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“This is my message for Mr. Marcos and his puppets: Do notthreaten Cory Aquino, because I  am not alone!” 
— Cory Aquino, January 1986
NIGHT of August 30, 1998, I found my-self around fascinating people at the lobbyof the Cultural Center. I had just witnessedthe presentation ceremonies of the 40thRamón Magsaysay Awards. I just learned
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The writer teaches History at De La Salle University Ma-nila and is currently the vice president of the Philippine Historical Association.Chua wrote this essay on Palm Sun-day, 2000, when he was 16. The publi- cation of the article comes with prayers for the health of the former President.
that the Nobel Prize of Asia has beenawarded to names such as The DalaiLama, Mother Teresa and Akira Kurosawa among others; great or small, I look up toall of them, but no Magsaysay Awardee hasinspired and affected me much, that shechanged the course of the history of a coun-try and changed my destiny forever. Andshe’s my kababayan too.Then, I saw her, up at the staircase. Shewasn’t wearing a yellow dress though, likeshe usually does when I see her on TV. Itried to reach her to congratulate her forthe prestigious prize she won. At last, sheturned to me and I shook her hand. It wasone of the finest moments of my life, Itouched history herself — Corazón C. Aquino.Cory’s family, the Cojuangcos, was oneof the most prominent families of our prov-ince, Tarlac. She was married to a hand-
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3 makapangyarihang babae
 ANG tatlong makapangyarihang babaeng ito ay matatanda na,masasakitin na, pero hindi maita-tanggi na ang bawat isa sa kanila ay may nagawang pagbabago sa takbo ng pulitika sa Pilipinas, atnagkaroon ng malaking implu-wensiya sa mga kahalagahang pangkultura at pangmoral ng mga Pilipino. Dalawa sa kanila ang naging punong tagapag-paganap, ang isa ay maybahay ng itinuturing na strongman o dik-tador.Kung makatarungan ang ka-saysayan (at hindi nababaluktot),makikita ng mga susunod na henerasyon ng mga Pilipino kung sino sa tatlong babaeng ito ang may angking kadakilaan, at kung sino naman ang nagsadlak sa mga Pilipino sa kahihiyan atsumira sa mga institusyong tinatanggap ng daigdig na siyang pundasyon ng isang payapa atmaunlad na bansa.
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—Isang simpleng maybahay, mula sa nakaririwasang angkan ng mga hacendero sa Malolos atTarlac. Maitutulad siya kayGabriela Silang na bunga ng pataksil na pagpatay kay DiegoSilang ay siyang nagpatuloy ng pag-aalsang ipinakikipaglaban ng asawang nasawi.Hindi ginusto ni Tita Cory na mapalaot sa maalimpuyong ipu-
M. H. Del Pilar sa kanyangika-100 taong kamatayan
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“HINDI nabubusalan ang katotoha-nan,” ito ang katagang laging bu-kambibig ng mga mamamahayag salalawigan ng Bulakan tuwing ma-babanggit ang pangalan ni GatMarcelo H. del Pilar, na ginugunitaang ika-100 taong kamatayan noongnakaraang Hulyo 4.Maging ang Pangulong Fidel V.Ramos ay nag-ukol ng pagpapa-halagasa sa pagpapakasakit at hirapna dinanas ni Del Pilar, maipamulatlamang sa pamahalaang Kastila ang lisyang pamamalakad noonsa ating bayan.Isinaisang-tabi niya ang karangyaan sa buhay at minatamisna mawalay sa kanyang pamilya sa marubdub niyang pagnanasana mapalaya ang ating bayan sa kamay ng mga banyaga, at samaling pamamalakad nito.Sa paggunita ng kanyang ika-100 taong kamatayan, narito angilang pangungusap mula sa itinuturing na “Ama ng Pamamahayagsa Pilipinas”:“Ang kalayaan ay isa sa mahalagang biyayang bigay ng Diyossa tao; dahil sa kalayaan ay nakaiilag tayo sa masama at nagagawaang inaakala nating magaling.“Linikha ng Diyos ang tao, sinangkapan ang isip at loob atkalankap ng buhay na ipinagkaloob sa kanya ang ganap nakalayaan.”Kung ating lilimiing mabuti, kailangan natin ngayon ngmaraming Del Pilar sa kasalukuyan na hindi mangingiming isiwalatang mga hindi kanais-nais na nangyari sa ating pamahalaan.Ang tilamsik na panitik ni Del Pilar ang naging sandata sapaninikil noon ng mga Kastila, ang talim naman ng tabak ng panulatng mga mamamahayag ngayon ang kanilang gagamitin upangputulin ang walang pakundangang pagyurak sa karapatang pantaong ilan nating mga namiminuno.Huwag sanang maging bulag sa katotohanan ang mga kalahini Del Pilar, sapagkat “hindi nabubusalan ang katotohanan”, ayonna rin sa bayani ng Bulakan.Sana’y maialay natin sa kanyang ika-100 taong kamatayanang katuparan ng kanyang panangarap at pinagbuwisan ng buhay.
