Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug"
for high blood pressure?

Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!

According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.

Is it because they eat less salt? No. Kuna Indians eat as much, if not more salt, than people in the U.S.

Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who move away from the islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as anyone else!

So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer?

Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink about 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!

Studies show the flavonols in cocoa stimulate your body's production of nitric oxide -- boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well as low-dose aspirin!

But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa can also treat blocked arteries, congestive heart failure, stroke, dementia, even impotence! Just be sure you drink the special type of cocoa you'll read about on page 41 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's SUPERFOODS RX. This is where you'll also discover...

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"Heal Thou the sicknesses that have assailed the souls on every side, and have deterred them from directing their gaze towards the Paradise that lieth in the shelter of Thy shadowing Name, which Thou didst ordain to be the King of all names unto all who are in heaven and all who are on earth. Potent art Thou to do as pleaseth Thee. In Thy hands is the empire of all names. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Wise."

—Bahá'u'lláh

fruits

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just
popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to
know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?
IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! *
FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role
to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy
for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but
it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The
minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You
have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty
stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!
Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all
these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic,
because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert
Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty,
longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from
the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked
fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should
drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it
mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and
drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your
friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium,
vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an
orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total
antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day
may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney
stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation.Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Why Beans Are the Best of All Proteins

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In This Issue...

• Perfect Painkillers...
• Why Beans Are the Best of All Proteins -- Low Calorie, Low Cost, No Fat... Practically Perfect in Every Way
• Beat Colds and Flu... Whenever They May Strike
• Plastic Water Bottles Leach Carcinogens -- Everyday Plastics Boost Risk for Breast, Prostate Cancer, Early Puberty

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Why Beans Are the Best of All Proteins

Getting enough protein is increasingly challenging, as our usual sources are becoming more difficult to, well, swallow. Most chicken and red meat comes from a mere handful of suppliers who raise their livestock in terrible conditions, feeding them antibiotics and questionable diets. Plus there's lots of evidence indicating that a meat-rich diet is too high in saturated fat. And many types of fish are contaminated with mercury, PCBs or other toxins. What's a person to do? Quite simply, eat more of the humble, cheap and tasty bean.

COUNTING THE BENEFITS OF BEANS

I called nutritionist Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH, MS, RD, from the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to discuss the matter. Dr. Hobbs is definitely enthusiastic about beans, calling them "almost a wonder food." Other than the well-known digestive issue (more on that in a minute), she tells me there is really nothing negative she can say about beans. They rarely cause allergies and are full of nutrition including protein. Some of the most popular beans in this country are red kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, navy beans, garbanzo beans, lima beans, and, in the South, black-eyed peas.

You may remember hearing that to complete the amino acid profile and make their protein usable by the body, it was necessary to combine beans with other foods, notably rice, at the same meal. Not true, says Dr. Hobbs. We now know that the body handles this by taking from all the foods you eat over the course of a day, making beans on their own an excellent source of protein. Even vegetarians and others who eat little or no meat or fish can get sufficient protein from about five servings a day, she says -- noting this isn't as much as it sounds like, about 2.5 cups. Beans are also an amazing source of soluble fiber, terrific for helping to maintain healthy cholesterol and blood sugar levels, says Dr. Hobbs. The usual daily recommended intake of dietary fiber is from 20 to 35 grams. That's a lot of salad and other vegetables, but just one cup of pinto beans, for example, contains a robust 14 grams of fiber, more than half of what you should eat each day.

GETTING AROUND THE "BEAN PROBLEM..."

As to that digestive issue, yes, it is possible to eat beans regularly without getting gas. Here is the secret -- start slow, with a few spoonfuls a day, and build up gradually over a few weeks. Because many people don't get enough dietary fiber, they may have a "vigorous response" when they load up their plate with beans, since they are so high in fiber. In addition, starting slow allows the gut to more gradually build up the bacteria in the intestinal flora that help with digestion of raffinose, a sugar that is found in beans and is another contributor to the "bean problem." Some people swear that taking a Beano tablet, or another product containing the digestive enzyme alpha-d-galactosidase, before the meal, takes care of the problem, but others find it no use at all. By starting slow, you should be able to completely avert the issue of to Beano or not.

HOW TO PREPARE BEANS

People often wonder if canned beans are an acceptable substitute for bagged dried beans that require four to eight hours of soaking. Dr. Hobbs responds that it is really an issue of convenience. Most foods are more nutritious eaten as close as possible to their natural state. But she says that the nutritional differences in canned and dried beans are marginal and if you prefer to reach for a can rather than prepare ahead, you can rest easy. Do give canned beans a thorough rinse in a colander before you use them -- it gets rid of excess sodium. Also, soak dried beans overnight (some varieties, including soy, may require longer soaking periods, up to 24 hours) and be sure to change the water several times -- this washes away and breaks down gas-causing particles in addition to cleaning the beans and removing any impurities such as tiny pebbles that make their way into the bag. Cooked beans will keep about six months in the freezer and for up to five days in the refrigerator.

For people who enjoy cooking -- or for that matter eating -- beans are the basis of a seemingly endless variety of dishes, limited only by your imagination or selection of cookbooks. To make a south-of-the-border dinner, Dr. Hobbs mashes pinto beans or uses whole black beans and adds them to rice, avocado slices, mashed sweet potatoes and salsa and puts them in taco shells. For Cuban Black Beans and Rice, she says to sauté onions, celery and bell peppers, add four cans of black beans, a bay leaf, cumin, oregano and lemon juice and cook for half an hour on top of the stove. Tuscans, whom other Italians call "bean eaters," make a hearty winter soup with white cannellini beans that simmer stovetop in chicken broth along with numerous vegetables. A colorful summer cold dish is made up of just black beans, chopped red peppers, corn, onions (optional) and cilantro stirred together with a light vinaigrette. Beans are excellent in any kind of rice and in salads -- try navy beans sautéed with garlic and olive oil, finished off with lemon zest and placed on top of a pile of uncooked arugula. For even more ideas, Dr. Hobbs suggests visiting ethnic markets to learn more about the variety of beans used by different cultures and the many interesting ways they are prepared around the world.

Source(s):

Suzanne Havala Hobbs, DrPH, MS, RD, the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is author of Vegetarian Cooking for Dummies (Hungry Minds) and Being Vegetarian for Dummies (Hungry Minds).

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BEAT COLDS AND FLU... WHENEVER THEY MAY STRIKE

While your friends are complaining of the misery of the latest round of cold and flu in their homes, you can be sitting pretty, having dodged that bullet.

That's where the team of physicians, nutritionists, researchers and the other health experts at Bottom Line Publications can help.

Earlier this year, we asked our health experts, "What's the single most important thing our readers can do to keep healthy -- and make sure they don't get even a single cold or the flu this year?"

Their response was extraordinary...

For more details...

