David Bodanis
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 The living egg white creates from its depths other substances, far smaller and more manoeuvrable than the bacteria, and these reach the bobbing vitamins first, wrap around and almost destroy them, rendering them useless to the bacteria when they do finally arrive.
That was the last chance the bacteria had. |
Michael Castleman
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 You need only tiny quantities of vitamins and most minerals, which is why supplement manufacturers can pack so many different nutrients into multivita-min/mineral pills. Some supplements are natural, meaning that their vitamins and minerals have been extracted from plants—for example, vitamin C from rose hips. Others are synthetic laboratory creations.
Until the 1990s, mainstream medicine scoffed at supplements. Critics insisted that a balanced diet would supply all of the nutrients that a person could need. |
John Croft
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 While we need these vitamins for good health, it is important that we are not exposed to excessive amounts, as these can be toxic. Some fish oils contain toxic levels of vitamin A in particular and have to be diluted for human consumption. Some of the surface-dwelling sharks have liver oils that contain high levels of vitamin A. However, deep sea shark liver oil does not contain large amounts of either vitamin A or D and is quite safe to consume. |
Dianne Onstad
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 Fresh corn on the cob has properties similar to dried corn but contains more enzymes and more of certain vitamins, so it is bettet eaten fresh in the warmer seasons. Very high in fiber, corn is one of the best-balanced starches (along with brown rice and barley), and its carbohy-drate is the easiest of all the grains to digest. Yellow com is helpful in building bone and muscle, and it is excellent food for the brain and nervous system. Cotn is said to help prevent cancer and lower the tisk of heart disease and cavities.
Cucumber
(Cucumis sctfivus, C. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 The important characteristic of the dose is not its size, but its efficacy - whether it is doing the job it is supposed to do to make the patient well.
After restoring our food as closely as possible to the nutritional state we have are adapted to, it is then necessary to determine whether supplements are needed. One day this will be done by careful laboratory tests, but these are still in the experimental stages and are not readily available. Furthermore they are expensive.
The easiest and most accurate way is to use yourself as the test organism, proceeding by trial and error. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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 Foods: Interferes with absorption of vitamins. Take supplements.
Marijuana: None expected.
Tobacco: None expected.
Penicillins* Decreased absorption of penicillins.
Tetracyclines* Decreased absorption of tetracyclines.
Thiazides* Decreased absorption of colestipol.
Thyroid hormones* Decreased thyroid effect.
Trimethoprim Decreased absorption of colestipol.
Ursodiol
Decreased absorption of ursodiol.
GENERIC AND BRAND NAMES
IMIQUIMOD
Aldara PODOFILOX
Condylox
PODOPHYLLUM Podofin
BASIC INFORMATION
Habit forming? No Prescription needed? Yes Available as generic? |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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 Also include any nutritional supplements, vitamins, or herbs that you use. These may interact with your prescription medications, and it is important that your physician know exactly what you consume.
Protect your card (I suggest laminating it), and keep it current.This is perhaps the most important card you will carry and you should present it to every physician you see: urgent-care, emergency-room, and especially your primary-care physician. I can't tell you how helpful it is when patients come in with their lists of medications. |
| Be sure to also enter any vitamins, herbs, or over-the-counter medications. c. Once you have entered the names of all your medications, click on the "Go" tab. d.Then print this information for your review and for your records.
4. Also located on this site is the option for an "eMedAlert."This is an alert system for those patients who actually use this on-line pharmacy as their drugstore. It provides up-to-date information about new adverse drug reactions, interactions, or withdrawals of your particular medications.You may want to ask your personal pharmacy if they provide a similar service. |
C. P. Khare
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 The vitamins are well retained during cooking and processing. It also contains vitamin C (8.6 mg/ioo g), vitamin K and vitamin D (0.63 i.u./g).
Field mushroom contains amylase, maltase, glycogenase, protease, catalase, tyrosinase, two phosphomonoesterases, two polyphosphatases and polyphenoloxidase. Dehydropeptidases I and II are also present.
Use in Western herbal
Agaricus is among the best edible variety of fungi in the West. |
Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D. Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D. Uma Shivakumar, Ph.D. R. Rajendran, M.S.
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| We can start with a comparison to vitamins. Where would we be if we stopped with vitamin A and vitamin B in 1915? Today we recognize 11 vitamins that are dietary essentials, and several more vitamin-like nutrients. For optimal health, we also need antioxidant nutrients and accessory factors such as carotenoids, bioflavonoids and lipoic acid. Foods contain thousands of beneficial compounds, and we should take advantage of those that will help us live better and longer.