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ipo ng pulitika — na humigop sa kamalayang Pilipino — sa unang karanasan ng pagkakadeklara ng martial law noong 1972. Walang nangahas manguna sa mga talunang Pranses nang sakupin ng Inglatera ang Pran-siya, kubkubin ang Orleans,France at si Joan of Arc (1412-31) ang namuno. Tulad ni Joanof Arc, pinangunahan ni Cory Aquino ang oposisyon (matapospataksil na mapatay si Ninoy Aquino). Ang pagbabalik ng demokrasya nang gibain ng Edsa Revolution ang diktadurya aybahagi na ng kasaysayan — na utang kay Cory Aquino.Kinikilala ng daigdig si Cory Aquino — bilang “tagasagip” ng demokrasya.
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— Ang kagandahan at ang galing umawit ang naging hagdan niya sa rurok ng kapangyarihan — tila liwanag ng buwang hiniram sa  Araw (Marcos). Mapagmahal sa sining at sa karangyaan — pina-sikat niya ang Pilipinas dahil sa kanyang koleksyon ng may 3,000pares ng mamahaling sapatos atmga piling alahas, pintura ng mga kilalang master sa mundo,at iba pang hiyas.Hanggang ngayon ay maramipa siyang panatikong tagahanga at tagasunod — na napaniwala niyang siya ay naghihirap.
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—Magiging malupit marahil ang kasaysayan sa kanya — kung ang kasaysayan ay magiging maka-totohanan at makatarungan. Sa panahon ng may 10 taong pa-nunungkulan ni GMA natamo ng Pilipinas ang mga taguring —“pinaka-corrupt na bansa sa  Asya”, “pinakamapanganib pani-rahan ang Pilipinas ng mga peryodista at aktibista”, at kaha-nay ng mga “bansang pinakana-nganganib sa hampas ng kala-midad.”Sa panahon din ng panu-nungkulan ni GMA, tinudyo ng iba’t ibang dayuhan ang mga Pilipina na “prostitute”, alila,busabos at iba pang pag-alipusta. Ang tatlong babae ay maitu-turing na mga lider, at wala sa atin ang paghatol sa kanila. Perosisipiin ko ang sinabi ng isang pilosopo at isang siyentipikotungkol sa isang tunay na lider.“Ang isang lider ay dapat mag-taglay ng integridad,” sabi ni MaxDepree. “Kung ang sinasabi moay siya mo ring ginagawa, ikaway may integridad.”Para naman kay Albert Ein-stein, kilalang siyentipiko, “Ang katotohanan ang mahalaga — sa isang lider. Ang nagsisinungaling sa maliliit na bagay ay hindimapagkakatiwalaan sa mala-laking bagay.”
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Magbantay sa halalan
DAHIL sa kumalat na hinala na nagkaroon ng hokus-pokusnoong 2004 election sa naging resulta ng halalan, marahil aymarapat lamang na bantayan ang mga commissioner ng Comelecpagdating ng halalan.Nasaan na si Commissioner Virgilio “Garci” Garcillano atbakit hindi siya nakasuhan ga- yong may mga lumitaw na kina-usap siya ni GMA habang nag-bibilangan ng resulta noong 2004.Mabuti siguro ang mga com-missioner ay dito na lamang sa Central Office ng Comelec sa Maynila at hindi kung saan-saanpa pumupunta kapag halalan.Lahat naman ng lalawigan aymay nakatalagang Comelec su-pervisor, bakit kailangang pang puntahan ng commissioner ang isang malayong lugar.Sa Maynila na lamang ang lahat ng commissioner at bahala na ang mga provincial supervisorsa mga lalawigan.
