Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active
	Living for Older Adults promotes physical activity in an aging society... Why Should You Ber Active -- Click to find out http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide/older/why.html

Lactic Acid
Does lactic acid really cause burning pain and hinder sports performance
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BLANCH : Well, to find out ABC TV’s “Catalyst” reporter, Christopher Zinn takes on some of Australia’s Olympic heroes in the pool. Our swimming champions like the rest of us believe lactic acid blunts sporting performance. But a stroke of genius has led researchers in Victoria to overturn that idea. http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s1380130.htm

"I am, indeed, pleased to launch this website," said Minister Dosanjh. "Making this adverse reaction information directly available to the Canadian public, patients, advocacy groups, medical professionals, researchers and product manufacturers is a major step forward in Health Canada's transparency agenda. Monitoring of adverse reactions helps ensure that the benefits of a health product continue to outweigh the risks. It also helps us update product labelling and information. Facilitating access to that information is essential to Canadians' understanding of those risks and to maintaining their confidence in our drug approval and monitoring system."

The database can be searched by the name of the product or active ingredient, the date a report was received, patient age and gender, and the outcome of the adverse reaction. The online database does not include confidential information such as patient identity.

Health Canada's Adverse Reaction Monitoring Program receives reports th
ce and seven regional reporting centres across the country. The program collects and assesses adverse reactions for prescription and non-prescription drugs, natural health products, biological products (including vaccines), and radiopharmaceuticals.

A report of a particular reaction does not necessarily mean that the reaction was caused by the suspected health product, and individuals should check other sources of safety information concerning health products. They should also consult a health care professional before making treatment decisions.

Database information will be updated on a quarterly basis. The database can be consulted at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/tpd-dpt/cadrmp-pcseim/index_e.html

Ontario Government Introduces Province wide Walking Campaign
Grants Support Toronto's "Get Your Move On" Campaign
TORONTO, June 1 /CNW/ - As part of the province's campaign to get more people fit and healthy, the Ontario government is investing over half a million dollars in the City of Toronto's physical activity program, Tourism and Recreation Minister Jim Bradley announced today.
"These grants will help the city get tens of thousands of residents - many in low-income neighbourhoods - active and healthy," Bradley said.
Provincial Communities In Action Fund grants totaling $547,069 are helping the city establish walking programs, improve signage and mapping of its trails system and offer students enhanced physical activity programs.
"A healthy city is part of a healthy province," said Mayor David Miller.
"We welcome the provincial government's assistance in promoting an active culture in Toronto."
Toronto's Get Your Move On program complements the provincewide adult walking strategy to encourage adults to get off their sofas and start walking regularly.
The adult walking campaign is being promoted with posters by "For Better or Worse" comic artist Lynn Johnston. The posters are seen around the province in transit shelters, disposal bins and public institutions including libraries, hospitals and health centres.
"Right now, less than half of all Ontarians are physically active on a regular basis - in Toronto the figure is only one-third - and the price we pay for this is staggering," said Bradley.
"Regular walking improves both physical and mental health. It lowers the risk of developing serious illnesses such as heart disease, breast cancer and Type II diabetes."
The walking campaign is part of the ACTIVE2010 strategy - the province's plan to increase awareness of the benefits of physical activity and get at least 55 per cent of adult Ontarians regularly physically active by 2010. "I know that for many of us, it is ha said Bradley. "But the good news is that it doesn't take much, just 30 minutes of walking a day, to improve your overall health and quality of life."www.active2010.ca / www.tourism.gov.on.ca

Expert: Soy can lower cholesterol
LEXINGTON, Ky. | June 08, 2005
University of Kentucky physician James Anderson has found that soy beans can help lower cholesterol and blood sugar.
Writing in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Anderson, also a noted nutritionist, says most people in the United States only have vague idea that soy is a healthy food.
Anderson tested two commercially available meal replacements -- one soy-based, and the other milk-based -- among obese adults for 12 weeks.
Both groups lost weight but the soy-based group lost slightly more weight in any given week, and displayed lower serum cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels. Soy intake also produced small but significant reductions in serum glucose values.
The bottom line is soy is healthy, and while incorporating it into weight loss may not have a more dramatic effect on your waistline than other nutrition plans, its benefits go beyond weight loss toward increasing overall health, Anderson said

Elephants to get chilies welcome
GUWAHATI, India | June 08, 2005
Marauding elephants of Assam in east India are in for a hot surprise the next time they decide to go on a killing spree in nearby villages.
The pachyderms, which have killed about 800 people since 1990 as they go in search of easy food, will now be greeted by an early warning system.
The system uses trip wires, smoke bombs and ropes smeared in a pungent form of chilies that can make even an elephant's eyes water.
The system gives the villagers adequate lead time to prepare for warding off the elephants and obviates the need to keep sleepless night vigils, Nandita Hazarika of the Assam Elephant Project told London's Telegraph newspaper.
Up to 4,000 wild elephants live in the Himalayan foothills of Assam. They have taken to attacking villages as their habitat is taken over by villagers looking for wood and land.
Conservationists believe the early warning plan will protect both humans and elephants.