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World Without Cancer G. Edward Griffin See book keywords and concepts

And he added that the kernels provided "in addition, excellent food material, rich in protein and minerals."1 In another series of tests, white rats were fed seventy times the normal human dose of Laetrile, and the only side-effects produced were greater appetite, weight gain, and superior health; just what one would expect from taking a vitamin. 1. Letter from Dr. Dean Burk to Congressman Lou Frey, Jr., dated May 30,1972, reprinted in Cancer Control Journal, May/June, 1973, p. 6.

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

People are under the impression that they can take B vitamins, minerals, and immune stimulants, and continue to drink toxic water with insecticides, pesticides and metals, eat foods that they react to, and get better. They don't get better, because although they are taking good nutrients, they are still poisoning their body." Dr. Zane Gard, an expert in toxicology, reports methods of detoxification that have impressive results in the reversal of environmental illness: "Heat stress detoxification includes wood saunas, hot sand packing, steam baths and sweat lodges.

The Encyclopedia of Popular Herbs Robert S. McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh, and Krista Morien See book keywords and concepts

Major Constituents Polysaccharides (including acemannan), an-thraquinones (aloin, emodin, aloe-emodin, barbaloin), fatty acids (gamma-linolenic acid), prostaglandins, salicylic acid, saponins, sterols, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, lectins Safety Aloe gel and the juice made from the gel are considered safe for consumption when used appropriately.29 The safety information in this section applies only to aloe gel and aloe gel juice, not the laxative bitter latex. See Safety Issues with Dried Aloe Latex for more information.

Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Information Center of the National Agricultural Library, this database contains bibliographic records and abstracts on vitamins, minerals, and herbal dietary supplements. New York Botanical Garden http: / / www.nybg.org One of the United States' foremost botanical gardens, also accessible in virtual form. Paracelsus http: / / www.teleport.com/~ibis/paracib.html This site provides valuable information about the integrated use of a wide range of therapeutic methods in health care.

Quality of Life: Clinical Study (1994) In a placebo-controlled, double-blind study, 205 people using ginseng in combination with vitamins, minerals, and trace elements experienced increased alertness, relaxation, appetite, and improvements in total quality-of-life score compared with 185 people taking placebo. The test substance, which was taken twice daily, included 40 mg concentrated ginseng extract plus nutrients.

The entire plant is also rich in chlorophyll, carotenoids, and minerals, including iron, potassium, and magnesium.

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

Women once mixed earth with herbs, plants, minerals, and water to treat many illnesses and conditions. They were the first physicians and the first scientists. Out of the pain, trauma, and, often, death associated with childbirth, the mantle of healer fell to them out of necessity. Women, who saw death loom near so often during the birthing process, learned to work together to assist one another to prevent the tragedy of death from childbirth. Healing knowledge began to make a difference, increasing the odds of survival for all the human race.

Sugar Blues William Duffy See book keywords and concepts

It does not mean that the honey is free from minerals like iodine, iron, calcium, phosphorus, or multiple vitamins. So effective is the purification process which sugar cane and beets undergo in the refineries, that sugar ends up as chemically pure as the morphine or the heroin a chemist has on his laboratory shelves. What nutritional virtue this abstract chemical purity represents, the sugar pushers never tell us. Beginning with World War I, the sugar pushers coated their propaganda with a preparedness pitch.

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

She is researching the anti-aging effects of foods, enzymes, minerals, and the power of the mind. She is the coauthor with Howard Peiper of the book, Over 50, Looking 30: The Secrets of Staying Young. ROGER HIRSCH. O.M.D. 9730 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 105 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (800) 967-3898 Dr. Hirsch, who has twenty years' experience in acupuncture, is in private practice in California, where he has been an author and medical examiner. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of several colleges and is a member of the board of directors of the China Medical University. DR.

Sugar Blues William Duffy See book keywords and concepts

What was meant by purity, besides the unarguable fact that all vitamins, minerals, salts, fibers, and proteins had been removed in the refining process? Well, the sugar pushers came up with a new slant on purity. "You don't have to sort it like beans, wash it like rice. Every grain is like every other. No waste attends its use. No useless bones like in meat, no grounds like coffee." Pure is a favorite adjective of the sugar pushers because it means one thing to the chemists and another thing to the ordinary mortals.

