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[Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com>]

Hi again, Golden,
   
  I would recommend putting that yucky plastic netting over it as long as 
necessary, as with cherries.  It's a pain in the ass, but temporary, and 
apricots are so yummy.  I doubt hanging shiny aluminum or used cds would 
deter a manic squirrel.  Cats and dogs can work (depending on the 
individual), but there are too many of these in urban areas already.  The 
harm that cats do to birds and sea otters (through fecal run-off) in coastal 
California is well-documented.
   
  Rain

        
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     A beer belly is not the only effect drinking hopped beer.   If you want 
to know all about the effect on men of hops and other plants that contain 
estrogens, read Stephen Buhner's great book Vital Man.
     Excerpts:
     "...the young women who picked hops in the fields commonly experienced 
easrly menstrual periods...Hops is ...one of the most powerfully estrogenic 
plants on earth.   ...3.5 oz. contains 30,000 to 3000,000 IU of estrogens... 
most 
of it the very potent estrogen estradiol.   Estradiol...causes a direct 
lowering of testosterone levels in the testes and an increase in SHBG levels, 
which 
then binds up even more free testosterone in the bloodstream."
     Black cohosh, black licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and grapefruit should 
also be avoided by males. 
     Celery, parsley and pine nuts are among foods that are highly beneficial 
for men.
     Reduced testosterone and androgen levels in men lead to "male 
menopause," with many of the same symptoms as female menopause.  (Also to 
inflamed 
prostate and prostate and testicular cancer.)   Symptoms include: reduced 
libido, 
disturbed sleep, depression, fatigue, irritability, heartdisease, 
athersclerosis, osteoporosis, thinning skin, slow wound heaslingk joint 
pain/inflammation, 
poor memory/concentration,   muscle weakness.   Even hot flashes.
     Buhner also discusses hops in his book Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers.  
  They were actually added to beer for far different purposes than is 
commonly understood, after a lengthy battle over it.
     Make your own hops-free beer!
     I've never liked beer at all.    Turns out that I don't like the bitter 
hops.   I am now making beer, after reading Buhner's book, and really 
enjoying 
it.    So far I have made ginger, wood nettle, rice and sarsaparilla.
     Shivani in WI


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