Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 To ensure vitamin absorption, I teach relatives or friends how to give the vitamin by injection, which is simple to do. Although the standard available dose of 1,000 units per milliliter is probably sufficient, Hopewell Pharmacy and Compounding Center (800-792-6670) makes a solution with a high concentration of 5,000 units per milliliter, and I instruct the patient to receive a 1-milliliter injection two to three times a week.
When I turn to prescription medicines for fatigue, the first I try is modafinil (Provigil). |
Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George
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 These "targeted-nutrient" pills, as they are called, contain elevated vitamin D and zinc and are aimed at African-Americans and Hispanics—populations said to be genetically predisposed to deficiencies in those nutrients. While the company defended their race-specific vitamins by invoking the notion that gender- and age-specific products are accepted in most developed economies, they were assailed on the basis that their product tacitly reinforces racial/ethnic divisions in society and reifies a genetic homogeneity that simply does not exist. As ABC News correspondent Dr. |
| I might add that, unlike many of my colleagues, I never took vitamin E, which was all the rage in the 1990s before recently fizzling out in the wake of inconclusive randomized control trials. N-3 fatty acids are being hyped in ways reminiscent of vitamin E, and beta-carotene before it, and oat bran before that. I must emphasize that there is much we don't yet know about the compound, including whether n-3 fatty acids from plants are as good as those from fish, and whether supplements are a help or hindrance. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 True health comes from eating whole foods, superfoods and foods with high nutrient density, including foods with plenty of vitamin E. It also comes from taking nutritional supplements in their natural food forms, not as synthetic chemicals. |
Antoinette Saville and Antony J. Haynes
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 Given that vitamin A is fat-soluble, and that most of us eat fewer fatty foods (e.g. liver, full-fat milk) than our forebears did, we may have lower levels of this vitamin than in previous generations. To make things worse, zinc is required to release vitamin A from your liver - so if you're not getting enough of both, you could be compromising your intestinal health. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Unfortunately, the shot wasn't heard until the 1920s, when diseases caused by vitamin deficiencies, notably of B vitamins, began killing millions of Americans whose diet contained a lot of white flour. I repeat, millions! Remember the old rule of twenty years? Its ugly head rears again. Within one generation during which white flour became the standard, disease and death were rampant. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Most people who want a vitamin say, "Would you make me a vitamin? I want it to cost this much," and they sell it to price points. I do not do that. I actually select the raw materials. I know all the manufacturers and all the raw material suppliers pretty much. I get certificates of analysis. I look at them. What is it? What is in it? How pure is it? That's the first thing.
Second, I only work with people who I trust. I work with a handful of people who have known me for years and years, and they do it that way. A few times, they goofed up and they got it thrown back at them. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Adams backs up his assertions with charts from the National Cancer Institute as well as considerable research into the effects of vitamin D on the halting of cancer tumor growth. By combining three simple observations -- the sunlight blocking capacity of darkly pigmented skin, ultraviolet light intensity at geographic latitudes, and recent research showing vitamin D's ability to prevent cancer tumors from growing -- Adams has pieced together a powerful, yet obvious explanation for why black men and women experience far more serious cancers than whites. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| For example, the body cannot use pyridoxine hydrochloride (synthetic vitamin B6). It has to grab an ATP and be phosphorylated before becoming a coenzyme that can be used. I went into supplement design because my wife was chemically sensitive. I became her "doctor" in 1984 and ever since then, I have been finding nutrients, such as coenzyme vitamins and other nutrients that are consistent with human body function -- that work with the body.
Coenzymes are not a drag on the human body. The body can just go, "Boom! Used it! It is great. I feel good. It works. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| These factors explain why virtually all black children being born in the United States today are vitamin D deficient (see article) and why black women suffer such severe cases of breast cancer. vitamin D circulating in the blood has the ability halt breast cancer tumor growth, but chronic deficiency allows cancer tumors to grow unregulated. |
Antoinette Saville and Antony J. Haynes
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| The Pill also depletes vitamins (B vitamins, vitamin A) and minerals (zinc, magnesium, manganese, and iron) and tends to increase copper levels.
There is also statistical evidence that the Pill increases the chance of a yeast overgrowth.