There are three good reasons for having several antioxidant nutrients. Antioxidant nutrients work together synergistically. |
Dianne Onstad
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| Carrots deliver abundant supplies of readily assimilable vitamins, minerals, and enzymes to cells, giving them the fuel they require to slough off morbid wastes and rebuild healthy cells. One of the best foods for the liver and digestive tract, they help kidney function, help prevent and treat cancer, balance the endocrine and adrenal systems, depress blood cholesterol, and increase bulk elimination from the colon. |
David Bodanis
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| Any iron or vitamins on the loose get uncannily wrapped so the bacteria can't get at them; as an added defense the milk on your table actually generates pure hydrogen peroxide (in small quantities) to burn the ones that don't have the grace to starve.
For several days it will be a stalemate: the few million bacteria in a pint of Grade A squeezing tight and letting out new bacteria; the milk's defenses swooping in and starving or scalding them away. Only after a week or so will the bacteria's constant reproductive efforts win out. |
Andrew Pengelly
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 They have limited distribution in plants, so that vitamins and hormones are excluded even though they may structurally comply with the definition. Most alkaloids are derived at least partly from various amino acids as their direct precursors, while a few are derived from isoprene units (terpenoids).
The isolation of morphine by Seturner in 1806 led to the discovery of several more alkaloids over the next 15 years, including emetine, piperine, caffeine and quinine. The term alkaloid was first applied by Meissner, a German pharmacist, and originally referred to all plant alkalis. |
Dianne Onstad
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| It is used just like regular refined sugar but should be stored away from excess humidity, as the granules can clump and possibly ferment. Occasionally whole sugarcane can be purchased; take it home and chew on the core for a while—it is quite delicious yet not overly sweet.
Rapadura is unrefined, evaporated cane juice. It is a natural sweetener that has all of sugarcane's minerals, vitamins, and micronutrients intact. Rapadura is made by a simple technology: juice is pressed from sugarcane and cooked to reduce its water content. Today's organic rapadura is then granulated at low temperatures. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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| The most important thing you need to remember here is that herbs, unlike vitamins, are natural drugs... but they are still drugs.
All About Herbs
The Synthetic/Herbal Split
The Kefauver-Harris legislation of 1962 required pharmaceutical companies to prove their products to be safe and effective before they could market them. When these laws were enacted, some pharmaceutical companies complied with the regulations and provided scientific evidence of the safety and efficacy of their products. |
| But because of depleted soils, early harvesting, hybrids, added pesticides, and food-storage techniques, our foods no longer provide all the necessary vitamins and minerals. Oxidative stress is the root cause of more than seventy chronic degenerative diseases. Oxidative stress is the damage to our bodies caused by excessive free radicals, or what are otherwise known as charged oxygen molecules. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 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.
To top it off, they're subjected to chronic stress conditions like work stress, environmental stress (breathing polluted air, drinking polluted water), relationship stress, lack of sleep, lack of sunlight, and so on. |
the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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 We suspect that these vitamins cause shrinking of swollen tissues in the nose," he says.
Pass on the cocoa. Concentrated sweets, particularly chocolate, may cause an allergic swelling in nasal membranes, says Dr. Chester. You may want to pass on the milk, too. "Ten percent of sinus sufferers have a milk allergy," he says. "Try avoiding milk products for two weeks to see if your sinuses improve."
Help from Your Doctor
Your doctor may determine that a sinus infection—sinusitis—is the cause of your pain.
Zap the infection. |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| That's when they risk missing out on important vitamins."
In general, the longer you cook vegetables, the more you deplete their nutrients, so choose quick methods like microwaving whenever possible. It's also a good idea to eat a few servings of raw fruits and vegetables each day, as single servings or in salads.
Above all, remember that true lifestyle changes take time. "It may take you six months to make the transition, but so what?" says Dr. Klaper. "It took you 30 or 40 years to develop your present eating habits. You don't have to change them overnight. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 The fruits contain sugars, organic acids, pectin, tannin, vitamins A and C, minerals and other substances.
They are depurative, laxative and refrigerant.
The bark of the tree is anthelmintic and laxative.
The leaves lower the blood sugar level.
Leaves and fruits of several species are eaten in tropical Asia and South America.
Canrtabaceae
Cannabis sativa (C 4) Hemp, Marijuana Greek name of the plant.
Hemp was formerly much cultivated for the fibers obtained from the stem, which are used for making rope and cloth. |
| Hazelnuts contain protein (15%), 60% of an edible oil, vitamins and minerals.
They are the richest of all nuts in protein and fats. Hazelnuts are highly nutritious and at the same time very digestible.