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Plastic Water Bottles Leach Carcinogens

One big health story in the news in recent months has focused on the dangers of BPA -- bisphenol A, an estrogen-like chemical used in manufacturing plastics, including those in reusable plastic bottles. This spring a report from the US National Toxicology Program revealed that even low exposures to BPA produced alterations in the brains and behavior of rats, along with precancerous changes in the prostate and breast, and early puberty. Retailers Toys-R-Us and Wal-Mart reacted quickly, announcing a voluntary phase-out on the sale of baby bottles and cups containing BPA, and the FDA committed to review the safety of baby-feeding products using the chemical. These are great first steps, since developing brains are the most vulnerable -- but BPA isn't exactly healthy for adolescents and adults either. And in fact, the report affirmed the possibility that BPA might be associated with similar effects in older humans, saying it "cannot be dismissed." With athletes, hikers and people all over our office carrying water bottles around all day, this is an issue that clearly needs to be addressed.

A NEARLY UBIQUITOUS CHEMICAL

The most common use of BPA is in "polycarbonate plastics" which are what make plastic products flexible, shatter-resistant and reusable. More than six billion pounds of this toxic chemical are produced annually in the US, for use in a wide range of products, including those ubiquitous water bottles, plus liners of food cans, eyeglasses, dental sealants, CDs and DVDs.

I was dismayed to hear from Scott M. Belcher, PhD, who has conducted research into the health effects of BPA at the University of Cincinnati, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has detected trace amounts of BPA in more than 90% of Americans tested. In his research, Dr. Belcher found that developing brain cells in rats are extremely sensitive to the effects of estrogen stimulation from such chemicals. Over the long term, this is likely to lead to changes in behavior. There is reason to believe that there are also effects on reproduction that can lead to the development of reproductive cancers. Other potential dangers, including effects upon the nervous and immune systems, have also been identified.

SAFER ALTERNATIVES ARE AVAILABLE

Fortunately, there are safer alternatives to BPA -- and Dr. Belcher says it's good news that market forces are driving retailers to offer more of them, since he believes that capitalism creates change at a faster pace than government regulatory action. Don't wait for that to happen, though. There are proactive steps you can take to limit exposure to BPA in the meantime. As mentioned above, precautions are especially important for those at highest risk -- infants, young children and pregnant or nursing women. It's admittedly difficult to avoid BPA altogether, since it is used in so many products, but taking the following steps can minimize exposure going forward:

• Choose glass or stainless steel bottles instead of plastic -- or, if you need an unbreakable product, choose other plastics like polypropylene and the new BPA-free plastics now being used.

• Do not purchase plastics labeled with a number 7 recycling code because polycarbonate falls into this category.

• Buy products labeled as BPA-free. Examples of "safe" plastic water bottles, for instance, include CamelBak Better Bottle line (made from Eastman Tritan copolyester) and Nalgene HDPE and Everyday lines (made from high-density polyethylene or Tritan copolyester).

• Don't microwave or otherwise heat food in plastic containers. Instead, choose glass, ceramic or other microwave-safe dishes. Also avoid putting hot liquids into any plastic bottles and containers, as heat increases the rate at which BPA leaches or escapes into liquid.

Be aware that even at room temperature BPA can be a danger. Dr. Belcher says the best way to limit exposure is to avoid using these plastics altogether.

Source(s):

Scott M. Belcher, PhD, associate professor, pharmacology and cell biophysics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Be well,

Carole Jackson
Bottom Line's Daily Health News

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A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine’s Day. That’s because scientists say watermelon has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the body’s blood vessels and may even increase libido.

“The more we study watermelons, the more we realize just how amazing a fruit it is in providing natural enhancers to the human body,” said Dr. Bhimu Patil, director of Texas A&M’s Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center in College Station.

“We’ve always known that watermelon is good for you, but the list of its very important healthful benefits grows longer with each study.”

Beneficial ingredients in watermelon and other fruits and vegetables are known as phyto-nutrients, naturally occurring compounds that are bioactive, or able to react with the human body to trigger healthy reactions, Patil said.

magic

AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN ONE OF INDIA'S NEWS PAPER, THERE WASSOMEONE WHO WAS TOLD THAT HIS 3 ARTERIES WERE BLOCKED BUT AFTER THEANGIO-GRAM, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 2 ARTERIES HAD OPENED AND THEDOCTOR WAS ASTONISHED.
HE ASKED THE PERSON HOW THAT HAPPENED. A THE MAN REPLIED,THAT HEWENT TO HOMEOPATH FOR HERBAL MEDICINE AND THAT WAS THE RESULT.
THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO CARRY ON WITH INDIAN MEDICINES.
THE SAME ARTICLE WAS FOUND BY MURTAZA BANDALI WHO HAS A BOOK-SHOPIN WATFORD, LONDON.
IT HAS HELPED MANY OF OUR BROTHERS AS A MAGIC AND SHOWS THE RESULTIN FEW DAYS TIME.
1 CUP GARLIC (GRIND)1 CUP GINGER, GRIND.1 CUP LIME JUICE, (NOT LEMON) , ''LIMBOO or limau nipis ''1 CUP 'APPLE 'CIDER VINEGAR
MIX IT AND BOIL AT LOW HEAT, UNTIL 3 CUPS ARE LEFT.
THEN TAKE IT OUT FROM THE HEAT AND WAIT UNTIL IT GETS COLD.
WHEN IT IS COLD, ADD 3 CUPS OF HONEY,
MIX IT THOUROUGHLY, AND HAVE ONE TABLE SPOONFUL, FIRST THING IN THEMORNING BEFORE BREAKFAST.
AFTER FEW MINUTES, ENJOY YOUR BREAKFAST.
IT REALLY WORKS WONDER!!!
KEEP THE BOTTLE IN THE FRIDGE FOR NEXT DAY'S USE

The Magic of Your Touch

For centuries, mothers have instinctively known it works -- pick up young children and they'll stop crying... gently rub babies' backs and it's off to dreamland they go. Now scientists are also coming to recognize the power of touch -- and not just touch therapies such as reflexology, but simple acts such as giving a backrub, holding hands, sharing a hug or putting your arm around someone. With research demonstrating the healing power of touch, more hospitals are incorporating massage programs into care protocols for cancer and cardiovascular patients, among others.Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine, has studied the benefits of touch for many years. Her book, Touch, reviews medical and sociological research on the importance of touch to good health and also argues that the Western world, including the medical profession, has marginalized and minimized its importance. When I called her to discuss her work, Dr. Field told me that many forms of touch can help reduce pain, anxiety, depression and aggressive behavior... promote immune function and healing... lower heart rate and blood pressure... and improve air flow in asthmatics. All this, and no drug side effects!

THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF TOUCH

Previous research has suggested that touch deprivation leads to aggression and violent behavior in animals, so it was no surprise when Dr. Field shared her concerns that living in our largely touch-deprived Western society can have negative consequences. It was these concerns that led researchers at the Touch Research Institute to examine how touch is treated differently in two cities with very different cultures -- Miami and Paris. In one study, published in Early Child Development and Care in 1999, Dr. Field and her colleagues measured how much affectionate touch preschoolers received from their parents on playgrounds and also the children's level of aggressive behavior. In Paris, they found there was more touch toward peers and parents by children and less aggression. In a separate study, researchers also observed that French adolescents -- raised with more affectionate touch -- were more affectionate and less physically and verbally aggressive with one another than American adolescents. This association does not imply or prove causation, but does make a case for closer examination with further research.
REACH OUT AND TOUCH
Dr. Field explained that the benefits of touch seem to stem largely from its ability to reduce levels of cortisol, a stress hormone manufactured by the adrenal glands. This was measured in two dozen studies. She said that touching with moderate-pressure (a firm handshake) stimulates activity in the vagus nerve, one of the 12 cranial nerves in the brain, which in turn slows the heart and decreases the production of stress hormones including cortisol. Other studies published from the Touch Research Institute, published in peer-reviewed journals, demonstrate that touch contributes to... Decreased pain. Children with mild to moderate juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who were given massages by their parents 15 minutes per day for one month experienced less anxiety and lower cortisol levels. Over a 30-day period, parents, kids and their physicians reported less pain overall in the children. Enhanced immune function. In studies, women with breast cancer and HIV patients showed a measurable increase in natural killer cells-- part of a line of defense in the immune system against virus-infected cells and cancer cells -- after massage. They also experienced less anxiety and depression. Happier, healthier babies. Preemies who were touched more while in the NICU gained more weight. Less labor pain. Women in labor who received a backrub the first 15 minutes of every hour of labor reported less pain and made fewer requests for pain medications. Their labor was also shorter, on average. Enhanced alertness and performance. Following massage, adults completed math problems in significantly less time and with fewer errors.