Pulitika sa Meycauayan
 WALA nang isang taon at halalanna sa darating na Mayo ng su-sunod na taon. Sa lungsod ng Meycauayan ay nagsisilutang na ang may hangaring tumakbo sa darating na halalan.Kapansin-pansin ang mga larawan at pangalan ni dating Mayor Tinoy Blanco na naka-paskil sa mga gilid ng kalsada atmaging sa mga bintana ng ta-hanan ay may nakasabit. Sa palagay ng marami ay nais na muling pumalaot ni Blanco.Si kasalukuyang Mayor Joan Alarilla ay tiyak daw na muling tatakbo sa pagka-alkalde ayon sa ilang mapanuri sa takbo ng pulitika sa nasabing lungsod.Isa pa na may balak na tumak-bong mayor ng Meycauayan ay siBise Alkalde Bogs Violago. Ang hindi ko lang masiguro ay kung magkalaban sila ni Mayor Joan.Hindi ko din malaman kung pagka-mayor ang nais na pun-tiryahin ni dating Bise AlkaldeDennis Carlos.Marami ang nagpapalagay na muling mahahalal si Mayor Joan Alarilla sa darating na halalan. Abangan!
Pagbati
NAGDIWANG ng kanyang ika-67 taong kaarawan ang aking maybahay na si Lydia noong ika-4 ng Hulyo, 2009. Hangad kopara sa kanya ay magandang kalusugan at marami pang ka-arawan na ating pagdiriwang na mag-anak. Ly, happy birthday!
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PAGBATI rin kina Jenny Ray-mundo (Hulyo 11) , Bong Valdez(Hulyo 12), Mameng Alcantara-Raymundo (Hulyo16), sa aking kapatid na si Erning Raymundo(Hulyo 19) at kay dating kasa-mang Getulio Galang (SLN) atmaging kay dating Bulacan Gob.at PITC President Obet Pag-dangan, maligayang kaarawan sa inyong lahat.
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: Tunghayan ang artiku-long sinulat ni Fort Nicolas Jr. hing- gil sa alala ng trahedya ng paglubogng pagoda sa Ilog Wawa noong Hulyo 2, 1993. Ang lathalaing ito ay unanginilimbag ng
 Mabuhay
noong Hulyo6-13, 2003, 10 taon matapos ang ma-lagim na trahedya. — Patnugot
IKA-2 ng Hulyo, taong 1993.Pagkagat ng dilim ay pinatulog na ni Tereseta “Tess” Andres si Jaymar, ang apat-na-buwang gulang na bunso nila ng asawang si Mario, 33.Sa isang tabi ng kanilang simpleng tahanan sa BarangayCaingin, Bocaue, ay tahimik na naglalaro si Jerome, 2.Bahagyang nagulat pa si Tessnang makita ang bayaw na siPepe na humahangos, bandang alas-8:30 ng gabi.“Sumasakay ba sa pagoda siMario at Marife?” tanong nitokay Tess.“Oo,” sagot ng huli. Dapat nga ay kasama siya ng asawa atpitong-taong gulang na panga-
Isang alaala ng trahedya
nay, kaya lamang ay walang mag-aalaga sa dalawang bata.“Kasi lumubog ang pagoda,”pagbabalita ni Pepe.“Ano ka ba naman, Diko, nag-bibiro ka na ng ’di maganda,”sagot ni Tess. Bakit naman lu-lubog ’yon, naisip niya. Kahitkailan ay hindi nangyari ’yan.Taunang piyesta ng mahal na Poon ng Wawa sa Bocaue noon atginaganap ang prusisyon ng mga bangka sa ilog ng Wawa. Ang pa-goda, na ikinakarga sa ilang bangka at dinedekorasyunanpara sa espesyal na okasyon, ang pinakamalaking atraksyon ng kasayahan. Maraming debotoang sumasakay sa pagoda.Pagkaalis ni Pepe ay pumasoksi Tess sa bahay, ayaw pani-walaan ang balitang hatid ng bayaw. Kakatalikod pa lamang niya nang marinig ang tunog ng ambulansya at ingay sa labas ng kanilang bahay.Lumabas siya at nagulat sa nakita. Nagkakagulo at nagta-takbuhan ang mga tao. Sumi-sigaw ang mga ito ng “Lumubog ang pagoda! Lumubog ang pa-goda!”Hindi niya alam kung bakitpero nakitakbo siya kasama ang mga ito. Nakita niya ang pinsang si Nok-Nok, na noo’y hinahanapsiya upang sunduin.“Nasa gitna ng ilog sina Marioat Marife!” ’ika ni Nok-Nok, na nakasakay na sa pagoda ng lumu-bog at swerteng agad nakalangoysa pampang.Humangos sila sa lugar na pinangyarihan. Pagdating doonay hindi sila nakatuloy sa tabi ng ilog. Pinagbawalan sila ng mga barangay tanod, na noo’y rume-responde at nagbabantay sa lugarna iyon na noo’y marami nang taong nagkakagulo.“Pumunta na lang kayo sa ospital,” sabi sa kanila.Pumunta sila sa malalapit na ospital, ngunit hindi nila natag-puan sina Mario at Marife. Wa-lang kamalay-malay si Tess na ang kanyang panganay ay naiuwi
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Simplicity and spiritual childhoodCarrots for your health’s sake
