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Herbal Remedies Natural Health Newsletter, January 2008, Issue 278

Herbal Remedies January 2008 Natural Health Newsletter Issue 278 Sponsored by www.HerbalRemedies.com Toll Free for orders 1-866-467-6444 Issue Editor - Heather Bowman

Herbs - Vitamins - Minerals - Magnetics - Candles - Aromatherapy - Holiday Gifts - Bath & Beauty - Essential Oils - Natural Pet Care - Condition & Ailment Guide - Women's Health - Men's Health - Weight Loss - Health Books Component in Tea May Help Fight Common Cold and Flu - Click here for full story. Folic Acid Helps Keep Arsenic Levels in Normal Range - Click here for full story. Study Finds Multiple Supplements Users are Healthier - Click here for full story. Choline Found Beneficial for Lung Health - Click here for full story. Omega-3 Fats Found to Benefit Both Physical and Mental Health - Click here for full story. Herbal Remedies has 2 partner sites be sure to check them out as well: Magnetic Therapy Magnets , and Natural Hair Loss Remedies Be sure to check out our Overstocked clearance items! OVERSTOCKED Does you skin need a winter lift? Try adding the natural glow with Burt's Bees Products. We are your #1 Headquarters for your complete line of Burt’s Bees Products this wintery season!! Herbal Remedies has five new vendors be sure to check them out: Thunder Ridge Emu Oil Products , Humm Foods , Earth Friendly Products, Alba Botanica and Herbal Remedies USA Tinctures Products Spotlight – Are you starting your New Year off with a true fresh start? Why not start the year off right by cleansing your body of unwanted toxins and give yourself that fresh start. The lungs, skin, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and liver are the organs responsible for the detoxification process. Daily, they work vigorously to rid the body of toxicities and maintain the health of trillions of cells. Unfortunately the excessive amount of toxins in the environment has placed such a burden on these systems that they can no longer function optimally. Increases in pesticides, herbicides, fossil fuel emissions, hydrocarbons and heavy metals have reached record proportions. It’s never to late to detoxify and let your body enter a new year of purification! Current Event News: Let Your New Year’s Resolutions Goal Soar Without a Hitch. Every year numerous people make New Year’s Resolutions only to feel let down when they find it next to impossible to keep them. In fact, most resolutions will be broken before February 1st. Easy to do considering that the top three most popular resolutions are all behavior modifications: lose weight , quit smoking and exercise. Well, Herbal Remedies has the answers to achieving these goals without the harmful side effects of chemical abuse. The exercise is all on you, although we can help you get the energy you need to sustain your workout naturally. Herbal Remedies New Years Specials- Just in Time to help with your New Year Goals! Be sure to check out all of our Coupon Savings and with these kind of prices you can afford to stock up! QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: Subject: Hello Hi In Truman's Ginseng Power + 6 Tincture, 100% Organic - 2 fl. oz. how many servings per bottle? How much of each ginseng do you get per serving? Many thanks A: Dear Customer, Truman's Ginseng Power + 6 Tincture, 100% Organic - 2 fl. oz. servings are as follows: 1 drop = 26 mg, 38 drops = 1 gram, 1cc =37 40 drops, 2 ounces = 200 drops* = 1000 (500 mg) capsules 2 ounces = 80 squirts, 1 squirt = 25 drops. There are seven herbs in the Truman's Ginseng Power + 6 and the blend amount of each is proprietory. All my best, Thank you for your interest in Herbal Remedies.com and the opportunity to serve you. Heather * The statements regarding these products have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The information on this Web site or in emails is designed for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for informed medical advice or care. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat any health problems or illnesses without consulting your pediatrician or family doctor. Please consult a doctor with any questions or concerns you might have regarding you or your child's condition. Informational material and representations have been provided by the manufacturers of the listed products. Our Sponsors Enter coupon code "NL010708" when checking out to obtain discounts on your next purchase from http://www.HerbalRemedies.com. How would you like to save $10.49 or more off your next order? You CAN by using your 5% off coupon in conjunction with our $5.49 automatic shipping discount for orders over $75. The more you order the more you save!!! All previous sales and previous sale items excluded , only one coupon code per order

