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		<title>Osteoporosis Won&#8217;t Stop Sally Field</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 16:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May is National Osteoporosis Awareness month.  Osteoporosis, a serious bone-thinning disorder, makes bones fragile and prone to fracture.  It has no symptoms and may progress painlessly until a bone breaks. Women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis.
Academy Award winning actress Sally Field ate well, exercised and maintained a physically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Boil the Broccoli</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 11:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broccoli is well-known for its health benefits.  It&#8217;s rich in Vitamin C &#8211; just one stalk of broccoli can deliver over 200% of your daily requirement of Vitamin C.  Like other dark green and orange veggies, broccoli contains beta-carotene (Vitamin A).  Both Vitamin C and Vitamin A are known anti-oxidants which prevent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Calcium and Vitamin D</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 12:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postmenopausal women are urged to increase dietary calcium to prevent bone loss and Vitamin D has been shown to be protective against some cancers.  But together they may have one additional health benefit.  New research has shown that taking calcium in conjunction with Vitamin D supplements may slow or prevent weight gain in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Tea Against Breast Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.fiftysomethingwomen.com/2007/05/09/green-tea-against-breast-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 13:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Tea and the health benefits being attributed to it are constantly in the news.  Some claims are yet unproven, but here&#8217;s one that appears to have validity.
The polyphenols in Green Tea have been studied for their protective effects against some cancers.  Green Tea contains antioxidants that have been shown to protect against [...]]]></description>
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