2013年9月28日星期六

I am THAT PERSON, ewww...







As I have mentioned before, I go to a sweatless gym.  This is a place where the Italians meet to catch up with friends, grab a coffee, share a cigarette, and occassionaly walk from one piece of eqipment to another, all while talking on their mobile phone.  Yes, I said gym; not bar; not Wi Fi spot nor did I say a destination for speed dating; is this really what I am getting for my health membership?


Am I the only one who brings a sweat towel to put over the equipment? Sweat towels are non existant, why wouldn’t they be, nobody sweats!


Am I the only one who brings a water bottle to rehydrate? A coffee machine greets you as you walk in the door, because I know once I have run a few kilometers on the treadmill, a quick espresso is always good for the heart rate.  No one is drinking any water, but then why would they be, nobody sweats!


There are no showers at the gym, just toilets and change rooms, why would there be, nobody sweats!


I should of paid more attention to the fellow patrons during my orientation.  I am yet to see another cuddly person at the gym.  I am sure there was a ‘stage one’ gym they were supposed to send me to first?  Some sort of room underground for the sweaters and belt busters to get into shape, before initiation and a pass to play with the pretty people. But instead, I am the only sweater!  I am unique!  I have a sweat towel, (which is more of a double sized beach towel), a water bottle that is refilled in the handicapped toilet several times during my work out, (I am obviously reffering to the basin not the toilet), and a little ipod that i listen to music on, (no need to use my phone for music like everyone else as I have nobody to call or text anyway).




I am now ‘that person’.  That person that everyone looks at but does not speak to when at the gym, (“ewww she’s sweating”). At my last gym in Australia, ‘that person’ wore all green, (shirt, shorts, socks and shoes) and was often seen riding the streets on the weekend with an empty beer carton as a hat. Maybe I am that person minus the beer hat? I know I am watched, I sense it. I huff. I puff.  I sound as though I am having an asthma attack minus the asthma.  I look as though I have been severley sunburnt as my face turns the colour of beetroot.  I smell like I have been attacked by several promotors in a perfume aisle, (I try to overcompensate for the sweating before it happens.) 


So I think I have finally figured out why there is no need for Italians to sweat.  Afterall, sweating could help you loose weight.  Why would you want to sweat if you are already thin?  Besides, if you don’t like to sweat, you could try one of the 100 firming and toning creams sold in Italian pharmacies that promise “un corpo perfetto” (a perfect body), “una impeccabile silhouette” (an impeccable silhouette), and the disappearance of stretchmarks and cellulite. 




I am not rich.  I can not afford the cream.  So for now… I will continue to be that person.  I do however hold comfort in the fact that my husband returns from the gym looking as though he has just been caught in the cross fire of an adolescent water fight.  So, he too is that person.  It is just a shame that we are never at the gym at the same time so we can be that person together.




All-star athletes with diseases

All-star athletes with diseases



All-star athletes with diseases, Even the most elite athletes — who keep their bodies in top shape for a living — are not immune to health problems. While you may know the famous face, you might not be as familiar with the health condition that affects his or her body.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The NBA’s all-time leading scorer was diagnosed with this rare form of cancer in 2008 after experiencing hot flashes and sweats. When he went public with the disease in 2009, he told ABC News that he initially thought the diagnosis “was definitely a death sentence.” Prior to 2001, the average life expectancy for a patient after diagnosis was three to five years. Today, patients can expect a normal lifespan as long as they continue treatment. chronic myeloid leukemia treatment options, 5,000 newly diagnosed a year in US + chronic myeloid leukemia,


Muhammad Ali
By the time Muhammad Ali was in the final stages of his magnificent boxing career, he was slurring his words. Not long after, he was diagnosed with this disease, which is characterized by increasingly severe tremors, periodically stiff or frozen limbs and changes in speech and gait, caused by gradual loss of brain cells that produce dopamine, a chemical that is key to controlling muscle movement. There is no known cure, and there is little known about what causes the disease. celebrities with Parkinson’s disease, muhammad ali took about 29,000 punches to the head during career,


Lance Armstrong
The disgraced Tour de France champion told Oprah Winfrey he doesn’t believe doping caused him to develop this type of cancer in 1996. It is the most common cancer in men ages 15 to 34 and when detected early, its curability rate is 90 percent. lance armstrong teammates think doping caused cancer,


O.J. Brigance
The former Baltimore Ravens linebacker won a Super Bowl in 2001 but is now confined to a wheelchair after being diagnosed with this incurable neuromuscular disease in 2007. Another common name for the disease references this beloved Hall of Fame baseball player, whose career and life were cut short by it. While the disease weakens and eventually paralyzes the body, it does not impact the mind. There is no known cure. O.J Brigance + super bowl 2013,


Jay Cutler
The Chicago Bears quarterback played two years in the NFL before realizing he had this disease, which usually affects children and young adults. He now controls the disease, diagnosed in April 2008, by carefully planning his food intake. Though this can be challenging on game days, managing his condition helped Cutler post career-high numbers that season with the Denver Broncos before being traded to Chicago the following year. jay cutler + chicago bears,


Zack Greinke
The Angels-turned-Dodgers pitcher took seven months away from major league baseball in 2006 due to this disorder, for which he continues to be treated. People who have this disorder can have an excessive fear of making mistakes, being judged or criticized and being embarrassed or humiliated in front of others.