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Component in Tea May Help Fight Common Cold and Flu By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, November 13, 2007, abstracted from “Specific Formulation of Camellia sinensis Prevents Cold and Flu Symptoms and Enhances T Cell Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study” in the 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinic Nutrition It is perhaps the single most common condition that afflicts Americans. In the United States alone, at least one billion colds are reported each year with a frequency of 2–6 colds per person(1). The common cold costs our healthcare system $40 billion a year, substantially more than other conditions such as asthma , heart failure and emphysema (2). As for the flu , the CDC estimates that as many as 1 in 5 people get the flu each year, which causes 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths each year(3). When looking at treatments for the common cold and flu symptoms, positive results have been found with ginseng (4), probiotics (5), Echinacea (6), and vitamin C ranging from 1000 mg(7) to 8 grams(8) per day. But the questionable efficacy of zinc -based nasal sprays and lozenges(9) make finding viable options more important than ever. Now a new study(10) has found that components in tea may help with cold and flu symptoms. In the randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled parallel study, 52 healthy men and 72 healthy women between the ages of 21 and 70 were given either supplements contains the tea extracts from Camellia sinensis and EGCG or placebo for 12 weeks (unfortunately, the exact amounts in the capsules of tea and EGCG were not given). In addition to providing recording any cold or flu symptoms and the number of days with symptoms as well as an exit questionnaire asking about side effects or changes in feelings of stress or anxiety, the patients gave blood samples to measure levels of a type of white blood cells called IFN-gamma. The researchers found that by the end of the study, those taking the tea extract recorded 36% less total symptoms (360 symptoms vs. 559 symptoms) and suffered their symptoms for 33% fewer days (6.8 days vs. 10.2 days). The researcher attributed this decrease in both total symptoms and duration of symptoms to the fact that tea contains an amino acid called L-theanine that, when digested, activates IFN-gamma which is has powerful anti-microbial properties(11, 12). For the researchers, “cold and flu symptoms can be perennial sources of misery and lost productivity for most healthy adults” and having a study showing tea extract to possibly help with cold and flu symptoms “represents a significant breakthrough in preventive medicine.” Greg Arnold is a Chiropractic Physician practicing in Danville, CA. You can contact Dr. Arnold directly by emailing him at mailto:PitchingDoc@msn.com or visiting his web site at www.CompleteChiropracticHealthcare.com Reference: 1 Gwaltney JM Jr. Clinical significance and pathogenesis of viral respiratory infections. Am J Med 2002;112:13S-18S 2 Fendrick AM. The economic burden of non-influenza-related viral respiratory tract infection in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Feb 24;163(4):487-94 3 “Flu Facts” posted on www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm 4 Predy GN. Efficacy of an extract of North American ginseng containing poly-furanosyl-pyranosyl-saccharides for preventing upper respiratory tract infections: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. 2005 Oct 25;173(9):1043-8 5 De Vrese M. Effect of Lactobacillus gasseri PA 16/8, Bifidobacterium longum SP 07/3, B. bifidum MF 20/5 on common cold episodes: a double blind, randomized, controlled trial. Clin Nutr. 2005 Aug;24(4):481-91. Epub 2005 Apr 21 6 Blumenthal M. Three Systematic Reviews of Echinacea Clinical Trials Suggest Efficacy with Cold Symptoms. Herbal Gram 2007; 74: 28-31 7 Hemila, H. (1997). "Vitamin C supplementation and the common cold--was Linus Pauling right or wrong?" Int J Vitam Nutr Res 67(5): 329-35 8 Douglas, R. M., H. Hemila, et al. (2004). "Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold." Cochrane Database Syst Rev(4): CD000980 9 Predy GN. Efficacy of an extract of North American ginseng containing poly-furanosyl-pyranosyl-saccharides for preventing upper respiratory tract infections: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ. 2005 Oct 25;173(9):1043-8 10 Rowe CA. Specific Formulation of Camellia sinensis Prevents Cold and Flu Symptoms and Enhances __ T Cell Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 26 No. 5, 445–452 (2007) 11 Bukowski JF, Morita CT, Brenner MB: Human gd T cells recognize alkylamines derived from microbes, edible plants, and tea: implications for innate immunity. Immunity 11:57–65, 1999. 12 Kamath AB, Wang L, Das H, Li L, Reinhold VN, Bukowski JF: Antigens in tea-beverage prime human Vgamma 2Vdelta 2 T cells in vitro and in vivo for memory and nonmemory antibacterial cytokine responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100:6009–6014, 2003.

