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...four others on the tapes--Muhammad Sa'id Ali Hasan, Khalid Ibn Muhammad Al-Juhani, Abd Al-Rahim and one as yet unidentified--had not previously appeared on America's most wanted list. Administration officials don't believe the tapes contain coded messages to al-Qaeda sleepers. Analysts say the tapes were created strictly for internal consumption or for the men's families. The men spoke of accepting their fate as martyrs, joining the war against infidels and becoming one with Allah, but they did not discuss specific targets or timing...
...good fats. When eaten instead of junk food high in saturated fats (like potato chips and doughnuts), nuts lower blood levels of triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol while raising HDL (good) cholesterol--a perfect formula for preventing heart disease. Many nuts, such as pecans and walnuts, also contain a phytochemical called ellagic acid. In preliminary laboratory studies, ellagic acid seemed to trigger a process known as apoptosis, in which cancer cells kill themselves. Nuts provide another benefit: they contain vitamin E, a potent antioxidant that may help ward off heart disease and cancer. The downside? At about 150 calories...
Sorry, Quaker, the fiber in oats and other cereals probably doesn't prevent colon cancer. But there is still plenty to recommend in them. Raw in granola or cooked in porridge, oats consumed daily can help lower cholesterol. They contain beta-glucan, a spongy, soluble fiber that mops up the precursors of cholesterol in the intestines and whisks them out of the body. New evidence suggests that oats may also help lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Other benefits: the oat is one of the few grains that contain hard-to-find antioxidants, such as the vitamin E-like compounds...
Pint for pint, these little blue jewels may contain more antioxidants than any other fruit or vegetable. The most powerful health-promoting compounds in blueberries are anthocyanins, phytochemicals that belong to the flavonoid family. Besides combatting the free-radical damage linked to heart disease and cancer, anthocyanins may boost brainpower--at least in rats. When fed blueberry extract for nine weeks, elderly rats outperformed a control group at such tasks as navigating mazes and balancing on rotating logs. And when aging rats ate a blueberry-enriched diet for four months, they performed as well in memory tests as younger rats...
...energy and revitalization, increased alertness, even relief from the aches of premenstrual syndrome. They're like 19th century elixirs, but with a difference. In the popular bottler Glaceau's various brands, for instance, you will find such legit ingredients as vitamins, minerals, electrolytes and soy. But the drinks also contain a variety of supposedly health-boosting herbals--including ginseng, Ginkgo biloba, gotu kola, guarana and echinacea--that the FDA has never approved for consumption as food. Are they present in sufficient quantity to have any effect? Nutritionists can't say for sure. But there's at least one good thing...