Scott Hamilton
After surviving testicular cancer in 1997, the champion ice skater and Olympic gold medalist underwent surgery in 2010 for an unrelated and rare yet noncancerous condition that threatened to take away his vision. He was first diagnosed in 2004 and previously opted to treat it with a noninvasive but risky procedure that can cause brain damage if it is not performed perfectly. This condition most commonly affects children ages 5 to 10 but can also affect adults. scott hamilton + 2010 aneurysm, scott hamilton + mitt romney campaign,


Tim Howard
This neurological disorder, which afflicts U.S. National Soccer team goalkeeper Tim Howard, is best known in popular culture for its association with uncontrollable outbursts of obscenities, but that symptom is a rare one. More common tics include abrupt movements and repetitive sounds, such as barking, sniffing or throat-clearing. In 2005, Howard told “60 Minutes” that he has controlled his condition through sheer willpower since he was a child. Tim Howard on “60 minutes”,


Bruce Jenner
Before he was overshadowed by the Kardashian clan, Bruce Jenner was famous in his own right as a gold medalist in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Although he was once a poster boy for good health, Jenner now suffers from this common condition, which has forced him to give up hobbies including tennis and running. Though the condition is a normal result of aging, it can be particularly common among people who play sports. bruce jenner + gold medalist decathlon, bruce jenner net worth $ 100 million, bruce jenner + kardashians,


Conor Jackson
This fungal infection effectively ended the major-league career of this outfielder, who now plays for the minor leagues. The disease is native to the desert regions of the Southwest, where Jackson was drafted to play first base. The infection starts in the lungs, and symptoms include cough, joint pain and exhaustion. Jackson has said he had to take naps after batting practice when symptoms were at their worst. ike davis + valley fever,


Magic Johnson
The NBA great shocked the nation when he announced his abrupt retirement from the LA Lakers due to this disease, which at the time had been widely associated with gay men and intravenous drug users. magic johnson + acquired HIV through unprotected sex, magic johnson + strong advocate for protected sex,


Jackie Joyner-Kersee
The track and field star was diagnosed with this condition at age 18 but hid it from coaches, teammates and the world until 1993. Depending on its severity, the condition can be experienced as a minor nuisance or a life-threatening disease. There is no known cure. Jackie Joyner-Kersee + 3 olympic gold medals, Jackie Joyner-Kersee + hid asthma diagnosis, Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, asthma treatment options,


Phil Mickelson
The golf star was nearly crippled in the summer of 2010 by this potentially debilitating disease, which quickly spread from his ankle, finger and wrist to his hips, elbows and shoulders. This chronic disease is caused by an overactive immune system and is characterized by skin lesions as well as joint pain. There is no known cure.


Martina Navratilova
The Hall of Fame tennis star told People magazine she cried when she was diagnosed with this illness in 2010. When detected early, as in Martina’s case, the prognosis is generally positive. Two years after her diagnosis, she competed on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars”. Risk factors for the disease include a person’s age, genetic factors, personal health history and diet. Martina Navratilova + lance armstrong doping,


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Don"t Throw That Away! Creative Repurposing To Save You Money and Reduce Waste

My Grandma Ellen was a foil hoarder.  She was well known within the family for her “forty-year-old foil” and once when she caught my mom trying to throw some of it out, she insisted it still had plenty of use left in it.




A lot of the books I read are set in the Depression Era, when no one wasted anything because everyone was dirt poor, or during WWII, when rationing meant many items were just not available and people had to be inventive, make things last.




I don’t save foil, actually I don’t even use a lot of foil anyway, but I must have inherited some of my grandma’s “reuse it” tendencies, because I hate to throw away something that still has use in it.  My vertical garden is a recent example; I also love to tell the story of how I posted a cut up piece of carpet to Freecycle on a whim and it was snatched up by a woman with a rabbit who needed carpet scraps for the cage.  Last summer, another Freecycle member posted a request for old pallets because she was building a compost container.  (Sadly, by the time I emailed her and offered her the two languishing in my basement, she already had enough.)  Someone’s trash is someone else’s treasure.  I’ve scored some great things off Freecycle, including perfectly good picture frames that I painted and used to frame kid artwork and a brand new composter that would have cost 30 dollars brand new. (I ended up passing it on to someone else because I didn’t have the time or the space to figure out composting in the city.  Another summer.)




Anyway, when a new eBook popped up at my online library titled “Don’t Throw That Away!” by Jeff Yeager, the Ultimate Cheapskate, I thought of Grandma Ellen’s foil hoarding and checked out the book.