Combine antibiotics and the Pill and there may be a synergistic negative effect within the intestine, thereby increasing the risk not only of food intolerance but also of yeast overgrowth. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Mounting evidence shows that organically grown fruits, vegetables, and grains contain more vitamin C, iron, magnesium, and phosphorus than their nonorganic counterparts.
Since sugar-loaded junk foods strip our bodies of such nutrients, we benefit from these extra vitamins and minerals.
* Organic foods are safer. The soil organic foods are grown in is richer, containing no herbicides or pesticides to destroy or dissolve the natural nutrients in the plants and the fruits. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
Janssen B et al. Carnosine as a protective factor in diabetic nephropathy: Association with a leucine repeat of the carnosinase gene CNDP1. Diabetes 2005 Aug; 54(8):2320-7.
Johnston KL et al. Coffee acutely modifies gastrointestinal hormone secretion and glucose tolerance in humans: Glycemic effects of chlorogenic acid and caffeine. Am ] Clin Nutr 2003 Oct; 78(4):728-33.
Kaneka Corp. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 B6
Deficiency has been linked to
(pyridoxine) heart disease. Extremely important for formation of red blood cells and and neurotransmitters. folic acid
400 meg daily.
Studies have shown that deficiencies of B6 and folic acid may lead to an increase in levels of homocysteine levels, an amino acid that has been linked to heart disease.
Herbs
Q Researchers have found that pomegranate juice not only seems to prevent hardening of the arteries by reducing blood vessel damage, but also may reverse the progression of atherosclerosis (plaque buildup). |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| We can surmise that plants high in vitamin C were so abundant in our early diet that we simply lost the need for that genetic code-or, more accurately, it is just not "turned on." Why give up a potentially useful gene sequence? Because, from a biological point of view, it's excess baggage. It also takes energy to manufacture anything. Interaction with the new animal foods altered our forbears', and consequently our own, genetic ability to manufacture a vitamin necessary for life. Pretty powerful stuff: something you eat a lot of can control or change your genes! |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| B12
1,000-2,000 meg daily,
Important in making myelin, on an empty stomach. the substance of which the sheaths covering the nerves are made. Use a lozenge or sublingual form.
Zinc
50 mg daily.
Protects the brain cells. Use
Do not exceed a total zinc gluconate lozenges of 100 mg daily from all or OptiZinc for best absorption. plus supplements. copper
3 mg daily.
Needed to balance with zinc.
Important
Lithium
As prescribed by physician.
A trace mineral that alters the manic-depressive cycles, producing greater mood stability.
Available by prescription only. |
David Steinman
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 Once our vitamin and mineral supplements were fashioned from whole foods such as cereal grasses, and they were packed with organic whole food goodness. But in the last fifty years, many of the most popular vitamin and mineral formulas are derived from almost wholly synthetically created nutrients more likely to have been fashioned from petrochemical starter materials and inorganic minerals in a laboratory than harvested from the Earth." On the other hand, he said, New Chapter takes its wisdom from Nature. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| These factors explain why virtually all black children being born in the United States today are vitamin D deficient (see article) and why black women suffer such severe cases of breast cancer. vitamin D circulating in the blood has the ability halt breast cancer tumor growth, but chronic deficiency allows cancer tumors to grow unregulated. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Vitamin B12, Folate, and Homocysteine in Depression: The Rotterdam Study." American Journal of Psychiatry 159, No. 12 (December 2002): 2099-2101.
Tuthill, R. W. "Head Lead Levels Related to Children's Classroom Attention-Deficit Behavior." Archives of Environmental Health 51 (1996): 214-220.
Van der Does, A. J. "The Effects of Tryptophan Depletion on Mood and Psychiatric Symptoms." Journal of Affective Disorders 64 (2001): 107-119.
Useful Books
Richard Ash, DHEA: Unlocking the Secrets to the Fountain of Youth (contributor), Detroit Lakes: BL Publications, 1997.
Sidney M. |
Jack Challem
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 This inevitable decrease in muscle mass can be slowed in several ways, however, such as by eating adequate amounts of protein, engaging in regular physical activity, and taking supplements of vitamin D and leucine (which we also discuss in this chapter).
