Safely sweeten up recipes, coffee, cereal, or just about anything with Volcanic Nectar's Organic Blue Agave. This new, natural, low glycemic sugar substitute is four times sweeter than table sugar and is safe for diabetics. You can pour it over pancakes or mix it in with recipes.

Recent studies of Blue Agave have proven that Volcanic Nectar is safe for diabetics, contains no artificial fillers and is the only agave that has been tested in the U.S. to rate 27 on the Glycemic Index. For more information, visit www.volcanicnectar.com.

Grass-fed beef is the latest health trend to hit the U.S. Unlike cattle that are sent to feed lots, grass-fed cattle roam freely in open pastures and eat lush, hearty, natural grasses. These animals eat no grains, and are fed no unnatural supplements, growth hormones, or antibiotics. The result is pure grass-fed beef that's good for you.

Compared to grain-fed beef, pure grass-fed beef has:

• Up to half the fat content
• At least twice the amounts of Omega-3 essential fatty acids, which have been proven to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. They have also been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, improve brain function, and reduce the risk of dementia.
• As much as five times the amount of CLA, a fat that is key to preventing cancer.
• Significantly higher levels of Vitamin E, an essential vitamin and a powerful antioxidant.

Grass-fed beef supports an agricultural method that's sustainable and helps restore the prairie. By grazing on naturally occurring grasses, the animals help to promote the growth of indigenous grasses and add nutrients to the soil. And because they spend their lives in open pastures, they are never confined to stressful feedlots or unnatural environments.

No bells. No whistles. No electronic circuitry. Just a simple piece of paper rolled into a small tube that could save your life. In this world of gizmos and gadgets, the Scroll I.D. (www.scrollid.com) is a radically low-tech method of communicating a person's medical history to hospital and emergency room personnel, which is precisely what makes it so effective in a medical crisis.

"When someone is in an accident or suddenly gets ill and is rushed into the hospital, paramedics at the scene and emergency room nurses and doctors don't have the time or resources to make phone calls or search the Internet for a patient's history," says John Blanchard, CCRN, CFRN, inventor of Scroll I.D. "Giving medical professionals immediate access to a medical history - and to a photo that links that information to the patient - can save lives."

Blanchard has witnessed far too many instances where the lack of a patient's medical history has hindered emergency care. "A significant amount of the information needed to make a correct medical diagnosis comes from the conversation with the patient about their medical history," says Blanchard. "Yet, one in five people who come into the ER are unconscious, and another three out of five convey inaccurate or no information about their medical histories."

Scroll I.D. helps prevent diagnostic errors by giving emergency medical personnel the key elements of that patient conversation in written form. The 1.5-inch by 8-inch weatherproof document contains a person's basic medical history and is rolled up and stored in a lip balm-sized tube that attaches to a key ring, backpack, belt loop, or shoelace.