Gary Null
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| So the body takes these nutrients out of healthy cells, leeching precious vitamins, minerals, and enzymes from itself. The advice "eat sugar for quick energy" has become one of the most successful techniques to lure the nutritionally ignorant into a form of sweet suicide. What happens when you follow this advice is that you get a rebound or yo-yo effect: First, the sugar is absorbed much too rapidly into the bloodstream. (And this is when you do get a brief rush of energy.) As a result, the pancreas releases a lot of insulin in an attempt to bring the blood sugar level down again. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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 Second, it depends on foods rich in key vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients—not those rich in calories—to support essential functions such as producing cellular energy, building cell components, and supporting cellular defense and repair mechanisms. Third, when you take in more calories than your body can use, the excess gets stored as fat. This fat provides energy only if you burn it, not if it sits in storage around your waist. |
Gary Null
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| Distilled water is an excellent alternative to tap water, and spring water, if you know the spring and have a list of the minerals present, is good too. We'll be mentioning this again in Chapters 9 and 10, to remind you of the importance of making sure your primary beverage is as clean as possible.
. . . AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT?
I've saved it for last, but I actually feel that the most important aspect of any person's environment is not a physical factor, but rather the individual's emotional environment. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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| The good news is, a number of herbs, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and nootropics (substances that restore and maintain brain cells) have the potential to prevent, delay, and—in many cases— reverse damage to neurons. Chief among them is Rhodiola rosea.
The Gift of Rhodiola rosea
Cathy, a 45-year-old high school history teacher, told Pat that she was having trouble finding the right words during her lectures. Getting stuck in mid-sentence in front of her classes was embarrassing. She worried even more about losing her job or being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. |
Healing Children's Attention & Behavior DisordersDr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C)
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| The first group were higher in trace toxic metals in their hair and lower in the nutritive minerals. Manganese was found, among others, to be elevated in the nutritionally poorer group. Trace elements were examined in 104 violent male criminals and compared to 83 normal controls. The violent group had more manganese in their hair. The author concluded that increased manganese levels combined with alcohol, poor diet, and psychosocial factors all combined to predispose these men to violent behavior.
Manganese maybe a major cause of decreased intelligence and increased behavioral disorders. |
| This diet is deficient in fiber, too rich in processed fats, too rich in simple sugars, and deficient in vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids, the omega-3 type. It is also too rich in additives. The average person consumes about 140 pounds of additives per year. Of this, 102 pounds is sucrose, 13 pounds is dextrose, 15 pounds salt, 8 pounds pepper, mustard, baking soda, citric acid, and 26 other common kitchen substances, and 2.1 pounds comes from 2400 synthetic cosmetic additives. Trace additives coming from processed products used to make food mixtures are not included. |
| The latter is especially valuable in ruling out toxic minerals.
Hyperactivity Scale
In 1970 when hyperactivity had emerged as common childhood illness, Dr Mark A. Stewart developed a diagnostic test by comparing a series of 37 hyperactive children (32 were boys) with normal boys. From a large list of behavioral adjectives and phrases used to describe these children, Stewart found that 27 such symptoms appeared much more frequently in hyperactivity. These are shown in the following table, which I have adapted to prepare a rating scale. |
| Since then I have diagnosed and treated over 1,500 children under the age of 14 suffering some learning disability, behavioral disorder, or chronic disease with a regimen of a sugar-free natural diet and optimum doses of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential fatty acids.
Ben's recovery led to my first family study of the mauve factor (KP) and introduced a physician, the father of this family, to the use of megavi-tamin therapy. From being the usual medical skeptic he became a dedicated proponent of orthomolecular or nutritional therapy. |
| The same principle does not apply to minerals and may not apply to amino acids, even though they also have a wide tolerance range.
The Nutrient Regimen
After I have discussed the diet of the patient with the child and family and explained the principles of therapeutic use of nutrient supplements, I list for them an introductory vitamin program or regimen. The first vitamin I prescribe is B-3, which comes in two forms, niacin and niacinamide, 500 mg tid to start. The second vitamin to be prescribed is vitamin C or ascorbic acid, also 500 mg tid to start. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 Studies indicate that there are some nutrients whose absorption is enhanced by moderate amounts of fat in the diet: fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamin E, and substances called carotenoids, which form vitamin A), some minerals, and phytochemicals. Maximizing the absorption of these protective dietary constituents is especially important for people with chronic diseases such as diabetes.