In addition, following a low-calorie diet without at least moderate levels of physical activity will lead to the loss of both muscle and bone. That's because weight loss results from a decrease of both fat and muscle. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Following the premise of the book, the BiophysicalYou report will highlight your endocrine function, metabolism, cardiovascular status, vitamin and mineral levels, inflammatory condition, and telomere length—along with a brief explanation of what they may indicate, as well as any potential areas that require follow-up with your physician.
More details are available at www.biophysicalyou.com if you are interested.
The Test
Here's the complete panel for what will be measured through the Biophysical YOU test. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Pasteurized almonds are still nutrient dense, a good source of protein and fiber, an excellent source of vitamin E and magnesium, and still help maintain a healthy cholesterol level.
We understand there have been questions whether the industry pasteurization program has consumer labeling implications. These new industry regulations do not pertain to consumer labeling. Manufacturers and retailers will continue to determine how to label their products in line with FDA regulations. |
Michael Pollan
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 Price believed the quality of the soil was a key to health, and in 1932, he published a paper titled "New Light on Some Relationships Between Soil Mineral Deficiencies, Low vitamin Foods, and Some Degenerative Diseases."
In making such connections between the quality of soil and grass and the health of the human eaters at the top of the food chain, Price was advancing a critique of the industrialized agriculture just getting established in the thirties. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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| Serum Folate, vitamin B12, and Homocysteine in Major Depressive Disorder, Part 2: Predictors of Relapse During the Continuation Phase ofPharmacotherapy." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 65, No. 8 (August 2004): 1096-1098.
Rohr, U. D. "The Impact of Testosterone Imbalance on Depression and Women's Health." Maturitas 41 Supplement (April 2002): S25-S46.
Shaldubina, A., et al. "The Mechanism of Lithium Action: State of the Art, Ten Years Later." Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 25 (2001): 855-866.
Tiemeier, H., et al. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Just so you don't think I'm inventing all this information, read my book, Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them, which documents over a dozen FDA raids on vitamin shops, medical clinics and even a church! I even describe the FDA's effort to order to destruction of recipe books that promoted the use of an herbal sweetener.)
To better support the free flow of educational information about nutrition and its positive health effects, I say we end the censorship of food and supplement companies and let them tell the truth about their products. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Cervical cancer is prevented in a hundred other ways, including adequate sunlight exposure and vitamin D consumption, supplementation with probiotics, adequate intake of selenium and zinc, increased consumption of trace minerals and iodine, regular physical exercise and many other safe, natural, non-patented strategies.
America is being hoodwinked over the HPV vaccine. To call this anything resembling genuine public health policy is an absolute joke. It's really just a grand moneymaking scheme that exploits the bodies of young girls, marketed to look like compassionate health care. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 Juices fortified with vitamin D can also boost exposure, as can taking supplements.
CURCUMIN. According to a recent study from the National Institutes of Health, turmeric, an ancient spice long used in traditional Asian medicine, may hold promise for the prevention of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. Scientists tested the extract of curcuminfound in this common spice—to see if it could help to stave off rheumatoid arthritis in lab animals. |
| Antioxidants can also be found in supplement and vitamin form. One particular antioxidant currently under study, alpha li-poic acid, has been shown to help in the treatment of multiple sclerosis by balancing T-cell activity and has also been found to help lessen symptoms in those with diabetic neuropathy. Alpha lipoic acid has such a profound effect, says Mullin, because it penetrates into the central nervous system, offering protection from the kind of free-radical damage that is often seen in multiple sclerosis and other neurological autoimmune diseases. |
Jack Challem
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| For years I had taken various vitamin supplements, but I paid little attention to what I was eating. By the mid-1990s, I was in denial of having a cluster of prediabetic symptoms (insulin resistance, belly fat, increasing blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol and triglycerides). My intraocular eye pressure, a risk factor for glaucoma, was also elevated at 21 and 22 mgHg.
In 1997,1 went to the Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning International, where Hugh Riordan, M.D., oversaw the most comprehensive medical and nutritional workup I had ever experienced. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| Like other natural supplements—such as vitamin D and antioxidants, which modulate pro-inflammatory cytokines—probiotics often produce their own anti-inflammatory chemicals. Indeed, recent research finds that therapy with the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri directly modulates pro-inflammatory cytokine production in mice, and a recent paper published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology showed that the majority of patients taking a probiotic mixture of eight bacteria, known as VSL#3, for six weeks improved their ulcerative colitis. |
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