Who knew there were so many way to reuse worn out pantyhose? (Also, who are these people who wear out so many pairs of pantyhose?)  My favorite was to cut the legs off, then slip them over rolls of wrapping paper to keep it clean and unwrinkled.  Some options were a little too out there for me (styrofoam packing peanuts strung together to make a Christmas tree garland) or just straight up gross (composting rotten meat), but there are lots of other ideas intended to stretch your money and also reduce the amount of trash you generate.




In addition to my vertical garden, here are some examples of my “reuse it” tendencies.




Receiving blankets as napkins and cleaning cloths–When I had babies, it seemed like everyone gave me receiving blankets.  I didn’t get all that much use out of them, because they are so small and babies grow so fast.  We used some as burp cloths, but I didn’t have particularly barfy babies and the spit up phase is pretty short lasting anyway.  I stored the blankets in a bin on a shelf on the changing table, where the kids promptly dumped them out pretty much everyday.  I finally got tired of refolding them pretty much everyday, so I tore them into four pieces each and used them as cloth napkins/face and hand wipers at mealtime.  Once they moved past the smear-oatmeal-in-hair stage, I relocated them to the laundry room and have used them as cleaning cloths ever since.  They are washable and I never run out and they only get thrown away when they fall to bits, unlike paper towels.




Metal Mini-blind slats as garden markers–The shade on our front door took a beating, between kids and cats, and I finally replaced it last month with something that doesn’t rattle and is washable and ironable.  I cut the strings out of the old blind and most of the metal went into the recycle can, but I did cut some of the slats into 6-inch long pieces and saved them to mark my container garden next year.  I can write on them with a Sharpie and won’t have to try to remember which seeds went where.




Old boat line as doormat–John and I used to sail, and one thing I learned is that weather is hard on lines.  It’s unsafe to use old or frayed lines as rigging, but there’s often plenty of other use left in the rope.  John used some old line to weave a door mat, and it still sits inside our front door, where we park our shoes.  In comparison, I’ve lost count of the number of mats I have replaced that were storebought because they fell apart over time.




Stray socks as heating pad–You can buy rice or bean filled pieces of fabric intended to be used as a hot compress, or you can save your stray socks and make your own for cheap.  Last year, Maureen had a painful ear, but I wasn’t comfortable letting her use a heating pad in bed.  Instead, I rooted around in my sock drawer, found a sock with no mate, filled it with rice (99 cents for a bag of store brand) and tied it shut.  A minute or two in the microwave makes it warm enough to be soothing to sore muscles or painful ears, but not so hot that it’s a burn risk, and it holds the heat just long enough to make a difference.  It’s so beneficial that when her ear hurts, she asks for the “hot sock” first before Tylenol.




Or…use the sock filled with beans as a cat toy.




Bubble Wrap as window insulation–At work, we constantly get supplies in boxes packed with bubble wrap. Baltimore City recycling won’t take it, so we save some of it to wrap our surgical patients in to retain body heat.  This winter, I’m going to snag some and try it as insulation for our rotten single pane windows.  Only on the side ones that no one ever sees.




Are you a reuser?  Do you have any tips to add to my list?

Distended Stomach, One of Risk Factor Incidence of Asthma Attacks



Distended abdomen, which is also known as central obesity or central obesity, has long been proven to have links with the emergence of a variety of health problems, especially diabetes and heart disease. However, recently scientists have found that belly fat was associated with the onset of asthma. The study results presented at the European Respiratory Society, an annual congress held in Amsterdam, have shown that belly fat is a risk factor for asthma. In previous studies, have found a relationship between asthma and body mass index (BMI), in which the IMT is here used as a measure of overall obesity.


And in this latest study, use of waist circumference, as a sign of central obesity, to see if this type of obesity plays a role in the development of asthma. This study aimed to investigate the link between belly fat (central obesity) and obesity total of asthma in adults.




This study was followed by 23 245 adults who do not have asthma, aged 19-55 years. Body mass index and waist circumference were measured to determine the level of central obesity and obesity total them. They were also asked to report if any asthma attacks.


The results of this study showed that people who have belly fat or central obesity is 144 times greater chance of developing asthma. Meanwhile, people who have both types of obesity (both in the abdomen or the whole) 181 times greater chance of developing asthma.



Asthma can affect anyone, is no exception. However, research has shown that people who are obese have a greater chance of developing asthma than in normal people. Central obesity is associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. These factors play an important role in central obesity in relation to asthma. Researchers are still going to evaluate the relationship between asthma and distended stomach in the future.



Remember that prevention is always better than cure. Therefore, if you have belly fat or overweight, begin to reduce weight and fat levels in your body, to prevent the occurrence of various diseases that threaten your health.


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A Week at Walt Disney World with Food-Allergic Children

After reading so many positive stories about Walt Disney World by people with food-allergic children, we planned a week’s trip.  For the same cost, we could have done 2 or 3 smaller vacations, but vacationing with food allergies is such a scary ordeal.  There are many encouraging testimonials from those in the FA community and we decided that one safe and wonderful vacation was worth the expense.  We want to add our experience to that long list of food allergy parents who had a safe and amazing trip to Walt Disney World.

