Healthy Update - November 27, 2007

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HEALTH NEWS BRIEFS

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SINUS PROBLEMS ARE TREATED WELL WITH SAFE, INEXPENSIVE TREATMENT, UMHS

STUDY FINDS

Nasal irrigations with saline are more effective than saline spray for

short-term relief of chronic nasal symptoms, researchers find.

Participants in the study who were treated with irrigation experienced a

much greater benefit than those who were treated with saline spray, in

terms of both the severity and frequency of their symptoms.

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FAILING EYESIGHT: LUTEIN IS THE BEST DEFENSE

Lutein - the antioxidant found in dark green leafy vegetables such as

spinach and kale - has been proven to reduce our risk of developing the

eye disease age-related macular degeneration. A new study has confirmed

that lutein is the most effective antioxidant after studying the

progress of a group of 4,519 participants aged between 60 and 80. Most

of the group's lutein intake was from food rather than from supplements.

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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS MOVES CLOSER TO EUROPEAN BLUEPRINT ON SUPPLEMENTS

Recently, the Committee for Nutrition and Dietary Foods of Codex

Alimentarius, an international food standard setting body, met in

Germany, discussing matters ranging from nutrients to baby foods, from

sustainable health care to the promotion of healthy foods. The chairman

of the meeting is also the head of the ultra-conservative group opposed

to supplements and he guides the committee in the direction of more

control, tighter limits, and less freedom for consumers to choose. This

Germans model is being set up to be exported to the US next. The FDA

seems content - they have always wanted a good reason to clamp down on

those nasty supplements. Vitamins have become a mainstream health

enhancer and a real thorn in the eye of the pharmaceutical industry,

which the FDA is set up to protect.

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