Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 So we are now in a paradigm in which we use vitamins as treatment, not just as prevention."
Dr. Hoffer emphasizes this development in his clinical approach. "Orthomolecular psychiatry and medicine was the first major movement to adopt this treatment paradigm. What it means is that when we have a sick patient, we correct their diet. This is vital. I don't talk to any patient until we have spent some time on their diet. We also use any drugs that have to be used. |
Tom Bohager
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 These steps include eating a well-balanced diet high in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and nutrients; regular exercise; stress management; nutritional support of the hormonal and immune systems; and the addition of enzymes and supplemental nutritional products to optimize digestion and absorption of nutrients and improve the body's ability to eliminate free radicals. I also strongly recommend managing calorie intake, fasting four times a year, and eating plenty of raw food (see the nearly ideal diet on page 31). |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Billions of specialized cells line the small intestine and absorb the end-products of digestion, including ainino acids from protein, sugar from carbohydrates, fatty acids from fats, and cholesterol, vitamins, and minerals. What's left over—water, undigested fibers, some minerals, bile, and waste products—is shuttled to the large intestine. Most of the water and bile acids are reabsorbed, and the rest of the large intestine's contents are excreted from the body. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Poor digestion and overconsumption of refined, processed, and highly acid-forming foods, such as sugar, chocolate, meat, cheese, coffee, soda, and so forth, deplete the body of minerals and vitamins. Adults usually have thirty-two teeth. Each tooth corresponds to a vertebra of the spine, and each vertebra is connected to a major organ or gland. If any of the four canines are decaying, for example, it indicates the presence of gallstones in the liver and gallbladder. |
| Blood pressure rises to help move more oxygen, glucose, cholesterol, vitamins, and other nutrients to various parts of the body, including the brain. All of these are used up rapidly by the heavy brainwork. Add to this the tension associated with the content of some programs—violence, suspense, and the noise of gunshots, cars, and shouting—and the adrenal glands respond with shots of adrenaline to prepare the body for a "fight-or-flight" response. |
| Other essential functions of the liver include breaking down old, worn-out cells; recycling proteins and iron; and storing vitamins and nutrients. Gallstones are a hazard to all these vital tasks.
In addition to breaking down alcohol in the blood, the liver also detoxifies noxious substances, bacteria, parasites, and certain components of pharmaceutical drugs. It uses specific enzymes to convert waste or poisons into substances that can be safely removed from the body. In addition, the liver filters more than one quart of blood each minute. |
| To sum up, without normal bile secretions, the body cannot digest and absorb enough of these vitamins, which, in turn, can cause considerable damage to the circulatory, lymphatic, and urinary systems.
Inadequately digested foods tend to ferment and putrefy in the small and large intestines. They attract a vast number of bacteria to help speed up the process of decomposition. The breakdown products are often very toxic, and so are the excretions produced by the bacteria. |
| The constituents of plasma are water, plasma proteins, mineral salts, hormones, vitamins, nutrient materials, organic waste products, antibodies, and gases. There are three varieties of blood cells: white cells (leukocytes), red cells (erythrocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes). Any abnormal changes in the blood affect the nervous system as well as the rest of the body.
