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This marks our one-year anniversary! This is issue 52 of the Optimum Health Report. We hope you have enjoyed it. We didn't miss a week. Thanks to those who have filled out the survey we put in last week's issue. If you didn't fill one out please click here and quickly do it. Your feedback is important to us as we want this to provide you with the best information and products to help you live better. This week, the inside story on aspartame; who is really behind public health policy; don't drink tap water, and Healthy Thin is flying off the shelves.
— D.I. Minkoff, MD
What's In Healthy-Thin?
Healthy-Thin is flying off our shelves. What's in it? Last week we explored Hoodia Gordonii. Another powerful weight loss component in Healthy-Thin is "Simmondsin."
Simmondsin comes from the jojoba plant (pronounced ho-ho-ba), native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico. Read the rest...»
Traces of Prescription Drugs Found in Tap Water
In a new Canadian federal study, water samples taken near 20 water treatment plants found contaminants of 9 different drugs, including ibuprofen, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and antidepressants such as prozac! In the ground water! Last week we warned against drinking the non- bottled water in airplanes due to fecal contamination. Now it looks like drinking tap water has more hazards than simply the chorine and chloramine and other chemicals put in to kill bacteria.
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Before You Drink Diet Soda, Read the Label
A lot of people have the idea that they are being "good" by avoiding sugar and substituting with an artificial sweetener. Not so. These chemicals aren't good for the body, and people who use them don't have a track record of losing more weight. I am not in favor of high fructose corn syrup either -- both corn syrup and the artificial chemicals are equally bad. Before you reach for that diet soda with the sugar substitute, read the label to see if it contains "aspartame" -- because if it does, you certainly don't want to be drinking it. That goes for Splenda as well. Read more...»
Medical Experts Actually Funded by Drug Companies
Beware and be aware of where you get your information about health. The amount of false information is rampant. Paid interests will take liberty with the truth to push their products. If those products were mostly harmless nutritional supplements, where almost no one can be injured, I wouldn't even mention it. But such is not the case. What we have is dangerous pharmaceuticals, which do cause injury to millions, being promoted and glamorized in the name of health.
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Some Fun: Hollywood Squares A friend sent me this. I thought you would enjoy it too. If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when Hollywood Squares game show responses were spontaneous and clever, not scripted and (often) dull, as they are now. Peter Marshal was the host and asked the questions.
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Recipe of the Week:
Sassy Salsa
"This Sassy Salsa will become your favorite Mexican dip."
Gwynn's Having It All Without Wheat, Flour, or Dairy ( $22.95) and Eat Well and Live ($21.95) cookbooks are now available from Sound Food Publishing.
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