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You have got to be kidding - Compare apples with apples Not Coca Cola - 18/1/2006

Transtasman food regulator Foods Standards Australia and New Zealand has released draft proprosals governing how food can be advertised. The new propsals will ban apples, pears and most stone fruit from being advertised as healthy, based soley sugar content.

My main issue with this is that people reading this may believe as shown, that concerning health eating an apple is equivilent to drinking a can of Coca cola. comparing natural sugars with processed sugars while ignoring the other nutrients contained or lagking from a food can only be discribed as narrow minded and misleading

I can see fast food advertisments continuing with their billion dollar budgets, while the 5+ a day advertising struggles to get approval to air adverts promoting healthy eating.

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RECOGNIZING A STROKE - 23/05/2006

During a BBQ a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ - had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

Recognizing a Stroke

A neurologist says - that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed an getting to the patient within 3 hours which is tough.

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

1. Ask the individual to SMILE.

2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today)

If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 111 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.

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