| Remember, too, that niacin, particularly the long-acting preparations, can damage the liver. All vitamins should be taken with meals because that's when they're best absorbed.
It's extremely important for you to replace fluid during vigorous exercise—as much as three or more quarts of sweat are lost in just one hour of strenuous exercise. It's not always possible to drink that amount during exercise, so make sure to have enough fluid on board before you get going and replenish it immediately when you have finished. Thirst is not a reliable indicator of your fluid requirements. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Maca is rich in amino acids, calcium, zinc, and other vitamins.
Pata De Vaca
Native to Brazil, this herb is a natural treatment for diabetes. People who are diabetic often suffer from a condition called polyuria, or frequent urination. This herb reputedly normalizes the frequency of urination.
Taheebo
Also known as pau d'arco, this herb is used to treat Candida albicans or fungal infections. Lapachol, found in the bark of the pau d'arco tree, contains cancer-fighting compounds. It is also used as a treatment for parasitic infections. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  On a regular basis, he took a number of brain nutrients: vitamins, minerals herbs, Ginkgo biloba, lecithin, and the brain-cell nutrient DMAE. Also, he told me that he tried his best to moderate his exposure to stressors, and that he didn't have any overtly negative habits, such as drinking too much alcohol. He was already taking the pharmaceutical hormone replacement substance DHEA.
It was very apparent that he was investing a significant amount of time and energy in being mentally fit. But somehow the various pieces of his "puzzle" of brain regeneration just weren't fitting together. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In fact, fat is necessary for the production of hormones (essential for the production of muscle) and the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. In particular, we need essential fatty acids, a type of fat that our bodies cannot produce on their own. Second, if you don't eat some fat along with carbohydrates, you are liable to get hungrier faster, which will cause you to overeat. Carbohydrates trigger the release of the hormone insulin, which sends glycogen (sugar) into muscle cells. When the muscle cells are filled with glycogen, the excess is stored as fat. |
Carol Simontacchi
See book keywords and concepts |  For example, in 1930, JAMA {Journal of the American Medical Association), published an excerpt from an article from Northwest Medicine, Seattle, as follows:
"Olmstead [the author of the original article] recommends the use of unsweetened evaporated milk in infant feeding because: It is entirely adequate from a nutritional standpoint when fed in conjunction with other foods and vitamins; it can be given in a concentrated state equivalent to whole cow's milk; it is easily digested; it is palatable, from the infant's standpoint; it is cheap and easily procurable. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Now we know that vitamins and herbs can play such an important role in maintaining health and vitality that the overwhelming majority of health-conscious people take supplements daily. In fact, as many as half of all Americans—more than 100 million people—use supplements in one form or another, whether it's a basic multivitamin, a homeopathic remedy for colds and flu, or an herb to treat menopause or prostate problems.
Until recentiy, however, our choice of supplements was rather limited. | | Propolis includes many different substances, such as resins, vitamins, minerals, and a large amount of bioflavonoids. Propolis, the Greek word for "defender of the city," was highly valued in ancient times. Early healers intuitively knew that propolis was a natural disinfectant, and they used it for a wide variety of ailments. Hippocrates prescribed it to heal skin wounds and soothe angry stomach ulcers. The great English herbalist Nicholas Culpeper wrote that propolis was "good for all heat and inflammation in many parts of the body and cools the heat of the wounds. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  And just to make sure that none of the subjects was missing any vitamins or minerals, everyone in both groups was asked to take a standard multivitamin supplement each day. As it turned out, everyone had an improvement in their immune function, whether they were in the zinc group or the placebo group. Without recognizing it, the researchers had corrected a whole range of nutrient deficiencies with a simple multivitamin, and everyone's immune functions improved.32
The multivitamin gave them what their diets should have provided but didn't. | | As we get older, many of us do not get the vitamins we need. Sometimes this is because of poorer intestinal absorption. Other times it is due to interference from medications or physical inactivity that leads us to eat less. The problem is aggravated by the diet of meat and dairy products that is common in Western countries. There is no vitamin C in meats, and beta-carotene is scarce as well. Western diets are also often low in vitamin E, vitamin B6, folate, magnesium, and zinc. | | Infants should receive vitamins only as prescribed by a pediatrician.
• Be careful about selenium. Typical dosages used in research range from fifty to one hundred micrograms. This range is probably safe, but higher doses are potentially toxic.
• If you have been taking vitamin C for several weeks or longer, do not stop it abruptly unless directed by a physician. If you plan to discontinue it, do so gradually over a week or two to allow your body time to adjust to the new lower intake. Doses used safely in research studies range as high as ten to twelve grams per day or even higher. | | Supplements of beta-carotene, selenium, vitamins E and C, and hundreds of other preparations have taken over more and more shelf space in health food stores, drugstores, and convenience markets. Some physicians encourage supplement use and others do not. While the overwhelming weight of evidence supports the safety of most over-the-counter supplements, there has been some cause for concern.
The biggest supplement controversy occurred when vitamin E was given to premature babies. It is understandable that doctors would try it. | | It is high in protein and B vitamins and available in natural food stores. Be sure to purchase nutritional yeast, not baking yeast or brewer's yeast. Some varieties, including Red Star Nutritional Yeast, are good sources of vitamin B12.
• Reduce salt used in cooking by replacing it with herbs, spices, and other seasonings. A wide variety of salt-free seasoning mixes is available in supermarkets and natural food stores.
