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Rosemary

Rosemary has so many uses it is hard to pick only a few.  It is used as a refreshing scent for air freshner, added to bath water for a wonderful experience, used as a tonic and astringent, and an attractive herb for the garden.

 

Rosemary can be used with most all meats and many vegetables.  Do you have a favorite dish using Rosemary?  We would love to hear about it.

 

Fresh Rosemary can be frozen and used by stripping off the amount of leaves you need.  Its taste is also stronger after being frozen.

 

Day 21 - Laughter
 
     There's been something funny going on at Loma Linda University and there are two doctors right in the middle of it.  We're talking about Dr. Lee Berk and Dr. Stanley Tan, and they've been studying the effects of laughter on the human immune system. To date, their published studies have shown that laughing lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hormones, increases muscle range of motion, and boosts immune system function. Laughter also triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, and produces a general sense of well-being. This exciting research was featured in the September / October 1996 issue of the Humor and Health Journal. 
 
We all know that a good laugh leaves us feeling great.  That wonderful, euphoric, post-laugher feeling is a type of "positive stress" that produces healthy and positive emotions. After a good laugh, your immune system also seems to "turn it up a notch".    

Your body steps up production of natural killer cells that attack viral infected cells and some types of cancer and tumor cells.
 
Your body activates more cancer fighting T cells.
 
Your body increases the antibodies that fight upper respiratory tract insults and infections.
 
Your body produces more gamma interferon, an antiviral protein that "turns on" the various parts of your immune system.
 
Laughing is good exercise. It provides a workout for your diaphragm and increases your body's ability to use oxygen while it brings in positive emotions that can actually reduce pain.  In a study published in the Journal of Holistic Nursing, patients were told "one-liners" after surgery and before painful medication was administered. Those exposed to humor perceived less pain when compared to the others.

So laugh hard, laugh often and give your body the benefit of friuts and veggies every day.  Have you tried Phi Plus yet? We call it "The Healthiest Food In The World" because its a potent combination of fruits, nuts, seeds, berries, vegetables and spices - convenient whole body nutrtion in each and every bite.

 
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"Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food"
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-377 B.C.)

30 Days To Wellness   A Public Service Campaign of The Wholefood Farmacy                        
                               Day 23 - Raw Power
 

Some vegetables contain chemicals that appear to enhance DNA repair in cells, which could lead to protection against cancer development, say Georgetown University Medical Center researchers. In a new study published in the "British Journal of Cancer" and by the journal "Nature" the researchers show that in laboratory tests, a compound called indole-3-carinol (I3C), found in broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, and a chemical called genistein, found in soy beans, can increase the levels of two specific proteins that repair damaged DNA.
 
This study is one of the first to provide a molecular explanation as to how eating vegetables could cut the risk of developing cancer, an association that some population studies have found, says the study's senior author, Eliot M. Rosen, MD, PhD, professor of oncology, cell biology, and radiation medicine at Georgetown 's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center . "It is now clear that the function of crucial cancer genes can be influenced by compounds in the things we eat," Rosen says.

"Our findings suggest a clear molecular process that would explain the connection between diet and cancer prevention." In this study, Rosen exposed breast and prostate cancer cells to increasing doses of I3C and genistein, and found that these chemicals boosted production of the repair proteins BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Since decreased amounts of the BRCA proteins are seen in cancer cells, higher levels might prevent cancer from developing, Rosen speculates, adding that the ability of I3C and genistein to increase production of BRCA proteins could explain their protective effects.

The study was funded by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Cancer Institute and co-authors include Drs. Saijun Fan, MD, PhD, Qinghui Meng , MS , Karen Auborn, PhD, and Timothy Carter, PhD.

Wholefood Farmacy foods offer you, your family and your children an easy and convenient way to get 5 to 9 servings of fruits and veggies every day. Our dried whole foods, such as Veggielicious, Veggielicious Spice, Fruitalicious and Fruitalicious Plus are nutritionally dense foods. For example, 1 oz of Veggielicious or Fruitalicious is the equivalent of eating a half pound of fresh, raw veggies or fruit. One serving of our Farmacy Pro Power drink mix is the equivalent of eating 8 servings of veggies!

How many servings have you, your family and your children had today?  
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