| Knowing that orange juice was full of vitamin C, he forced his son to drink several glasses of it every day. The boy developed breathing problems and had a number of asthma attacks until he reached college and moved out of the sphere of influence of his father. His asthma then cleared and his breathing became normal. The father told me he had to call his son and apologize for having given him such a hard time when he was younger. The more the son had rebelled against orange juice, the more the father had insisted he should take it, convinced a large amount was good for him. |
| If you suffer from cold sores (herpes simplex virus on the lips and even in the eyes) or genital herpes, make sure you add zinc and vitamin B^ to your diet. Your viral sores might very well be the result of zinc deficiency and its associated complications.
CHAPTER 14
OTHER ESSENTIALS FOR HEALTH AND HEALING
While water, salt, and minerals are vital for optimal health, the nutrients we receive from the foods we eat are also important, as is the need to stay fit through regular exercise. |
Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D. Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D. Uma Shivakumar, Ph.D. R. Rajendran, M.S.
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| Curcuminoids — Antioxidant Phytonutrients
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Stanley W. Jacob, M.D.
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 Once you are healthy again, your body would not need the high level of the vitamin, and large doses would once again cause diarrhea. It is just below these bowel tolerance levels, the experts say, that vitamin C has its most powerful therapeutic effect.
There have been accounts in the medical literature of occasional minor skin rashes associated with DMSO. Because MSM is a related substance, the potential for a similar reaction also exists. Again, reducing dosage usually takes care of the problem. |
Gary Null
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| Additional suggestions: Take N-acetyl-cysteine at 1,000 mg; acetyl-L-carnitine at 1,000 mg; vitamin K at 10 mg; magnesium at 1,500 mg; IP6, to increase natural killer cells; and MGM3, as directed. Take pantothenic acid and zinc for adrenal support, and eat sea vegetables twice a day. Use breathing exercises, colon cleansing, Amma therapy, air purifiers, water purifiers, and castor oil packs applied to the back and chest areas to enhance breathing. The best results come when the full elimination program is followed, together with the foregoing protocol.
Eye Disorders. |
Arthur Agatston, M.D.
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 That way you get juice, flesh, fiber, nutrients, vitamin C—the whole package as nature intended. And I'll wager you won't consume three or four oranges at a sitting, the way you do when you drink a big glass of juice.
You can have a slice of whole grain toast, topped with some heart-healthy spread—there are several good ones out there to be found in most supermarket dairy sections. These are not the margarines of old, which contain those bad trans fatty acids that can harm your cardiovascular system.
The coffee is fine, too, with low-fat milk and sugar substitute (if any sweetener). |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 According to a Greenpeace report, golden rice provides so littie vitamin A, "a two-year-old child would need to eat seven pounds per day."29 Likewise, an adult would need to eat nearly twenty pounds to get the daily recommended dose.28
"This whole project is actually based on what can only be characterized as intentional deception," writes Benedikt Haerlin, former international coordinator of Greenpeace's genetic engineering campaign. "We recalculated their figures again and again. We just could not believe serious scientists and companies would do this. |
| Also other nutrients such as fat and protein, often lacking in the diets of malnourished children, are needed in order to absorb vitamin A. And it is not clear whether the genes from the daffodil, which are used to create golden rice, will transfer known allergens from the flower.31
The biotech proponents also admit that to persuade people to eat yellow rice may require an educational campaign. |
| Distributing supplements is precisely what the vitamin Angel Alliance is doing. They give children who are at risk a high potency tablet, strong enough so that only two are required per year to prevent blindness. At a cost of only $.05 per tablet, only $25,000 is needed to prevent 500,000 children from going blind per year.32 Contrast this with golden rice, which has cost more than $100 million dollars so far, and is not yet ready.
Michael Khoo of Greenpeace says golden rice "isn't about solving childhood blindness, it's about solving biotech's public relations problem. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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 They were given a combination product containing saw palmetto (106 mg), nettle root extract (80 mg), pumpkin seed oil extract (160 mg), bioflavonoids (33 mg) and vitamin A (as beta-carotene, 190 mg) (Nutrilite, Buena Park , California, USA) three times daily, or placebo. The saw palmetto blend group had non-statistically significant improvement versus the placebo in clinical parameters (e.g., IPSS, uroflowmetry, residual urine volume, prostate volume). |
Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg
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 Use amazing antioxidants - vitamin E, C, Quercetin, grapeseed extract, selenium, SOD etc. They improve the immune system and help flush out dangerous free radicals that cause havoc with the cardiovascular pipes and health. Research shows antioxidents promote longevity, slow ageing, fight toxins and help prevent cataracts, jet lag, exhaustion and disease.