Dining out locally with a food-allergic child has been such a negative experience that we almost never do it (aside from Wendy’s or McDonalds).  It is nearly overwhelming to consider eating on a plane or in an airport.  We have worked hard over the last few years to create breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus full of safe and tasty foods.  Going on vacation entails trusting that we can find the same in a dozen or so different restaurants.  We ventured a short vacation last year that involved driving with a cooler loaded with safe food and a stay in a hotel with a full kitchen so we could prepare most of our food.  The one time we ate at a restaurant, we ended up using the Benadryl.



On Disney World’s website we found menus of all of their restaurants, lists of ingredients for many of their commonly served food, and the Special Diets page.  The typical child’s menu includes chicken fingers, hot dog, hamburger, mac and cheese or pizza.  The only option for our son would have been a burger with no bun.  I had read that the chef would come to the table to discuss options, so I looked over each and every adult menu to determine which ones had the greatest potential for substitutes.  We made dinner reservations at four restaurants and we planned to eat at the resort for breakfast and lunch.  We figured that we would see how comfortable we felt before we ventured any further than that.



Through the Special Diets department, we informed Disney of our children’s allergens and gave them our dining reservation information.  They, in turn, passed the information on to the chefs at those restaurants.  Just as we had read, the chef came to our table and discussed our dining options.  In every instance, the chefs prepared safe and wonderful dinners and desserts.  Our son, who is anaphylactic to milk, had his first milk shake (soy) at Hollywood Studios.  He had Rice Dream ice cream with a waffle cone in Magic Kingdom, and he had sorbet with fruit at Epcot.  For breakfast one morning, he had Mickey Mouse-shaped waffles at the resort.  To top it all off, he ate his first-ever donut at BabyCakes NYC in Downtown Disney.  For him, these foods were delicious.  For us, it was a surreal experience.  As if to highlight the point that Disney goes out of its way to cater to food allergies, when we tried to eat breakfast at a Chili’s at the airport, the only thing they could offer our son besides bacon was to toast the bagel we brought in.


Out of extreme precaution (as well as frugality), I had groceries delivered to the resort by We Go Shop.  There are at least two grocery delivery services but this one looked better for us.  I ordered specific foods like Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Kellogg’s Pop Tarts and Thomas’ blueberry bagels and checked the “no substitute” box.  I included a note that we had several allergies to emphasize why I didn’t want substitutes.  The bread that I had checked, however, was not available at the local Wal-Mart, so Amy at We Go Shop substituted another non-diary.  She said she had called a relative of hers with a milk allergy to find an ingredient list which would work.  I was impressed.  With food in the hotel room, we were able to eat quickly, safely, and cheaply for a few meals.



One other bit of preparation was the creation of a chef card.  The list of allergens is on the front and food-preparation safety information and a picture of my child is on the back.  It proved extremely useful when we were brave enough to eat at a counter service restaurant on the last day. 



Not one reaction: no rash, no hives, no swelling, no lethargy, no vomit, no Benadryl, no Epipen.  Just rides, shows, and smiles.  Two very tired children and two very happy parents.


Like most kids, ours absolutely love Halloween. They love carving jack-o-lanterns, they love dressing up and trick or treating, and they LOVE candy. As a constantly-anxious parent of food-allergic children, I planned in advance how I would handle the food at their parties as well as any they received as a reward for their door-to-door begging. For my pre-school child, I had a difficult time communicating with the parent who signed up to bring treats. All communication was done through the A.M. teacher. Even though I only needed to know what the parent was bringing so that I could prepare something similar for my child, there was too much back and forth. The lesson learned is that I need to have direct contact with anyone who is providing food.

Trick or treating was a different ball of wax (or whatever a chocolate-covered nut equivalent to a ball of wax would be.) One idea we had heard of was to have the children bring home all the candy they got, then set out the ones that they couldn’t have for the Nut Fairy to take and replace with some other goodie. This sounded like too much work to me and more than slightly implausible – kind of degrading to the other fairies. My alternative was to buy more than enough safe candy for us to hand out, then use the extra to swap with my children. That way, they wouldn’t feel like they had to give anything up. Thank goodness they’re not allergic to sugar!


I explained the plan to the kids before we headed out into the neighborhood and they seemed to get it. We also set the rule that no food was to be eaten until we got home. As a further precaution, I took the epipen with us. As soon as we got to the first door, however, the candy-swap plan went out the window. Quite reasonably, the kids looked through the candy distributor’s selection to tell them what they could have. On what seemed to be several occasions, I heard my son say “I can’t have that.” Then he turned and walked away. The first few times this happened, I told him to just take what was offered and reminded him that we would swap it out when we got home. He said, “No.”


I worried that as the night went on, he would get angrier at his allergies and feel more and more rejected. Fortunately, it didn’t seem to bother him. He just ran turned away from the door and ran on to the next one. I guess the thrill of dressing as a cowboy and going around the neighborhood at night surrounded by vampires, princesses, and superheroes was more important than the candy. For that, I am grateful.


As for my 8-year-old daughter, her only concern was peanuts. When she didn’t have an alternative, she took the nut candy and later traded it with a friend that went with us.