TOUCH IS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL

Touching is good for the giver as well as the recipient, says Dr. Field. She cites a study in which 20 children with leukemia were given daily massages by their parents. After one month, the parents' depressed moods decreased, and the children's white blood cell and neutrophil counts increased. In another study of elderly volunteers who were trained to give massages to infants, Dr. Field found that after three weeks the seniors experienced improved mood with less anxiety or depression, decreased levels of stress hormones and more social contacts and fewer doctor visits.
GET IN TOUCH
Touch comes more naturally to some people than others. You can make a conscious effort to bring more touch into your daily life -- and more happiness to yourself and those around you. Give your kids hugs when they leave for school in the morning and when they come home. Hold your partner's hand when you take a walk, exchange back rubs and don't forget good-night kisses. Pet your dog or cat. Schedule a few sessions with a professional massage therapist and pay attention to what feels especially good -- then try it at home on one another. Relax and enjoy.Source(s):
Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Florida.

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Dosage. Each day, eat only the number of raisins specified on page 13 of your FREE-Preview book. No more, no less. Very important.
Q. Is the gin just making folks numb? NOPE. This remedy was tested by an expert pharmacologist at the University of North Carolina. Result? Less than one drop of alcohol was left in your daily dose of raisins. So no one's getting tipsy. They're feeling no pain because it works. Just be sure to follow the Wilen Sisters' careful directions on page 13 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. This is where you'll also discover...
The "bag cure" for morning stiffness. No more locked-up joints on cold mornings! Page 14
Eucalyptus trick for back pain. Instant results and oh, so soothing! Page 24
Sensational salsa recipe for carpal tunnel! Powerful proteolytic enzymes in the ingredients quickly correct the cause of your pain. Page 34
Even make arthritic bumps disappear with the cherry remedy described on page 10.



2-Day Migraine Cured in Minutes...
BY LEMON RIND?!
Works! Thousands saw it on TV!

"We were appearing on a TV program," the Wilen Sisters told me. "The show host told us he'd been suffering from a huge headache for 2 entire days.
"Right on the air, he implored us to help him out. Well, he asked for it! We rubbed some lemon rind on his temples, then tied a cloth on his head, just like we tell readers in Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. He did look a little unusual! But at the end of our interview, he turned to the camera and said to everyone watching,
'I swear to you, I have no headache now!'"
Worth a try, wouldn't you say? Next time you've got a migraine that won't quit, do as detailed on page 106 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. You, too, might soon be writing to tell us...
WONDERFUL REMEDY
"Your information about headaches has been wonderful for my son-in-law!"
-- Joan B. Clark
New Port Richey, FL


The incredible painkilling "aspirin nut." Did you know that almonds contain salicylates? That's the pain-relieving ingredient in aspirin! Yet almonds don't have the dangerous side effects -- and they sure taste better.
This is probably why the Wilen Sisters' almond remedy has become so incredibly popular. Just make sure to use the special type of almond detailed on page 103 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. They're available at any grocery store. (We look forward to the day when doctors say, "Take 15 almonds and call me in the morning!")



Dissolve kidney stones... WITH ASPARAGUS?!

Perhaps you've noticed that urine smells, um, different after eating asparagus? Maybe your kidneys are trying to tell you something. In fact, asparagus has been a documented kidney stone remedy for at least 160 years. And now, the Wilen Sisters have tracked down the definitive formula published in the classic Victorian doctors' manual, The Elements of Materia Medica. Just boil a cup of asparagus in 2 quarts of water -- then follow the other simple instructions on page 190 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.
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HEMORRHOIDS HEALED
faster than a speeding bullet!
"You'd be amazed by how many folks suffer in silence with hemorrhoids," the Wilen Sisters told me. "You'd never believe how many people have thanked us for our hemorrhoid remedies...
"And you'll never guess what works best..."
Well, I've heard a lot of weird-sounding secrets. But I've got to say, even I was floored when they told me...
AN ICE CUBE? "You can't be serious," I said.
"Hey, Marty," they shot back. "Do you think all these folks would be doing this if it didn't work?"
They've got a point there. So, if you're plagued by hemorrhoids (and don't mind trying something completely different), let me direct you to page 113 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. (NOTE: Do NOT try this without reading the full instructions!)
You'll find 31 -- count 'em! -- hiccup cures in your FREE-Preview book. We tried to keep the number down, but these 31 were just too good to leave out.
Best of the bunch. If you're really desperate, go for The Peter Rabbit Remedy. This is the Wilen Sisters' personal favorite. Requires no water, no juice, no sugar, no holding of breath, no odd positions. It's a beaut. See page 118 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. (Warning: You may trade your hiccups for uncontrollable fits of giggling.)



BANISH GASSINESS FOREVER...
WITH A MUSTARD SEED?!
Never let that gurgling belly embarrass you again! On Day 1, take 2 mustard seeds with water, as detailed on page 125 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. Follow the other instructions, and soon you may be fixed forever. Simple as that. Give it a go and give gas the heave-ho. Hurry! Click here now for your FREE LOOK & 3 FREE GIFTS!



FROM DUD TO STUD
If it worked for Noel in his 90s,
imagine what it could do for you!
Men, this secret superfood could totally change your life. It's so powerful that the Wilen Sisters reveal it in a special section of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.
You may think I'm crazy when I tell you what it is. But according to no less an authority than Dr. Steve Schechter, director of the Natural Healing Institute in Encinitas, California, it's proven in over 40 research studies.
Specifically, it's been shown to:
Boost your muscular strength (many pro athletes secretly use it)...
Make your skin younger looking (confirmed by a famed Swedish dermatologist)...
And as for your sex life...WHOA!
Ninety-year-old Noel Johnson writes that it changed him "from dud to stud!" So what is this ultimate male elixir?

BEE POLLEN?! Before you laugh, bear in mind that pollen is literally the "male essence" of the plant kingdom. Only when flowers are pollinated can they make seeds (and more little flowers). And bee pollen contains the male essence of every plant the bees visit, plus digestive enzymes from the bees that make it even more powerful.
Sexual secret of the pharaohs? Bee pollen has been found buried with pharaohs in 5,000-year-old Egyptian tombs. And amazingly, it's still active and viable.
Why not see if it works for YOU? Just make sure you use the special type of granular bee pollen specified on page 260 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. Take as directed and make a beeline for bed. (NOT to sleep.)
Casanova's sexual antifreeze. They never said, "I've got a headache" to him! Turns out, the legendary Italian lover Giacomo Casanova, used a very seductive secret "persuader." Mix 2 cups of Champagne with minced chives, as you'll see in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. Simmer until it's thick, then do as directed on page 227. (Use it responsibly!)



