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Glutamine triggers immune response to cancer

It has been know for some time that the amino acid glutamine was used by cancer cells as fuel for growth. But at the same time glutamine is the primary fuel for the immune cells that fight cancer. Part of how cancer gets a foot hold is to use up all the available glutamine thus suppressing the adaptive immune response that would kill the cancer. Providing even more glutamine has been found to awaken the immune cells so they can attack the invading cancer.

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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

~ Hermann Hesse

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Fruit and vegetable prescriptions

A recent large study has concluded that prescribing fruits and vegetables to diabetics could significantly reduce healthcare spending in the US. The idea is to make fruits and vegetables more available to poor people with diabetes to help prevent cardiovascular disease burdens on the health care system.

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“You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.”

Hermann Hesse
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Pain killers from paper waste?

The two most common pain killers are ibuprofen and acetaminophen. Both are made from crude oil. To make these products greener scientists have figured out how to make them from turpentine left over from turning pine trees into paper. This may be relevant since we consume over 100,000 tons of these meds yearly.

Paper pills
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“It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.”

~ Hermann Hesse