Triple action Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Toothpicks deliver therapeutic grade Melaleuca alternifolia oil between teeth and at the gum line, help remove debris and plaque in places where brushes can’t reach and leave breath fresh and clean.

Uniquely designed from renewable, fast-growing birchwood trees, each toothpick is infused with a powerful array of natural plant extracts, including peppermint, spearmint, cinnamon, fennel and menthol.

These unique chewing sticks are a great aid for smoking cessation, keeping hands busy while freshening the mouth.

Tea Tree Australian Chewing Sticks, Original by Thursday Plantation – 100 Chewing Sticks

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Is your belly bigger then you like?

If so then Relacore is just what you need!

Excess tummy flab is not your fault� That’s the startling conclusion reached by scientists who discovered the likely cause of stubborn belly fat. But instead of simply identifying the problem� this time, they may have found the solution!

Take the Metabolic Syndrome Test:

* Does everyday life make you stressed out and anxious?
* Are you accumulating belly fat that you just can’t get rid of?
* Do you binge eat in response to daily stress?
* Do you have high triglycerides (the bad cholesterol)?
* Are you sensitive to refined sugar?
* Have you tried diet after diet without long term success?

According to government researchers, the link between stress, tension, and belly fat is clear. It’s called Metabolic Syndrome – a figure destroying, health threatening problem resulting in increased belly fat associated with high levels of cortisol – a nasty little stress hormone that causes pound after pound of excess body fat to accumulate around the waist and on your tummy.  Read more...

You’ve seen it on the news… you’ve read about it in magazines…

People who have used it not only love it but are buying it again and again and again… racking up huge repeat sales at the cosmetic counters of high-end department stores. So what in the world is all the excitement about?

The new “wonder” potion is called Idebenol (pronounced e-deb-in-all), from prestige skin cream developer S’vage Dermatologic Laboratories. But why are cosmetic “insiders” betting that Idebenol will not only make you look years younger but will breathe new life into a maturing (some would say “stagnant”) cosmetic industry?

Well, it’s surely not Idebenol’s less-than-spectacular (some would say rather plain) pale green and white packaging. Nor is it the fact that Idebenol touts itself as a “Facial Anti-Oxidant”. Let’s be real; anti-oxidants are nothing new. So why is everyone so excited?  Read more...

Uriflow is first non-prescription product that successfully alleviates kidney stone attacks by actually working on the stone itself. The longer a kidney stone remains in your urinary tracts the more damage and pain it can potentially cause to the sensitive kidney tissue.

It is vital to eliminate the stone fast and protect your delicate urinary tissue from irritation, inflammation and irreversible damage.

Uriflow is the only product of its kind that targets every major aspect of kidney stone treatment: Disintegrating the stone, flushing out the smaller fragments, preventing damage to the urinary tracts as it moves out and preventing stones from forming again.

Uriflow has all the necessary components to support the big 4 of kidney stone support:

* Help Disintegrate Stones
* Help Flush Out Gravel
* Help Prevent Urinary Infecions
* Help Prevent Stones From Forming Again

Uriflow’ by BioNeutrix Labs – 60 Caps

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Chronic sinusitis is painful and irritating. Having been a sufferer for nearly 10 years, I know about the pain and annoyance of a chronically stuffed nose and having people constantly ask if you’re sick. I’ve written before about treatment strategies for chronic sinusitis, including some prevention strategies, since many of the causes and irritants (allergies, colds, fungi and environmental conditions such as humidity, cold air, smoke, even perfume) can be controlled — at least to some degree.

One danger of chronic sinusitis is that as the sinuses fill with mucus and swell in response to the trigger, the nasal passages that connect them to the nose — the pathway for sinuses to drain and air to reach them — begin to swell and can eventually close off. So this is not a condition to ignore. And, for the 600,000 or so patients each year for whom conventional therapy is no longer enough, there has been much talk about a new treatment that may be helpful. Unfortunately, the talk seems to be better than the reality.  Read more...

BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China is facing a shortage of herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine due to soaring demand and lack of seeds, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Annual demand for medicinal herbs had reached 600,000 tonnes, four times that of a decade ago, and the sector has become an $11 billion industry, it said in a report seen on Friday.

