Junksciece Report: Steven Milloy
Soda, Diabetes Linked by Scientific Misconduct?
http://www.torontofreepress.com/2004/milloy082704.htm
.......selected quotes......

Do any of these "carb blockers" really do any good, or are they just junk? Do
these carb blockers damage or kill your liver or internal organs?

I wonder if there is a normal range for post-prandial triglycerides, like
there is for glucose for instance? Like, at what level should you expect
them to be at 1 hour, 2h, 3h... I happened to have a post-prandial
triglyceride reading (2.81g/l), and I'm wondering what to make out of ...

Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy for Selected Countries, 2004       
Country      Life Expectancy    Country        Infant mortality
Japan           81              Sweden           2.8
Australia       80.3        Japan            3.3

http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/wikipedia/Canadian_and_American_health_care_
systems_compared.shtml
excerpt:
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The comparison of the health care systems of Canada and the United

Brain Res. 2004 Aug 6;1016(2):139-44.  Related Articles, Links  
Lipoic acid pretreatment attenuates ferric chloride-induced seizures in the
rat.
Meyerhoff JL, Lee JK, Rittase BW, Tsang AY, Yourick DL.

I'm looking to compare the PUFA content of sardines and anchovies. I found
the info I needed on ancovies in the USDA database but for sardines they
only list canned ones.
Anyone knows where I can find the FFA profile of raw sardines.

Now if only US citizens could enjoy it:
Shrinking coverage stings those on individual plans
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040824-9999-1n24self.html
Makes you want to trade in your US citizenship for Canadian

- this has probably been covered a thousand times but after looking around
on the net I can't seem to find 'an idiots guide' to fat. - from what I've
read and hopefully understood saturated fats are the worst (to be avoided as
much as possible?) - but some other types are ?essential ...

The med. diet uses whole carb food sources as a rule, as does the dash
diet and seems the direction the newer dietary guidelines likely to go.  
It is an intresting observation that atkins is mentioned, even though the
kind of previous research on which this is based has nothing to ...

My child is 15 months old. at about three month she was put on
Nutramigen instead of a regular formula, due to severe digestive
problems. From about  eight month onwards we have been trying all
kinds of foodstuffs but all in vein. The nature of the reaction

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Death rate:    
United States:   8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)  
Canada:          7.67 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)  

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesnewsarticle.jsp?storyId=6407630&filename=2004082
4/ap2004082473304689FITDiabetesSoEDIT.xml
Study Links Soda, Women Having Diabetes
.....quote from ADA website....
Karmeen Kulkarni of the American Diabetes Association said similar

EPA Warns Polluted Fish Cover Third Of US Lakes
8-24-4
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Americans were cautioned
about eating fish from more than one-third of U.S. lakes and

Twenty years ago at age 23 and 5'6" in height, I weighed 120 lbs. Now
at age 43 I weight 260 lbs! What did I do to get this way? I eat
pretty much the same as I did then except I can tolerate more salads
and vegetables. I eat about the same amounts. And the same kinds. I