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Fibroid tumors- non-cancerous growths that can cause heavy bleeding and other problems, are a leading cause of hysterectomies among women in their 40's.   Who needs it, right?  Here's a hint on how you MAY be able to avoid this painful, expensive and debilitating disorder.  And it's done with dietary changes.  Don't wait until you already have them; begin young.  See how to Reduce Fibroid Risk.

Kraft Taco Bell brand tacos just figuratively hit the fan this week.  Is this cause for further serious concern?  Read Franken-Tacos.

Cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, watercress, bok choy and others, contain isothiocyanates.  Why to you want to know this?  For one thing, they can protect against lung cancer.  See report.

In the "Mother (or Grandmother) knows best" department, maybe an apple a day will keep the doctor away.  See this news about apples and lung cancer at The Practical Kitchen.  

Pasta is a great vehicle for all kinds of veggies and sauces.  It's fine to say that one should eat whole grains all the time, but consider whole wheat pasta problems, i.e.:  (1) having to out of one's way to buy it,  (2) it's unstable and goes rancid much more easily than white pasta, (3) neither the taste nor texture is quite the same, (4) it's much more expensive.  Result:  we grab white pasta off the supermarket shelf most of the time.  Mueller has a new line of pasta called Mueller's Essentials, which is super fortified with vitamins, minerals and most important, 5 grams per serving of fiber, something none of us get enough of.  (See What About Fiber.)  Prices are not much more than regular white flour pasta, and it comes in elbows, penne rigate, shells and twists.  This should take the excuses out of doing the good thing with pasta.

If you own a recreational vehicle with a Norcold refrigerator, see this urgent recall notice. 

Still concerned about full disclosure regarding genetically altered foods, sometimes referred to as  "Frankenfoods"?  See this recourse at The Campaign to Label Genetically Altered Foods.

Are you beating yourself up because you serve cold cereal from a box for breakfast?  Don't be so fast with the "mea culpas".   See "Cold Cereal Blues".

Can dairy products actually help you diet?  See More Calcium Benefits: Weight Loss?

Up to 2.9 million Dangerous Dishwashers have either already been discarded or are sitting in someone's kitchen waiting to start a fire. Is your dishwasher one of them? 

Dangerous Sugar?  Read this report.

Plum growers and prune marketers have just won permission from the FDA to call prunes "dried plums".  A prune by any other name.... it just might work! 

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