“The demand for natural medicinal herbs has been boosted by improved awareness of health and healthcare in an aging society,” it quoted deputy Health Minister She Jing as telling a conference in the southwestern city of Nanning.

But less than 200,000 hectares of herbs were farmed in 2004, some 70,000 hectares less than in 2003, the report said, “because of the lack of supply of wild seeds”.

To sustain demand, at least 340,000 hectares of land was needed, Xinhua said.

Courtesy of CNN.com – China faces shortage of traditional medicines – Aug 24, 2006

D-Mannose is a simple sugar that occurs naturally in some plants, including cranberries. Although small amounts of D-Mannose are metabolized by the human body, much of it is rapidly excreted in the urine.

In the bladder, D-Mannose can adhere to bacterial lectins, preventing them from sticking to the lining of the bladder. Bacteria can then be flushed away during urination, thereby precluding the formation of colonies within the urinary tract. Because insubstantial amounts of D-Mannose are used by the body, it does not interfere with blood sugar regulation.

D-Mannose is a simple sugar that cures more than 90% of all urinary tract infections (most urinary tract infections are caused by E-Coli and D-Mannose is most effective on E-Coli) and, best of all, it does this without killing a single bacteria. Nearly 15 years of clinical experience has shown that D-Mannose is just as effective as antibiotics are at curing urinary tract infections. Seems to good to be true, right? An all natural simple sugar that’s completely safe, highly effective, inexpensive, and available without a prescription.  Read more...

By Stephen Daniells

Researchers from Sweden have reported that people suffering from coronary artery disease (CAD) have low levels of the antioxidant carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin, and could respond to supplementation.

A debate has been raging concerning the role of carotenoids and heart health with various intervention trials reporting that supplementation with beta-carotene failed to have the effects suggested by epidemiological studies.

These disappointments, suggest the researchers from the University Hospital in Linkoping, may be due to the lack of focus on other carotenoids, such as lutein and zeaxanthin, with several studies already reporting positive links between lutein consumption and heart health (for example: Circulation, 2001, Vol.103, pp. 2922-2927).

�To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to have investigated the plasma levels of oxygenated and hydrocarbon carotenoids in CAD patients,� wrote lead author Caroline Lidbjer in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases (doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.02.006).

Alpha- and beta-carotene, as well as lycopene, are so-called hydrocarbon carotenoids, meaning they contain only hydrogen and carbon atoms, while lutein, zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin are oxygenated carotenoids, meaning they contain oxygen atoms in addition to the hydrocarbon skeleton.  Read more...

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Coffee is not usually thought of as health food, but a number of recent studies suggest that it can be a highly beneficial drink. Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee reduces the risk of several serious ailments, including diabetes, heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver.

Among them is a systematic review of studies published last year in The Journal of the American Medical Association, which concluded that habitual coffee consumption was consistently associated with a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes. Exactly why is not known, but the authors offered several explanations.

Coffee contains antioxidants that help control the cell damage that can contribute to the development of the disease. It is also a source of chlorogenic acid, which has been shown in animal experiments to reduce glucose concentrations.

Caffeine, perhaps coffee�s most famous component, seems to have little to do with it; studies that looked at decaffeinated coffee alone found the same degree of risk reduction.  Read more...

By Clarisse Douaud

The FTC has ordered the makers of �cure all� Seasilver to pay almost $120 million for failing to comply with an earlier order to reimburse consumers � thereby signaling to infringing companies that it stands by its rulings.

In 2004, Seasilver USA and Americaloe agreed to pay $3mn in consumer redress, following Federal Trade Commission allegations that claims they made were false and unsubstantiated. At the time, the $120mn sum was set out in a suspended judgment, which would come into effect if the defendants did not make the agreed payments.

While Seasilver USA and Americaloe did in fact comply with some of the 2004 FTC judgments, the FTC’s most recent ruling shows the regulatory body means to be taken 100 percent seriously even within the complex legal framework of the dietary supplement industry.

In ads, the Seasilver marketers had claimed the liquid dietary supplement � which contains aloe vera, phyto-silver sea vegetables, herbs, cranberry concentrate, and other ingredients – was clinically proven to treat or cure 650 diseases, including cancer and AIDS, as well as caused rapid, substantial, and permanent weight loss without dieting.  Read more...