Two weeks later, the cowboy and the witch are still working on the candy they did get. My hope is that their memories will be of dressing up, parading, and running around with their friends and not of the food that they couldn’t have.






This title might bring to mind an all-too-typical trip to the grocery store with a toddler, but I was the one who had the meltdown. Our favorite bread, Oroweat’s Whole Grain 100% Whole Wheat, added milk as an ingredient. Out of the 100 or so bread options, this was the only dairy-free sliced bread that was tasty enough for my kids and healthy enough for the parents. This had been such a reliable standard for us that I haven’t felt the need to read the label for quite some time. It was even on my son’s “Safe Food” list. Recently, however, I read on FAAN’s website not to make such a list and to check labels every time since manufacturers change their ingredients. With that sound advice on my mind I flipped the Oroweat loaf over and what I saw nearly floored me: whey and nonfat milk in bold, black letters at the end of the ingredient list.






I’m used to checking labels and the frequent disappointment that comes with that necessary task but this was too much. A healthy, allergen-free food that everyone likes is just too hard to come by and this one was now being taken from us with no warning, no bright yellow banner stating, “Now Containing Dairy!” or anything of the like.



After gathering myself and inspecting all other options only to read milk, milk, milk on all of them, I finally found another Oroweat bread: Dutch Country 100% Whole Wheat. It, by the way, isn’t nearly as tasty. I called Oroweat to complain thinking that they need to hear from their dairy allergic customers. The nice lady at customer service sympathized and promised to pass on my concern to the powers that be. She also sent me coupons for any of their products . . . excluding Dutch Country.


















We’ve been looking for books to help our son prepare for preschool. We wanted to increase his awareness, help him become an advocate for himself, and hopefully find a book that his teacher could read to his class to help them understand and be supportive.


Here’s what we got through interlibrary loan and Amazon:






Cody the Allergic Cow by Nicole Smith

This is our favorite of all of the books. Though Cody is just allergic to milk, food-allergy issues like symptoms, being careful about what foods “hide” the allergen, feeling different than non-allergic friends and family members, and having the epi-pen close by are all covered. There are other books in this series that deal with peanuts and nuts. This book is great for my preschooler and it would be great for his teacher to share with the class as well.






The BugaBees: Friends with Food Allergies by Amy Recob

This beautifully illustrated rhyming children’s book features 8 characters with different food allergies. Since my son shares 6 of those, we have plenty of opportunity for discussion about foods to which he is and is not allergic. This book is appropriate for children in the primary grades and would be great for a teacher to share with the class.






The Day I Met the Nuts by Mary Rand Hess

This is a cute book that describes nut allergies from a child’s perspective. He goes through all the emotions: He’s sick, scared, frustrated, he feels different and left out, and eventually he learns how to adapt. This book is appropriate for nut-allergic children of any age.






Food Allergies by Jason Glaser

This is more of a reference book for kids than it is a children’s book. Teachers could effectively use this book to share with a class what food allergies are, what reactions look like, what causes them, etc. This book could be used from preschool through most of the elementary grades.







A Day at the Playground: A Food Allergy Awareness Book for the Young by Tracie Mulari-Schrand

This book is not specific to any particular food allergy. It’s geared toward helping children be aware of food allergens in a play setting. It’s age-appropriate for my 3-year old boy. It is a good cautionary read.






Taking Food Allergies to School by Ellen Weiner (Part of Kim Gosselin’s Special Kids in School Series)

This book is very good at explaining how foods with an allergen make a food-allergic person sick, complete with talk of white blood cells, antibodies, and histamines. This is a great book to read and discuss with my food-allergic 8-year old but not with the 3-year old.

















My husband and I both agreed that we wanted to reach out and connect with other families with food allergies.We receive a lot of encouragement, ideas, and moral support by reading blogs of other food allergic families and we felt that we wanted to contribute too. We have two happy and healthy children who are the lights of our lives.They both also happen to have life-threatening food allergies which has dramatically changed the way our family eats.

Our son, age 3, is the most severe of my two food allergic children.He has multiple life-threatening food allergies to dairy, eggs, nuts, poultry, fish, pinto beans, peas, and most likely tropical fruits.He has had one actual anaphylactic reaction after accidentally taking a drink of another child’s cow’s milk.I pray that that never happens again.We avoid eating out because of the possibility of cross-contamination.


His most recent IgE test showed that his allergy levels were actually increasing.His peanut test is actually over 100 which is off the chart.My husband and I were feeling pretty down about this and I guess that’s why we wanted to reach out to others.


We have known that our son was a food allergic child since he was about 7 months old.We had him tested because he was having severe eczema and rashes.We had also noticed how his eczema would flare up after eating certain baby foods. At Thanksgiving when he was 8 months old, after eating turkey, his cheeks became bright red and rough.We didn’t know at that time that the turkey was bothering him.We actually had family photographs taken and the photographer asked if I’d like to have her retouch the photograph to take the redness out of my little guy’s cheeks!


