| A salad with romaine or Bibb lettuce provides more vitamins, minerals, and vitaminlike nutrients than, say, a salad with low-nutrition iceberg lettuce. Tossing in some spinach leaves, endive, arugula, or watercress adds different nutrients and flavors to your meal and cuts down on the boredom factor.
Food-Philosophy Principle #3. Opt for Fresh Foods
There's almost always a huge difference in nutritional quality between fresh foods and those that come in boxes, cans, jars, bottles, and bags.
Fresh foods are usually less expensive because they have undergone less processing. |
| High-fiber fruits and vegetables also contain lots of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.
In ancient times, the average person ate 104 grams of fiber daily. Fiber was consumed in many types of plant foods, including greens, root vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Today, official government recommendations call for 20 to 30 grams of fiber daily, but most Americans get only
10 to 20 grams. They're constipated, bloated, and at risk of developing high blood-sugar levels. |
| These foods also contain relatively low levels of protective vitamins, minerals, vitaminlike nutrients, protein, healthy fats, and complex carbs.
The ancient diet of human beings consisted of whole foods, and this type of diet is what we're best suited for, biologically. In the distant past, nothing was refined or processed, and no foods came in boxes, cans, bottles, jars, or bags. There weren't any fast-food restaurants, fattening snacks, or rich desserts to tempt people. Our ancestors hunted for meat and gathered vegetables and plants. |
Jean Carper
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 Cod liver oil, unless it has been stripped of vitamin A and D, is very high in these fat-soluble vitamins, which can build up in the body and become toxic.
Prostate "Remedy of Choice"
( SAW PALMETTO)
It's at least as good as common prescription drugs and will probably leave you a whole lot happier.
If you're a man over age fifty, the chances are fifty-fifty that you have an enlarged prostate, medically known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and the odds escalate as you grow older. It's no picnic. |
Dr. Arthur Janov
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 It is true that certain vitamins and minerals help, but where is the overall theory that helps us make sense of it? We are trying to steady the ship without accounting for the waves. The cognitivists and insight therapists are plying a trade that skims along the surface while convinced of its depth. The so-called "depth" psychology is really a matter of ideas, which allude to certain deep feeling states without corroborating evidence. If they have never seen the depth, as we have, it is easy to make that mistake. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 This website allows you to search for potential reactions between drugs, herbs, vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional supplements.
Center for Food-Drug Interaction Research and Education—www.druginteractioncen-ter.org: New online tool with patient section to check interactions established by the University of Florida and Tufts University School of Medicine.
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs—www.crbestbuydrugs.org: A useful site for checking out a drugs side effects, and often, information on nutrient depletions.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices—www.ismp. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 A 2005 meta-analysis studied the effect of folic acid supplementation, with and without vitamins B12 and B6, on levels of plasma homocysteine. Various doses were examined among the 25 randomized controlled trials involving 2,596 subjects. The authors concluded that, in general, daily doses of >0.8 mg folic acid are needed to achieve the maximal reduction in plasma homocysteine levels produced with supplementation. Doses of 0.2 and 0.4 mg/day correlate with 60% and 90% of the maximal effect, respectively. |
| Bee pollen has more amino acids and vitamins than other amino-acid-containing products like beef, eggs, or cheese. Bee pollen is one of the few vegetable sources of vitamin B12 (Scheer 1992). A tablespoonful of bee pollen contains about 45 calories and is 15% lecithin (which is required for normal fat metabolism) by weight (Kamen 1991).
Names: bee bread, buckwheat pollen, maize pollen, pollen, rape pollen, songhuuafen actions and pharmacology
EFFECTS
Bee pollen is claimed to have anti-inflammatory, antineoplastic, desensitizing, immune-stimulating, rejuvenating, and adaptogenic properties. |
| GSPE was a better scavenger of free radicals and inhibitor of oxidative tissue damage than yitamin C, vitamin E succinate, or a combination of these vitamins and beta-carotene in the doses studied (Bagchi et al, 1998).]
Cardioprotective Effects: Dietary polyphenols from Grapes have multiple cardio-protective properties that were initially described through the "French Paradox," in which it was observed that despite a diet high in saturated fat, people who regularly consume red wine are also less likely to develop coronary heart disease. |
| BORAGE OIL
Mode of Administration: In capsules, sometimes in combination with vitamins.
