| If you don't want to memorize a whole bunch of antioxidants and proanthocyanidins and phytochemicals, the easiest way to ensure you're getting the best nutritional bang for your money is to look at what the contents of your cart look like on the checkout counter. Does it resemble one of those great postcard pictures of a European outdoor market? It should be overflowing in greens, reds, oranges, and even blues. All those colorings in fruits and vegetables are there because they are natural antioxidants that will serve a similar purpose in your body. |
| Atkins was a nutritionist, and a very good one at that—he did not want you to miss the incredible nutritional benefits of the phytochemicals found in vegetables and fruits, which you add back to the program in the subsequent stages of his plan. He never said you couldn't eat vegetables and fruits. He did say you couldn't eat junk carbohydrates.
Another problem with the public's (and medical establishment's) perception of Atkins' program is that it was based solely on the first (1972) edition of his book. |
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 While drugs may offer a single, isolated anti-viral chemical, these anti-viral herbs and products pack dozens (or even hundreds) of synergistic phytochemicals that destroy viruses and bolster immune system function.
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James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Phytonutrients
A major area of interest in nutritional science concerns the therapeutic benefits of phytonutrients, also known as phytochemicals. These naturally occurring substances give plants their characteristic flavor, color, aroma, and resistance to disease. When consumed, they also help people resist disease. Thousands of phytonutrients have been identified in fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds, algae, and nuts. They have tremendous benefits for people by helping to prevent illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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 Although fruit is not a great source of balanced nutrition (vegetables are a better source), most fruits do provide fiber, phytochemicals, vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium and also have a high water content, and are thus very hydrating to the body.
Fruit is very sweet and like any food that has a relatively high glycemic index, it can create imbalanced blood sugar levels when eaten in excess and also contribute to the proliferation of Candida (yeast overgrowth) and other conditions. Consequently, it is wise to keep to the daily 2-4 piece limit. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Plus they produce all of these fantastic phytochemicals which we're now learning more about in terms of preventing, and even reversing, chronic diseases such as cancer.
Plants give you one more thing, too: the energy of life. This is another form of nutrition, which I call "vibrational nutrition." It's something that you can't get from synthesized pills or manufactured foods. You can only get it from plants, because it has to do with the energy of living, breathing organisms.
For nearly every chronic disease, there is a plant that can treat it. Are you battling cancer? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In fact, new research has been coming out on blueberries, showing that blueberry phytochemicals inhibit the growth of cancer cells at every stage of cancer development. Every stage. So just by eating blueberries or blueberry concentrates, you can help prevent cancer, and I believe you can even reverse early stage cancers with the help of nutrition and, of course, with the help of a naturopathic physician who can give you guidance from a qualified medical point of view. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Preliminary research is showing that when plants are treated with sea kelp, in powdered or liquid concentrate form, they produce fruits and vegetables with much higher levels of antioxidants and phytochemicals. These plants are also more resistant to disease and pests, and they produce larger yields.
But even more interesting, when human beings consume these fruits and vegetables, they receive additional health benefits, such as enhanced immune system function, that would not be available if they were eating plants that were not treated with sea kelp. |
| If you eat a bowl of grapes, you're consuming not only the grape skin, grape fiber, grape sugars, the phytochemicals, and the phytonutrients, you're also consuming water in the grape, and that water has the vibration of a grape. There's a whole new universe to explore here of what I call vibrational nutrition, or the homeopathy of plants.
Modern science hasn't even scratched the surface on this. There could be a whole new school of vibrational nutrition that looks at the different characteristics and vibrations of different plants as they come out of the garden. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Think about limiting or eliminating your consumption of red meat and instead nourish your body with the phytonutrients, phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals and even the living energy of plants. That's how you'll be the healthiest you can be. |
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| Spinach, zucchini, and red seedless and tomato paste, over grapes are great sources of lutein,
Choose tomato prod-
Colorful fruits and vegetables are often rich in phytochemicals. raw tomatoes to get the most lycopene. Then add a little olive or canola oil to help while red fruits like tomatoes, papaya, pink grapefruit, and water melon pack loads of lycopene. To get your fill of vitamin E, look to olive and canola oils, as well as nuts, seeds, and wheat germ. your body absorb this phytochemical.