The oil extracted by cold-pressure has anthelmintic properties.
The seeds of many species have been used as food by humans from time immemorial in Europe and Asia, including those of the European hazel (m.a., cultivated in N.Am.).
Hazelnut leaves are depurative and also act as a vasoconstrictor like witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana, Harnamelidaceae), a well-known veinous tonic. |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| Planning Your Protein
A well-planned vegetarian diet is nutritionally dense: low in fat, moderate in calories and high in vitamins, minerals and fiber, says Patricia Johnston, R.D., Dr.P.H., associate dean of the School of Public Health at Loma Linda University in California.
Many doctors and nutritionists say that a vegetarian diet provides adequate protein. "Protein really isn't something vegetarians have to worry about," says Dr. Johnston. "In the United States, unless you're living in extreme poverty and simply aren't getting enough food, protein deficiency is practically nonexistent. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 These vitamins help increase circulation and blood flow, Dr. Birdsall says. If treatment is needed for longer than 3 months, you should be monitored by a physician experienced in nutritional medicine, he adds. Excess amounts of vitamin E have been associated with increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke.
These herbs can also help.
Cause: As you age, fatty deposits may accumulate on the interior walls of arteries. This can cause narrowing of the arteries in the legs and reduced blood flow that leads to pain and swelling. |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| This is such an active area of research right now that I sometimes make the analogy to the 1940s and 1950s, when all the essential vitamins were being discovered and named. Now we're looking into the potential of preventing chronic diseases like cancer."
Eat by the colors. Try eating fruits and vegetables of at least three different colors daily. Each color means you're getting a different type of protective nutrient. Be sure to include cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and bok choy. Get plenty of citrus fruit and dark green, leafy vegetables as well. |
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| He suggests watching your diet, exercising regularly, practicing stress reduction, taking antioxidant vitamins, and keeping your mind active.
If you'd like to take steps beyond that to make sure your memory is as strong as it can possibly be, an herbal remedy or two can help.
Ginkgo
Take 60 to 120 milligrams of standardized extract in capsule form twice a day. Ginkgo is one of the best-researched of all the medicinal herbs, and its ability to increase blood circulation to the brain—thereby enhancing memory—is well-documented. |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| Key nutrients for keeping your genes strong and healthy include the B vitamins folic acid, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, bi-otin and choline. Other gene-boosters are vitamin C and the minerals zinc, magnesium, manganese, chromium and selenium.
If you're going to try supplementing your gene pool anyway, proponents suggest not exceeding 1.5 grams daily. Also, if you have a tendency to develop gout, you should see your doctor before trying any nucleic supplements. They produce excessive uric acid in the body, which may trigger a gout attack.
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| Fresh produce provides a complex mix of fiber, vitamins and minerals. Fruits and vegetables are also rich in phytochemicals, a group of compounds that appear to have anti-cancer properties. Researchers say that this unique combination may play a key role in fighting off cancer.
In the fiber department, modern hunter-gatherers get a mega-dose by eating 40 to 50 grams a day—two or three times what our highly refined Western diet contains. And some early societies, such as early Native American hunter-gatherers, probably ate as much as 130 grams of fiber a day. |
| This is particularly striking when you consider the fact that no other dietary factors—fat intake or how many vitamins or minerals you get in your diet—appear to have any bearing on leukemia risk.
Scientists aren't sure exactly how a low-calorie diet can help prevent cancer, but they do have several theories, says Dr. Walford. One is that the diet slows the rate of cell division in many body tissues. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 Combined Treatment with vitamins E and C in Experimental Myocardial Infarction in Pigs," American Heart Journal, 118(4), October 1989, p. 667-673.
Results of this study found that the administration of vitamin E in rabbits was associated with a reduction in blood and aortic tissue malondialdehyde concentration despite hypercholesterolemia.
—K. Prasad and J. Kalra, "Oxygen Free Radicals and Hypercholesterolemic Atherosclerosis: Effect of Vitamin E," American Heart Journal, 125(4), April 1993, p. 958-973. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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| Lemons contain vitamins A, Bl, B2, C and niacin, minerals, organic acids (citric, malic), glucides, an essential oil and other substances.
They are antiseptic, refrigerant, tonic, depurativc, astringent and have an anti-venomous action. The seeds are anthelmintic. In large quantities, lemons dem-ineralize the body due to their acidity.
They are a commercial source of citric acid.
The aromatic rind can be used for flavoring cakes and desserts, provided the tree has been grown organically and the fruits have not been treated with poisons for shipping. It can also be candied. |
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