Count your blessings daily while you do your 30 to 45 minute brisk walks and exercises with these affirmations - health! strength! youth! vitality!peace! laughter! humility! understanding! forgiveness! joy! and love for eternity! |
Gary Null
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| Muscle fatigue can be lessened with red clover, squaw vine (200 mg), magnesium (1,500 mg), vitamin K (generally at 10 mg), potassium (500 mg), and cayenne (10 to 15 mg). The Epsom salt bath is an old standby technique that can help, and deep tissue massage is beneficial as well.
Osteoporosis. We often hear about older people who fall down and break their hips. For people with osteoporosis, it is more of a compound snapping of the hips, which are already disintegrating before the fall. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| He adds, "We do not consider golden rice the solution to the vitamin A deficiency problem."29
"It remains to be seen whether golden rice will ever offer as much to malnourished children as it does to beleaguered biotech companies," says Pollan. "Its real achievement may be to win an argument rather than solve a public-health problem."27
There are other considerations as well. No published study has confirmed that the human body could actually convert the beta-carotene in golden rice. |
Gary Null
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| Once you have sought medical help, you should know that the following will work against pain: the same elimination and detoxification regimens we used for many other conditions (see Chapter 9), bio-oxidative methylating agents such as vitamin C and juices, and living (raw) foods. I find that juicing is the single most important measure you can take, but you must also remember to choose foods that do not make your blood sugar fluctuate too greatly—i.e., avoid simple sugars. |
| Once you get rid of the source of the pain, here are the things that can really make a difference: Dl-phenylalanine or DLPA, the B complex, and vitamin C.
Proteolytic enzymes cause inflammation after an injury, and thus, pain. By halting the production of protease, the effects of inflammatory processes can be reduced. The essential fatty acids help with this task. They can turn off or minimize prostaglandin E2, the "bad" prostaglandin. Prostaglandin El helps to do this, as do the omega fatty acids DHA, generally recommended at 500 mg; and EPA at 1,000 to 1,500 mg. |
| Take DMG, L-arginine with MSM, and lots of vitamin C, quercetin, and herbal teas. Juice throughout the day, concentrating particularly on garlic, onion, ginger, and aloe vera juices—the juices that are most helpful with colds and flu. Cleanse the colon and stimulate the liver to flush and release its toxins so it can properly metabolize and detoxify the body. Practice stress management.
And remember to keep hydrated at all times, drinking plenty of pure water and juice!
Digestive Disorders. |
| The researchers found that Alzheimer's disease patients ate more meat and avoided fish and green-yellow vegetables compared to controls, and thus ate less beta-carotene, vitamin C, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The author suggested that the findings imply that Alzheimer's disease might be a lifestyle-related disease such as coronary heart disease, a western style diet-associated cancer, and a hyperallergy. In a second phase of the study the patients were given a supplement of the essential oil EPA, at a dose of 900 mg/day, which improved signs of dementia. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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 The best-known example of this is the Plum-mer-Vinson Syndrome, characterized by painful difficulty in swallowing, associated with iron-deficiency anaemia and vitamin B deficiency, in which the subsequent incidence of cancer of the esophagus and pharynx is high. The disease, which used to be common in northern Sweden, where winter diets were deficient, has virtually disappeared since flour has been supplemented, in Sweden and elsewhere, with iron and vitamin B. |
| The industry admits to this but suggests that the problem could be taken care of by vitamin supplements. But the decrease in these vitamins suggests that other related nutrients and beneficial plant substances, not available through supplements, may also have been decreased.
Another area of possible carcinogenicity deals with workers who will be exposed to cobalt-60 or cesium-137 and communities where such radioactive materials are transported and stored. |
volker schulz and Rudolf Hansel
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| In patients treated with the chasteberry preparation, the total score decreased from 15 to 5 points while the score in patients treated with the vitamin preparation decreased from 12 to 5 (Reuter et
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David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 Apply vitamin E oil with a vulnerary, such as Calendula officinalis or Hypericum perforatum, to the incision site. Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory essential oils may also be indicated.
In addition to the herbal suggestions given here, consider the use of homeopathic arnica before the operation. This preparation may be considered a specific when it comes to the treatment of bruising. Great attention must also be paid to diet and support for the patient from family and friends.