OVER the last two weeks, I wonthe lottery thrice on Internet. And that excludes the seventimes I hit the jackpot last month.So, how come I can’t toss tycoonEduardo Cojuangco a “name- your-prize” offer for those coco-levy-manacled San Miguel Corpo-ration shares?My e-mail box is crammedwith felicitation letters for strik-ing a gold lode. “Your e-mail ad-dress won US$500,000,” LuckdayInternational breathlessly in-formed me. At today’s roller-coaster foreign exchange rates,that’s a hefty P24.1 million. Cananybody tell me how I squeezedinto the company of the moneyedfew, like the “penniless” Imelda Marcos?Over 300,000 e-mail addresseswere churned through a com-puter ballot system, writes Jose-phine Van Daal, lottery coordina-tor. Or was it Mr. Norris Carret?I forget now.But that’s nothing comparedto Summerset International Lot-tery. They process more ad-dresses, insists Mrs. Comfort Jose. And bingo! “You have there-IF we are interested in keeping our humanity, or at least our san-ity, it may be good to be remindedabout the need for us to develop,keep and strengthen our simplic-ity and spiritual childhood. Thisintegral part of Christian asceti-cism should not be forgotten aswe progress. With our neck-breaking paceof development, with its unavoid-able dust cloud of complications,we need to realize more deeplythat the way to go is not by being quixotic, tilting at windmills andgrappling with phantoms, but bybeing simple.The temptation to be quixoticcan be strong, since we alwaysfeel we can handle things by our-selves. Our sense of freedom andresponsibility often blind us tothe basic truth that we need tobe grounded on God always to beable to live properly, let alone, dothings rightly.This quixotic attitude can leadus to that situation of self-righ-teousness, denounced by Christhimself when he told some of thepeople’s leaders that “they haveeyes, but don’t see, they haveNOTHING more new meets theeye in
Transformers: The Re-venge of the Fallen
. The moviemade a rather good dent in itsfirst two weeks of showing, butit had fallen short of receiving praise from movie critics and re-views. What do you expect? Thereisn’t much you can do with theplot of this type of film except topower it up with newer andleaner robots than before.Fans, however, will not be dis-appointed with the showcase of new Autobots and theirDecepticon rivals. Unfortunately,there isn’t enough celluloid onthis planet to film all that kick-ing-ass action as one robotpounds the other into scrapmetal. It’s odd how the earthseems to be their playground tovent their short-circuited frustra-tions and convert our world intoan alternative junkyard.There are many reasons for
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 WHY not give tax breaks for in-ventors who are trying to buildprototypes with their limitedbudgets? It’s already hard forthem to raise the money to buildthese prototypes. Let us not makeit even harder for them to putinto form the ideas in theirminds. And why not subsidize thecosts of patenting these inven-tions worldwide? No single Fili-pino inventor has the resourcesto patent his invention in key glo-bal markets. The only way theycould do this is if they get somegovernment support.There could be more investorshere if the “investment” highwayis faster. The first step is to setup “Business One Stop Shops” atthe local government unit (LGU)level. An idea came up in my show,to put up “investment clubs” for young start-up professionals.This idea is a perfect match for a new law that gives tax breaks to young investors who want to buyfrom the stock exchange. Another idea came up, to of-fer entry level stock options toanyone who is just starting to buystocks, young or old. The idea isto come up with a short list of blue chip stocks that are known
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ears, but don’t hear…” It’s thewide, easy, seemingly practicalroad to perdition, mentioned inthe gospel.Simplicity is the way to objec-tivity, and to all the other valuesconnected with objectivity. Itkeeps us in touch with reality, theone meant for us. We have to saythis, because as human beings,we are capable of creating paral-lel realities. That’s our abiding problem.Of course, our subjectiveworld will always vary from per-son to person. But at least thisvariety can still be linked to anobjective reality. Our predica-ment is that we can have a sub- jective perception of things thathas nothing to do with the objec-tive reality anymore. It can bepropped up merely by a systemof rationalizations.In fact, even at this juncture,some of us can already questionwhat this objective reality reallyis. This is the likely question of those who believe more in them-selves than in God, of those whorely on reason while neglecting the faith.For those who have faith, theycan manage to escape the grip of their rational and sentimentalsubjectivity to go into an objec-tive world outside of themselves. Without faith, one opens himself to the possibility of being invin-cibly imprisoned in his ownworld.Simplicity helps us accept andlive the faith. It’s what makes uschildren who accept things first,who allow ourselves to be guidedand taught, before asking ques-tions, not out of unbelief butrather for greater understanding.Remember what our Lord saidabout the kingdom of heaven. Hewent as far as to say that it is forlittle children precisely becauseof their simplicity: “Suffer thelittle children, and forbid themnot to come to me. For the king-dom of heaven is for such.”
