They are finding more and more potent medicines in plants.
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To: FairOpinion
2 posted on
08/23/2004 8:57:49 PM PDT by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: FairOpinion
The next thing to be found is insurance costs on blueberries will be an issue!
3 posted on
08/23/2004 8:58:20 PM PDT by
EGPWS
To: FairOpinion
That's good to hear. I love blueberries.
4 posted on
08/23/2004 8:58:48 PM PDT by
dc-zoo
To: FairOpinion
So blueberry pancakes and red wine for dinner is actually good for me???
5 posted on
08/23/2004 8:59:11 PM PDT by
flashbunny
(Kerry helped move jobs to china - http://www.flashbunny.org/commentary/kerryoutsourced.html)
To: FairOpinion
I would rather have blueberries, but the problem is that blueberries cost way more than my cholestrol medication.
9 posted on
08/23/2004 9:07:23 PM PDT by
Kirkwood
To: FairOpinion
Wouldn't you know...I HATE blueberries!
To: FairOpinion
Violet Beauregarde would disagree!
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To: FairOpinion
I know that it sounds like conspiracy theory talk, but it is odd that there is very little research in the medicinal qualities of plants.
It may be that they cannot be patented, so there is no financial incentive to do so. Part of the reason of course is that many advocates for herbal medicines tend to be a bit flaky. Also there are charlatans out there as well.
I would avoid buying the exhobitantly expensive herbal extracts offered in stores. Instead do your research and try to get the fruits and vegetables, teas etc. that have medicinal qualities so that there is more certainty of what you're getting.
At least you cannot overdose on oranges.
23 posted on
08/23/2004 9:19:43 PM PDT by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: FairOpinion
From the article:
The researchers found the blueberry compound was as effective in lowering bad (LDL) cholesterol as the commercial drug ciprofibrate. However, the researchers caution, studies will have to be conducted on humans, because no one knows how many blueberries a person needs to eat to have a positive effect at lowering cholesterol.Probably have to eat a gallon a day or something like that...
24 posted on
08/23/2004 9:20:39 PM PDT by
Keith in Iowa
(Time's fun when you're having flies. -- Kermit the Frog)
To: Canticle_of_Deborah; Desdemona
To: FairOpinion
This message has been brought to you by the American Blueberry Board.
27 posted on
08/23/2004 9:22:23 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: FairOpinion
I found my pill
On Blueberry Hill . . .
--Reduced Fats Domino
To: FairOpinion
Diet, not drugs, is the best course.
38 posted on
08/23/2004 9:51:11 PM PDT by
TheLion
To: StarFan; stanz; carlo3b
I absolutely love blueberries, but where can you find them fresh year-round? They are for sale here in the northeast only in July and August... :-(
40 posted on
08/23/2004 9:54:08 PM PDT by
nutmeg
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Comrade Hillary - 6/28/04)
To: ntnychik
43 posted on
08/23/2004 10:04:18 PM PDT by
potlatch
(Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
To: FairOpinion
Researchers have found a compound in the blueberry that lowers cholesterol just as effectively as commercial drugs..The headline is misleading. "A compound in" may require several pounds of blueberries per day as opposed to what's now used. (But it's possible that the compoound or a modification could be useful.)
48 posted on
08/23/2004 10:13:12 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: FairOpinion
Researchers have found a compound in the blueberry that lowers cholesterol just as effectively as commercial drugs ... Spodefly Pharmaceuticals, a division of Spodefly Industries, is currently undergoing initial trials on the manufacture of an improved medication for the treatment of cholesterol.
In fact, it is growing in my backyard now.
52 posted on
08/23/2004 10:35:04 PM PDT by
spodefly
(I have posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
To: 2Jedismom
Did you see this?
I'm gonna live forever...
58 posted on
08/24/2004 5:53:26 AM PDT by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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64 posted on
08/24/2004 6:01:46 AM PDT by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
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