All three types of blood cells are formed in the red bone marrow, which is nourished and maintained by the nutrients supplied by the digestive system. |
| Adding a few grains of uncooked basmati rice to 1 gallon of distilled water gives it minerals and vitamins (or else use the sea salt option), and exposing the water to direct sunlight or placing a clear quartz crystal in the water for an hour helps to restore its vitality. The only machine I know of that produces healthy, energized distilled water is the "Crystal Clear electron water/air machine?" developed by John Ellis (johnellis.com). Its water even eliminates the smell in waste lagoons and septic systems (it kills only harmful bacteria). |
Tom Bohager
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| Recommendations include maintaining a well-balanced diet supplemented with vitamins and minerals, maintaining hydration, massage and heat to relieve discomfort, and in cases of frequent cramping, a physical evaluation to rule out impaired circulation. Enzymes can reduce inflammation that may be associated with the cramping, enhance the absorption and digestion of nutrients, and balance the pH in the body. |
Ron Garner
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 The body requires friendly bacteria to maintain a healthy balance in the colon, and to manufacture certain vitamins and antibiotics of its own. Our intake of antibiotics is not only from prescription sources. Approximately 2.4 million pounds of antibiotics are given each year to farm animals—mainly cattle, pigs, and chickens—as a preventative to infection. This is more than eight times the amount administered to humans.13
Jane Goodall, in her book Harvest for Hope, warns of the dangers and short-term folly of eating farm-raised seafood. |
Hyla Cass
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 These are nature's gifts, filled with an incredible array of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that nourish and heal us. The deeper the color, the more antioxidants and other beneficial phytochemicals you 're getting. These foods also are rich in fiber that aids in digestion and carbohydrates that break down slowly for steady energy. Some even contain protein. To support your movement towards a more colorful diet, refer to Eat Your Colors by Marcia Zimmerman, M.Ed., C.N. (Owl Books, 2001), and What Color is Your Diet by David Heber, M.D. (HarperCollins, 2001). |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Understand that my goal is not to warn you off taking drugs, vitamins, or supplements but rather to give you all the information you need but cannot necessarily acquire from reading the package or from talking to your doctor so you can make an informed decision. There may be some drugs that are risky, and at the end of each chapter I summarize the medications discussed in order of risk, from lowest to highest. You and your doctor may decide that some risks are worth the benefits in your case. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Furthermore, the liver acts as a huge storage unit, housing an abundance of substances including glycogen (for stored energy), iron, blood, and vitamins A, D, and Bir In addition to removing toxic substances from the blood, it can also store them.
Keeping your metabolic engines running and your body toxin free is a 24/7 job for your liver. Much like your heart's continuous beating, your liver continuously removes drugs, toxins, and hormones from the blood—deactivating and eliminating them. Remember, your body is in a constant state of renewal. New cells replace old cells. |
Dan Buettner
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 They didn't necessarily eat more or less than others, relative to body weight, but what they did eat was rich in calcium, vitamins, and iron.
Hirose reached down for his briefcase and pulled out a map with tiny red dots to illustrate the distribution of centenarians in Japan, each dot representing ten centenarians. In the northernmost islands, there was a sparse scattering of dots. But the dots thickened toward the south, and in Okinawa, the cluster was so dense that it appeared as a red blotch on the map. |
| Sweet potatoes are a deli- I asked Kamada to describe cious way to pack in vitamins her morning routine. "I wake up and minerals. High in fiber, at about 6 a.m. and make a pot of vitamin A, potassium, vitamin jasmine tea and eat my breakfast?
C, and folic acid, sweets are usually miso soup with vegetables. also easy to prepare Pnck Then," she pointed toward her door, one with a fork, microwave it «T gQ tQ the sacre(l grove to pray fof for about five minutes, and just ^ heakh Qf ^ vilkge and thank season with salt and pepper. ^ gods fof making it safe ? |
| There are no lifestyle changes, surgical procedures, vitamins, antioxidants, hormones, or techniques of genetic engineering available today that have been demonstrated to influence the processes of aging."
The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people. The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much. |
Hyla Cass
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| ALA works together with vitamins E and C, enhancing the body's overall ability to neutralize free radicals. ALA has also been found to help insulin work better, and to promote production of glutathione, a powerful antioxidant made in the liver. Its use even in medication-dependent diabetics has been shown to reduce complications.
Caution: Please let your doctor know that you're taking ALA, and monitor blood sugar levels carefully, since it can lower your need for insulin or other diabetic medications. |
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. |
Hyla Cass
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| As you read later chapters for specific drugs and conditions, you will learn in-depth about many of the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and accessory nutrients listed in Table 2.1 on page 32.
I also recommend adding, daily:
?30 mg of coenzyme Q10, an antioxidant and heart health promoter (more on this nutrient in Chapter 4).
?1 gram (1,000 mg) of fish oil, twice daily, to supply omega-3 fatty
1 TABLE 2.1. RECOMMENDED DAILY MULTIVITAMIN AND MINERAL FORMULA 1
Nutrient
Daily Dose
About This Nutrient
Vitamin A
20. |
Pam Montgomery
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 Perhaps this plant has the same vitamins and minerals as a food you've tasted in the past.