(Mt19,14)
 We need to devise an interiormechanism, more spiritual thanmaterial, to keep ourselves likechildren even as we grow inworldly knowledge and skills, andprone to thinking that we can al-
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choosing our planet. One wouldbe to help us see its beauty andrich resources being squanderedby these machines. Anotherwould be our role — yup, yoursand mine — to take care of thislovely green globe and if we haveto, to be ready to protect it. Third,that it takes machines to teachhumans how to act — oh, the ro-bots acted a whole lot better thanthe cued-in automatic rendering of Megan Fox and female com-panions with their obviously use-less silicon accessories — like de-cent human beings.In reality, the robots were do-ing what they were “pro-grammed” to do. The good oneswere out to save the day and ob-viously the bad ones were out toruin it. Parallel to these two op-posing forces, however, were thepersons who gave a very bad pic-ture of human life and relation-ships. But isn’t this going off thetrack?Okay, helping the good botssave our world is something great, but using the movie as a pretext to litter the story withsexual innuendos isn’t. Perhaps,fans wouldn’t care less aboutthese insinuations since they’reonly out for pure ComputerGraphic Image visual satisfac-tion. But from a moral point of view the one bad act about thisfilm would be that the humanscome out as moral deformers.Deformer Act 1: The dignityof the family and marriage. Theparents of Sam (the hero of themovie) are shown to take theirmarital relationship in a ratherperverted way. Sam’s mom callsher husband a “dirty old man”and that “she hasn’t seen any yet” (referring to her husband’ssexual capacity). And to empha-size this point, the camera 
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to always increase in value, on topof being known to be declaring stock dividends regularly. Forlack of a better name, these couldbe called “framed stocks”. Who knows that if we havemore investors around, our in-ventors would also have a betterchance of getting their projectsfunded? Sad to say, the venturecapital market here is still in itsinfant stages.Our inventors should look intothe potential of using light emit-ting diodes (LEDs) as compo-nents for new solar poweredproducts. The product potentialfor this component is unlimitedand as it is now Chinese inven-tors are ahead of the game.School Boards in areas thatare “off the grid” should considerbuying solar lamps for studentswho have no electricity at home.The budget for this could betaken from the local EducationalSupport Fund (ESF). This wouldalso enable the families of the stu-dents to save about 250 pesos permonth for kerosene. Are electric cooperatives en-gaged only in the selling of elec-tric power? Could it be part of their mandate to provide lighting to off grid areas? If they could
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More help for Filipino inventors
fore been approved (sic) for a lump sum pay out of one millioneuro”.“I don’t like millionaires,”Mark Twain once wrote. “But it’dbe dangerous to offer me the po-sition.” Me, too.But from Belgium, Nigeria toIraq and Madrid, they’re elbow-ing each other aside to offer methe job. They all slobber over thisinstant millionaire. Are they psy-chic? How else could they figurethat I secretly felt kinship withTeyve who, in Broadway’s
 Fid-dler On The Roof 
, sang my ownquestion to God:: “Would it spoilsome vast eternal plan / If I werea wealthy man?”But you’re rich, insists SarahHofmman of the Euro-Founda-tion. I am? From Geneva, she re-veals I won 1.5 million euros.Leonteen Garrnett of Belgium’sLottery e-mails to announce:“You’ve been approved for a lumpsum pay out of US$1,000,000(sic).” I’m to collect the dough notlater than July 30, she adds.Spain’s biggest lottery isnamed “El Gordo”, i.e., the “FatOne”. It makes the Irish sweep-stakes look like peanuts. “You aretherefore been approve (sic) forthe lump sum pay out of euros1.25 million.” At this rate, don’t you think Ideserve a lifestyle check? I askour neighbor-Ombudsman. “Are you nuts?” he snaps.Maybe. Blame those serial jackpot images dancing throughmy head. Why, I’d give Erap’sstudentless Muslim Youth Foun-dation and Ferdinand Marcosshell philantrophies, in Lichten-stein, a run for their money. After all, “no one would haveremembered the Good Samaritanif all he had were good inten-tions,” former UK prime minis-ter Margaret Tatcher once said.