To Our Subscribers: Since September 11th, my perspective about life has changed. It is not that I dwell on what happened. Honestly, I do not think about it, until someone says something, or I see a flag or someone wearing a red, white, and blue ribbon. Then I find myself getting choked up, again.

I am aware that this newsletter is not an appropriate place to express political viewpoints, but the events of November 11th reach far beyond political or religious persuasions. Those events touched each of us deeply when the lives of so many innocent people were lost. It is truly heartbreaking.

This heartfelt sorrow is shared by many around the world. My son, who lives in Krasnoyarsk, a city located in Siberia, Russia, received many phone calls of love and support from his Russian friends. These friends expressed to him their common viewpoint that though attacks such as these are expected in other places of the world, including Russia, they should never take place in America. We are grateful for those expressions of support and sympathy that have come from many people around the world. In situations such as this, I am reminded that when we remove the political boundaries, geographical borders, and language barriers, we are all just "people", with similar love and concern for our families and friends.

We, at Applied Health Solutions would like to express our sympathy, and extend our thoughts and prayers to all those so deeply affected by our Nation's tragedy. Also, we would like to express our gratitude for the many heroes, both those who gave a little, and those who gave everything. Thank you.

May we be blessed to find the true priorities of life.

May God bless us all.

For your best health...

Tamara

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(Editor's Comment: The following letter is reprinted with permission from the writer. Her comments are in regards to a previous article on "Sucralose" - in AHSJ, September 2000.)

Dear Applied Health Solutions:

Thank you so much for posting valuable information about Sucralose. I just wanted to share my experience with Sucralose with you, in the hopes of keeping another person from experiencing the same.

Recently, in an effort to avoid sugar, I started using the Atkins shake, bars and BioChem's LoCarb bars- both with a significant amount of Sucralose in them. Immediately, I started having very serious migraine headaches, but didn't figure out the cause until I had suffered through 13 debilitating migraines! Once I stopped ingesting Sucralose, my migraines ceased. Since then, I have found several sites that give additional important information about the substance. Those are...

http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm

http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/

I recommend warning anyone who may have a tendency to migraine headaches, (if not for the other health side effects of Sucralose) to avoid this product entirely!

Sincerely,

Christi G. California

P.S. ...other symptoms experienced were incredible thirst and hair loss. The thirst went away as soon as I stopped ingesting the Sucralose. One other fact is that the new product "Splenda" - a sweetener, is primarily Sucralose.

(Editor's Comment: We recommend trying our detoxifying product "Liver Cleanse" for those who have experienced toxic symptoms due to a buildup of chemicals in the body.)

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(Excerpt from: Avery's Sports Nutrition Almanac)

Athletic injuries cause setbacks in training and downtime during the season. Because of this, in the 1960s, a number of scientists looked for natural products that can help improve the rate of injury healing.

In animal studies, the use of proteolytic enzymes was shown to reduce the inflammation associated with injuries and to shorten healing time. Subsequent studies conducted in hospitals and using injured people, surgery patients, and women who had given birth, also demonstrated that proteolytic enzymes can help quicken the healing process.

In 1967, P. S. Boyne and H. Medhurst applied these clinically verified benefits to athletes on the playing field. In a landmark study, they gave a proteolytic-enzyme concentrate (containing trypsin and chymotrypsin) to football (soccer) players from twenty-eight professional teams. The tablets were enterically coated, enabling them to pass through the stomach and not be digested until entering the intestines, since it had been learned in animal studies that the acidic stomach environment decreases the amount of proteolytic enzymes absorbed into the body by altering the enzymes chemically.

During the study periods, any athlete who sustained a significant injury was immediately given two proteolytic-enzyme tablets, followed by two tablets at bedtime. The injured athlete then continued to take four tablets daily, in divided dosages, a half hour before meals, until he recovered from his injury and was able to return to training.

At the end of the football (soccer) season, Drs. Boyne and Mehurst determined that less playing time had been lost per player when the injured players were given the proteolytic-enzyme product, as compared to the previous season when the proteolytic-enzyme product had not been given. In other words, the proteolytic-enzyme product reduced the amount of time it took to recover from injury and return to training.

Other researchers reported similar results when using proteolytic-enzyme preparations to help quicken injury-recovery time. The benefits to the healing process include improved blood flow to the injured area, reduced inflammation, reduced edema, and improved flexibility and mobility. Along with the proteolytic enzymes (trypsin and chymotrypsin), the enzymes papain and bromelain have also been shown to be effective at improving the rate of recovery from injuries. Note that in the aforementioned studies, proper medical attention was also administered, along with drug therapy when indicated, as well as physical therapy, rest, and the application of ice. The oral proteolytic-enzyme products were well tolerated by the subjects, and side effects were rarely reported.

So, the next time you experience a sports-related injury - or any injury, for that matter - include a short course of proteolytic enzymes in your treatment. . . .

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Article Reference: E. Burke, D. Gastelu. Avery's Sports Nutrition Almanac, p.111-112. (Excerpt reprinted from the Enzyme University, www.enzymeuniversity.com Sponsored by the National Enzyme Company, Forsyth, Missouri, USA, 65653.)

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