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Spice rack ... or medicine chest?(SPECIAL FEATURE)
Nutrition Action Healthletter
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October 1, 2007|
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Can spices prevent cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, arthritis, and other illnesses? Western science has been slow in getting to the spice rack (spices have been used to treat disease for thousands of years). Here's the latest on three spices that hold some promise.
Turmeric
If you've ever ordered curry at an Indian restaurant or swabbed a sandwich with yellow mustard, you've eaten turmeric, a spice that researchers are testing as a possible cure for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and other ailments. Actually, it's not turmeric ...
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Shinto shrines or Shinto temples?
Magazine article from: Asian Folklore Studies
; ...Japanese language to refer to places of Shinto worship. The type and status of the worship...distinguish conveniently between places of Shinto worship and their Buddhist counterparts...it not also betray a lesser regard for Shinto? I have been unable to find out precisely...
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Shinto und die Konzeption des japanischen Nationalwesens (kokutai).(Review)
Magazine article from: Asian Folklore Studies
; ANTONI, KLAUS. Shinto und die Konzeption des japanischen Nationalwesens...normally is given to the political misuse of Shinto from the Meiji period to the time of...Chapter 2, "The Relationship between Shinto and the Government in the Edo Period...
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Shinto: The Way Home, Dimensions of Asian Spirituality.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West
; Shinto: The Way Home: Dimensions of Asian Spirituality...Thomas P. Kasulis wrote his fine new book Shinto: The Way Home: Dimensions of Asian Spirituality...philosophy and there is simply not that much Shinto philosophy to write about" (p. xvi...
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The Shinto shrine issue in Korean Christianity under Japanese colonialism.
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State
; ...responses given by the churches to the Shinto shrine issue in Korea under Japanese colonialism...1945) was that of observance at State Shinto shrines in the Japanese Empire, especially in Korea. State Shinto or nationalistic Shinto ideology was used...
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State Shinto in the Lives of the People: The Establishment of Emperor Worship, Modern Nationalism, and Shrine Shinto in Late Meiji
Magazine article from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
; ...terms in the longstanding debate over State Shinto. It traces the historical process by which State Shinto penetrated the lives of the people, focusing...crucial in familiarizing the people with State Shinto. Concerned primarily with how the people...
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 "Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)")
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Japan's Shinto-Buddhist religious medley.
Newspaper article from: Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
; ...associated with funerals and graves, while Shinto involves venerating nature, and weddings...even telling a Buddhist temple from a Shinto shrine. The following is an attempt to explain why Japanese often get Buddhism and Shinto mixed up: What is Buddhism? The Buddha...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SHINTO RELIGION A SPECIAL PART OF JAPANESE SOCIETY.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...eerie anthems into a leaden sky. Three Shinto priests rise from a wooden bench and move...Japan's history and culture start at the Shinto shrine,'' says Masanuri Toki, a religion...Tokyo's Kokugakuin University. ``But Shinto is almost impossible to explain by any...
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With a boost from the Internet, Shinto makes comeback in Japan.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Internet, the ancient religion of Japan, Shinto, is experiencing a comeback among the...explanation for the increased interest in Shinto, which means the way of the gods, but...It's part of being Japanese, said a Shinto priest, adding that many Japanese are...
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Profile: Young people in Japan are choosing to study Shinto rather than becoming obsessed with popular culture
Transcript from: NPR Special
; ...people in Japan are choosing to study Shinto rather than becoming obsessed with popular...different world, is the Shira Hataten Shinto shrine(ph). (Soundbite of chimes...over the shrine. Ms. KEIKO SUZUKI (Shinto Priest): (Through Translator) As I...
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At a Shinto Shrine, A Cycle of Renewal; Every 20 Years, Monument Is Rebuilt
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...starlit summit stands Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine, the inner sanctum of the sun...1,300 years and lies at the heart of Shinto. "Through the rebuilding, ancient Japanese...a bold claim -- and one often made by Shinto proponents. Lacking dogma or overarching...
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