| These foods, in general, also are excellent sources of vitamin C, beta carotene, trace minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber. The dark orange varieties are especially good sources of beta carotene, while orange juice also is a good source of the B vitamin folic acid. Consume at least one serving daily of the vitamin C-rich fruits marked with an *. | | Save your money and snack on minimally processed foods, which have all the vitamins, minerals, and protein found in the fabricated shakes but also contain phytochemicals and fiber; which boost health naturally.
Ginseng: Many good studies on ginseng have been conducted on humans in recent years with very encouraging results. There appears to be a definite improvement in quality of life when consuming ginseng, especially in combination with vitamins. However there is no scientific evidence to support claims that ginseng boosts energy or endurance. | | The whole-grain selections also are good sources of trace minerals, vitamins, phytochemicals, and fiber, while the starchy vegetables, such as the sweet potato or baked potato, are sources of either beta carotene or vitamin C. | | Although the research is too new to know if these phytochemicals affect mood, there is evidence that they reduce the risk for developing most chronic diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. Secondly, while a well-chosen supplement can improve some of the nutritional shortcomings of a good diet, it can't compensate for bad dietary habits. "You can't live on French fries and hamburgers, then take a vitamin E supplement and think you're doing fine," says Dr. Blumberg. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts |  Loaded with active phytochemicals called catechins, lightly processed green tea can help lower blood cholesterol levels and reduce the chances of developing cancer.
Benefits of a Whole Foods Diet
According to Dr. Levin, a whole foods diet promotes health by decreasing fat and sugar intake and increasing fiber and nutrient intake. Ideally, it means more satisfaction and less overeating.
• More Fiber—Most animal products, such as meat, cheese, milk, eggs, and butter, contain no fiber, compared to brown rice, broccoli, oatmeal, or almonds, which have 6-15 g per serving. | | First, important antioxidant nutrients including vitamin C, beta carotene, vitamin E, and cancer-fighting substances known as phytochemicals, are found in fruits, vegetables, and grains.These antioxidant nutrients are considered the best protection against age-and environment-related diseases, from dandruff, bad breath, and wrinkling to cataracts, cancer, diabetes, and heart attacks. A recent study found that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables reduces a woman's risk of getting breast cancer, perhaps by a factor of two-to-one. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  What makes phytochemicals new in the public ranks is their potential health benefits before people get sick, and the saving of both lives and health-care dollars as a direct result of their use. Unfortunately, according to Dr. Stephen L. DeFelic, head of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, the field is still in its infancy because of too few large-scale clinical trials focusing on the health benefits of foods. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  You are doing two things: detoxifying, so you do not have those triggers going off and damaging your body, and fortifying your body with those green vegetables, supplements, minerals, phytochemicals. You are exercising and doing other good things; in total, something has to work.
I know it sounds complex, but look at the benefits.
The average person with arthritis does none of the above. He will try simply to take a drug and hope for a miracle. But the miracle does not come. Who are you going to blame. The doctor? No. The pharmaceutical company? No. |
Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., and Jo Robinson
See book keywords and concepts |  These wholesome foods give you fiber, iron, magnesium, calcium, folic acid, antioxidant vitamins, and phytochemicals. Dark green leafy vegetables contain LNA as well.
Most Europeans eat far more greens than we do. Greeks eat vast quantities of greens, which they refer to genetically as "horta." The Italians have a special term, "mangia-foglia," which means "to eat green leaves." An American visitor to a European open-air market will see dozens of green leafy vegetables, most of them unfamiliar. | | Similarly, the naive notion that vitamin supplements can replace fruits and vegetables has given way to a new appreciation for the treasure trove of nutrients these wholesome foods contain, including antioxidants that are not vitamins, folate, and cancer-fighting nutrients called "phytochemicals." This book translates these new findings into a simple, delicious dietary plan that will greatly increase your chances of living a long, lean, and healthy life.
