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I recently read a very eye opening article, which has energized me to take a long hard look at not only my diet, but the diet of my entire family.
It seems that there is a link between consumption of dairy products and breast and prostate cancers!
Giving up milk is the key to beating breast cancer
This is an article copied from the site www.pia.gov I am reprinting it here, because the font size is very small on their site. But I thank pia.gov for this article.
By Prof. Jane Plant, PhD, CBE
(Extracted from ‘Your Life in Your Hands,’ by Professor Jane Plant)
I [...]
Kitty Genovese was murdered shortly after the Kennedy assasination. Americans were still reeling from the shock of that. The model 10 years later was murdered shortly after the Nixon regime. No explanation needed! And this most recent episode is at a time of the lowest morale in history with the exception of the aftermath of 911.
Mc Cain’s attitude toward Florida residents:
As avid Bruce Springsteen fans (I would not say die-hard or fanatical), my husband and I purchased tickets to his concert tour months and months ago. We kept his concert in our ‘future plans’ as something great to look forward to.
Imagine our disappointment when, the night before the concert (April 18, 2008), we learned of [...]
Lemon Study
No more lemon in our drinks, and no more artificial sweetener!
Frozen Grand Central
As a long time commuter through Grand Central Station, I only wish I was there to witness this feat of improvisation!
While I happen to think New Yorkers are among the nicest people in the US, I also know it takes quite a bit to get their attention.
This stunt sure seems [...]
The Right Brain vs. Left Brain test … do you see the figure turning clockwise or counter-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. The majority of people see the dancer turning counter-clockwise.
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS:
logical thinker
detail oriented
facts rule over creative thinking
words and language focused
thinks [...]
A seagull in Aberdeen, Scotland has been stealing chips from a neighborhood shop.
The seagull waits until the store owner isn’t looking, and then walks into the store and grabs a snack-size bag of cheese Doritos.
Once outside, the bag gets ripped open and shared by other birds.
The seagull’s shoplifting started early this month when he first [...]
OK, I admit it! I play Mah Jongg! I learned the game when I turned 40! What a cliché.
Mah Jongg is a game for 4, played with tiles and a card, in which you have to match hands on the card. I think it is a cross between Bridge [...]