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I don’t drink as much pop as I did in University, but I still do enjoy a Coke Zero more often than I should. But after reading this article that states, “Once listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent, Aspartame/NutraSweet is now one of the most pervasive food additives” I’m inclined to return to my tap water. Read all the details at the Ecologist Magazine.


I’m a laughter junkie. I watch only comedy movies, read Calvin & Hobbes and buy a daily-tear-calendar that features a new joke each day. I’ve learned that laughter produces short-term changes in cardiovascular function and respiration, boosts heart rate, respiratory rate and depth, as well as oxygen consumption. Read more about laughter as the best medicine at Scientific American.


My dad suffered a heart attack many years ago. Our family believed that his great recovery was due to the activity program my mom put him on. Our beliefs were backed up by a recent study by Kathryn E. Flynn, Ph.D., of Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C., and colleagues. They examined the effects of exercise training on health status among patients with heart failure. Read the results here
Blessings on the road to health!

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