One of the main conclusions to come from the medical labs is that you don't have to give up fat to lose weight or enjoy better health. | | In creating The Omega Diet, the traditional diet of Crete has been modified in a number of ways, including adding canola oil with its high LNA content to compensate for the fact that Americans eat fewer green leafy vegetables, legumes, and walnuts than the Greeks, and rarely eat wild plants—all good sources of LNA, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals.
2. De Oliveira e Silva, E. R., C. E. Seidman, and J. L. Breslow. Effects of shrimp consumption on plasma lipoproteins. Amer J of Clinical Nutrition, 1996; 64:712-7.
3. Sauer, L. A. and R. T. Dauchy. | | Garlic is also packed with phytochemicals. Olive oil, as you know, is a heart-healthy, cancer-fighting oil. This recipe is even healthier than the customary ones, however, because the traditional pine nuts have been replaced with walnuts, greatly increasing the LNA content.
Makes: 4-6 servings, depending on appetites Time: 10 minutes
2 cups packed basil leaves [about 2 ounces], rinsed and stripped from the stems V3 cup olive oil
V2 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed through a garlic press V21. salt
V2 cup freshly grated Parmesan [2 T. | | The detailed, twenty-one-day menu gives you an ideal balance of essential fatty acids plus all the vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, phytochemicals, and other nutrients proven to be essential for optimal health. At the end of three weeks, you will have begun to replace much of the fat in your body with healthier fat, enriched your cells with vital nutrients, and begun to enjoy all the health benefits of The Omega Diet. | | Both are excellent sources of antioxidants, phytochemicals, vitamins, calcium, magnesium, and iron. For a quick and easy vegetable dish, chop kale into bite-sized pieces and steam until tender. (Discard thick stems or cut them up and saute them for a few minutes before adding the more tender leaves.) Toss with olive oil and lemon. Salt and pepper to taste.
Kale is also a good addition to soups and stir-fry dishes.
MUSTARD GREENS. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | If you put those juiced phytochemicals into the body every hour, these cancer patients will have their cellular enzyme systems speeded up so that the individual cells can spit up toxins.
"Eating an excess of empty calories and proteins creates toxicity that causes the immune system to overproduce white blood cells that aren't very adept at what they do. Once you restrict protein and calories and get the nutrient level up, these patients' immune systems become intelligent again. They stop making excess stupid white cells, and create more lymphocytes interested in more types of challenges. |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  So, now you have less fat, more phytochemicals, and fewer calories.
The Heart of the Colorful Kitchen: Fruits and Vegetables
If you look around your kitchen, your fruits and vegetables probably reflect the poor variety found in most U.S. households. If your kitchen contains mostly bananas and apples, you need to make some changes. You can easily fill your kitchen with a rainbow selection of the right fruits and vegetables in great variety and at a low cost.
First of all, you have lots of good choices in your local grocery store, but they are not all in the produce section. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | In addition to naturally occurring phytochemicals, scientists are developing what they call functional foods, which consist of any food or food ingredient providing health benefits beyond the traditional nutrients it contains. |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Genetic research on the tomato has enabled the identification of the ripening gene, so that tomatoes that are rich in phytochemicals but also have a long shelf life have been developed. Freezing is a pracrical tool for getting vegetables distributed to places where they may not be grown naturally. Learning more about the genetics of plants and using standard breeding methods can improve the quality of our plant-based foods. So don't assume so-called natural is always better. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | This includes beta carotene, but also alpha-carotene, ascorbic acid, ash, boron, caffeic-acid, calcium, chlorophyll, chromium, citric acid, copper, glycine, iron, linoleic acid, lysine, magnesium, niacin, oleic acid, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, selenium, thiamin, tryptophan, and zinc, among others—there are 1,000 different phytochemicals, so important in protecting us from cancer. Among them are also the phytoestrogens, which guard against prostate, breast and lung cancer. These chemicals have all kinds of healing properties. | | I believe as the new millennium opens, these phytochemicals will begin to play an important role as healers of ravaged immune systems and in counteracting and inhibiting the growth and existence of AIDS.