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

The addition of green drinks, including chlorella, barley grass, spirulina, and wheat grass, supplied her with high potencies of vital minerals. "All these go into the body very quickly and help it to recover, even from a death situation," explains Dr. Rector-Page. "By going on a program of concentrated nutrients, I was eventually able to create a state of health that was better than before." PREVENTION Alternatives to tampons have included sea sponges. However, sea sponges are no longer sold as menstrual products.

Magnesium cleanses by entering cells and forcing out excesses of calcium and other minerals. Iodine drops. Iodine speeds up the metabolism of the thyroid gland. As the metabolism perks up, breast lumps tend to disappear. Iodine drops from seaweed can be obtained in the drugstore in a saturated solution of potassium iodide or Lugol solution. There is also an Edgar Cayce remedy called Atomodine. In addition, health food stores sell iodine drops as liquid kelp. Before using iodine, a thyroid blood test should be done to check for thyroid antibodies.

Sugar Blues William Duffy See book keywords and concepts

Eat foods that will satisfy your daily needs for protein, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. Your appetite will then be satisfied to a greater degree by usable food elements, rather than by empty calories, such as those found in sugar." They still can't seem to move beyond the old, discredited notion that sugar is merely harmless, empty or naked calories. Grains and cereals, we are told, do not contain cholesterol. What they do contain, they don't tell us. Don't load up on rich dairy products like butter, ice cream, and whole milk.

To his amazement, he found that more minerals came out than had gone in. He presented both chemical formulae to the laboratory head, asking—with a straight face— which would be best as food for the cows. Chemically, virtually no difference existed between the food and the manure. Food and manure were chemically the same. It couldn't matter to anyone but the cows. And cows had nothing to say about it, being captives of the new science. (A hundred years later, another scientist has come up with a process for recycling manure into food for cattle.

Sugar taken every day produces a continuously over-acid condition, and more and more minerals are required from deep in the body in the attempt to rectify the imbalance. Finally, in order to protect the blood, so much calcium is taken from the bones and teeth that decay and general weakening begin. Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body Initially, it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar (above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the fiver expand like a balloon.

The Timetables of Science: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Science Alexander Hellemans and Brian Bunch See book keywords and concepts

The crystalline rocks, such as granite or basalt, were, according to him, formed by the precipitation of minerals. His theory, called the Neptunist theory, was opposed by the Vulcanists, who argued that the layers of rock in Earth's surface were formed exclusively by volcanic action, and the Plutonists, who emphasized the importance of heat from within Earth. James Hutton, who believed that some rocks were formed by volcanic action, also accepted sedimentation as a rock-forming process.

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

In my book I use this analogy: minerals are building blocks of your body. They are the nose, eyes, ears, bones, all the things that hold you together. Something has to build this. Enzymes are the construction workers that facilitate everything in the body going together." Anderson recommends eating more raw foods, mineral supplements, and digestive plant enzymes to increase enzyme levels: "The mineral supplements to take should be crystalloid form with electrolytes. The crystalloid form goes right into the cell walls. This fortifies your body.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Calcium and magnesium Many minerals, especially divalent cations, have regulatory influences on the external membrane functions of all body cells. Calcium and magnesium ions also participate in the activation of the complement pathway.15 This may be important for the prevention and treatment of T. vaginalis. Trichomonas activates the alternate complement pathway which can lead to parasite lysis.24 Unlike the classical complement pathway, which requires both calcium and magnesium, the alternate pathway requires only magnesium.

Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer Michael Lerner See book keywords and concepts

According to Prasad, among the minerals, "only selenium has been shown to have a role in cancer prevention": Like vitamin E, selenium acts as an antioxidant and strengthens the body's immune defense system. Thus, many of the effects which are produced by vitamin E deficiency can be reversed or prevented by selenium. Some laboratory experiments have suggested that the combination of vitamin E and selenium is more effective in preventing cancer than either of them alone. Certain metals such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and silver block the action of selenium. . . .

Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible for the 21st Century Earl Mindell See book keywords and concepts

Personal Advice: This is not one of the minerals that needs to be supplemented. A good fish dinner will supply you with the vanadium you need. There is a biologically active form of vanadium, vanadyl sulfate. It's a trace mineral that mimics the action of the hormone insulin and has been used by alternative physicians in the treatment of diabetes. (CAUTION: If you have diabetes, do not self-medicate. Vanadyl can lower blood sugar levels too quickly, causing problems. See section 342 for a listing of alternative practitioners.