3. The overall nutritional value of the diet may be reduced when fat content is considered the highest priority in food selection. |
Gary Null
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| Toxic minerals and metals are a third class of water pollutant. These include aluminum, asbestos, cadmium, and mercury. A toxic metal that can leach into water from old pipes is lead, which will accumulate in the body until it causes health problems.
Organic chemicals from fertilizers, pesticides, and fuels are a tremendous problem in water supplies. We've already mentioned volatile organic chemicals, or VOCs, in relation to air pollution, but they're in water too. |
David Bodanis
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 That means, as we shall see in discussing clothing, that it has long protoplasm-filled tunnels winding within it, with minerals, proteins and soluble fats sprinkled on, and a nice sugary-based cellulose gridwork to hold the whole thing together. Bacteria would munch happily on that by itself, but since it's a dish towel there are two other additions mixed in.
One is food: the odd fragment of bread crumb, a bit of grease left on one of the washed-up plates-that sort of thing. Tucked safely away inside a dish towel, each such food residue will suffice for thousands of specialized microbes. |
Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara
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 It contains vitamins B-l, B-2, B-3, B-6, C, E, folic acid and the minerals calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zinc, among others.
Fresh coconut is a delight to eat as a snack. Most good grocery stores everywhere sell it. Buy whole coconuts that are as fresh as you can find. All three eyes should be intact, it should not be cracked, leaking, or moldy. Shake the shell to detect if it still contains the water inside. If not, put it back.
Before opening, you must first drain the liquid. To do this use an ice pick and puncture a hole in at least two of the three eyes. |
| Coconut oil has been used for the purpose of enhancing absorption and retention of calcium and magnesium in people when a deficiency of these minerals exists. This is one of the reasons why hospitals give premature and sick infants formulas containing MCFA. It is also used to treat children suffering with rickets which involves a demineralization and softening of the bones similar to osteoporosis in adults.
Regardless of your age your bones can benefit from coconut oil. Dietary fats play a role in the formation of our bones. |
| It contains a perfect blend of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fats for
Breast milk is nature's perfect food. optimal growth and development. Without question breast milk is one of the wonders of nature.
Children who are breastfed not only take in important nutrients from the milk, but they also receive antibodies and other substances necessary to protect them against childhood illnesses such as ear infections, later in life.
Breastfed chddren are healthier than those who are not. |
| MCFA not only allow infants to absorb needed fats, but they improve the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, and protein.7'8
Human milk fat has a unique fatty acid composition. The primary fat is saturated, comprising about 45-50 percent of the total fat content. The next most abundant fat is monounsaturated which makes up about 35 percent of the milk fat. Polyunsaturated fat comprises only 15-20 percent of the total. A significant portion of the saturated fat in human breast milk can be in the form of MCFA. Sadly, many mothers produce very little. |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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 Remember, only organic minerals can be utilized by your body's living cells.
It's magnificent to live long if one keeps healthy and youthful. - Harry Fosdick
/ have found that distilled water is a sovereign remedy for my rheumatism. I attribute my almost perfect health largely to distilledwater.-Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Telephone Inventor
Fasting De-Salts Body Cells and Organs
I have had over 70 years experience with the science and use of rational fasting. And I have found that in 4 days of complete fasting we can de-salt the body. The urine will reveal the story of salt. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 The mixture also contains fatty acids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and pigments. It was first marketed in the United States under the trade name Cholestin, but several imitative products are now also available. The use of red yeast rice in China was first recorded in 800 AD during the T'ang dynasty. In addition to being used for medicinal purposes, it was employed in making rice wine and as a taste preservative and colorant for food. |
| The seeds, which have a sweet, oily taste, contain fatty oil consisting mainly of linole-ic acid (64 %) in addition to plant sterols, tocopherols, carotenoids, and minerals. The identity of the constituents responsible for the therapeutic efficacy of pumpkin seeds remains to be established (Schilcher, 1987,1992).
Pumpkin seeds are used medicinally in various forms. The most common practice is to use the whole or ground seeds. Expressed oils and dry extracts are also used. An isolated protein known as pumpkin globulin is employed mainly in combination products. |
| Rhubarb also contains about 5 % tannins of the gallotannin and cat-echin type along with flavonoids, pectins, and minerals.
