean living

No need for spells or incantations written on small papyri and worn about the neck...

No supernatural adversaries needing your letter imploring them to cease their curses on your life.

Health and healing are yours to find as you tend to your own Garden of Healing®.


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