Dive in with D. By now you know you can help stop OA with antioxidants. But ordinary sunshine? |
| These natural phytochemicals help prevent blood clots. Fresh or dried ginger will spice up your food and shore up your defenses against stroke.
Choose corn oil. A recent Japanese study found that linoleic acid, the kind found in corn oil, might lower your risk for ischemic stroke. Researchers suspect it works by lowering blood pressure and preventing platelets from sticking together.
You can also find linoleic acid in safflower, sunflower, and soybean oils. But don't go overboard. |
| This tart drink has its own type of phytochemicals that prevent bacteria from setting up shop.
Now researchers believe it might work against H. pylori in your stomach. One glass of cranberry juice a day could be enough to flush the bacteria out of your stomach — before they can dig in and wreak havoc.
Garlic. Next time you cook your favorite Italian dish, add plenty of this potent bacteria killer. In the laboratory, garlic extracts appeared to slow the growth of four different kinds of H. pylori.
Green tea. Reach for green tea when you're craving a warm drink and a little caffeine. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
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 Load up on vegetables—with almost no calories, high levels of antioxidants and protective phytochemicals, these excellent fiber sources should be heaped on your plate daily.
• Eat whole grains such as brown rice or quinoa.
• Include a few servings of low-sugar fruits in your daily diet (berries have the highest content of fiber and other protective phytochemicals).
• Add one or two handfuls of nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, pecans, or hazelnuts, to your diet every day.
• Consider a good fiber supplement that contains soluble and insoluble fibers. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Other phytochemicals are known to prevent cancer in other ways. Flavonoids, found in citrus fruits and berries, keep cancer-causing hormones from latching on to cells in the first place. Genistein, found in soybeans, kills tumors by preventing the formation of the capillaries needed to nourish them. Indoles, found in cruciferous vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cabbage, increase immune activity and make it easier for the body to excrete toxins. Saponins, found in kidney beans, chickpeas, soybeans, and lentils, may prevent cancer cells from multiplying. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Other phytochemicals in Garl ic lower cholesterol, enhance Immunity, counter rheumatoid and arthritis conditions.
Capsaicin Found in Turmeric, Cumin, and hot Peppers; inhibits toxic chemicals attaching ordamaging cell DNA lessening cancers.
Chlorophyll, green pigment cleansing blood, protects against genetic mutations from chemicals, hasChlorophylline(ofSodiumandCopper). SEEinChapterFour. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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 In such a product, it would be unclear if other active quinones and phytochemicals have been extracted (and to what extent) in these chemically altered products. Although the natural wood and bark are quite effective when the correct species is used and prepared properly, the new standardized extracts may be the safer (yet more expensive) purchase for most laypersons and general consumers concerned about quality but who don't have the time to research each product.
There have been no reports of human toxicity when a whole-bark decoction or tincture of pau d'arco is used. |
Joseph E. Mario
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| C AMU C AMU Fruit (Myrciaria dubia) From the Peruvian rainforest, this purple fruit with yellow pulp has phytochemicals, and is the plant highest in Vitamin C with 30-60 times more than oranges, and Bioflavonoids. Camu Camu counters colds, flu, herpes sores (found in 80% of the population); reverses migraines, headaches, and depression (replaces prescription medications in some); and improves fertility. 1 tsp. dried fruit powder contains 220 mg. Vitamin C, Bioflavonoids, B1, B2, and B3.
•CANCERBUSH (Sutherlandia frutescens) From South Africa; also called Cancerwort, and Kankerbossie. |
Amarjit S. Basra
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 CLINICAL TRIALS, PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES, AND BIO A VAILABILITY STUDIES
Phytochemists, biologists, and molecular biologists cannot perform clinical trials, but they do have to provide standardized phytochemicals to clinicians. Furthermore, as trained experts in instrumental analysis of herbal drug constituents, they can perform all qualitative and quantitative determinations of chemicals and their metabolites in serum, urine, and other bodily fluids in order to elucidate the bioavailability and pharmacokinetic prolile of defined plant constituents of applied plant extracts. |
| Potential for synergistic action of phytochemicals in spices, in G. Charalambous (ed.), Spices, herbs and edible fungi (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1994), pp. 210-233.