Besides the anthranoids, which have a cathartic action, rhubarb also contains tannins and pectins, which produce an antidiarrheal effect. Both actions are superimposed during use. The overall effect is dose-dependent because emodins and tannins appear to have different dose-response characteristics. Rhubarb taken in smaller doses (0.1-0.3 g) has an astringent action in gastritis and dyspepsia and an antidiarrheal action in
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Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND
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 Current Medicinal Use
Modern day herbalists consider alfalfa to be a good general tonic, due largely to its reputation as an excellent source of vitamins, minerals and protein. While more research is needed, alfalfa may be effective in reducing high cholesterol levels. Evidence from traditional use suggests that alfalfa may also be helpful in managing menopause and menstrual discomfort.
Relevant Research
Preventative and Therapeutic Effects
CONSTITUENTS48
ž amino acids: canavanine.
ž saponins with the aglycone medicagenic acid.
ž isoflavone flavonoids: genistein, daidzein, formononetin. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| The main constituents are mucilages (7-12 %), fatty oil (about 40 %), protein (about 23 %), as well as crude fiber, minerals, and cyanogenic glycosides (about 1 %).
The key swelling constituents of linseed are the mucilages, which are located in the epidermis of the seed husk. The seed must be ground, or preferably cracked, so that it can absorb fluid and swell. Cracking or crushing allows rapid swelling without releasing large amounts of fatty oil (about 500 kcal in 100 g linseed) for intestinal absorption. |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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| But they all had an abundance of other organic minerals and nutrients which the animals craved.
Why Cows are Given Large Amounts of Salt
A man who puts his investment in a dairy farm is in it to make all the profit he can. Dairy farmers have found that by giving cows salt blocks to lick, they drink more water. The more water they drink, the more milk they produce. Most cows are sick, mass fed and drugged.
But the result is that the average quart of milk contains the extremely high content of IV2 grams (1,500 mgs) of salt per quart! Go past any American school and look at the children. |
David Bodanis
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| These are the minerals in milk-calcium, magnesium, and others-and they're so solid almost nothing could break them. Glistening as even finer pebbles-like a school of the tiniest tropical fish perhaps-are the vitamins in milk, and these are not nearly so well built. Any sunlight penetrating down into these depths will crumble them into pieces like a laser beam, which is why you should not expose milk to direct light for long.
Quite a bit bigger, bobbing in the milk like some shipwrecked and sunken cabinet, is a hollow box-like container of casein. It is a pure and miraculous white. |
Jack Challem
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 For the most part, these meals are made with ingredients high in refined carbohydrates and pro-inflammatory omega-6 and trans fatty acids and very low in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that two-thirds of the carbohydrates consumed by American adults come from bread, soft drinks, cakes and cookies, refined cereal, pasta, cooked grains, and ice cream. These refined carbohydrates raise blood sugar levels, creating a prediabetic or diabeticlike blood profile, which generates proinflammatory free radicals. |
Christian B. Allan and Wolfgang Lutz
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 Except for chromium, animal foods supply more of each mineral. Fruits supply only manganese. Five of the minerals can be found in grains, but it's been shown that the amount of the various minerals in grains, including selenium, is heavily dependent on the mineral supply of the soil in which they were grown.
Many published charts on vitamin and mineral supplies in foods are designed in a way that does not show animal foods to have large amounts of these vital nutrients. This is one way that people are led to believe that animal foods do not offer much in the way of these nutrients. |
Carl Jensen
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 Third World nations are arguing for conservation of undersea minerals until land-based minerals are consumed. They also fear that multinational corporations will tend to neglect Third World needs and reap windfall profits from the bountiful ocean floor.
Little is known about the sea bottom or its role in maintaining the planet's environment. Its sediment is rich in microscopic organisms and animal life. Mining companies admit that their hydraulic dredges and continuous line buckets will stir sediment and probably kill any plant or animal life in their path. |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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| The substances responsible for obstructing the arteries are cholesterol, fats, inorganic minerals and fibrous tissues. As the blockage builds up slowly, the inner passages of the arteries can become so narrow that not enough blood can flow through to properly nourish the powerful heart muscle. Coronary occlusion is caused when this serious narrowing of the arteries occurs.
You Are as Old as Your Arteries
Degeneration of the arteries begins early in life, slowly building up to obstruct and block! |
| Our bodies are composed of 16 organic minerals which all come from that which is living or was alive. When we eat an apple or any other fruit or vegetable, that substance is living. Each has a certain survival time after it has been picked before spoiling. We prefer the vegetarian diet, but the same applies to animal foods, fish, milk, cheese and eggs if you eat them.
Dehydration of certain organs will result in symptoms which are often misdiagnosed by physicians. The message is: drink your way to health with volumes of pure water. - F. Batmanghelidj, m.d. |
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