Free Online: Wallet Size "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce"

This free wallet size pdf can be printed out. A simulation of thousands of consumers eating high and low pesticide diets shows that people can lower their pesticide exposure by almost 90 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated instead. Eating the 12 least contaminated will expose a person to less than 2 pesticides per day. Eating the 12 most contaminated will expose a person to about 15 pesticides per day, on average. If you eat any of the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables, the guide recommends buying these organic.

Free Online: "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce"

See my January 28, 2005, posting - How to Listen to The Debra Ray Show, Healthy Talk Radio. Debra Ray's radio and streaming audio health show has been bringing researched health information to listeners since 1982.

Free Online: "Favorite Holiday Recipes: The Best Recipes for Special Occasions"

More than a holiday baking guide, chili, dressing, pancake, relish, salad, and even an "easy baked omelet" are included. In this free 55 page guide, you'll find 44 tested recipes for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and more. The guide is available from The Prepared Pantry in pdf format, as the entire baking guide or as 4 smaller files. Nancy Rogers, whose website is Nancys Kitchen, contributed recipes and advice for this book.

Free Online: "Favorite Holiday Recipes: The Best Recipes for Special Occasions" from The Prepared Pantry

Vesteva - Herbal & Mineral Formula Aids in Bladder Control*

These problems can occur as the result of aging or childbirth.* Vesteva helps reduce the frequency of:

• *Bladder discomfort
• *Excessive nocturnal urination (nocturia)
• *Urgency
• *Urination

Vesteva contains:

• Opteva - Proprietary extract of the Indian herb Crateva (that decreases residual urine volume and normalizes bladder tone*)
• Horsetail - Standardized for two active components (works with Crateva to reduce frequency of urination and nocturia*)
• Calcium, magnesium, and silica (that help to promote proper nerve function between the bladder & the brain and help maintain the proper tone of the bladder wall & surrounding muscles*)

Clinical research has shown the Vesteva formula effectiveness in supporting the bladder and surrounding tissues and in helping to maintain proper bladder tone.*

Vesteva by Vitamin Research Products

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

See my January 27, 2005, posting - How to Listen to Natural Health and You with Dr. Stephen Bittiker.

How to Get Your Body to Produce Digestive Enzymes Again

Judy Haswell, from Alta Health Products, talked with Robert Scott Bell at Expo West in Anahien, CA. Alta Health Products was founded in 1969 by Dr. Richard Barmakian, ND. He studied the world over with leading experts to learn the secrets of good health through nutrition. We lose the ability to produce digestive enzymes through stress, environment, toxins, and free radicals. Alta Health Can-Gest is a unique extract of 9 herbs because it contains no digestive enzymes. Can-Gest works the pancreas, stomach, gall bladder, and hydrochloric acid levels to correct digestive, liver, and gall bladder issues. Eventually you can stop taking it and then use it occasionally only when you need it. This would seem to be more economical and better than taking digestive enzymes. After I've tried it for a while, I'll do another posting. You can find Alta Health Products at many health food stores or you can order by calling 1-800-423-4155.

Alta Health Products website

Bovine Cartilage: Help for Artery Plaquing (Artherosclerosis), Hemroids, Arthritis, & Varicose Veins

Dr. Stephen Bittiker, on his Natural Health and You show, recommended the use of bovine cartilage for ostearthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Bovine cartilage is a super concentrated gelatin that is more powerful and works quicker than gelatin. He also said: "Bovine cartilage is probably the premiere treatment for hemroids and varicose veins. Works like a charm and is extremely safe. Also, it is well researched that bovine cartilage helps arteries reduce plaquing."

Now Foods Bovine Cartilage

See my January 27, 2005, posting - How to Listen to Natural Health and You with Dr. Stephen Bittiker.

#1 Doctor Recommended Acidophilus

My doctor, who is a D.O., recommended Sedona Labs iFlora Acidophilus Formula to me. Since he likes to stay up to date on treatments and supplements that work, I checked it out. The label states that it's the #1 doctor recommended acidophilus and benefits may include:

• healthy colon
• improved bladder and bowel function
• control of constipation and diarrhea
  
• promotion of healthy skin
• immune system support
• overall healthy digestion
  

Versions of iFlora Acidophilus Formula include:

• iFlora Complete Acidophilus Formula (Veggie Caps)
• iFlora Complete Acidophilus Formula (Powder)
• iFlora 4-Women Acidophilus Formula (Veggie Caps)
• iFlora 4-Kids Acidophilus Formula (Powder)

After taking iFlora Complete Acidophilus Formula (Veggie Caps) for a couple of months, I have to agree on the listed benefits. The cost is about 50% of the very highly rated brand I was taking. Also, iFlora Acidophilus Formula contains 16 powerful strains of probiotics, 15 billion viable cells per capsule at time of manufacture, no refrigeration is needed, and it doesn't contain FOS. I've heard several researchers say, on health shows, that it's better not to have FOS in an acidophilus formula.

Sedona Labs IFlora Complete Acidophilus, 60 Vegetarian Capsules