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May
2002 Vol. 1
No. 5 |
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Die With Your
Gallstones |
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This article continues a series exploring the health of your
intestinal tract. Consider the strongest contact with
the world around you is through your food, processed and absorbed
by your intestine. |
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You would think gallstones are a normal part of
the human anatomy with over 20 million people in the US harboring
gallstones (15% of the US population). As we get older these
stones become even more common -- half of all women in the US over
the age of 70 have gallstones. |
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No Breast Self Examination |
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Preventive
health care, 2001 update. Should women be routinely taught breast
self-examination to screen for breast cancer? by Nancy Baxter
in the June 26, 2001 issue of the Canadian Medical Association
Journal found there is “fair evidence of no benefit, and good
evidence of harm…” from BSE (breast self-examination) instruction.1 |
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Prostate Trouble From Your Food |
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An article in the
April 2002 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
by Sadao Suzuki found a causal association between a common
prostate disease, called benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
and the intake of more calories, total protein, animal protein,
and vegetable fat.1 Data on
51,529 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study was used
for this study. Of the 33,344 men with complete data, 3,523 were
found to have BPH. |
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Exercise Lowers Blood Pressure |
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Effect of
aerobic exercise on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized,
controlled trials by Seamus Whelton in the April 2002 issue of
the Annals of Internal Medicine found exercise lowers blood
pressure in people with and without hypertension.1
The average reduction was 3.84 mm Hg systolic (top number) and
2.58 mm Hg diastolic (bottom number). |
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Featured Recipes |
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LAKE TITICACA SOUP
GOLDEN BEAN STEW
CHOCOLATE DELIGHT |
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Heather McDougall with a degree in English and a love for
cooking, especially with her mother, will be a frequent
contributor to the newsletter. We invite you to contribute your
thoughts and recipes to the McDougall Newsletter also. Write
heather@drmcdougall.com.
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John McDougall All Rights Reserved
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