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Is Chocolate Good For Us?

An explanation of cocoa solids, cocoa, cocoa butter and what else is in chocolate.

By Roger French

Chocolate lovers around the world have no doubt been delighted to hear in recent years that chocolate may, after all, be good for us – or at least not so bad. If true, this is rather fortunate considering the stuff is so delicious and more-ish.

One study revealed that 50% of women prefer chocolate to sex, and a 2007 British study suggested that some people find dark chocolate more rewarding than passionate kissing. No wonder many people find moderation difficult with chocolate.

Despite chocolate being typically loaded with calories, fat and refined sugar, researchers have identified some definite benefits.

The researchers summarized their findings in in an article entitled, ‘A little of what you fancy does you good: or great news about chocolate’, by John Livesey, PhD, Scientific Officer, Department of Endocrinology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. One of the key points was as follows:

A Dutch study of 470 elderly men with an average age of 72 were assessed in 1985, and by year 2000 some 67% of them had died. It was found that the one-third of men who consumed the largest amounts of cocoa-containing food (average 4.2 grams of cocoa per day) had a 45 to 50% lower death rate than did the one-third who consumed no cocoa. Also, the high-cocoa group had a similarly marked reduction in death rate from heart disease. It is significant that more than half of the cocoa consumed was in chocolate, of which 28% was dark and 22% milk.

It is notable how little chocolate was consumed in order to bring about this major reduction in mortality. Four grams of cocoa would be contained in a mere 13 grams of dark chocolate with a cocoa content of around 48% or in six grams of a chocolate with a cocoa content of 70%. This amounts to just two or three squares of typical chocolate blocks per day.

Supplement Support For Cancer Treatment

By Robyn Chuter

‘CANCER’. The very word strikes fear into people’s hearts. Finding out that you, or someone you love, has cancer is like having a hole blown right through you. I know that feeling, only too well.

Late in 2007, my then 6-year-old son was diagnosed with a highly aggressive type of brain tumour called medulloblastoma. Instantaneously, my family was sucked up into the tornado of cancer and its treatment: a terrifying whirl of hospitals, multiple medical and support personnel, procedures, drugs; with precious little time to digest all the information, ask questions, do one’s own research and discuss the findings. I’m pleased to say that we have emerged from that dark tunnel more-or-less intact, and my son is in remission, with an extremely good prognosis. I want to share some of what I learned on that journey with NHVL readers now.

How To Improve Your Memory – 14 Tips

Abridged and edited from an article by Dr S. Tamer, published in NaturalNews.com, 12-9-08

Memory is our ability to process information; we encode, store and retrieve information by memory. Many of us would love to be able to improve our memories, and, also, because memory is so important to our daily functioning, it is important to take steps to guard against memory degeneration.

Levels of Memory

1) Sensory memory – This is a very short form of memory that can accommodate large amounts of information that may be visual, auditory or other information, depending on which sensory organs are involved.

2) Short-term memory – This has limited capacity, both in the duration of retention and in the amount of information that can be put into ‘storage’. At this stage, information may be processed and passed into long-term memory or may be forgotten.

3) Long-term memory – This memory has unlimited capacity, duration and storage ‘space’, and the information is stored in an organized manner.

Fourteen tips are outlined to help memory recall and overall memory strengthening.

Recovery From Rheumatoid Arthritis

In November 2008 Ms J. Miller of Beaconsfield, Tasmania, contacted NHVL to tell us about improvement in her rheumatoid arthritis. Here is her story.

Two and a half years ago I became very badly crippled with arthritis. The worst affected areas were the hips and knees, particularly the right knee. I put up with it for some time and then finally it became so bad that I could hardly walk. To do so would often reduce me to tears. I had to use a walking stick and my ability to work in the garden was reduced to almost nil. I went to the doctor and she took one look at my attempts to walk and put me down for immediate emergency knee surgery.

The first appointment I could get with the surgeon was five weeks later. At the same time I read in the Spring 2006 issue of your magazine your article about the acid/alkaline eating program and how it could help arthritis sufferers. The GP had taken a blood test which showed raised total cholesterol (7.5), high LDL and low HDL and problems with the liver as well as raised triglycerides. She had told me that my joints would hurt less if I could lose some weight, so after reading your article I decided to start on the eating regime while I waited to see the surgeon.

