Healthful Newsletters from Carlson Laboratories

Summer 2005

Congratulatons Heart Month End Cap Winners!

Thank you all for your participation in our End-Cap Contest. There were so many interesting and clever ideas among the entries! All End-Cap entries were judged for creativity, effort, beauty and educational information. Here are the results:

First Place Winners • $500.00 in Products

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Feed Your Genes Right to Stay Healthy and Youthful
We've all been taught that the genes we're born with are the ones we have for life. But the truth is that we can improve how our genes function! That's according to well-known health writer Jack Challem, author of the new book, "Feed Your Genes Right."

Genes are the microscopic biological programs that govern the function... Continue Reading

Is Today's Food Supply Better?
Alex Jack, an author of many books on foods, has compared the nutrients in various fruits as tested by the USDA in 1975 to their 1998 nutrient testing.

In the past 23 years, new agricultural chemicals, weed killers, hybrid and genetically altered seeds, concentrate planting and growing techniques have produced larger... Continue Reading

New Test May Help Determine Risk For Heart Disease

An inadequate intake of EPA and DHA from marine sources is associated with an increased risk for death from Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). Researchers from Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City tested the clinical relevance of a biological marker called the Omega-3 Index.

The Omega-3 Index measures total red blood cell EPA +... Continue Reading

Results of the Women's Health Study – Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

Results of the Women's Health Study – Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

Perhaps you've seen the headlines…

“Aspirin, vitamin E fail to prevent cancer in... Continue Reading

Sunscreen Use May Increase The Risk For Skin Cancer

Sunscreen products are rated according to their ability to prevent reddening of the skin for a period of 24 hours after sun exposure. Although it is well known that sunscreens do protect against skin reddening, their ability to protect against melanoma (the most dangerous form of skin cancer) is not... Continue Reading

Tummy Time

A study involved 151 infants, 4 to 6 months of age, divided into two groups; 121 back-sleepers and 30 stomach-sleepers. The infants were tested for motor development according to two developmental scales systems. The scientists found that 22% of the 6 month old back-sleepers were behind in their motor skills. 75% of the babies in the... Continue Reading

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