More People Eating Organic

Demand for Organic Food Outstrips Supply
By LIBBY QUAID, AP

WASHINGTON (July 6) - America's appetite for organic food is so strong that supply just can't keep up with demand. Organic products still have only a tiny slice, about 2.5 percent, of the nation's food market. But the slice is expanding at a feverish pace. Growth in sales of organic food has been 15 percent to 21 percent each year, compared with 2 percent to 4 percent for total food sales.
Organic means food is grown without bug killer, fertilizer, hormones, antibiotics or biotechnology. Mainstream supermarkets, eyeing the success of organic retailers such as Whole Foods, have rushed to meet demand. The Kroger Co., Safeway Inc. and SuperValu Inc., which owns Albertson's LLC, are among those selling their own organic brands. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said earlier this year it would double its organic offerings. Click here: AOL News - Demand for Organic Food Outstrips Supply

Cranberries

Effective against Cancer Cells, Kidney Toxicity and Memory Loss By Dr. Baruch

D.C.-Imagine a little red berry that fights cancer, age-related diseases likeloss of memory, heart disease, ulcers, and even cavities. Sound to goodto be true? Allow us to introduce our friend, the Cranberry! In 1996 laboratory studies conducted by University of Illinoisscientists and published in Planta Medica demonstrated the potentialanti-cancer properties of cranberries. More recently researchers at theUniversity of Western Ontario demonstrated, in animal models, that humanbreast cancer cells showed significantly lower incidence of tumordevelopment when the experimental group's diet was supplemented withcranberries. USDA scientists at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at TuftsUniversity have been finding promising results associated with dietshigh in antioxidants and other phytonutrients. Preliminary studiessuggest that diets containing fruits and vegetables with high ORACvalues may provide protection against chronic age-related afflictionslike loss of coordination and loss of memory. ORAC stands for OxygenRadical Absorption Capacity which is a measure of the antioxidantactivity for a particular food. Cranberries score very high on the ORACscale at 1750 ORAC units per 3.5 oz. serving. A study published in the Journal of the American Dental Associationreported that a unique cranberry juice component, ahigh-molecular-weight nondialysable material (NDM), has the ability toreverse and inhibit the coaggregation of certain oral bacteriaresponsible for dental plaque and periodontal disease in vitro.Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition reported on apreliminary clinical trial using a mouthwash containing cranberry NDM. Saliva samples of the experimental group showed a two order ofmagnitude reduction in Streptococcus Mutans compared with the placebogroup. This is exciting news because a large percentage of cavities canbe attributed to Streptococcus Mutans. Flavonoids have been shown to function as potent antioxidants both invitro and in vivo and may reduce the risk of atherosclerosis (cloggedarteries). Cranberries contain significant amounts of flavonoids andpolyphenolic compounds that have been demonstrated to inhibit LDL (badcholesterol) oxidation. Ongoing research continues to suggest thatcranberries may offer a natural defense against atherosclerosis. Peptic ulcers are increasingly being attributed to infection byHelicobacter pylori bacteria, as opposed to stress and/or stomachacidity. A high-molecular-weight nondialysable constituent of cranberryjuice has been shown to inhibit the adhesion of H. pylori to humangastric mucus in vitro. These preliminary results suggest thatcranberry may be beneficial in the prevention of peptic ulcers throughthe inhibition of H. pylori adhesion to gastric mucus and stomachtissue.You can find cranberries in Wholefood Farmacy foods such as, Phi Plus,Fruitalicious, and Fruitalicious Plus. Cranberries are also an awesomeaddition to a smoothie made from any of our fruit based Farinas such asBeautiPhi, ClariPhi, ElectriPhi, FructiPhi & GloriPhi. Here’s an ideato try – in blender, add 2 tbsp of your choice of Farina, a little icewater, a couple of ice cubes and a handful of cranberries. Blend onhigh for about 30 seconds and enjoy! You can find Wholefood Farmacy onmy Website www.drbaruch.com.

Mean Judeans Win Championship

By Kheelkeeyah B. Ammi-KNN Israel

WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BROTHERS WERE IN RARE FORM. THEY TRULY EXEMPLIFIED THE NAME THEY ARE CALLED: MEAN JUDEANS...

WE RALLIED, RALLIED, RALLIED...IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. IN THE BEGINNING THE OPPOSING TEAM CALLED PENTICON WERE LEADING TWO/NOTHING. THEN OUR BROTHERS GOT UP TO BAT AND THEY TOOK OFF...THE SPIRIT WAS HIGH AND THE BROTHERS WERE HITTING, STEALING BASES; THEY WERE JAMMIN' AND BROUGHT IN 7 RUNS ON A RALLY ON TWO ....EVERY BROTHER THAT CAME TO THE BAT SLAMMED THE BALL...THEY WERE ON A ROLL AND READY TO SHUT OUT THE PENTICONS. THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED THEM WAS THE UMPIRE GOT SICK.