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Folic Acid Helps Keep Arsenic Levels in Normal Range By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, October 16, 2007, abstracted from “Folic acid supplementation lowers blood arsenic” in the October 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Although it is present in the earth’s crust, arsenic is the most common source of metal poisoning in the world. It is estimated that as many as 100 million persons in India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Nepal have drinking water with arsenic concentrations up to 100 times the World Health Organization guidelines, and countries including China, Taiwan, Mexico, Chile, and the United States also have naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater that is used for drinking(1, 2). Chronic exposure to arsenic is associated with a greater risk of cancers of the skin, bladder, lung, and liver and also stroke (3), ischemic heart disease(4), and nerve damage in adults(5) and children(6). Fortunately, unlike drinking water with high levels of arsenic, absorption of arsenic through the skin is minimal, so hand-washing, bathing, or doing laundry with water containing arsenic does not pose a human health risk(7). Now a new study(8) has found that folic acid , whose fortification in food by the FDA helped reduce birth defects by 23% in the 1990’s(9) and may also help with mental health (10) and heart health (11) and breast cell health (12) may help keep arsenic levels in your body in normal range. In the study, 130 patients with low blood levels of folic acid (less than 9 nanomoles per Liter) received either 400 micrograms of folic acid per day or placebo for 12 weeks. At the end of the study, total blood arsenic levels in the folic acid group decreased by 13.62% in the folic acid group compared to only 2.49% in the placebo group. Folic acid was able to produce this decrease in total arsenic by helping remove two breakdown products of arsenic called monomethylarsonic (MMA) and dimethylarsinic (DMA) through the urine. For the researchers, “folic acid supplementation…decreases total blood arsenic…and has particularly important implications for reducing body stores…because adverse health outcomes are known to persist for decades after exposure has [stopped].” Greg Arnold is a Chiropractic Physician practicing in Danville, CA. You can contact Dr. Arnold directly by emailing him at mailto: PitchingDoc@msn.com or visiting his web site at www.CompleteChiropracticHealthcare.com Reference: 1 Ahmed MF, Ahuja S, Alauddin M, et al. Ensuring safe drinking water in Bangladesh. Science 2006;314:1687–8 2 Kinniburgh DG, Smedley PL. Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh. Keyworth, United Kingdom: British Geological Survey, 2001. (Final Report: BGS Technical Report WC/00/19.) 3 Chiou HY, Huang WI, Su CL, Chang SF, Hsu YH, Chen CJ. Dose-response relationship between prevalence of cerebrovascular disease and ingested inorganic arsenic. Stroke 1997;28:1717–23 4 Tseng CH, Chong CK, Tseng CP, et al. Long-term arsenic exposure and ischemic heart disease in arseniasis-hyperendemic villages in Taiwan. Toxicol Lett 2003;137:15–21 5 Feldman RG, Niles CA, Kelly-Hayes M, et al. Peripheral neuropathy in arsenic smelter workers. Neurology 1979;29:939–44 6 Wasserman GA, Liu X, Parvez F, et al. Water arsenic exposure and children's intellectual function in Araihazar. Bangladesh Environ Health Perspect 2004;112:1329–33. 7 “Arsenic in the drinking water” posted on www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs210/en/ 8 Gamble MV. Folic acid supplementation lowers blood arsenic. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Oct 2007; 86: 1202 - 1209. 9 “Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Before and After Folic Acid Mandate --- United States, 1995--1996 and 1999—2000” from MMWR Weekly 2004; 53(17): 362-365 10 Danese S. Homocysteine triggers mucosal microvascular activation in inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Apr;100(4):886-95 11 Wang X. Efficacy of folic acid supplementation in stroke prevention: a meta-analysis. The Lancet 2007; 369(9576):1876-1882 12 Ericson U. High folate intake is associated with lower breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Aug 2007; 86: 434 - 443

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Study Finds Multiple Supplements Users are Healthier By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, October 29, 2007, abstracted from “Use patterns, health, and nutritional status of long-term multiple dietary supplement users: a cross-sectional study“ in the October 24, 2007 issue of Nutrition Journal In 1994, Congress defined vitamin supplements as “a product taken by mouth that contains a ‘dietary ingredient’ intended to supplement the diet”. In the U.S., vitamin supplements represent an $18 billion per year industry(1). According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000, 52% of adults reported taking a dietary supplement in the past 30 days, with supplement usage more common in women than men. The 1999-2000 NHANES also found that 47% of dietary supplement users take only one type of supplement, most commonly a multivitamin/mineral (2). Now a new study(3) has found that people who tended to use more supplements were healthier than those who did not take supplements. In the study, 278 patients who were free of cancer completed food