My daughter, age 8, also has life-threatening food allergies to nuts and sesame.Honestly, I sometimes forget about the seriousness of her allergies because compared to her brother, she’s a breeze!It’s fairly easy to avoid nuts and sesame; however, we have to be vigilant about making sure she never eats them.We first discovered her food allergies when she was still very little.My husband and I were eating take-out Chinese cashew chicken.I gave her a cashew to eat.Her reaction was delayed by about an hour but she began projectile vomiting and broke out in hives.Her pediatrician said it was most likely an allergic reaction and that’s what we chalked it up to.It didn’t feel like a huge deal… so we wouldn’t eat cashews anymore, right?


Then when she was two and a half, she ate an ice cream cone with a few peanut sprinkles on the top and then we went swimming.At the pool, she started having chills and as I was holding her, I noticed her eyes and lips swelling!We rushed home and gave her Benadryl, and she was better.



Looking back, we were so naïve about dealing with food allergies.My daughter was our first experience with it; however, the extensiveness of my son’s allergies has forced us to become very well educated in the food allergy department.My goal is to share my experiences, ideas, support, and recipes for others who find themselves in the same situation.Thanks for reading!




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Asthma Com

Asthma com stands for asthma communication. This is sensitizing the condition. Asthma disease is not very known. At most times, most people get to learn about the condition when they are affected or someone close to them is. This can either be family or close friends. Asthma com is done by asthma activists, doctors and people living with the condition. With the rising prevalence levels, asthma communication is very important.


People living with the condition need to know how to treat the disease. This is by preventing, controlling and treating the symptoms. When one understands the condition, treating it is much easier. Asthma com enables one to detect the symptoms. These include wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and tightness in the chest. It also enables one to know the trigger of an asthma attack.


The triggers are different in different patients. Causes of asthma are also many and different in patients. These causes can either be allergic reactions, smoking, air pollution, irritants at work places, family history of asthma and eczema. When one knows what the cause of asthma in their case is, dealing with it is much easier.


Asthma com also helps those around people living with the condition. They are able to be of more help to the patients. The patients are not victimized but they are rather taken as Norman members of the society. People who are more likely to develop the condition also take measures to prevent it. This can only be possible through asthma com.


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Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthma

by Bruno Battistini, PhD


Exhaled nitric oxide may allow clinicians to improve diagnosis, determine proper initial treatment, and monitor the progression of various pulmonary diseases including asthma.


Nitric oxide, an atmospheric gas and free radical, was found in the 1970s to activate guanylate cyclase and increase guanosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) levels in various tissue preparations.1 Soon after (in 1981), a relationship between cGMP formation and the relaxation of coronary arterial smooth muscle in response to glyceryl trinitrate, nitroprusside, nitrite, and nitric oxide was established.2 It is reported that activation of endothelial cells by acetylcholine and other agents lead to arterial vasodilatation, from which emerged the new concept of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) and the subsequent endothelium-related increase in smooth muscle cGMP.3 Nitric oxide emerged as the molecule responsible for the biological activity of EDRF.4 Of the more than 40,000 publications that can be found on nitric oxide today, about 5,000 (13%) focus on the biochemistry, pharmacology, and molecular biology of this molecule in the lung and pulmonary system. The first description of the presence and measurement of endogenous nitric oxide in the exhaled air of various species, including humans, was reported by Gustafsson et al.5 As of March 2001, 502 publications can be found on exhaled nitric oxide, but close to 2,000 can be found on the the inhalation of nitric oxide as a mean of therapeutic intervention, such as reversing pulmonary vasoconstriction.6


Biotransformation function
Nitric oxide is endogenously produced in the lung and many other organs, tissues, and cells by three subtypes of nitric oxide synthase (NOS I, II, and III).7 Once released, nitric oxide (having a half-life of 0.05 to


Nitric oxide is produced not only by endothelial cells, but also by many other types of cells, such as epithelial cells, macrophages, eosinophils, neutrophils, and neurons11 that contribute to the roles of nitric oxide in respiration and as a bronchodilator.12-14 Nitric oxide is also involved as a neurotransmitter for the nonadrenergic noncholinergic nerves,15 and it shows antimicrobial activity.16 Conversely, nitric oxide, reacting with superoxide and forming peroxynitrite, can induce membrane lipid peroxidation that leads to cell-membrane damage, thus revealing the cytotoxic potential of superoxide and nitric oxide.17 Nitric oxide can also cause DNA breaks, apoptosis, and cytostasis, and it can be involved in angiogenesis and tumor progression.18 In short, nitric oxide is not merely a marker; it plays significant vascular and nonvascular regulatory and host-defense roles in pulmonary physiology and pathophysiology.


