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November 7, 2001 - Issue 270 (Previous) (Index)

Your Mother was Right - Eating Breakfast is Important - This is pretty much common sense, but the best way for anyone to start their day is with a healthy breakfast to help your memory performance.

Vitamin E Doesn't Help Arthritis Pain - While previously thought to help with arthritis pain, vitamin E now appears not to benefit arthritis in any way.

Diet Helps Fibromyalgia - The pain to one's joints that this chronic condition causes can be relieved simply by removing certain foods from one's diet.

Stress Worsens Your Immune System - The stress people experience everyday can actually work against one's immune system which will directly lead to greater chance of infection.

US Diabetes Rate May Soar Up to 200% - Diabetes cases, already at an epidemic number in the US, are incredibly still rising and will continue to rise for quite some time.

Childhood Obesity Becoming Rampant - Another condition of epidemic proportions, obesity, is effecting more and more children in our country every day as about one quarter of the nation's children are overweight.

Bioterrorism Update

Flu and Anthrax Symptoms are Similar, but Relax - With anthrax still on everyone's mind, the Health and Human Services are beginning to worry that people who come down with the flu this season may be lead to believe that they have contracted anthrax as the symptoms are quite similar.

Prescribing Cipro is an 'Uncontrolled Experiment' with Many Side Effects - Cipro, currently the only approved drug in the US to treat anthrax, is still not as safe as it should be for widespread use.

Upcoming Course/Seminar Information

Awareness Beyond Thoughts & Emotions Workshop - This workshop, presented by Dr. Garcia, focuses on helping the individual to experience the three bodies or systems that he or she is made up of - the physical, the bioelectrical & spiritual.

Vaccine Seminars - Opportunities to attend live lectures around the country on this vitally important issue of our times. Have your specific questions personally answered with practical alternatives.

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