ONE OF THE PENTICONS TRIED STEALING A BASE,...AHK AKAHZIYAH THREW THAT BALL TO SECOND BASE AND ELYAHEED CAME OUT OF NOWHERE IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT THE BALL ON SECOND BASE...OUT!!!

SUPERMAN KIND OF STUFF. THE PENTICONS TRIED TO MAKE A COME BACK IN THE FIFTH INNING AND BASES WERE LOADED...RALLYING ON TWO......

DID YAHRONE STRIKE THE NEXT BATTER OUT? STRUCK HIM OUT!!!... YAHRONE WAS STRIKING 'EM OUT LEFT AND RIGHT TONIGHT... HE NEVER GOT TIRED, HE STAYED FOCUSED AND HE PUT ON A SHOW THAT WAS GLORY TO YAH!!!! WE WERE SO PROUD OF HIM.

AND THE PENTICONS ARE NO SLOUCH BASEBALL PLAYERS...THESE GUYS CAN PLAY BALL, AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS HAVE BEAT OUR BROTHERS. BUT TONIGHT THE HONOR AND GLORY GOES TO OUR BROTHERS.

IT WAS SOME KIND OF GAME. I WISH EVERYONE COULD HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. IT WAS TV, DVD, MOVIE KIND OF STUFF TONIGHT.

WHEN THE BUSSES ARRIVED IN OUR DIMONA VILLAGE, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS WAITING, THE MUSIC STARTED PLAYING AND EVERYONE, ADULTS AND CHILDREN WERE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLAYERS. AND THEN THEY CAME BEFORE OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER....OUR GREAT COACH, SHARIEL WHO DID EXCELLENT COACHING TONIGHT, GAVE EACH PLAYER TO OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER IN HONOR. WHEN HE CAME TO AHK YEHUDA, FIRST BASEMAN, HE TOLD OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER THAT YEHUDA WAS YAH'S ATHLETE. SO OFFICIALLY ABBA HONORED AHK YEHUDA BEFORE EVERYONE TO BE REFERRED TO AS YAH'S ATHLETE. AND BEN KOLIYAH, THIRD BASEMAN, CAME BEFORE ABBA, AND YEHUDA SAID THAT BEN KOLIYAH WAS LIKE A TREE, DEPENDABLE AND STEADY, ALWAYS THERE,....THE OCCASION WAS AN EMOTIONAL ONE ...TEARS STREAMED DOWN BEN KOLIYAH'S FACE.

HOW CAN I EXPRESS SUCH A YAHSOME NIGHT. OUR BROTHERS PLAYED BALL AND WE ARE VERY VERY PROUD OF THEM.

Big Ben Headed to Chicago

Irritated Ben Wallace to sign with Bulls-
Forward skips Pistons’ $50 million offer, goes to Chicago nearly same deal
Associated Press-July 4, 2006

DETROIT - Free-agent center Ben Wallace is leaving the Detroit Pistons to sign with the Chicago Bulls, a person within the NBA said Monday.
The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because NBA free agents can’t officially sign contracts until July 12, said the Pistons offered Wallace a four-year contract worth about $50 million. That would have made him the highest-paid player on the team next season with a salary of $11.5 million. He will reportedly sign with the Bulls for $52 million over four years. Click Here: Ben Wallace signs deal with Chicago

Championship Game Tied 1 to 1

Games We Play: Softball By EVA COHEN-Jerusalem Post Sports
After a heartbreaking loss to the Mean Judeans last week, Penticon came into Game 2 looking to even the series and did so handily. Pitcher Ami Baran, who missed the first game, shined on the mound and with the glove for Penticon on the way to a 5-2 win Sunday night that forced a third-and-deciding game on Tuesday night at the Baptist Village in Petah Tikvah.
"His pitching and a solid defense won the game," men's national team coach Richard Duffy said. "Offense is good but it's defense that wins games. The second baseman and the outfield were outstanding." Both teams came out ready to fight with the Mean Judeans bringing in three busloads of friends and family from Dimona to cheer on their side. They brought with them drums and pom-poms and cheered loudly from the warm-ups.