Sleepless TV stars swear by
THE ONION JAR CURE
The only "sleeping pill" you'll ever need, GUARANTEED!
Think you've got bad insomnia? You should talk to folks in show business! The Wilen Sisters have appeared on hundreds of TV programs, and they tell me...
"Nearly every TV star we've met wants a surefire cure for insomnia..."
"So," I asked, "what do you tell them?"
Both sisters laughed! "Marty," they said, "this may be the strangest-sounding thing in the whole book, but the stars love it! Nothing else even comes close!
"You just cut a yellow onion into chunks...
"Put the chunks in a glass jar, screw on the lid..." When I heard the rest, I laughed, too. But I passed the advice on to my insomniac friends at Bottom Line...
And now they swear by it, too! So I'm going to make you a can't-lose-sleep offer. If you ever get insomnia, just send for your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES right now. Turn to page 162, and do exactly what the Wilen Sisters tell you. If you don't drift off to sleep in 15 minutes or less, return the book, pay nothing, keep all 3 FREE GIFTS and tell me I'm silly. But I'm pretty sure you'll be writing to thank me instead:
Spouse snore? It's no laughing matter! It could be sleep apnea -- snoring so severe that it interrupts your breathing. New studies link it to heart attacks and strokes! So please, if you value your loved one's life:
Stop chronic snoring with a tennis ball?! Yes! Just do as described on page 166 in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.
If your spouse snores occasionally, simply tickle him very lightly where they tell you on page 167. He won't wake up, and you'll get back to sleep!
Receding gums or gingivitis? Open a capsule of CoQ-10 every day and brush your teeth with it as detailed on page 181 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. (That's right, brush your teeth with it -- doctor-approved!)
INSOMNIA GONE!
"I was especially thankful for the info about insomnia. I have been plagued with it for many years! Your special and rather unique advice was most helpful!"
-- Joan B. Clark
New Port Richey, FL





Lose 40 pounds and win
THE NO-BELLY PRIZE
"Grape juice cure" for obesity revealed in a
vision to mystic Edgar Cayce... WORKS!

"We have a friend who's a light eater," the Wilen Sisters told me. "As soon as it gets light, she eats! But seriously, Marty, we know how tough it can be to battle food cravings. If you can lick them, you don't need to diet -- and if you can't, no diet will work!
"So we told our friend about the grape juice remedy recommended over 60 years ago by Edgar Cayce..."
Now that got me curious! Edgar Cayce was one of the strangest healers who ever lived...
Born in 1877, he was a world-acclaimed mystic. He'd go into a trance and utter all kinds of prophecies and pronouncements. Some of his odd-sounding remedies don't work, but once in a while he hit one out of the park...
And this one's a home run. As the Wilen Sisters explained, "Since our friend started this grape juice regimen, she's fitting into clothes she hasn't worn in years!"
You'll find all the details on page 196 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. Just send for it today and start feeling your cravings disappear! Plus, this is also where you'll learn...



Presto! Your food is PESTICIDE FREE!
HEALTH WARNING:
Soap and water will NOT remove poisonous pesticides from your produce. The Wilen Sisters do something far more effective. Just mix lemon juice, salt and cold water, then proceed as detailed on page 290 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. This simple rinse creates a diluted form of hydrochloric acid, removing sprays without scrubbing!
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Hot flashes? Mood swings?
COOKIE CURE!
"Clearly superior to HRT," say experts -- and may
prevent cancer, heart disease & stroke!
When menopause makes you miserable, modern medicine gives you 2 options...
Take hormones or stick your head in the freezer!
So I asked the Wilen Sisters what they recommend. "Easy," they said...
"COOKIES & WAFFLES!"

"Now wait a minute," I protested!
"Just let us explain," they replied. "You see, our cookies and waffles are spiked with a secret super-food -- flaxseed!"
Well, I checked with Bottom Line's medical team and, as usual, the Wilens are right...
In fact, flaxseed may be the most miraculous food for females in history. Women used it in ancient Babylon nearly 5,000 years ago. The great Greek physician Hippocrates recommended it back in 400 B.C.
And researchers today say it really works! Our experts confirm this remedy is clearly superior to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). That's because flaxseed contains compounds called lignans, that mimic hormones without the harmful side effects. In fact, these lignans may prevent both breast and colon cancer...
And ward off diabetes, hypertension and stroke!
So maybe you'd like to munch your way out of menopausal misery? You'll find the Wilen Sisters' mouthwatering recipes for flaxseed cookies, waffles and pancakes on pages 265 and 263 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. Or simply grind the seeds in a coffee mill and mix with cereal. Just be sure to take the dosage specified on page 263.



**** FREE FORMULA! ****
World's fastest sore throat remedy
Formula: Add 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to exactly 1 cup of warm water. That's it!
Dose: Gargle a mouthful, spit it out, then swallow a mouthful. Keep this up until all the liquid is gone. An hour later, start it all over.
Note: Chronic or persistent sore throat pain should be checked by a health professional.



Bird flu survivors credit astonishing
"GARLIC & COGNAC CURE"
Back in 1918, a precursor of today's dreaded avian flu virus wiped out over 20 million people worldwide. People tried everything to stop the onslaught. At least one folk remedy may have succeeded. The formula on pages 40-41 of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES was handed down from generation to generation by a family in Stuttgart, Germany, who credit it with saving many lives.
Why it really may have worked. The recipe calls for a half pound of garlic and a quart of cognac. The cognac may act as a tincture, extracting powerful antiviral compounds that are known to exist in garlic. If you've got any type of flu, take 20 drops, 3 times a day, as specified on page 44. (It was also used to prevent flu. Details in your book.)
Curious? It's easy enough to prepare. RSVP today!
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Chronic colon spasms cured by
COCONUT MACAROONS?
"Yes," says jubilant Crohn's patient --
even after 12 years of unremitting agony!
"Come on, macaroons?" I chuckled. "For colitis or Crohn's disease? You've got to be kidding."
"We had our doubts, too," said the Wilen Sisters, "but this remedy proves you can't argue with success.
"Look Marty, these people are in very serious pain. So when we hear about something that works -- no matter how silly it sounds -- we look into it. And when one of our readers with Crohn's wrote to tell us that...
ARCHWAY® COCONUT MACAROONS put an end
to her 12-year bout of diarrhea...
"You can't laugh THAT off!
"So we investigated. And imagine our surprise and delight when a leading pharmacologist reported that these macaroons are working for MANY sufferers..."
NOTE: If you can't find the Archway brand, not to worry. For alternatives, see page 58 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. For best results, take ONLY the dosage specified on this page.
The instant constipation cure. Harsh laxatives can take hours to work and traumatize the bowels so much, they can cause constipation later on. But on page 47, you'll discover a gentle Chinese acupressure technique that encourages a complete evacuation of the bowel in just 15 minutes. (Make sure you're near a bathroom.)
End heartburn in minutes without antacids. Got a box of oatmeal? Measure out a scant teaspoon, then do as described on page 122 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. The oats not only neutralize the acid, but also soothe your stomach lining.