Radical diets, such as these, can cause disastrous effects on the body, not the least of which being abnormal heart function and severe deficiencies in vital minerals due to extremely rapid weight loss. I couldn't in good conscience offer supplement suggestions, since I firmly believe that these diets should not be undertaken without strict medical supervision. 299. Zen Macrobiotic Diet Contrary to popular belief, this diet is not connected with the Zen Buddhists, but is the creation of a Japanese man named George Ohsawa.

Vitamins are not substitutes for protein or for any other nutrients, such as minerals, fats, carbohydrates, water—or even for each other! • \fitamins themselves are not the components of our body structures. • You cannot take vitamins, stop eating, and expect to be healthy. 4. How They Work If you think of the body as an automobile's combustion engine and vitamins as spark plugs, you have a fairly good idea of how these amazing minute food substances work for us. Vitamins regulate our metabolism through enzyme systems. A single deficiency can endanger the whole body.

It contains calcium that is identical to the calcium found in our bone, along with other minerals essential for strong bones, including magnesium, fluoride, sodium, and potassium. Several supplements containing hydroxyapatite are available. Be sure to look for one that provides at least 1,000 mg. of calcium. You can make up the other 200-500 mg. with food. (See section 52.) If you're a vegetarian, calcium citrate is also highly absorbable by the body. XVI It's Not All in Your Mind 279.

As a general rule, however, if you're over sixty-five, you need extra minerals, especially calcium and magnesium, as well as extra vitamins such as B complex and C. Vitamin E can help alleviate poor circulation, which is often responsible for leg cramps. And don't forget about fiber. If chewing is a problem, high-fiber foods can be ground to convenient sizes and textures and are just as effective. Also, sweets should be discouraged; there is a high incidence of sugar diabetes among older people. A good supplement regimen would be: MVP (see section 172) Vitamin E 200-400 IU Calcium 500 mg.

Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine Elson M. Haas, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Teeth minerals are more stable, though there is a possibility of poor dentition with insufficient calcium. Tooth loss, periodontal disease, and gingivitis can be problems, especially with a high phosphorus intake, particularly from soft drinks. All kinds of bone problems can occur with prolonged calcium deficiency, which causes a decrease in bone mass. Rickets in children, osteomalacia (decreased bone calcium) in adults, and osteoporosis (porous and fragile bones) can occur when calcium is withdrawn from bones faster than it is deposited.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Although hair is the most convenient tissue for analyzing minerals, only a limited number of elements in the hair accurately reflect the true body content (see Ch. 17). Others are better measured intra-cellularly or extracellularly (depending on their state of equilibrium) or in specific cells, such as leukocytes. Many factors, such as specific protein carriers, the ionic charge of the element, or its capacity to be in equilibrium in the blood, affect the usefulness and reproducibility of a specific assay method and the appropriateness of a chosen tissue. Table 24.

Virtually all reactions in the body require minerals as cofactors. With some trace elements, infinitesimally small amounts may be necessary, while others, such as calcium, make up a quarter of our body weight. Assessment of body status for a particular trace element is extremely difficult (see Table 24.1 for recommended methods for the different elements).1 For years there has been considerable controversy over hair mineral analysis.

To understand how hair retains elements, it is important to know the structure of hair and how hair protein is synthesized and traps minerals. The hair shaft is a filament formed from the matrix of cells at the bottom of the hair follicle deep in the epidermal epithelium. Each follicle is a miniature organ that contains both muscular and glandular components. Human hair is composed of 80% protein, 15% water, and small amounts of lipids and inorganic materials. The mineral content of the hair is 0.25-0.95% of dry ash.

Hair analyses, worthless for vitamins, limited for minerals. Am J Clin Nutr 1982; 36: 943-949 12. Kasarskis E, Scuna A. Serum alkaline phosphatase after treatment of zinc deficiency in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 1980; 33: 2609-2612 13. Fishbach F. A manual of laboratory diagnostic tests. Philadelphia, PA: JB Lippincott. 1980 14. Crofton R, Glover S, Ewen S et al. Zinc absorption in celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. A test of small intestinal function. Am J Clin Nutr 1983; 38: 706-712 15. Boosalis M, Evans G, McClain C.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

The remaining 20% of the stones is composed entirely of minerals, principally calcium salts, although some stones contain oxides of silicon and aluminum.1"3 PATHOGENESIS The formation of gallstones has been divided into three steps: • bile supersaturation • nucleation and initiation of stone formation • enlargement of the gallstone by accretion. Cholesterol and mixed stones The requisite step in cholesterol and mixed stone formation is cholesterol supersaturation of bile within the gall bladder.

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