Thank you!  :-)

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Jessica Baker <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Happy Birthday, Ro!  I love reading your posts, you're the one who helped
> me
> the most when I first started out on Paleo.  So have a good one!!!!
>
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Ro
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:31 AM
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> Subject: news items
>
> Couple of interesting news items:
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>
> First one is excerpted from 60 Second Science Podcast by Scientific
> American:
>
>
> "You've no doubt heard that grapefruit juice can greatly increase the
> effects of some drugs. Even to a dangerous degree. Pharmacologist David
> Bailey made that discovery almost 20 years ago. A substance in the juice
> blocks an enzyme that breaks down the drugs. Now Bailey's back with a fresh
> finding-grapefruit juice, orange juice, apple juice and other fruit juices
> can also severely decrease the absorption of certain drugs. He announced
> this discovery August 19th at the national meeting of the American Chemical
> Society in Philadelphia."
>
> > "Some of the drugs that have their dosages effectively decreased by
> various
> > juices include medications that fightheart
> disease<http://www.sciam.com/topic.cfm?id=heart-disease>,
> > infection and even the rejection of transplants. Key ingredients in the
> > juices appear to block a molecule that carries drugs from the small
> > intestine into the bloodstream. So a lot of the medication gets flushed
> out
> > without ever reaching its target. Bailey says, "This is just the tip of
> the
> > iceberg.  I'm sure we'll find more and more drugs that are affected this
> > way."  So when taking medications, a sip of H2O is probably the way to
> > go."
>
>
>
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>
> Also, a story appeared yesterday in my news browsing by one of the science
> journals (I'll have to go look it up if anyone wants the name) but it
> basically said they've found that the old practice of hyping up young
> horses
> on oats, barley, molasses, and other grains is counterproductive.   They
> used to think it gave the horses extra energy for the training, and it gave
> them that glossy coat and bright eyes that people liked to see.  But a
> careful study recently revealed that hmmmm....it seemed that the horses who
> had all the grains/sugar were anxious and restive, were more unstable
> mounts, and were less responsive to the critical first stages of training
> than the more 'placid' horses who only had grass and hay.  The latter
> responded better to training and made calmer mounts.
>
> Go figure.
>