questionnaires and underwent a physical examination. Questions about medical history and current medical conditions were patterned after questions asked in NHANES 2001-2002(4). The researchers divided the patients into non-supplement users, single-supplement users, and multiple-supplement users and looked at their risks of a wide range of diseases as well as any associations between supplement use and income. After accounting for age (p<.001), education (p<.0001), income (p<.0001) and body mass index (p<.001), the researchers found that, compared to non-supplement users, multiple supplement users had a 39% decreased risk of high blood pressure , 22% decreased risk of having high cholesterol (> 200 mg/dL), 73% decreased risk of contracting diabetes, 49% decreased risk of having a heart attack , 52% decreased risk of getting coronary heart disease , 26% decreased risk of heart failure and a 45% decreased risk of emphysema . The researchers did admit to “important limitations” in their study. In addition to being a cross-over study (which does not guarantee the reported decreased risks to be due to the multiple supplement intake), the associations they found between more affluent patients being more likely to take more supplement needs to take into account that these more affluent patients are likely to have great access to better health care. Nevertheless, the researchers concluded that “multiple supplement users were more likely to be long-term supplement users” and that this long-term supplement use led to “optimal concentrations…associated with [improved health status].” Greg Arnold is a Chiropractic Physician practicing in Danville, CA. You can contact Dr. Arnold directly by emailing him at mailto:PitchingDoc@msn.com or visiting his web site at www.CompleteChiropracticHealthcare.com Reference: 1 U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition May 29, 2002 www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-stra2.html#ii 2 Radimer K. Dietary supplement use by US adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000. Am J Epidemiol 2004,160:339-349 3 Block G. Use patterns, health, and nutritional status of long-term multiple dietary supplement users: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal 2007, 6:30 (24 October 2007) 4 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001-2002. www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/nhanes01-02.htm

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Choline Found Beneficial for Lung Health By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, October 15, 2007, abstracted from “Choline-related supplements improve abnormal plasma methionine-homocysteine metabolites and glutathione status in children with cystic fibrosis” in the March 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting over 30,000 U.S. children and adults. It is caused by a defective gene that results in the production of a thick, sticky mucous that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections but can also affect digestion in the intestines(1). The average cost to treat CF has been estimated at over $7500 per patient(2). While current medical treatments for CF include antibiotics and chest physical therapy(3), research(4) has shown that probiotics may help with digestive issues associated with CF. Now a new study(5) has found that choline , a vitamin known to help heart health(6), may help lung health in patients with CF. Building upon previous research showing children with CF to have low levels of choline(7), children with CF received either 2 grams per day of lecithin (13 children), 2 grams per of choline (12 children), or 3 grams per day of betaine (10 children) for 2 weeks. They then drew blood to analyze several different amino acid levels ( methionine , glutathione ) as well as 2 ratios of lung health called SAM:SAH and GSH:GSSG. The researchers found that two weeks of choline supplementation “significantly increased” levels of methionine (27%) and SAM (27%) while “significantly decreasing” SAH levels by 43% and improving the SAM:SAH ratio by 114% and the GSH: GSSG ratio by 112%. All of these results correlated with an improvement in lung health. For the researchers, “This study was the first to show that supplementation with choline-related compounds [helps lung health] in children with CF.” Greg Arnold is a Chiropractic Physician practicing in Danville, CA. You can contact Dr. Arnold directly by emailing him at mailto: PitchingDoc@msn.com or visiting his web site at www.CompleteChiropracticHealthcare.com Reference: 1 The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation “Facts about CF” http://www.cff.org 2 Cost of Care for Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis: A Regression Approach to Determining the Impact of Recombinant Human DNase 3 “How is Cystic Fibrosis Treated?” posted on www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/cf/cf_treatments.html 4 Kruis, W., Antibiotics and probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 2004. 20 Suppl 4: p. 75-8 5 Sheila M Innis. Choline-related supplements improve abnormal plasma methionine-homocysteine metabolites and glutathione status in children with cystic fibrosis Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Mar 2007; 85: 702 – 708 6 Zylberstein, D. E., C. Bengtsson, et al. (2004). "Serum homocysteine in relation to mortality and morbidity from coronary heart disease: a 24-year follow-up of the population study of women in Gothenburg." Circulation 109(5): 601-6 7 Innis SM, Hasman D. Evidence of choline depletion in children with cystic fibrosis associated with reduced betaine dependent remethylation of homocysteine. J Nutr 2006;136:2226–31