LIFESTYLE CHANGES dietary modification
Dr. Calapai's treatment program involves both building up the body with proper nutrients and calling on his patients to make lifestyle changes. |
Nicola Reavley
See book keywords and concepts |  If you depend on supplements rather than trying to eat a variety of whole foods, you miss out on possible health benefits from these phytochemicals.
If you are trying to sort your way through the maze of information and decide which foods to eat; whether to take supplements, and if so, which ones, how often and how much; it helps to have a good understanding of the roles played by vitamins and minerals in health and disease. You also need to understand how their functions are affected by your age, sex, state of health and lifestyle. | | Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower may have particularly beneficial effects as they contain high levels of vitamins and minerals and other phytochemicals.
Fiber
Fruit and vegetables are also high in fiber. A high fiber diet may reduce the risk of several cancers, including colon and rectal cancer, by binding to potentially toxic bile acids, moving food more quickly through the intestines and exerting beneficial effects on gut bacteria. Fiber has also been shown to protect against other cancers such as those of the breast and prostate. |
Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki
See book keywords and concepts |  Most of them contain specific antioxidants and phytochemicals that may help combat the ravages of time and give your system an extra boost of healing power. Although some of the Okinawan health claims are folkloric at this point, others have been borne out in clinical trials. But the point here is to enjoy them, and if they make you feel better and look younger, all the better! All we can say is that they seem to work wonders for the Okinawans.
NINE FLAVORINGS, SPICES, AND HERBS Bonito
Benefit: Bonito is a relative of tuna, and dried bonito strips are very popular in Okinawa and Japan. | | These Okinawan power foods are frequently consumed, are high in known protective phytochemicals, and seem to be particularly rich sources of antioxidants, including flavonoids. Most of them are available in North America and, if not, we recommend choosing foods in the same family. We discuss some of them in more detail in the next chapter.6 the top fifteen main active western equivalent okinawan healing foods components
I.
Okinawan tofu saponins, flavonoids
Extra-firm tofu
(mostly isoflavones)
2. | | Most antioxidants consist of a closely related group of healthy enzymes and phytochemicals widely distributed in plant foods.
The most antioxidant-rich foods are legumes (beans), vegetables, grains, and fruits, probably in that order. If you stick to a largely plant-based diet (the Okinawan elders eat about 80 percent plant food), you will be in good shape. The antioxidant concentration in your bloodstream at any one time forms a major component of your overall free-radical defense system. | | It turns out that the bitter taste of goya is due to the presence of curcur-bitacins from the triterpine family, one of the phytochemicals that is thought to play a role in cancer prevention.27 Several well-conducted clinical trials support goya's ability to lower blood sugar in diabetics.28 (So check with your doctor before drinking goya in liquid form because you may experience a drop in your own blood sugar. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
See book keywords and concepts |  And, to throw a fascinating fact into the mix, we now know that in the presence of certain stressors such as low water levels and poor soil conditions, plants will actually increase the production of certain phytochemicals that are beneficial to humans, as a defensive reaction.
Are there problems with standardization?
Although many effective methods of making herbal medicines have worked fine in the past, the important test of identifying an individual marker must be performed for quality assurance. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts | | According to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (April 1995): "It is the position of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) that specific substances in foods (e.g., phytochemicals as naturally occurring components and functional food components) may have a beneficial role in health as part of a varied diet. The Association supports research regarding the health benefits and risks of these substances. Dietetics professionals will continue to work with the food industry and government to ensure that the public has accurate scientific information in this emerging field. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  They not only help prevent disease, but also support the immune system's reaction to disease.
There's much more to nutritional therapy than simple common sense, thot gh. There are specific dietary methods you can use to take firm control of your cognitive function, moods, and memory.
How to "Feed" Your Neurotransmitters
By now you know that there are several key neurotransmitters that are of absolute importance in memory, focus, learning, energy, and happiness. |
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