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Robust Beauty - December 2007

Energizing Facts about Carbohydrates

December 29th 2007 14:01
Our bodies run on the fuels we know as carbohydrates. Whether we eat whole-grain bread or candy, our bodies turn the carbohydrates in those foods into blood sugar, or glucose. That doesn't mean, however, that both foods are equally good sources of energy. Nutritionists say that the bread is the better value, supplying fuel to our bodies over a longer period of time. The candy, they say, short-changes our bodies, providing energy only for a short time.

Nutritionists categorize carbohydrates in two ways - simple and complex


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Elephantiasis: the Repulsive Disease with No Known Cure

December 12th 2007 14:45
In the news today is a 23-year old woman named Wang Cheng, of Xuzhou in east China's Jiangsu province, who is suffering from a disease which has caused her legs to continue to grow, with the widest part now measuring 27.6 inches (70 centimeters). The disgusting disease, which Wang contracted when she was 7, is believed to be Elephantiasis.

Elephantiasis is the name given to a firm, rubbery, slowly developing swelling of various parts of the body. The legs are most often affected. Also affected are the feet, arms, scrotum, breasts, and vulva. Medical experts say that the enlargement is caused by chronic obstruction of lymph drainage. Examination of the tissues shows that the deeper layers of the skin, with underlying connective tissues, are thickened and changed into a blubbery mass which oozes lymph freely when punctured or cut



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