“He had money as well.”By the time Loteria de la Pri-mitiva in Madrid and Holland’sParagon Promo tell of sums, wait-ing for my go-signal, I’m wary. What’s the catch? “A fool and hismoney are soon parted.” All the letters are phrasedidentically, down to the gram-matical errors. Only the amountsvary. Keep it confidential, they
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“THE art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Na-ture cures the disease,” Voltairewrote a long, long time ago. To-day, as someone adds, “The medi-cine of the future will no longerbe remedial; it will be preventive;not based on drugs but on thebest diet for health.”One of those that should be a part of a healthful diet is the car-rot, known in the science worldas Daucus carota. It was well-known to the ancients and ismentioned by Greek and Latinwriters. British playwright Will-iam Shakespeare highly regardedthe carrot in one of his plays,
The Merry Wives of Windsor
.Medicinally, the carrot wasused as a diuretic, stimulant, inthe treatment of dropsy, flatu-lence, chronic coughs, dysentery,windy colic, chronic renal dis-eases and a host of other uses.Old writers wrote of a carrotpoultice which had been found tomitigate the pain of cancerousulcers.Eating the carrot is also goodfor allergies, anemia, rheuma-tism and a tonic for the nervoussystem. In addition, it is good fordiarrhea, constipation (very highin fiber), intestinal inflammation,and cleansing the blood (a livertonic). Traditionally, the carrot isrecommended to weak, sickly orrickety children, to convalescentsor pregnant women, its anti-ane-mic properties having been fa-mous for a long time. Appliedwith honey, the leaves cleanserunning sores or ulcers.Tea made with the seeds canpromote the onset of menstrua-tion. It is effective on skin prob-lems including broken veins/cap-illaries, burns, creeping impetigo,wrinkles and sun damage. Car-rots also help in stimulating milkflow during lactation. What mostpeople don’t know is that the car-rot is also effective against round-worms and dandruff. Pureed car-rots are good for babies with di-arrhea, providing essential nutri-ents and natural sugars.Carrots are also supposed tohelp break wind and removestitches in the side. Chewing a carrot immediately after foodkills all the harmful germs in themouth. It cleans the teeth, re-moves the food particles lodgedin the crevices and preventsbleeding of the gums and toothdecay. Carrot soup is supposed torelieve diarrhea.Everyone knows carrots im-prove vision, as it provides thehighest vitamin A content of allvegetables. There was this urbanlegend about British gunners in World War II, who were able toshoot down German planes in thedark because of their superioreyesight as a result of consuming carrots. (Actually, the legendarose during the Battle of Brit-ain and was an attempt to coverup the discovery and use of ra-dar technologies.) According to a brochure dis-seminated by the Laguna-basedPhilippine Council for Agricul-ture, Forestry and Natural Re-sources Research and Develop-ment , bright orange carrots con-tain two important phytochemi-cals: carotenoids and flavonoids,which are natural bioactive ingre-dients.“These phytochemicals workwith nutrients and dietary fiberto protect people against dis-eases,” the PCARRD brochureexplains. “Beta-carotene, a mem-ber of the carotenoids family, pro-tects the body by decreasing therisk of heart disease, stroke,blindness, and certain types of cancers.The carrot gets its character-istic orange color from B-caro-tene, which on consumption bypeople is metabolized into vita-min A. The deeper the orangecolor in carrots, the more beta-carotene content. However, someexperts warn that massive overconsumption of carrot can causehypercarotenemia, a condition in
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