INFECTION
Infection seems to be a concomitant aspect of living within the biosphere of planet Earth. |
Marion Nestle
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 Much of the chapter is devoted to a discussion of the "poster child" for the benefits of genetically modified foods, Golden Rice, a rice bioengineered to contain beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. Chapter 6 evaluates the benefits claimed for genetically modified foods, as well as their safety risks: allergenicity, antibiotic resistance, and environmental impact. |
Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D.
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 For the extra bone-building boost of vitamin D, exercise outdoors in the sunshine. Wait fifteen minutes before putting on sunscreen, so your skin can manufacture vitamin D. B. Resistance training: two to three 20- to 40-minute sessions per week. A good strength-training program includes eight to ten exercises that will work all the major muscle groups of the body: chest, shoulders, front and back of arms, back, abdominals, buttocks, and front and back of legs. |
Cheryle R. Hart, M.D. Mary Kay Grossman, R.D.
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 Otherwise, take a calcium supplement that contains vitamin D.
Determining what brand, type, and amounts of supplements you need can be a daunting task. As with most things, overdoing it can be unhealthy. Using an inferior brand can be a waste of money. Supplements are divided into four quality categories:
1. Pharmaceutical grade. This grade meets highest regulatory requirements for purity, dissolution, and absorption and is designated by "USP 23" or says "standardized" or "extract."
2. Medical grade. This is a high-grade product. Prenatal vitamins usually fit into this category.
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Kevin Trudeau
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 We reviewed similar ads for "diet aids," which were nothing more than vitamin pills and protein supplements. But the ads are designed to imply that you could eat all the food you wanted. The ad showed women carrying trays of food through the kitchen for a midafternoon get-together, implying that with this aid you could eat all the food you wanted.
The FDA was putting pressure on us to get us to belly up. The word came back from informants, no more ads. In fact, this was a common cry among many different informants, who were totally unrelated. No more ads. Play the game. Don't' make waves. |
Cheryle R. Hart, M.D. Mary Kay Grossman, R.D.
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| They also supply the vitamins thiamin and niacin and the powerful antioxidant vitamin E. They are important sources of fiber, an essential nutrient for controlling your appetite, as well as preventing constipation. Don't be afraid to eat whole grains and other high-carbohydrate foods every day. Your body needs carbohydrates for energy and to make serotonin, an important brain chemical that tells you when you are no longer hungry. Just be careful not to eat too much of these important foods at one time! |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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| Pizzorno and Murray recommend vitamin supplementation at least five times the U.S. recommended daily allowance.6 If there is loss of blood via the gut, zinc, magnesium, and iron supplementation is particularly important. If diarrhea is severe, electrolytes must be replaced.
In initial stages of treatment, avoid adding fiber to the diet, in order to minimize irritation of the inflamed mucosa. However, as symptoms are brought under control, a gradual buildup to a high-fiber diet is beneficial. Lactobacillus-rich yogurt can also be very helpful. |
| They are needed only in trace amounts, but an absence or deficiency of just one vitamin or mineral can cause major illness.
Dietary Fiber
The body also needs a supply of dietary fiber, the indigestible portion of plant foods. A high-fiber diet reduces the risks of various gastrointestinal problems and promotes cardiovascular health.
The official dietary guidelines, established jointly by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, include seven basic recommendations.
1. Eat a variety of foods. |
| They play a profound nutritional role, supplying not only lipids to the diet but also vitamin F, the essential fatty acids used by the body to build and maintain membrane structures, among other functions.
The numbering of carbons in fatty acids begins with the carbon of the carboxyl group. Fatty acids that contain no carbon-carbon double bonds are termed saturated fatty acids; those that contain double bonds are unsaturated fatty acids. The numbers used for fatty acids come from the number of carbon atoms, followed by the number of sites of unsaturation. |
Cheryle R. Hart, M.D. Mary Kay Grossman, R.D.
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| Taking more than 500 milligrams of vitamin C may not be beneficial, although there is little evidence that it is harmful, especially if you choose a mineral ascorbate form of the vitamin. Nutrient extracts such as grapeseed or pinebark should be standardized to at least 80 percent and taken in amounts of at least 50 milligrams per day. If you take a supplement that is standardized to a lower percent, you may get very little of the actual nutrient, possibly not enough to do any good.
Do try also to get most of your nutrients from the foods that you eat every day. |
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