How Supplied.
Capsules - 500 mg, 1000 mg
Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema: 2 to 3 g Borage oil daily in divided doses (Buslau & Thaci, 1996; Bahmer & Schaefer, 1992).
Rheumatoid Arthritis: 6 to 7 g of Borage oil (equivalent to 1.4 g of GLA content) daily in 3 divided doses after meals (Leventhal et al, 1993).
Topical: Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema: Cream containing 3% to 10% Borage oil content: apply twice daily (Nissen et al, 1995; Borelli et al, 1994). |
| Homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in vascular disease. N Engl J Med; 354:1567-1577. 2006
Melikian V, Paton A, Leeming RJ et al: Site of reduction and methylation of folic acid in man. Lancet; 2(7731):955-957. 1971
Milunsky A, Jick H, Jick SS et al: Multivitamin/folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy reduces the prevalence of neural tube defects. JAMA; 262(20):2847-2852. 1989
Morita H, Tagushi J, Kurihara H et al: Genetic polymorphism of 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) as a risk factor for coronary artery disease. Circulation; 95(8):2032-2036. |
| Both aloe preparations—a whole-leaf extract and an inner fillet gel—slowed the absorption and increased the duration of the vitamins in the subjects' plasma, with maximum concentrations 2 to 4 hours later than occurred in the control group. The Aloe gel extract was particularly effective in these regard to vitamin C (ascorbate) absorption after 8 and 24 hours (Vinson, 2005). |
Jean Carper
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| Consumer note: The formula used by Joey Blackburn is a patented combination of a nutritional supplement composed of vitamins, amino acids, minerals, and trace elements, developed by Dr. Matthias Rath. It is sold under the brand name Cellular Essentials Cardio-Basics, from Florida-based Rexall-Sundown International; and as Vita-cor 20/90 from Health Now, Inc., a California-based research and development firm.
What Are They?
Vitamin C and vitamin E are potent antioxidants; this means they can block the destructive activity of chemicals in the body called oxygen free radicals. |
| This issue is not as critical for vitamins. A less expensive vitamin C is apt to be as potent as a more expensive one, for example, although slightly higher-priced vitamin C tablets are often more pleasant and easier to swallow.
TEN THINGS YOU MUST CONSIDER:
TIPS FOR BUYING AND USING NATURAL REMEDIES
1. Don't take natural remedies for serious diseases that you have self-diagnosed.
2. If you are taking prescription medications, don't substitute or add natural remedies without first consulting your doctor or other health professional. |
Jack Challem
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 Sources for Quality Nutritional Supplements
Thousands of companies sell proprietary brands of vitamins, minerals, and other types of nutritional supplements. We've found the following companies to have high-quality and reliable products.
Advanced Physicians Products
Founded by a nutritionally oriented physician, APP offers an extensive line of high-quality vitamin and mineral supplements. For more information, call (800) 220-7687 or go to www.nutritiononline.com. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They thought that as long as you had these four vitamins, you would be a healthy individual. Of course, we now know that to be just a very small part of the big picture. People need more than four vitamins, and what I think we'll see in the future is the recognition that we need more than just chemical compounds in our body to be healthy.
I'm a big proponent of a theoretical body of knowledge called vibrational nutrition, which includes homeopathy, sunlight, the memory of water, sound therapy, light therapy, photo therapy and other similar vibrational modalities. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 Medical students are taught that vitamins are useful only in patients who, for one reason or another, have a vitamin deficiency. However, enough patients have reported that vitamin B12 is helpful that I am willing to try this, especially because this vitamin is not toxic and costs so little. Moreover, one study found evidence of lower than normal levels of this vitamin in the spinal fluid of patients with CFS.
To ensure vitamin absorption, I teach relatives or friends how to give the vitamin by injection, which is simple to do. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And then some pharmaceutical giants launch vitamin companies (or buy existing ones) and sell you crap vitamins loaded with antifreeze chemicals (I'm not kidding), hydrogenated oils, coal-tar artificial colors and other chemical toxins just to make sure you never really get well from taking those cheap vitamins.
The result? You end up hooked on drugs for life. That's how the con works. And, of course, your doctor fully supports it and the FDA rubber-stamps the whole thing, going the extra mile to make sure that herbs are outlawed and deadly drugs remain perfectly legal. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I mean, even the American Heart Association has now come out against vitamin E, and their stand against vitamins is legendary. How do you account for this great disparity between the medical literature and the popular line?