Milk for ulcers? NEVER!
WHY? Because even though milk may seem soothing at first, it makes your body secrete gastrin -- a hormone that encourages the release of MORE ACID!
Smarter remedy. Cabbage juice! This homegrown cure turns out to be real because it's incredibly rich in the natural compounds glutamine and gefarnate. These substances are so good at rebuilding your stomach lining, one of them is now the basis of an antiulcer drug! Just follow the easy directions on pages 186-187 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.
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Since drinking this tea,
SHE'S ASTHMA-FREE!
Hasn't had an attack in 5 years!
"How on earth do you find all these remedies?" I asked the Wilen Sisters. "Actually," they replied, "some of the best ones find us! For example...
"A woman phoned in to our radio show with a wild-sounding asthma remedy. She'd been suffering for years, but she said her life has been totally changed by...
WILD CHERRY-BARK TEA! "She swore she hasn't had an asthma attack since she started drinking it 5 years ago. Still, we wondered...
"WILL IT WORK FOR ANYONE ELSE?"
"Does it ever! Ever since that radio show, folks with breathing problems have been telling us THANK YOU! They say it's great for asthma, bronchitis and coughs."
You'll find details about how to use this tea, including how much to drink, on page 17 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.
NOTE: This unusual tea can be hard to find, but not for you. Because your FREE-Preview book also includes a brand-new, fully up-to-date...
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Listing all the high-quality and reliable providers of the natural compounds and foods mentioned in your book. Complete with phone numbers, addresses, fax numbers and Web site information. Plus...
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With the phone and fax numbers, Web addresses and mailing addresses of nearly one hundred organizations ready to help your ailing loved ones for FREE. Whether you're troubled by arteriosclerosis, allergies, diabetes, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's or any other serious condition, turn to this section for FREE SOLUTIONS.
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Rain forest missionaries find
MIND-BOOSTING MIRACLE!
PROVEN: "Jungle punch" clears brain fog, beats fatigue,
even helps you lose weight!
In South America, this "jungle punch" is becoming even more popular than coffee. Millions have been wowed by its mind-boosting powers.
Medical authorities in Europe have approved it as a remedy for mental fatigue and physical weakness... and they even confirm it can help you lose unwanted weight!
Some crazy new fad? Quite the opposite...
In fact, yerba mate may be the best-documented mind-booster in history. Its track record is centuries better than costly supplements:
Nearly 500 years ago, Jesuit missionaries learned about this miracle tonic from South American tribes. At first they denounced its near-magical powers -- but when they tried it, they were so blown away, they started growing the herb at their missions and brewing it themselves...
19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin tried it on his voyages and called it "the ideal stimulant..."
Modern biochemists recently found it contains over 40 powerful plant compounds, including crucial brain nutrients like choline and inositol. It's so nourishing for brain and nerve cells, it may even help people with Parkinson's...
MIND SHARPER, MORE ENERGY!
"I had to take a nap to make it through the day. After reading your book, I feel better -- have more energy and my mind is sharper. No more naps!"

-- Ruby Westlake Vernon, TX



So next time you're feeling fuzzy and fatigued, maybe you would like to try it? Just follow the careful directions found on page 132 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. (But be sure to take ONLY this amount.)
Depressed? Anxious? Agitated? Snack on nature's own Prozac®! This sweet fruit is incredibly rich in mood-lifting compounds like serotonin and norepinephrin. Ironically, people spend thousands of dollars on drugs to boost their serotonin levels, yet this fruit costs pennies at your local supermarket. Details and how much to eat on page 53 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.



Watch cuts, burns & bruises
HEAL IN MOMENTS...
Right before your astonished eyes!
Stop the bleeding in seconds. Cut yourself in the kitchen? Reach into the pantry and keep on cooking! Sprinkle your cut with the common powder described on page 156 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. May sting a bit, but seals off bleeding faster than a bandage.
Undo bruises with a BANANA?! Yes! Your kids or grandkids will love this. Place the banana peel on the bruise and do as described on page 27 of your FREE-Preview book. Relieves the pain almost instantly, speeds healing, reduces discoloration. So effective (and funny-sounding) kids stop crying and start laughing!
For really stubborn splinters, sprinkle salt on your finger and get a tomato. Do as detailed on page 159 of your FREE-Preview book and tada! No more splinter -- and no more torture with needles or tweezers!
Heal searing burns in minutes with a piece of raw potato! The potato gently cools the surface, soothes the skin with healing nutrients, and you can feel it draw out the pain. See the details on page 29 of your FREE-Preview book, where you'll also find out about...



ARMY TESTS SISTERS' ALLERGY FIND...
...and gives it a big thumbs-up!
Yes, believe it or not, hard-nosed U.S. Army doctors investigated the curious remedy for seasonal allergies described on page 4 of your FREE-Preview book.
They were looking for an alternative to antihistamines which could make soldiers drowsy. And imagine their amazement when tests confirmed that chewing honeycomb really can make you immune to hay fever! Simply use the type of honeycomb described in your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES. A tiny, one-inch square should do it. P.S. It's delicious! Enjoy!
Smoking habit erased by famed scientist's "orange cure." Nobel Prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling came up with this odd-sounding natural remedy, and it was tested by a British research group. In just 3 weeks, the folks who used oranges as specified in your FREE-Preview book were smoking an average of 79% less -- and many had kicked the habit completely! Do as detailed on page 168.



**** FREE FORMULA! ****
Japanese Physician's Proven "Herb Cure"
for Poor Memory
Hundreds of patients can't be wrong! "Our research on memory remedies led us to a Japanese doctor," say the Wilen Sisters. "His records show he successfully treated more than 500 patients with memory problems -- all with the common herb eyebright. We'd always thought of it as a remedy for eye problems, until now!"
Dirt cheap. Eyebright isn't costly or rare -- it often grows by the side of the road. It's available at most health food stores or you can grow your own.
The secret formula. Add ½ ounce eyebright and 1 tablespoon clover honey to 1 ½ cups of just-boiled water. When it's cool, strain the mixture and store in a bottle. Then simply follow the dosage instructions on page 132 of your FREE-Preview copy of Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES.



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Neck collar for whiplash? NEVER! Get far better relief from a silk scarf! See why on page 134.
Bronchial cough? Commercial syrups just knock you out and you wake up worse. But the onion elixir on page 49 soothes instantly and really heals!
Banish B.O. on the hottest days, without even changing your deodorant! This nutritional cure erases the problem from within. Page 25
"Couch potato cure" for back pain heals in as little as 15 minutes! Just sit in this strange position and feel the agony fade away. Page 23
Banish brown spots with garbanzo beans?! Ingenious Israeli remedy for sun lovers. Page 28
Diabetes checked by sunchokes! Delicious veggie you may not have heard about stimulates insulin action. Details on page 56 and yummy recipe on page 18.
Colds cured in 8 hours! Famed former New York mayor attests this great-tasting "guggle-muggle" recipe clears up his colds overnight (while he sleeps like a baby). Two-minute recipe! Page 41
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FREE GIFT Volume #1

SECRET HEALING FORMULAS
& Hushed-Up Food Cures!

