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  * In the Beginning . . . .

  * Unhappy Meals!

  * Flu Deaths Up Sharply - but resistance is not futile.

  * Drug ads target "anxious" patients.

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 In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

 And Satan said, "It doesn't get any better than this."

 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God said, "Let the Earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit," and God saw that it was good.

 And Satan said, "There goes the neighborhood."

 And God said, "Let us make Man in our image, after our likeness. And so God created Man; and female he also created. And God looked upon Man and Woman and saw that they were lean and fit.

 And Satan said, "I know how I can get back in this game."

 And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow vegetable of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.

 And Satan created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 99-cent double cheeseburger. And Satan said to Man, "You want fries with that?"

 And Man said, "Super-size them." And Man gained 5 pounds.

 And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her figure that man found so fair.

 And Satan brought forth chocolate. And Woman gained 5 pounds.

 And God said, "Try my crispy fresh salad."

 And Satan brought forth Ben and Jerry's. And Woman gained 10 pounds.

 And God said, "I have sent thee heart-healthy vegetables and olive oil with which to cook them."

 And Satan brought forth chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained 10 pounds and his bad cholesterol went through the roof.

 And God brought forth running shoes and Man resolved to lose those extra pounds.

 And Satan brought forth cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil to change channels. And Man gained another 20 pounds. And God said, "You're running up the score, Devil."

 And God brought forth the potato, a vegetable naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition.

 And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fat fried them. And he created sour cream dip also. And Man clutched his remote control and ate the potato chips swaddled in cholesterol. And Satan saw it and said, "It is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.

 And God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.

 And Satan created HMO's.

 The battle between health and obesity continues.

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  "School lunches relying on federal guidance and food aren't making American kids fatter," asserts Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, who is somewhat on the chubby side herself!

  Veneman's department is responsible for distributing food such as surplus meat, vegetables and fruit to schools. The catastrophic rise in childhood obesity has critics arguing that school lunch is partly to blame for young people being overweight. The government, as usual, denies all responsibility.

  "We cannot blame obesity on child nutrition programs in this country," insists Ms. Veneman. However, according to Mother Jones Magazine, if we took a giant snapshot of children's lunch trays on a typical day, this is what we would find:

  In Lynnwood, Washington, we would see kids eating sausage with Belgian waffle sticks and syrup. In Clovis, California, bacon cheeseburgers. In Rexburg, Idaho, cheese nachos and waffles. In Bryan, Texas, chicken-fried steak and pizza. In fairness, here and there, we would also see baked chicken and salads. But, by and large, school cafeterias coast to coast offer an artery-clogging menu of beef, pork, cheese, and grease.

  At a time when weight-related illnesses in children are escalating, schools are serving kids the very foods that lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. One reason is that the National School Lunch Program has conflicting missions. The program is supposed to provide healthy meals to children, regardless of income. At the same time, it's designed to subsidize agribusiness, shoring up demand for beef and milk. As a result, most of the commodities provided to schools are meat and dairy products, often laden with saturated fat. "Basically, it's a welfare program for suppliers of commodities," says Jennifer Raymond, a retired nutritionist.

  The National School Lunch Program is up for reauthorization this year for the first time since 1998. Given the business interests backing the current system, few expect Congress to approve any meaningful reforms. Click here to locate your U.S. Representatives and your U.S. Senators. Email and tell them how pleased you are to see our children's health being sacrificed to appease big business.

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  Flu-related deaths in the United States have risen dramatically since the 1970's, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and influenza now claims more lives each year than AIDS. Flu deaths now average about 36,000 a year. An aging population and more lethal strains of the virus have contributed to the increase.

 The main weapon doctors have against flu - vaccines - have proven disappointingly ineffective in the most vulnerable population, people 65 and older. Finally, there is a drug replacement formulation of potent medicinal herbal extracts providing both antibacterial and antiviral support against influenza and other infectious diseases. Factor Twelve: Opti-cillin boosts the body's ability to produce antibodies for which bacteria and viruses cannot develop immunity. Learn more about this promising alternative for the growing ineffectiveness of synthetic drugs by reviewing the efficacy of ingredients in the research report.

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  Since the government approved antidepressant drugs for generalized anxiety disorders and social phobia, prescriptions for the medications have soared.

  "Just about everyone has had situational anxieties. It's a normal part of life," states Dr. Franklin Schneier, psychiatrist at Columbia University. "It can be difficult to pinpoint when life's mundane worries escalate into a full-blown psychiatric disorder."

 As a result, some mental health experts say, people with normal angst may get powerful medications they don't need, sometimes suffering from side effects such as extreme agitation, insomnia, loss of libido and, when they try to quit the drugs, withdrawal symptoms.

  It's the publicity that has caused many mental health experts to suspect we are over-medicating ourselves with antidepressants. For example, after Paxil was approved to treat social phobia in 1999, the company nearly tripled its advertising spending, from #31.5 million in  1999 to $91.7 million in 2000!

  One out of five people will suffer from generalized anxiety at some time in their life. The practitioner should consider prescribing Factor Six: Sommaserene, an an herbal based relaxant and non-narcotic stress reducer utilized to ameliorate nervousness, muscle tension, and anxiety. Review the efficacy of ingredients.

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