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Archive for March, 2008

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Health & Lifestyle

The Sun Also Heals

Ancient Greeks used to pray to Apollo, the sun god, to stop epidemics and cure diseases. Turns out they weren’t far wrong: sunlight is vital to human health, as modern Canadians have learned to our cost. For a whole generation—on doctors’ advice—we have slipped on shirts, slapped on hats, slopped on sunscreen and shirked the sunshine to avoid skin cancer. We have cut back on eggs and milk to reduce risk of heart disease, and we have curbed our appetite for cod-liver oil, mackerel and wild salmon. We have cut ourselves off from the sources of vitamin D. Result? It is estimated that [...]

March 1, 2008, by Sharon Adams

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BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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MISCELLANEOUS
FEATHERS ON THE BRAIN– Brian Watkins, RCL representative to RCEL, “Feathers on the Brain,” a memoir of his life in Wales and as a British diplomat, available at Amazon.com or any good book shop, ISBN 978-0-9866421-5-9, $10.23. The author will be present at the Halifax Convention. Contribution from every book sold will be donated to The RCL’s Poppy Fund.

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