But you are also what you read and think. The NYTimes listed 4 asthma drugs as deadly. A schoolmate has suffered irreversible health loss due to steroid rx. Kosher foods are probably the safest but even they have been plagued.My advice: thoroughly cook foods. If the heat does not kill the bastards, freezing beforehand will. Read the labels and contents of everything. The less additives the better. Nothing escapes the enviornment.
On Dec 8, 5:05�am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you are what you eat ! and for many years now the FDA and the food > industry have been pretty much working hand in glove allowing > chemicals and sick animals to get into the American food chain in the > name of profits ! > > On Dec 8, 5:55�am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Growing up, I never heard of all these current cancers, etc. I have to > > think a lot of health problems are caused by un-natural foods/lost > > cooking arts, rx, toxic enviornment, obesity, depression, a violent/ > > idiotoc society. > > > On Dec 8, 4:46 am, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Attacking Alzheimer's with Red Wine and > > > Marijuanahttp://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/110806/ > > > Two new studies point to a wonderful way to ward off Alzheimer's > > > disease and other forms of age-related memory loss. This article > > > first > > > appeared on Miller-McCune.com. > > > > Two new studies suggest that substances usually associated with > > > dulling the mind -- marijuana and red wine -- may help ward off > > > Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related memory loss. Their > > > addition comes as another study dethrones folk remedy ginkgo biloba > > > as > > > proof against the disease. > > > > At a November meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Washington, > > > D.C., researchers from Ohio State University reported that THC, the > > > main psychoactive substance in the cannabis plant, may reduce > > > inflammation in the brain and even stimulate the formation of new > > > brain cells. > > > > Meanwhile, in the Nov. 21 issue of the Journal of Biological > > > Chemistry, neurologist David Teplow of the University of California, > > > Los Angeles reported that polyphenols -- naturally occurring > > > components of red wine -- block the formation of proteins that build > > > the toxic plaques thought to destroy brain cells. In addition, these > > > substances can reduce the toxicity of existing plaques, thus reducing > > > cognitive deterioration. > > > > Together, the studies suggest scientists are gaining a clearer > > > understanding of the mechanics of memory deterioration and > > > discovering > > > some promising approaches to prevention. > > > > Previous research has suggested that polyphenols -- which are found > > > in > > > high concentrations in tea, nuts and berries, as well as cabernets > > > and > > > merlots -- may inhibit or prevent the buildup of toxic fibers in the > > > brain. These fibers, which are primarily composed of two specific > > > proteins, form the plaques that have long been associated with > > > Alzheimer's disease. > > > > UCLA's Teplow and his colleagues monitored how these proteins folded > > > up and stuck to each other to produce aggregates that killed nerve > > > cells in mice. They then treated the proteins with a polyphenol > > > compound extracted from grape seeds. They discovered the polyphenols > > > blocked the formation of the toxic aggregates. > > > > "What we found is pretty straightforward," Teplow declared. "If the > > > amyloid beta proteins can't assemble, toxic aggregates can't form, > > > and, thus, there is no toxicity." If this also proves true in human > > > brains, it means administration of the compound to Alzheimer's > > > patients could "prevent disease development and also ameliorate > > > existing disease," he said. Human clinical trials are upcoming. > > > > At Ohio State, researchers led by psychologist Gary Wenk are studying > > > the protective effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as > > > THC. > > > They found that administering a THC-like synthetic drug to older rats > > > performed better at a memory test than a control group of non- > > > medicated elderly rodents. > > > > In some of the rats, the drug apparently lowered inflammation in the > > > hippocampus -- the region of the brain responsible for short-term > > > memory. It also seems to have stimulated the generation of new brain > > > cells. > > > > "When we're young, we reproduce neurons and our memory works fine," > > > said co-author Yannick Marchalant, another Ohio State psychologist. > > > "When we age, the process slows down, so we have a decrease in new > > > cell formation in normal aging. You need those cells to come back and > > > help form new memories, and we found that this THC-like agent can > > > influence creation of those cells." > > > > Wenk added two cautionary notes to his report. First, to be > > > effective, > > > any such treatment along these lines would have to take place before > > > memory loss is obvious. Second, the researchers still have much work > > > to do. > > > > "We need to find exactly which receptors are most crucial" to the > > > generation of new brain cells, he said. This discovery would "ideally > > > lead to the development of drugs that specifically activate those > > > receptors." > > > > In the meantime, should aging baby boomers who are worried about old- > > > age mental impairment light up a joint? Wenk was cautious in his > > > answer, no doubt because marijuana is suspected to be harmful to > > > health in other ways. > > > > "Could people smoke marijuana to prevent Alzheimer's disease if the > > > disease is in the family? We're not saying that, but it might > > > actually > > > work," he said. "What we are saying is it appears that a safe, legal > > > substance the mimics those important properties of marijuana can work > > > on receptors in the brain to prevent memory impairments in aging. So > > > that's really hopeful."- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