Your sensual awareness of the plant is crucial because it is fundamental to the successful movement into a co-creative partnership. This is the level where you begin to understand the personality of the plant and can determine whether there is mutual compatibility. Does this encounter spark your interest in this plant so that your excitement motivates you to move to an even deeper level? From the plant's perspective, it is stimulated by your attention and receives your resonant energy. |
Hyla Cass
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| In this chapter, we'll be looking at each of the various nutrients, including the fuel-supplying carbohydrates, the building-block proteins and fats, and the catalysts and cofactors, otherwise known as vitamins and minerals. We'll finish with a list of the basics that will get you—and keep you—in vibrant health.
I also hope to inspire you to get started with a basic, well-rounded supplement program to provide a rock-solid nutritional foundation. Then, as you read later chapters on individual drugs, you can fine-tune your program. |
| Low blood sugar goes away whether you eat junk food or healthy food, but long term, a diet that's low in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients will make you tired, irritable, and absentminded. Your daily food choices make a big difference in your life, especially when you take medications that deplete nutrients.
Science has proven that following the principles of optimum nutrition can:
?Improve your mood.
?Increase your mental and physical stamina and your overall health.
?Enhance your concentration, memory, and overall mental ability.
?Reduce your stress level. |
David Steinman
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 They were taking them, running the risk of end-stage kidney disease, like vitamins, because of the constant headaches from the chemicals. Her kids said she was very different. "My grandchildren were affected," said Edelmira. "We were all affected with headaches and vomiting."
She felt like she was going to die, that she had a tumor in her head, from the chemicals, she said. It was a heavy-duty experience. It was like a rape.
We drove to the west edge of Earlimart to the Atelo School on Washington Street. New almond orchards are being planted across from the school. |
| What he meant was, the vitamins and minerals being sold today are largely synthetic. 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. |
| Quite apart from the many booths touting various vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional supplements, the expo also contains areas that focus your attention on organic and natural foods, lifestyle, and home. Hollender's Seventh Generation is leading the pack in the hunt for what market analysts call Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), those 68 to 78 million or more youthful boomers and cultural creatives who are maturing into ecologically conscious, and long-lived, consumers. |
| I bought a bottle of Olay Complete Body Wash with vitamins (normal skin). It contained sodium laureth sulfate, PEG-6 Caprylcapric glycercides, as well as cocamide MEA. It contained 23 ppm of 1,4-dioxance.
Simple Green, a product that has the appearance of being environmentally friendly, contained 0.5 ppm of 1,4-dioxance.
1,4-Dioxane Levels in Baby & Children's Consumer Products Product Concentration
Gerber Grins & Giggles Gentle & Mild Aloe Vera 8.4 ppm Baby Shampoo
Huggies Naural Care Baby Wash Extra Gentle 4.2 ppm
Johnsons Baby Shampoo 5.3 ppm
Johnsons Tigger Bath Bubbles 5.6ppm to 7. |
| In one area of the factory, Buckles showed me giant fermentation vats where friendly bacteria, nourished with simple vitamins and minerals, were used to produce biological enzymes that catalyzed initial reactions that turned corn to starch and eventually into polylactides that became the coagulated and smoothened polymers.
I realized that what I was seeing here in Blair, Nebraska, was a plastic distillation and manufacturing plant not unlike those in the chemical corridors of Texas, Louisiana, Delaware, and New Jersey. |
Hyla Cass
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| They deplete phosphorus, zinc, vitamins Bi2 and D, and calcium. They have been linked to higher risk of osteoporosis. Calcium-containing antacids can (rarely) cause high calcium levels in the blood (hypercalcemia), which is very dangerous. Lowered stomach acid also can decrease folic acid absorption. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Black raspberries are rich in vitamins A, C, E, and folic acid and contain the minerals selenium, zinc, and calcium. In addition, black raspberries have a higher content of anthocyanins than most other berry types, as well as phenols, such as ellagic, coumaric and ferulic acid. All of these substances are recognized as "chemopreventive agents," Stoner said.
"We do know from epidemiologic studies that vegetable and fruit consumption is protective against cancer and, from our work, we would suggest that berries be one of those helpings, at least two or three times a week," said Stoner. |
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