Measuring exhaled nitric oxide
Considering the close anatomical proximity of blood capillaries to membranous airways (alveolar space), pulmonary endothelial nitric oxide was expected to enter the airspace and, therefore, to be measured in the exhaled air. The first measurement of exhaled nitric oxide in normal human subjects5 used chemiluminescence (based on a photochemical reaction between nitric oxide and ozone), diazotization, and mass spectrometry, and was later confirmed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.19 Several other groups20-22 have since measured basal levels of exhaled nitric oxide in normal human subjects. Some noticeable variations in exhaled–nitric-oxide values were reported. A number of recommendations have been made to help ensure the reproducibility of the technique.23 At first, the exact origin of nitric oxide in exhaled air was not known. Most variations in exhaled nitric oxide can be explained by contamination from the upper respiratory tract.24 Such contamination was not fully eliminated by the use of nasal blockage (encouraging only oral airflow). Rather, the problem was solved by the selection of an online single constant expiratory flow-controlled rate.25 This later observation suggested that exhaled nitric oxide is released within the conducting airways, whereas alveolar nitric oxide levels are negligible. Thus, under normal conditions, levels of exhaled nitric oxide are less than 10 parts per billion (109), reflecting the minor contribution of alveolar nitric oxide and the total absence of nasal nitric oxide.


About 125 publications have presented data on the levels of exhaled nitric oxide in children. The first of these was by Lundberg et al.24 Further relationships between exhaled nitric oxide and childhood asthma have also been reported.26-28 Compared to induced sputum, exhaled nitric oxide presents undeniable advantages29 as a novel, noninvasive way to assess the degree of airway inflammation in this particular population.


Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children
In mildly atopic asthma patients, the levels of exhaled nitric oxide seen during oral breathing were two to three times those seen in normal human subjects.30 In many other groups of asthma patients, the level of nitric oxide was also shown to be elevated.10-22,25,31 Thus, since increased production of nitric oxide in the lower airways may involve activated macrophages or neutrophils, exhaled nitric oxide was proposed for use to monitor underlying bronchial inflammation. Exhaled nitric oxide was not shown to be increased in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it was higher in unstable COPD,32 in bronchiectasis,33 following lung transplantation, and in association with obliterative bronchiolitis.34 Patients with cystic fibrosis had lower levels of exhaled nitric oxide35 as did patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia.36


The lungs of patients with primary pulmonary hypertension produced low levels of exhaled nitric oxide that may reflect the reduced blood capillary volume in these patients, rather than a decreased basal production of nitric oxide.37 The levels of exhaled nitric oxide are also reduced in patients with hypertension.38 The decrease is more pronounced in males than in females. Other patients with renal failure presented no differences, but sepsis was associated with a significant increase.38 Upon major surgery, the levels of exhaled nitric oxide dropped 79% , rising toward normal postoperatively (but still remaining 30% below baseline values).38 Furthermore, the absence of nasal nitric oxide in children with Kartagener syndrome was proposed as a simple noninvasive test supporting the diagnosis.


Stimulation and Inhibition
In addition to the elevation of exhaled nitric oxide associated with various pulmonary and other disorders, upregulation of the endogenous basal levels of exhaled nitric oxide can be induced by other factors. Nitric oxide concentrations in exhaled air have been reported to increase during physical exercise.39,40 Exercise on a stationary bicycle also produces rapid and reversible increases in pulmonary nitric oxide excretion rates that are well correlated with observed changes in heart rate.41 Conversely, graded dynamic (treadmill) exercise does not affect exhaled nitric oxide, which is maintained at the same level as work rates increase.42


The generation of nitric oxide in the human lung is endogenous, and it has been shown to be inhibited by L-NAME and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), inhibitors of cNOS.5 In human study subjects, exhaled–nitric oxide levels were significantly reduced by the inhalation of the specific nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine31,43 or intravenous administration of L-NMMA.44 Voluntary twofold hyperventilation for 1 minute decreased expired nitric oxide by 50% (from 9.5±2.5 parts per billion) in six subjects.42 Smoking attenuated the levels of exhaled nitric oxide by 21% in men and by 41% in women.38 This effect is also supported by other studies.45 Ethanol (given at 0.25 g/kg and 1 g/kg in four times its volume of orange juice) produced dose-dependent reductions of exhaled nitric oxide in humans.46 Thus, drinking prior to analysis may affect the levels of exhaled nitric oxide in human subjects. Prednisolone, a glucocorticosteroid, did not inhibit exhaled nitric oxide in normal subjects, suggesting that the increased exhaled nitric oxide seen in asthma patients is likely to be caused by the induction of inducible NOS.43


Pharmacological inhibition of exhaled nitric oxide by inhaled L-NMMA was also reported43 in asthma patients and those with other pulmonary diseases, just like in normal subjects. Existing drugs such as inhaled or oral corticosteroids were also shown to attenuate the increased levels of exhaled nitric oxide found in asthma significantly.31,43,47 Anti-leukotrienes also inhibit the rise in exhaled nitric oxide moderately.48 Conversely, bronchodilators, such as albuterol or salmeterol, did not influence exhaled nitric oxide.49,50


Conclusion
The levels of exhaled nitric oxide in normal and ill subjects have been established for different age categories, and significant relationships with more direct measurements of inflammation in the airways (induced sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial biopsy, and clinical signs and symptoms of asthma, especially during acute exacerbations) have been described. While exhaled nitric oxide has attracted much interest, the inhalation of nitric oxide as a therapy in patients with pulmonary hypertension and other conditions has attracted even more interest.51