Got an onion? Some honey? A head of cabbage? You've got your own homegrown pharmacy! All these astonishing "meals that heal" can be prepared in minutes, including...
Amazing cancer-fighting barbecue! Cook out to your heart's content without creating carcinogens...
Incredible bone-building shake! Combines 7 powerful (and delicious!) osteoporosis-fighters...
Sensational eye-saving smoothie! Fights age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) with more antioxidant power than many supplements...
The great "grape cure" for high blood pressure! Just eat this amount of this type of grapes daily...
Brain-boosting brunch! It's packed with brain-building blocks like choline, B-12 and phenylalanine. Imagine improving your memory with an Italian frittata -- a luscious, layered tomato, asparagus and Parmesan omelet (recipe included)...
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FREE GIFT Volume #2

"WACKY" REMEDIES Proven to Work!

Clear clogged lungs with TANGERINE RIND? YES! These astonishing remedies may sound unlikely, but famed doctors confirm they work. See the proof here and...
Widen your arteries by watching these movies! Works for 19 out of 20 patients...
Reverse dementia with a drum? Families are stunned by the difference...
End arthritis pain with apricots! Patients cancel prescriptions and surgery...
"Chew away" ear infections with this yummy gum that even stops Strep bacteria...
"Roll away" bug bites with roll-on deodorant! Instantly rolls back swelling and itching...
Sleep away diabetes! Watch your blood sugar drop like a rock...
Switch off your prostate cancer genes by switching to this special exercise...
Dial down hot flashes with a simple twist of your hand...
Snack away 50% more fat without dieting, just by enjoying this treat twice a day...
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Banish blisters in 60 seconds with a bottle of this...
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Meet TV's Beloved Wilen Sisters
Trusted and loved for good reason!

If you met Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen, you'd feel like you were with family. Sure, their cures have amazed millions on NBC's Today Show and CBS This Morning. But they're so warm and genuine -- and what a sense of humor!
They grew up in a family where natural healing was a way of life. "Our great-aunt was an herbalist," they remember. "Mom and Dad treated our ills with honey, lemon, horseradish, camphor, garlic, chicken soup... and it must have worked. After all, here we are!"
Call them natural-born healing geniuses, tireless researchers, or both. Whatever the reason, countless viewers have tried their remedies and found they work.
Where do they find all these cures? Some of the best come from folks like you! "From Hollywood stars to grandmas in Alaska, people are constantly confiding in us," they say. "When you know that your family remedy works, you naturally want to pass it on."
Now they've put all the greatest secrets they've gleaned from over 20 years of research (plus exciting NEW finds) into the ultimate home healing super-book...
NEW! Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES
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The information in Bottom Line's HEALING REMEDIES is not intended as a substitute for personal medical advice. Before making any decision regarding your health, please consult a physician or other qualified health-care practitioner.

Sugar in the Milk: A Parsi Kitchen Story

by The Kitchen Sisters

Listen Now [7 min 7 sec] Audio:

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Niloufer I

chaporia King at age 6, dressed as a Koli fisherwoman.

Her tray held marzipan fish. Fish is an auspicious dish on Parsi New Year's and often sent as gifts on this day.

Courtesy UC Press Parsi Recipes

When Niloufer Ichaporia King's mother, Shireen Ichaporia, turned 90, King began an account of Parsi food. My Bombay Kitchen chronicles a cuisine and culture that is endangered and fast disappearing. Read recipes from the book.

Laura Folger for NPR

Niloufer Ichaporia King prowls about six farmers markets a week in search of greens, roots, seeds and inspiration. Here, she is at Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco on a Saturday

Parsi Family and FoodListen: Niloufer Ichaporia King talks about planning a menu in musical terms as she plays 'Romance in F#' by Schumann on the piano.

And she describes her first food memory, floating island pudding. add Listen: Author Bharati Mukherjee talks about her family and growing up in India add Listen: Harvard Professor Homi Bhabha talks about the importance of ritual lentils. add
King's mother, Shireen Ichaporia, on the running board (left) of her uncle's car in Karachi in 1925. Courtesy UC Press

A chalk stencil showing a ritual tray of symbolic objects: holder for vermilion, roe water sprinkler, "Happy New Year," betel leaf, rock sugar container, grain of rice, coconut, almonds, fish, ceremonial tray with flowers. Courtesy UC Press
Doug HamiltonKing's Swedish cardamom cake with the Parsi touches of rose petals and edible gold leaves.

Jerry Bauer"Until I came to the United States, I had never really been inside a kitchen," author Bharati Mukherjee says.