"Absolutely we are going to win tonight," a confident Bat-el Bat-Yisroel, wife of Horalio ben Yehuda, said. "My next door neighbor is playing - everyone knows each other in the whole community. If we do lose tonight we will be back here again on Tuesday cheering." That will have to be the case, as Penticon, despite only attracting 20 or so fans, was undeterred. The Mean Judeans went three up, three down in the top of the first and Penticon came back swinging in the bottom of the inning, scoring three runs. In the third, Baran made his only slip-up of the game, throwing a wild pitch that started a two-run rally for the Judeans. The comeback was halted as a Yarone fly ball hit was caught in center field for the third out, leaving Elyaeed stranded on base. In the bottom of the fourth, third baseman Natanel Levenson singled and advanced to second and then third base on two wild pitches by Yarone. Levenson scored on a Ben Fleitman ground ball to make it score 4-2. The Mean Judeans got a bit of momentum in the sixth, with Yarone bunting his way aboard before Ahkazyah drew a walk. But Yehudah grounded out to first and Ovade made out to end the threat. Dan Marcus replaced Brian Aron in the bottom of the sixth, which proved to be a very good move. Marcus hit a triple into left field and then scored on the next play when the right fielder dropped Sam Goldberg's pop-up, putting Goldberg on second and giving Penticon a commanding 5-2 lead late in the game.

The Judean fans were on their feet dancing and chanting "that's alright that's ok we're gonna win it anyway," as Baran took the mound for the top of the seventh. But Ben Koliyah flied out to center, and though N. Emmanuel hit a line-drive single and was replaced by pinch runner Yohanatan, the Mean Judeans would get no further. Mean Judean fans were a bit despondent at the loss but shouted out "the championship is ours!" as Penticon walked back to the bench. "Goose" Gillett, the league's secretary general; the coach and pitcher for the Tigers; and the game's umpire, said before the first pitch that "it's always an intense game" when the Mean Judeans play and on his way off the field after it was over he concluded "that was rough." In the dugout, the Penticon players congratulated each other and were looking forward to Tuesday's championship game. "We did expect to win but we knew it would be tough," said Hirsch. "We feel good and we are going to take it on Tuesday." Despite his confidence, Hirsch remained humble when speaking of his opponents. "[The Mean Judeans] can always come out and play. It's not over until the fat lady sings."

Can't Resist The Urge

Compiled by Shmerah E. Keymah (KNN Staff)

Food labels don't stop unhealthy eating habits-Many buy products knowing they're filled with fats, sugars, poll finds-July 2, 2002-Asociated Press

People check the labels on food at the grocery store, but it doesn’t stop them from eating what they want, an AP-Ipsos poll found. Nearly 80 percent of Americans say they check food labels, looking for things like fat and calories and sugars. But 44 percent of people admit that even when the news is not good, they buy the food. Two-thirds of Americans weigh too much. Why do they bother reading labels? “I don’t know, force of habit. I want to see what I’m getting myself into,” says Loren Cook, 39, of Marysville, Wash. “It doesn’t make my buying decisions for me. It’s mostly a curiosity factor.” The AP-Ipsos survey of 1,003 adults, conducted May 30 to June 1, found:

Women check labels more frequently than men, 65 percent versus 51 percent. They also place more importance on nutrition content, 82 percent to 64 percent.

Married men are more likely to check labels than unmarried men, 76 percent to 65 percent.

Younger people are more likely to look at calories on food labels: 39 percent of people between 18 and 29 said they look at calories first.

Even so, 60 percent of younger people were more likely to buy foods that are bad for them even after checking the label.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Tammy Fultz, 45, thinks labels are good. She checks whenever she shops for groceries and avoids artery-clogging trans fat. “But none of that really matters,” says Fultz, who lives in Independence, Ky. “In the end, you still eat way more than you should and exercise way less than you should.”

Bamdu Station Performs in D. C. This Weekend

By Richard Harrington - Washington Post Staff Writer

The second of three free Weekend's Weekends summer concerts hosted by The Post and the Weekend section, featuring a variety of music from top local talent in our community, is Friday. Tonight's reggae bill features Bambu Station, Proverbs and S.T.O.R.M. Reggae Band. The concerts are at Carter Barron Amphitheatre in cooperation with the National Park Service/Rock Creek Park. Bambu Station dates back a decade, when vocalist Jalani Horton of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands moved to Washington, but the band didn't jell until a few years later with the arrival of drummer Andy Llanos and guitarist Tuff Lion, both from St. Croix. According to Horton: "We came for different reasons -- some of us went to college, others to trade school. We were not a band when we left home, but once we got here and settled, we got together as a band."

Last year, the band traveled to Israel for the New World Passover Festival in Dimona, put on by the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, a small religious group whose members believe they are descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. (The band will be going back next year for the group's 40th anniversary of settling in Israel.) "It's not that someone sent for us," Horton explains. "There was an opportunity for us to appear at the festival, and we paid our way to go. And from that one festival, three other shows in Israel materialized. "We push to create opportunities for ourselves," Horton says, adding: "We would rather play across the world for the same money that we play a small club in Adams Morgan for. In that way, we get a chance to enrich our experiences, our lives and be exposed to the world, let the world hear what we're doing instead of just waiting for a big label to find us. We're not trying to be found. We are trying to let people know that we exist so we can start that communication with the ones we feel would appreciate what we're doing."