The specific requirements for a license and marketing authorization for a herbal product in Europe are laid down in Council Directive 75/318 EEC (1975) as amended by Directive 91/507/EEC (1991). In addition, two Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) guidelines are currently available on herbal medicinal products, dealing with aspects of quality and manufacture of herbal medicinal products 1989/1992. |
| It is noteworthy that a diet that derives a large proportion of its calories from plant food allows the intake of several grams of phytochemicals per day. Although the absorption, metabolism, and excretion of most of these compounds are far from being elucidated, such high intake makes this group of molecules particularly interesting from the preventive medicine point of view. |
| The rationale on which the French paradox is based is that red wine, at difference with other alcoholic beverages, contains substantial amounts of phytochemicals, most of which are phenolic in nature and are synthesized by red grapes as a form of self-protection from relatively high temperatures known to exist within a dark grape.15
Many of such wine components exhibit in vitro and in vivo antioxidant activities, including increased plasma antioxidant capacity and increased resistance of LDL to chemically induced oxidation that have been recorded following wine or wine-phenolic intake. |
| Current limitations to the full confirmation of the cardioprotective role of phytochemicals include the scarcity of pure, standard compounds and the insufficiency of appropriate methodology to evaluate their concentrations in food—and, consequently, their average consumption—and body fluids after ingestion.31 Yet based on present data, the adoption of diet rich in plant foods abundant in bioactive compounds is desirable.
NOTES
1. Keys, A., 1995, Mediterranean diet and public health: Personal reflections, Am J Clin Nutr, 61: 1321S-1323S.
2. Bravo, L. |
| The use of herbal products to treat a wide range of conditions is on the rise, leading to increased intake of phytochemicals. The data just presented represent recent studies that reveal potentially fatal interactions between herbal remedies and traditional drugs. A recent review by Ioannides summarizes many herbal remedies with the potential to modulate enzyme activities and thus participate in interactions with conventional drugs.38 These include milk thistle, Angelica dahurica, ginseng, garlic preparations, dan-shen, and liquorice. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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| The real goal of these powerful bioprospectors is to target novel and active phytochemicals for medical applications, synthesize them in a laboratory, and have them patented for subsequent drug manufacture and resulting profits. In this process, many active and beneficial plants have been found in the shaman's medicine chest, only to be discarded when it was found that the active ingredients of the plant numbered too many to be cost effectively synthesized into a patentable drug. It does not matter how active or beneficial the plant is or how long the U.S. |
| The bark also contains the phytochemicals quassimarin and simalikalactone D. Quassimarin has demonstrated antileukemic and antitumorous properties in various studies,4"6 and simalikalactone D has been documented to have antimalarial,7,8 antiviral,9 antitumor,8 and anticancer activities.10 Other quassinoids have demonstrated antiamebic actions in vivo and in vitro.
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND CLINICAL RESEARCH
Human studies reveal amargo is 99 percent effective for head lice. |
| Despite the popularity of cha de bugre in Brazil, very little has been done to analyze the phytochemicals in the plant. At present it is known to contain caffeine, potassium, allantoin, and allantoic acid. The red fruits or berries of cha de bugre (resembling a coffee bean) contain caffeine. The allantoin and allantoic acid may explain the traditional use of the plant for wound healing.1 Main plant chemicals include allantoin, allantoic acid, caffeine, and potassium. |
| The olacoides variety is usually preferred, as it has a higher content of lupeol (one of the plant's active phytochemicals). A completely different species of Brazilian tree, Liriosma ovata, also goes by the common name of muira puama (and is often sold in commerce as such); however, it is a completely different tree with a different phytochemical makeup.1
TRIBAL AND HERBAL MEDICINE USES
Muira puama is called "potency wood" because it is a highly regarded male sexual stimulant with a reputation as a powerful aphrodisiac in Brazil. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Mike: So there's a regional effect in terms of just being able to grow the right phytochemicals.
Shamai: Yes. We have varieties that are very, very low in THC. But we also have a very strict standard. So you don't need too much of a climatic variable to push it slightly over. It would still never be a drug. But it might start to creep up. I think that's possible.
Mike: There's a sense here in the United States -- many would say a false sense -- that people want to grow marijuana and call it hemp. Or, they think it's just a hippie movement. |
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