Bruce Williams"Parsi cooking is hidden behind the wall of the family home," says Homi Bhabha, a Parsi from Bombay who is director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University and professor of Englis
David KingEach year, King creates an elaborate ceremonial meal for Parsi New Year, on the first day of spring, based on the auspicious foods and traditions of Parsi culture. The menu for the 2006 Parsi New Year celebration at Chez Panisse was designed and illustrated by King and her husband, David. They used the spice turmeric to create the yellow dot on each menu. More from Hidden KitchensSee more about Parsi culture, recipes and a reporter's notebook chronicling Niloufer Ichaporia King's Parsi dinner at San Francisco's Foreign Cinema restaurant.Sugar in the MilkMorning Edition, March 20, 2008 · Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with three kitchens. She prowls through at least six farmers markets a week in search of unusual greens, roots and seeds, traditional food plants from every immigrant culture in the Bay Area. King is an anthropologist, a kitchen botanist, a one-of-a-kind cook, and a writer. A Parsi from Bombay living in San Francisco. Parsi culture is about 3,000 years old and goes back from India to Persia. UNESCO's Parsi Zoroastrian Project estimates only 75,000 Parsis remain, and it has begun an effort to salvage what's left of the culture — its clothing, traditions and food. UNESCO projects that by 2020, only 25,000 Parsis will be left.King is also known for her ritual celebrations of Navroz, the Parsi New Year, on the first day of spring, when she creates an elaborate, ceremonial meal based on the auspicious foods and traditions of her vanishing culture. Often she and the chefs of Alice Waters' legendary restaurant, Chez Panisse, collaborate on this ritual feast together. On that night, the restaurant is decorated with garlands of gardenias, tuberose and fragrant flowers in the doorways. Rice flour stencils of fish and other auspicious shapes are powdered onto the sidewalk and steps of the restaurant to bring good luck. King cooks while her husband, biochemist David, chalks the stencils and designs and illustrates the menus. King's parents are both Parsis. Parsi means a person from Persia. To be a Parsi is to be born of a Parsi father at least. "Parsi, like Afghani," she says. Descendants of the followers of Zoroaster, the Parsis left Persia after it fell to the Arabs in the 8th century. The Parsi LegendThere are many legends of how the Parsis were allowed to settle in India. The priestly leaders were brought before the local ruler, Jadi or Jadhav Rana, who presented them with a vessel "brimful" of milk to signify that the surrounding lands could not possibly accommodate any more people. The Parsi head priest responded by slipping some sugar into the milk to signify how the strangers would enrich the local community without displacing them. They would dissolve into life like sugar dissolves in the milk, sweetening the society but not unsettling it. Jadi responded to the eloquent image and granted the exiles land and permission to practice their religion unhindered if they would lay down their arms, adopt local dress, respect local customs, conduct weddings and other ceremonies only at night, and learn the local language, Gujarati. Homi Bhabha, professor of English and director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University, is also a Parsi from Bombay. He talks about this founding myth of sugar in the milk, or as some tell it, rosewater in milk. (Still others say it was a coin that was slipped into milk). Bhabha recounts Parsi New Year at his grandmother's house. "We drank this absolutely delicious milkshake-like drink, falooda, made of pink rosewater and ice cream and little jelly bean-like seeds, basil seeds," he says. "As I sipped my drink, I often recalled the founding story of the Parsis dissolving like sugar or rosewater in the milk." On Parsi New Year, Bhabha says, his mother always had new clothes made for the children and would bathe them in milk in which rose petals had been crushed. The family would then go to his grandmother's home, where a long table was laden with auspicious foods, like fish for fertility. Magpie Cooking"Parsi food is disappearing with us. Our numbers are dwindling," King says."Parsi cooking is one of the least known cuisines in the world," she adds. "Coming from desert plateaus in Iran to this incredibly fertile coastal plain with fish jumping out of the water. Coconuts, mangoes, layered on top of the Hindu influence the Muslims, the British and the Portuguese. You could call it a kind of magpie cooking. We see something appealing and we fly off with it to our nests, take the gems and make something of it that's our own." "Parsi cooking, magpie cooking, I love that image," says Bharati Mukherjee, noted novelist, short story writer and lecturer. The Middleman and Other Stories, Jasmine, Desirable Daughters and Holder of the World, are just a few of her works. We spoke with Mukherjee about Parsi cooking and her Indian kitchen. "I was exposed to [Parsi cooking] first in Calcutta, where I grew up, and then later as an adult in Gujarat and Bombay, where there is a larger concentration of Parsis," Mukherjee says. "Magpie to me implies keeping intact the different kinds of gems collected and then making something new out of it, whole new entities. "Until I came to the United States, I had never really been inside a kitchen," Mukherjee revealed. Her family had four cooks. There was one for Muslim cooking. Another, for Hindu cooking, who had to be a Brahmin by caste (her widowed paternal grandmother could eat only food cooked by a Brahmin, by cultural taboo). And there were two Christian cooks: One used to cook with very-hard-to-get items like anchovies; the other was trained by Mother Theresa's nuns to be a British dessert specialist.Mukherjee and her two sisters never entered the kitchen. That was the cook's domain. Her father was of the first generation after independence of Bengali industrialists. It was a time of national euphoria, when the lifestyle was extravagant. Her father had only daughters and he lavished his love and ambition on them. He did not want them married at age 14 and to be housewives as was custom in Indian culture. "Until I came to the U.S. and got married and had to go cook for myself, I didn't know what different kinds of lentils looked like, what rice looked like," Mukherjee says. "I didn't know the surface of boiled water has bubbles." But cooking and food was the center of family life. Parsi food is family-based. It is not easily available in restaurants. Almost the only place to eat it is at home. Bhabha, the Harvard professor, describes Parsi food as a rose hidden behind a wall of the family home. "It's a food of family rituals and celebrations," he says. "It's really rather a private world of homes and clubs — one that you have to get invited into to really experience." Parsi New YearAlice Waters of Chez Panisse came to Parsi New Year dinner at King's house in 1989 and suggested that she might do this at her Berkeley restaurant. Alice loves New Year celebrations, and here was another one. "It's Navroz, the first day of spring, the old Persian New Year. And because of a calendrical miscalculation we now have two new years — one now and one in August," King says. "Some Parsis celebrate [on the first day of spring] and some celebrate the New Year as a moveable feast in August whenever it fetches up. In my mother's house there would have been plain dal and rice because it was an auspicious day. Dal was eaten on happy days, sad days, days when you passed your examinations."Vegetable ExcitementKing is a beloved regular at many farmers markets throughout the Bay Area. "The farmers market week starts on Saturday for me with Alemany Market and sometimes the Ferry market as well," she says. "Sunday there's Civic Center, Tuesday there's Berkeley. Wednesday you have another go at the Civic Center. Thursday there's Serramonte. Friday there's Oakland." She is constantly on expedition. She trades seeds and tips, and learns the botanical names of plants, the medicinal uses and the possibilities for new dishes with new spices she might have yet to discover.As a UC Berkeley graduate student in anthropology, King wrote her thesis about Cost Plus, an import store that sold antique Parsi sari borders. King began conservation efforts of her culture as she watched its traditional crafts and textiles being sold on the shelves of discount design stores. King is a woman of many missions. She tends and feeds her community, preserving Parsi culture through its food, and passing on her love of greens and the huge array of food plants she thinks most Americans are unaware of. "What we need to do is make more vegetable excitement. I've always seen the great drama on the plate as coming from vegetables rather than the animal involved. What I really want to do is make exotic things seem familiar and then just put a little bit of spin on the familiar and make it exotic." 'My Bombay Kitchen'It was the occasion of King's mother, Shireen Ichaporia's, 90th birthday that made King sit down and begin to really collect and organize her recipes and stories into a book. The book is riveting; the glossary alone reads like a travelogue of India and the subtropical world. Her recipes open a whole new world for cooks. And with these dishes, one is creating a meal while also taking part in a small act of preservation. Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food in Italy, said that preserving a traditional cheese is as important as preserving a 16th-century building. So it is with King, a kind of Parsi Sheherazade, who never really cooked until she left India and came to America, and then felt compelled to cook, chronicle and preserve the food of her home. My Bombay Kitchen: Modern and Traditional Parsi Cooking is an intriguing and unusual family story and the story of a culture that is struggling to maintain itself. In two or three generations, this culture will be down in numbers to the size of what is considered a tribe. Cook this book. Go to your farmers market and look for some vegetable excitement. Cook a green or toast a seed you never have tried. Talk to the farmer. Ask them to tell you how to prepare it, and if the food has healthful properties. You never know the stories and delights that might be held there at that table piled high with mysterious leaves. You know the motto of the Kitchen Sisters: Talk to strangers. Especially strangers bearing produce. Music and FoodAs with all the Hidden Kitchen stories, we started searching for the right music. The first thing we discovered is that the conductor Zubin Mehta and the late Freddie Mercury of Queen are both Parsi, but there is no "Parsi" music. There is music from Persia, from Gujarat, from Bombay, from India. None of these were the soundtrack of King's childhood. King loves music. Food and music are central to her world. "I studied Western music," she says. "Classical music. Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Chopin. I started piano at the age of 6. That was Parsi music for me. I did not grow up listening to Indian music. We never heard it in school except for right on the edges. If a village band went by, the nuns used to say 'Oh, that dreadful racket.'" King began listening to Indian music once she moved to the U.S., just as she began cooking Parsi food once she was here. Our music search led us to Harmonia Mundi and its World Village collections of Persian and Indian music, including Shujaat Husain Khan and Aruna Sairam and the compilation, Without You, Masters of Persian Music. World Music freak Joe Boyd and Brian Cullman led us to the haunting singer Reza Shajarian and the kamanche playing (a kind of spiked violin) of Ghazal. The music heard in the story came from several of the soundtracks of Indian film legend Satyajit Ray, and also from a collaboration of Ry Cooder with V.M. Bhatt, from their album A Meeting by the River. "For me food and music are just completely interrelated and I see planning a menu in musical terms," King says. "When I make birthday cakes for people, what do they want? Mozart, Schubert or Brahms? Mozart may be a hazelnut meringue. Brahms, chocolate, deep and dark and orange."King is getting ready to cook for Parsi New Year. She is celebrating and reflecting. "Our kitchens are hidden," she says. "It's not a widely known cuisine, although our sphere of influence is wide. Parsi cooking is disappearing with us. It's cultural artifact, a dish. And in tending it and being the steward of that particular thing in your lifetime, you're handing down an heirloom the way you would any other precious cultural artifact. I think we'll have the souffle eggs that Parsis are so fond of. It's one of the great tricks up the Parsi sleeve."

