[MOL] Tami [00987]
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[MOL] Tami
Dear Tami,
How are you dear? How is your Dad and your Mother? Please drop
me a line if you get a chance. I think about your family a lot.
Love,
Mary
>
> Lee,
> I'm sorry to hear about cancer spreading. I know how you feel, my
> dad's cancer has spread to both lungs his brain, and the adrenal
> glands.Thank the Lord that he isn't in any pain. I'll keep him in
> thoughts and prayers.
> Take care,
> love tami
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Woods <fishgrama@redshift.com>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Broccoli Boost ! Hmmm, Hmmm, Good !
>
> hi, i am lee woods and i really enjoy all of your info. so a
> little from me,,,, broccoli grows all around me, i live in
> Monterey county, Calif..and broccoli is really good for
> you.. just thought i would say Hi........my husband's cancer
> has now spread into his glands in his neck,,,,,,so it is in
> both lungs and brain and neck glands and he is in no pain ,
> thank the good Lord...Please say a prayer for him..
> thanks.Lee
>
> Lillian wrote:
>
> Broccoli Gets Popularity Boost
>
> WASHINGTON - The Associated Press via NewsEdge
> Corporation : Watch out Mr. Bush! Broccoli is
> making a comeback.
>
> After lackluster sales in the early 1990s, the
> vegetable once deemed by the former president as
> his least favorite is gaining in popularity with
> consumers.
>
> One factor may be well-publicized studies showing
> broccoli sprouts may help prevent cancer because
> they are loaded with a concentrated form of
> sulforaphane, a powerful cancer fighter.
>
> A second explanation is convenience, says Gary
> Lucier, an economist with Agriculture Department's
> economic research service.
>
> Full of vitamins and nutrients, the pre-cut and
> packaged fresh broccoli products fit right into
> the schedules and on the plates of today's busy
> families.
>
> ``People are time pressed,'' Lucier said.
> ``They're always looking for ways to save time.
> Because broccoli growers recognized that, they
> came up with a range of convenience items,
> broccoli florets, broccoli cole slaw.''
>
> ``The convenience aspect and the nutritional
> aspects. . . people are going to go to any lengths
> for that,'' Lucier said.
>
> The Agriculture Department reports revenue for the
> broccoli industry has risen 24 percent in recent
> years.
>
> Retail prices for fresh broccoli in 1998 were
> about $1.10 a pound, a 12 percent increase from
> the previous year. Because of the renewed demand
> for broccoli, the fresh market price has jumped 27
> percent since 1995, the USDA says.
>
> The average American ate 5.6 pounds of fresh
> broccoli last year compared with 3.4 pounds in
> 1992, as well as 2.1 pounds of frozen broccoli
> products. The combined total of 7.7 pounds
> compares with 5.8 pounds in 1992.
>
> The department reports 84 percent of broccoli
> consumers said they had purchased pre-cut broccoli
> florets in the last year.
>
> Gene Grabowski, spokesman for the Washington-based
> Grocery Manufacturers of America _ the largest
> association for food and consumer product
> companies _ said a recent consumer survey done for
> the association found that convenience in food
> products was second only to taste. Nutrition
> ranked third followed by price.
>
> ``Whether it's the big family portions or the
> small servings it's all about convenience,''
> Grabowski said.
>
> Making healthy foods convenient has worked for
> other vegetables too, such as lettuce and carrots.
>
> Lettuce, once sold just by the head, now can be
> found in convenient pre-cut packages. Baby carrots
> are packaged for that consumer wanting a fast but
> healthy snack.
>
> In 1998, Americans ate about 13.6 pounds of
> carrots each and 7.4 pounds of leaf and romaine
> lettuce, compared to 8.3 and 4.7 pounds in 1992,
> Lucier said.
>
> ``The convenience aspect of vegetables has become
> a pretty large industry,'' Lucier said.
>
> Vegetable grower Boskovich Farms in Oxnard,
> Calif., which leads the states in broccoli
> production, has seen its business for pre-cut
> broccoli grow in the last five years, company
> officials said. The prepackaged product at
> Boskovich Farms is sold to restaurants and
> institutions.
>
> ``More restaurants use it because it's faster and
> it's easier,'' said marketing manager Lindsay
> Martinez. ``There's less cleanup. You don't have
> ice which is shipped with carton broccoli and can
> be real messy.''
>
> ``The taste is going to better than frozen and you
> don't have additional cooking time you would have
> with frozen,'' Martinez said. ``It's just easier
> for the operations to use.''
>
> [©1999, Associated Press]
>
>
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