Within a week I began to notice an improvement in my mobility, and by the time I went to see the surgeon the change was dramatic. I was walking without even limping, didn’t need the walking stick and the surgeon took one look at me and asked if I had pain anywhere. I had to confess that I hardly had any. His response was to tell me to come back if it ever became bad again, but at the time I certainly didn’t require surgery. I must admit that I felt like a bit of a fraud, but a very grateful one.

My GP was so pleased with the result that she encouraged me to keep on the eating regime.

White and Green Tea – Miracle Teas

Edited by Russell L. Blaylock, MD, and lightly abridged by Roger French

Tea isn’t just a refreshing drink anymore. Numerous stories have appeared in the popular press touting the health benefits of green tea, including anti-cancer effects, weight loss and antioxidant properties.

A summary of the benefits of teas:

Tea has been tapped for its medicinal properties for ages
Tea has proven strong in combating stroke, heart failure, cancer, and diabetes
Among the different teas, white tea offers the greatest benefits, as it undergoes the least amount of processing, which is what distinguishes teas
Do not use lemon in tea – lemon increases absorption of the naturally occurring aluminium in tea
Tea can help with losing weight
Tea is a great digestive aid
Tea can help protect the retina from free radical damage that causes macular degeneration and glaucoma

Menopause and Prostrate – The Hormonal Link

By Dr Warwick D Raymont, PhD, MSc Tech Comm, DSc, MACS, MNYAS, DG, OIA

Much has been written in recent times of the health and wellness problems faced by humankind as a direct or indirect result of our changing environment.

Unnatural, man-made chemicals act as hormone (oestrogen) mimickers in the human body and can lead to imbalance which may have drastic effects in both females and males.

In the female, these oestrogen mimickers are reported to lead to an oestrogen dominance and subsequent progesterone deficiency. Such imbalance is now believed to be a prime cause of the many afflictions faced by women today and may be the hidden reason for so many hysterectomies being deemed necessary.

In the male, the current hypothesis is that the endocrine system, upon detecting an apparent oestrogen overload (from the same oestrogen mimickers that affect females), begins immediate, unnecessary and often excessive testosterone production. It is believed that this testosterone over-production may be one of the prime causative agents in male intolerance, impatience, aggression and violence.

Adrenal Exhaustion – Do You Have It?

By Roger French

People suffering adrenal exhaustion or adrenal fatigue are not alone in this ‘illness’. It is a modern stress syndrome, and it is estimated that at least 80% of adults suffer some sort of adrenal fatigue. Other names include hypo-adrenia, non-Addison’s hypoadrenia and, in its most severe form, Addison’s disease. It is associated with overwork and high stress, and is the result of exhausted adrenal glands being unable to meet the demands for their hormones.

Unfortunately, orthodox medicine does not recognise adrenal exhaustion as a distinct ‘illness’, other than Addison’s disease. This can create frustration and further problems for sufferers.

Adrenal exhaustion may be caused by physical, emotional or psychological factors, including:

lack of sleep, over-exertion, athletestraining too hard;

poor diet, high sugar intake, alcohol, caffeine, allergies, heavy metal toxicity, excessive copper levels, smoking, long-term use of cortisone;

infections, other illnesses, Candidiasis, drugs, parasites;

fear, marital stress, problems at work, death of a loved one, accidents, negative attitudes;

and so on.

Osteoporosis Drugs – Killing You Bones?

By Greg Fitzgerald

Tragically, medical treatments bypass the real causes of osteoporosis and focus on very strong drugs which can have disastrous side-effects. For many years, hormone replacement therapy was routinely prescribed to fight osteoporosis and prevent fractures. However, HRT fell quickly out of favour after a study involving this once-miracle drug had to be terminated before completion because too many women were dying of strokes and heart attacks (Women’s Health Initiative Study, 2002).

The trend today is for osteoporosis treatment to centre around a class of drugs known as bisphosphonates, which are the same class of phosphate chemicals that are found in some laundry detergents, except they are far more powerful. In fact, they are metabolic poisons and do nothing to remove the causes of osteoporosis.

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