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Omega-3 Fats Found to Benefit Both Physical and Mental Health By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, November 15, 2007, abstracted from “Serum phospholipid n–3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and physical and mental health in a population-based survey of New Zealand adolescents and adults” in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition In any given one-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 20.9 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness(1). The last 100 years has seen the lifetime risk of depression increase worldwide(2, 3). By the year 2030, it is estimated that unipolar depressive disorders will rank second in the leading causes of disability-adjusted life years(4). It is estimated that the cost of depression in terms of loss of labor costs alone approach $44 billion per year(5). Several types of prescription medications exist to help treat depression, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and monoamine oxidation inhibitors (MAOIs). However, their side effects, which include dry mouth, constipation, nausea and bladder/sexual problems(1), make them very unappealing. As a result, more natural alternatives are always in demand. Now a new study(6) has found that maintaining high blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids may help with mental health and improve outlooks on physical health. Building upon previous research showing a low intake of omega-3 fats to be “a contributing factor in the etiology of depressive illness”(7, 8), researchers analyzed data from the1997 National Nutrition Survey (NNS97)(9). In addition to giving blood samples and completing a face-to-face interview, subjects completed a questionnaire designed to assess health status, health risk behaviors, the use of health services, and demographic and socioeconomic circumstances. They also completed a general health questionnaire, called the SF-36, which consisted of 36 items to assess the self-reported physical and mental well-being of respondents over the past month. At the end of the study, the “significant positive trend” seen between omega-3 fats and mental was not seen in blood levels of omega-3 fats by themselves but rather the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats in the blood. Specifically, those in highest 20% of omega-3:omega-6 fat ratio had a mental component score 3.1 points higher than those in the lowest 20%. Unfortunately, the exact intakes of omega-3 to omega-6 fats weren’t stated and the researchers admit that their results contrast with previous research showing that fish consumption has significant effects on mental well-being(10). When looking at omega-3 fat intake and physical well-being, the researchers found that the highest 20% intake of omega-3 fats resulted in physical component scores that were 2.8 points higher than the lowest 20% intake. For the researchers, the results of this study “suggest a strong and consistent association between [omega-3 blood levels] and self-reported physical well-being” but that “the association with mental well-being is less compelling.” Greg Arnold is a Chiropractic Physician practicing in Danville, CA. You can contact Dr. Arnold directly by emailing him at mailto:PitchingDoc@msn.com or visiting his web site at www.CompleteChiropracticHealthcare.com Reference: 1 “Depression” posted on www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/complete-publication.shtml 2 Robins LN, Regier DA (Eds). Psychiatric Disorders in America, The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, 1990; New York: The Free Press 3 Blehar MD, Oren DA. Gender differences in depression. Medscape Women’s Health, 1997;2:3. Revised from: Women’s increased vulnerability to mood disorders: Integrating psychobiology and epidemiology. Depression, 1995;3:3-12 4 Rubinow DR, Schmidt PJ, Roca CA. Estrogen-serotonin interactions: Implications for affective regulation. Biological Psychiatry, 1998; 44(9):839-50 5 “The Price Of Depression” posted on http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040206-000005.html 6 Crowe FL. Serum phospholipid n–3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and physical and mental health in a population-based survey of New Zealand adolescents and adults. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Nov 2007; 86: 1278 – 1285 7 Hibbeln JR, Salem N Jr. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression: when cholesterol does not satisfy. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;62:1–9 8 Hibbeln JR. Fish consumption and major depression. Lancet 1998;351:1213 9 Russell DG, Parnell WR, Wilson NC, et al. NZ Food: NZ People. Key results of the 1997 National Nutrition Survey. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 1999 10 Silvers KM, Scott KM. Fish consumption and self-reported physical and mental health status. Public Health Nutr 2002;5:427–31 Do you have a question for us? If so please send in your questions to newsletter@herbalremedies.com We will answer all email ASAP!

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