Dr. Strand: Well, first of all, the American Medical Association came out two years ago stating that multiple vitamins should be taken by everybody, which is a major change for them. The problem that you run into is that everybody looks at vitamin E, or calcium, or selenium, or something else as a drug, and that’s how we do our research. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Doctors thought there were only four vitamins. We sure learned a lot since then, right? Today, they think there's only "X" number of vitamins, and there's still more yet to be discovered.
Remember, the answers to health are right out there. It's up to you to decide which system you want to experience. Do you want to have a healthy, happy long life, or do you want to be another victim of organized medicine, another statistic of the pharmaceutical industry? It's really up to you.
The few products I've named here, by the way, are just a sampling of what's available. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 For example, if you buy the Alive Whole Food Energizer, you're not going to see on the label a listing of the B vitamins, the C vitamins, the antioxidants and so on, because it's not broken down like that. It just tells you what foods were used to make the product. From there, you have to understand that those foods provide those nutrients and much more in a full spectrum of great nutrition.
It's also important to take these supplements from several different sources. You don't want to take only superfoods every day and rely on that as your only source of supplemental nutrition. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| For example, there's one vitamin company called Swanson vitamins. And Swanson, which is located in North Dakota, manufactures and distributes its own line of vitamins and supplement products directly to consumers. They are not in the channel, and as a result, they offer tremendous value in terms of the ingredients you're getting for the dollar you're spending.
Other small companies are not in the channel either. They sell directly and offer a much better value. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you were to actually list all of the vitamins and minerals found in blueberry powder, it would be a very long list. But by eating the powder itself, you get all those nutrients into your body with each and every swallow of this organic food bar. And we don't have to list all of them out to know that they're in there. In fact, there's not room on the package to list everything that's inside it. You have to be wise enough as a consumer to know that wholefood concentrates are loaded with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, phytonutrients and other elements that have a healing effect on your body. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Everyone who takes metformin should have their kidney function evaluated at least once a year, and blood levels of vitamin B12 and folic acid should be assessed regularly, as metformin use has occasionally been associated with a deficiency of these essential vitamins.
On very rare occasions, metformin has been linked to a condition called lactic acidosis, which is characterized by unusual fatigue or severe drowsiness, muscle pain, breathing difficulties, irregular or unusually slow heartbeat, and cold skin. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Kevala: Certainly, human beings are very young on the planet, and we have to remember that vitamins only came out of the void when sailors were on ships and wound up getting scurvy, and we hadn't even identified vitamin C before. Science did not contain, in itself, a mechanism to define vitamins, and it was only out of a lack of something that we realized there was a need and then looked for an answer. I mean, the understanding of what phytonutrients are, of what phytochemicals are and into which category antioxidants are categorized is a whole new waking science about their benefits. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In fact, until recently, the American Medical Association adamantly insisted that vitamins were not just a waste of money, but were actually harmful. You'll still see press releases and announcements from the medical establishment from time to time that claim certain vitamins are harmful to human health. These are nothing but the desperate cries of an old medical hierarchy that wants to protect its intellectual territory and fend off any new theories that would challenge the old system of health, disease and medicine. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But these kids don't need drugs; they need vitamins, nutrition and healthy foods.
Another point worth mentioning here is that the national food supply doesn't offer consumers sufficient quantities of these vitamins and minerals. There's a great myth out there – one frequently promoted by conventionally trained medical doctors – that says you get all the nutrition you need from eating three balanced meals a day. But this is nothing more than a myth. |
| They simply don't get the vitamins and minerals that their nervous systems need to fully develop and function in a healthy way.
So what's the solution here? It's easy. Nutritional supplements should be made available free of charge to the entire population. The government (the taxpayers, actually) should provide free vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients to the population, especially pregnant women and children, so that we can prevent birth defects and behavioral disorders early on. We would save countless dollars down the road. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They take cheap vitamins that offer synthetic forms of vitamins and minerals rather than natural, organic forms. People also engage in lifestyle habits that deplete the vitamins and minerals they've managed to absorb from their foods. These habits include the consumption of caffeine, soft drinks, tobacco, white flour, added sugars, and other ingredients that actually strip nutrients away from your body. |
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