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To: steve harris who wrote (276520)	2/24/2006 7:07:58 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576167

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To: steve harris who wrote (276520)	2/25/2006 1:29:26 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576167

Green tea may protect the aging brain By Amy Norton Fri Feb 24, 10:35 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who regularly drink green tea may have a lesser risk of mental decline as they grow older, researchers have found. Their study, of more than 1,000 Japanese adults in their 70s and beyond, found that the more green tea men and women drank, the lower their odds of having cognitive impairment. The findings build on evidence from lab experiments showing that certain compounds in green tea may protect brain cells from the damaging processes that mark conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. But while those studies were carried out in animals and test tubes, the new research appears to be the first to find a lower risk of mental decline among green-tea drinkers, according to the study authors. They speculate that the possible protective effects of green tea may help explain Japan's lower rate of dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease, compared with Europe and North America. Dr. Shinichi Kuriyama and colleagues at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine report the findings in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study included 1,003 adults age 70 and older who completed detailed questionnaires on their diets over the previous month, as well as their overall physical health and lifestyle habits. They also completed a standard test of cognitive functions such as memory, attention and language use. The researchers found that older adults who drank two or more cups of green tea per day were about half as likely to show cognitive impairment as those who drank three cups or less each week. Men and women who averaged one cup per day fell somewhere in between. The connection between green tea and mental function persisted when the researchers accounted for overall diet and factors such as smoking and exercise habits. However, the findings cannot demonstrate a cause-and-effect relationship. The study was observational, not a controlled experiment, and there may be something about green-tea drinkers that explains the link between the beverage and sharper mental function, Kuriyama told Reuters Health. For example, healthier, more active individuals may simply drink more green tea -- which, in Japan, is often consumed in social settings. "We think that the potential protective effects of green tea should be confirmed in further studies," Kuriyama said. Given the high prevalence and heavy burden of dementia, the researchers conclude, any benefit of drinking green tea could have a "considerable" public health impact. SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 2006.

To: steve harris who wrote (276520)	2/25/2006 5:59:03 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 1576167

Re: The Army has recommended that seven 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers be discharged following allegations they engaged in sex acts shown on a gay pornographic Web site. LOL... Now I see why Donald Rumsfeld was so shaken up --poor Donald had to watch all that gay footage: An ACLU release this afternoon said it was getting 70 photos and three video tapes. It also said that the government is being given 20 days to appeal. What is shown on the photographs and videos from Abu Ghraib prison that the Pentagon has blocked from release? One clue: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress last year, after viewing a large cache of unreleased images, "I mean, I looked at them last night, and they're hard to believe." They show acts "that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhumane," he added. A Republican Senator suggested the same day they contained scenes of "rape and murder." Rumsfeld then commented, "If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse." The photos were among thousands turned over by the key "whistleblower" in the scandal, Specialist Joseph M. Darby. Just a few that were released to the press sparked the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal last year, and the video images are said to be even more shocking. [...] editorandpublisher.com Specialist Joseph M. Darby, the key "whistleblower" in the scandal... indeed! I guess it takes a whistleblower to catch a blowjobber! LOL....