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Are Camels the Better Cows? Cancer, Heart Disease, High LDL and Triglycerides, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Allergies, Viral and Bacterial Infections and Trace Mineral Deficiencies, Camel Milk Prevents or Fixes Them All!

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Image 1: To the average inhabitant of the Western hemisphere camels are probably not the most beautiful animals under the sun; but hey, cows aren't either, hah? When muscle-heads think of dairy, they think of whey, they think of casein, they think of cottage cheese... but I bet few of them will think of camels! Even if you just went by the mere amino acid composition (see. figure 2 at the end of the article), of which you, as an educated SuppVersity student should by now be aware that it does not give you the 'whole picture', as far as the biological effects of a given protein and peptide containing foodstuff is concerned, it appears that camel milk would at least make an excellent alternative for cows milk, in case global warming is progressing and Europe and the US turn into desert wastelands... but all jokes aside, muscle is not everything and I bet that after reading this article you will be interested to register for the US' first official camel milking semin...

Olive Leave Extract Equally Effective at Lowering Blood Pressure as ACE Inhibitor Captopril

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For those who read yesterday's news on the negative effect of caffeine on exercise induced blood pressure response, it might be of interest that no more than 500mg of Olive ( Olea europaea ) leaf extract may well counteract the negative effect of caffeine intake and help with triglyceride levels, as well. In a double-blind, randomized, parallel and active-controlled clinical study ( Susalit. 2010 ) an international team of scientists found that after a run-in period of 4 weeks continued subsequently by an 8-week treatment period supplementation with Olive ( Olea europaea L. ) leaf extract (EFLA®943) at 500 mg twice daily was equally effective in reducing blood pressure as the ACE inhibitor Captopril , which was given at the dosage regimen of 12.5 mg twice daily for the first two weeks and (if necessary) at 25 mg twice daily for the rest of the treatment period: After 8 weeks of treatment, both groups experienced a significant reduction of systolic blood pressure (SBP) as well ...
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