Combining rapid, noninvasive, standardized analysis of exhaled nitric oxide with traditional techniques for assessing pulmonary function, airway reactivity, and inflammation may allow the clinician to assess airway inflammation and oxidative stress more accurately in patients with pulmonary diseases that include asthma, COPD, and interstitial lung disease. It may also allow the clinician to improve diagnosis, determine the proper initial treatment, monitor the progression of disease, and assess the efficacy of treatment and subsequent adjustments over time.52 Knowing the level of nitric oxide (and, by association, airway inflammation) may help clinicians keep the patient’s medication to a minimum while maintaining therapeutic efficacy. Thus, more longitudinal studies are needed to confirm that the analysis of exhaled nitric oxide may be used for the short-term and long-term management and treatment of diseases. Then, nitric oxide analysis may take the place that it deserves in pulmonology. Technological advances will make it possible to miniaturize nitric oxide analyzers (and will make them less expensive) so they will become portable and may even be used, in the not-so-distant future, at home in conjunction with peak flow meters.


Bruno Battistini, PhD, is assistant professor of medicine and research scientist, Department of Medicine, Laval University, Laval Hospital Research Center, Institut de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.


Source: http://www.rtmagazine.com/issues/articles/2001-04_05.asp


Georgia Gourd Society Show - July 20-22, 2007



ImagiNATIONS” is the theme of this year’s Georgia Gourd Society Show, celebrationg Gourding around the world. The show is at the Coweta County Fairgrounds in Newnan, Georgia, about 30 minutes south-west of Atlanta.


July 20-22, 2007 (Saturday, 10-6 and Sunday, 10-4).
For more information, contact Pat at etrimmings@alltel.net, phone (706) 654-2711.


Visit the Georgia Gourd Society Homepage for updates, class registrations, and more.





Map of Newnan (below) – The Fairgrounds are in the bottom portion of this map near where the 29 and the 85 highways meet.



 Newnan, shown in relationship to Atlanta, GA:






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NASA “scientists” have skipped past holding “Nuremberg Trials” for “denialists”, have gone directly to invoking Krugman’s alien attack:.


It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim.

Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth’s atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.


No, you read that right. NASA.  Not Art Bell.

Isn’t that how your smug atheists describe religion?  ”Do what we tell you or some extra-terrestrial pseudo-mystical being will smite you?”

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  1. One facet of beauty in small government: fewer stupid people in government.

    This ranks up there with the CDC “zombie apocalypse” plan, but neither is as bad as the years of research and writing kicked off there because someone used the phrase “gun epidemic”.








  2. If you want something that’s wet-your-pants hilarious, read the entire paper:http://bit.ly/r01d31
    Honestly, I thought it was from The Onion at first.
    Settled science, indeed!








  3. Apparently folks at Obama’s NASA think the Keanu Reeves version of The Day the Earth Stood Still was a documentary.








  4. I worked at NASA. In one of their research divisions.

    Trust me, they’re not all rocket scientists by any stretch of the imagination.

    The core problem is that it’s rare to get a government employee at NASA who’s anything other than a program manager these days. That’s simply because with all the Civil Service rules, procurement rules, diversity regs and whatnot it’s the contractors who can get anything done in finite time, so they’re the ones who get to do anything while the skills of NASA folks quickly get obsolete.

    Given all that, it seems that the government Internet porn filters are getting better so now the employees are entertaining themselves writing enviro porn soap operas and playing politics.








  5. No, no, the aliens are really an evolved form of space-traveling flora that thrives on carbon dioxide and are allergic to ozone. They’ll see our planet as a great new vacation spot and will bring millions of tourism jobs. They also excrete oxygen Unfortunately, their favorite food is caribou from the ANWR.








  6. Our unbiased, studiously fair media portrays as a Keeper Of Odd Knowledge any person who says anything positive or perceived as non-negative in re: E-Z Credit Government Loans Create Higher Education & Housing Bubbles; Locking Up Criminals Leads to Lower Crime Rates; Lower Tax Rates Produce More Tax Revenue.
    Let Krugman or NASA ‘Scientists’ let loose with hopes of an alien invasion to punish us (USA) for our wicked ways and it’s just another reasonable point of view to consider.








  7. I know someone who worked as a civilian in the Pentagon for a while. I can confirm Nerdberts words on what it is like to work for the government. You’d think NASA and the Pentagon would be the exception to loony tune government, but no. He talks about the incredibly high pay for unskilled work. Impossible to fire anyone. The diverstiy quotas. That sort of thing.








  8. But hey, if ALF didn’t mind being here, why would other space aliens be upset with out planet.








  9. Thanks for the link, Golfdoc!: http://bit.ly/r01d31
    I don’t think that NASA had much to do with the paper. It’s published by Acta Astronautica, which ain’t exactly on par with Astrophysical Journal.
    The paper’s bibliography is a long list of works of pseudo-science and pop-science.












  10. Damn! This means that I need to get some bigger speakers and buy some Slim Whitman CDs.