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Zander on How Stress Can Help You
Americans are stressing out as never before. Last year, a survey of 1,848 people by the American Psychological Association found that a disturbing 70% of respondents reported having physical and psychological symptoms of stress. But the survey also had some good news -- 60% of those polled said they would be motivated to change, including learning to manage stress more effectively, in order to feel better. With that encouraging news in mind, I called life coach and frequent Daily Health News contributor, Lauren Zander of the HandelGroup (www.handelgroup.com) for her unique advice on managing stress.
MUCH STRESS IS PERCEPTION
First, Lauren says, it is important to understand what stress really is. Sometimes stress comes from painful circumstances, like illness or loss of someone dear, that only time can heal. But there are loads of other potential stress triggers, from unpaid mortgages to difficult relationships or health problems, that you can do something about. These circumstances themselves do not create stress. Rather the stress results from how you respond to them. "Stress comes from wishing something were different and the worry that you cannot change it, which leads you to feel stuck," says Lauren. You feel upset, you feel helpless and the result is you feel "stressed."
However, Lauren doesn't believe we should always view stress as negative. She views it as a natural outcome of an increased desire for a better life. "We live in a smarter world today," she says, "and our agenda now is to do well for ourselves." Stress symptoms can serve as an invaluable ally to help people achieve a better life. They are an informing voice that tells us it's "time to do something" -- if we try to ignore the voice, it gets louder and more insistent. Lauren teaches her clients to make stress work for them, instead of against them. How? First step is learning to accept it as a positive force and motivator... kind of like a wake-up call or feedback from a good friend.
THE TWO LEVELS OF STRESS
Given that stress is a call to action, it is critical to investigate the nature of life stressors to decide what the appropriate action should be. There are two levels of stressors... the first, Type 1, belongs in what Lauren calls the "to-do" world. This incorporates bills, appointments, arrangements and the many other tasks that involve making and spending money and managing life as a grown-up. Although people moan and complain about the frustrations of handling these aspects of their lives, Lauren points out that in the to-do world there are always solutions. You may not love the solutions -- for example having to rein in spending habits to live within a compromised income, or disappoint someone by saying no to an invitation -- but they are there for you to find and implement.
Type 2 stressors, though, include the ones few people talk about... they are the "scary" ones in the world of emotion, says Lauren. Fear fuels many of these stressors -- fear that underneath it all you aren't capable... or lovable... or that your marriage is no longer working... or that you aren't attractive enough... or that you will get a terrible illness. The list of hidden stressors in the emotional world is long and complex, but this is where stress can be used to make life better, as we shall see.
If you feel stress because you've gained 15 pounds and don't feel sexy, that's a call to action -- but if you weigh the same as always and still feel undesirable, it's different. This feeling deserves a confession. You can "tell on yourself" to your husband or a friend, which is how to get what you need to feel better, such as a hug or a compliment, a "you're crazy, you have the best body and I love it!" Personally, I use funny consequences for "bad mind habits." When an inner dialogue causes stress, I charge myself a dollar if I dwell in those negative stressful thoughts longer than 30 seconds... and it stops me dead in my tracks. My "no harping" rules keep me from adding stressful thoughts and feelings to my life.
You can learn to view your worries as an alert to take an action to feel better. When you actually go to the gym, make the phone call you've been putting off, or pay the bill that's weighing you down, you will feel calmer. You will have heard what the stress is telling you and responded to it. It is only when you don't take such an action that stress continues to build. This is how your body and mind communicates about what is not working well in your life.
CUTTING STRESS DOWN TO SIZE
Once you recognize these two types of stress, it becomes feasible to take control of them on both levels. Here are Lauren's recommendations for doing that:
Start observing your crazy-makers, the things that annoy or irritate you. It may be easiest to make a list. Most, if not all of these are truly insignificant -- small stuff such as traffic or long lines. Stressing about them is useless. One way to eliminate the stress of crazy-makers is to alter whatever you can in your schedule or arrangements to decrease what annoys you so much. Leave earlier to escape heavy traffic, take care of errands on off-hours whenever possible... don't say yes to social invitations you don't really want to attend... that kind of thing. Changes like this will help, but a shift in attitude about them will likely help even more. Deflate the stress by refusing to take these situations so seriously or accept demands as "required" and you will see that their upset-quotient begins to diminish.
Write out the list of your responsibilities that fall somewhere between Type 1 and Type 2 stressors. These are in the "to-do" world and therefore, have "to-do" ways to solve them. Start with those that most distress you, but include them all. Big to-dos such as paying off debts or dealing with a difficult medical diagnosis for you or a loved one can seem especially difficult and overwhelming. Cull through the list slowly and carefully and come up with ways you can address these problems. Ask for help if you need it and consider the value of hiring someone when appropriate. For instance, if you have no time to clean your house, hiring someone will cost money of course, but it may pay dividends for you in time, positive energy and orderly surroundings.
The next challenge is the big one -- to take on the Type 2 stressors directly. Write out what you would like to change about you and your life. Oftentimes these desires live just under the surface as unconscious wishes and exist as stress because you are frustrated or unhappy with your current situation. The act of writing them out makes them conscious and gives you the means to evaluate their content. Your wishes might include a different career, living in another city, being nicer, thinner, or maybe more athletic. A good deal of your stress, though, may come from factors you cannot possibly change -- wanting to be young again, say -- or can't change now, such as moving. In those cases Lauren says a shift in attitude is mandatory. Pining away for something you cannot have -- ever or for the time being -- only heightens stress. It may feel hard to do this at first, but here is how you make such an attitude shift -- tell yourself that this is the way it is, just like some days its raining when you wish it was sunny. You can't control it, so you accept it. Once you accept the fact of your situation, realize that you are capable of living with it. Tough, yes, but you can do it... which leaves you free to move on to the stressors you can do something about now, and put this in the category of "later."
Now decide what life changes on your list you consider important enough to tackle... and gather ideas about how to achieve some solution. You may even find that among these are ways to address even the seemingly impossible ones. Let's say you wish your mate didn't have a serious disease, Parkinson's for instance, but you have accepted that you can't change the diagnosis. What can you do? Find activities that you and your partner can continue to participate in together, in spite of his/her disease. But remember, select just one or two areas to start with and take baby steps toward your goal. You will see that even small changes here and there bring you to a place where you do indeed feel better, says Lauren, and that you are not so stuck after all.
Stress will never go away. "It's called being alive," says Lauren. Once you see it as a necessary and useful tool to make life better, stress becomes your friendly messenger, an ever-present well of energy for you to draw from.
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Lauren Zander, life coach and chairman, the HandelGroup, www.handelgroup.com.