• Most baking powder is high in sodium. A few low-sodium varieties, including Featherweight, are available in natural food stores and some supermarkets. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In fact, many contain the same vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that can be taken internally but are redesigned to be absorbed right into the skin, where it is needed the most. Before I review some of the best of these new products, let me tell you a bit about skin and why taking care of it is so important.
Skin is the largest organ system in the body—it consists of about 10 percent of our body weight—and it is one of the hardest-working. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  ATP/ glucose mo ecule oxidized
Specific vitamins and minerals are needed for the optimal function of these cycles. A slow oxidizer is someone whose glycolysis cycle is working slowly, so he or she needs more carbohydrates in his or her diet to compensate for the slower oxidation and lower production of glucose and its metabolic intermediates such as pyruvate, which indirectly feeds the citric acid cycle. A fast oxidizer is one whose glycolysis cycle is working too rapidly. |
Carol Simontacchi
See book keywords and concepts | | We put her on a program that restricted her allergic foods, and we simultaneously increased her minerals, her essential fatty acids, and her vitamins. Slowly her depressive attitude began to turn around and we saw her personality emerge. She proved to be a quick-witted, creative, funny, delightful child who initiated games with her little sisters.
When she turned fourteen, however, things took a downward turn. Her hormones were out of control; her family went through a period of severe stress that affected her deeply. She went out of the country on a two-month mission assignment. |
Marie-France Muller, M.D., N.D., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Their size in colloidal mineral complexes of plant origin is the main reason why the body can easily utilize them to maintain the bioelectrical balance that is essential to health and longevity and to improve the availability and assimilation of other nutrients, such as vitamins from food and other dietary supplements. | | This is because, by drawing from the air the carbon necessary to manufacture the chains from which vitamins, amino acids, and essential fatty acids are synthesized, plants should be able to provide a large part of the nutrients we need. In order to meet our daily needs, however, it is necessary not only that we consume some twenty different vegetables in the proper proportions, but that these vegetables have been grown in soil that is sufficiently rich in nutrients and free from poisoning by the many different chemical products that are now in common use. | | These illnesses are particularly common in Western countries whose inhabitants eat too much fat, sugar, salt, and animal products and too few of the indispensable food fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other micronutrients necessary for our health.
We have moved far beyond the time when the human diet was regarded simply as a source of proteins, glucids, and lipids. The quality of food and its richness in micronutrients are now finally beginning to become a focus, even on the official level. | | The 'dietary ingredients' in dietary supplements may include vitamins, minerals, herbs, colloidal minerals, trace elements and amino acids as well as substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, metabolites, extracts or concentrates. Dietary supplements can be found in many forms such as pills, tablets, capsules, liquids or powders. They must be identified on the label as a dietary supplement." A good working definition of a nutraceutical is a dietary supplement to which pharmaceutical-grade clinical research is applied. | | Our cooking methods, for example, also strip our foods of a large portion of vitamins and minerals (many of which can be found in the cooking water that collects on our plates or gets left in the pot). The deficiencies in canned foods and other highly processed products from the food industry are even more severe.
The soil, however, is where the problem begins. Because they are unable to synthesize minerals, plants must draw these substances from the soil. This is why the condition of the soil on earth is of the utmost importance. | | What interests him primarily is the importance of vitamins and minerals in human nutrition. This topic runs counter to what seems to be the current trend in conventional medicine, which is to shunt us onto the path of chemical prescriptions that are manipulated by pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Wallach's story is surprising.
His father was a farmer who raised veal for slaughter. He produced his own feed using his own grains and soy, which he ground together to make flour. |
Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The best way to ensure that you're getting the vitamins and minerals you need is to take a multivitamin and mineral supplement that satisfies the recommended dietary allowances.
Doctors used to caution anyone with diverticulosis against eating any foods that contained seeds, on the assumption that one or more might penetrate a little sac, irritate and perhaps infect it, and cause an attack of diverticulitis. Reasonable enough in theory, but wrong in practice. No one knows what actually precipitates an attack of diverticulitis or bleeding, but seeds and nuts do not. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Used in this way, vitamins become like accepted drug stimulants, helping us cover up the essential rajasic disharmony that is creating the imbalance. These stimulants aid us in the destructive process of self-exploitation. Some people lead lifestyles and eat diets that increase exposure to toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Toxins and heavy metals have been associated with hyperactivity, mental retardation, and other forms of nervous system degeneration. Eating organic foods can significantly improve this situation. |
Carol Simontacchi
See book keywords and concepts | | The other sugars come from unsweetened dried fruits that are also rich in minerals and vitamins. The sugars in the processed cereals are from sucrose or table sugar and various other forms of simple sugar. Kellogg's Frosted Flakes has no fiber, while the Homemade Granola contains a healthy 7.058 grams of fiber per serving. The Nature Valley Granola contains slightly more than 4 grams of fiber per serving.
The influence of the high-sugar diet on brain chemistry is enormous, ranging from hyperactivity, depression, fatigue, inability to focus and concentrate, and on and on. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Allopathically prescribed recommendations for so-called "right vitamins and minerals to treat different diseases" aren't precise enough for the nutrition of the future that we are working toward developing in the present.
Following general prescriptions may lead you to taking nutrients that are specifically deleterious to your particular metabolic type. In other words, two individuals may have different systems out of balance, yet manifest the same constellation of symptoms. The reverse is true as well: Two individuals may have very similar physiologies, but different symptom patterns. | | He also demonstrated that people respond differently to the same vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional co-factors. What this means is that we can no longer just simply prescribe—in an across-the-board, general way—any particular nutrient for a specific disease. We must first discover the bio-individuality of the person who will be taking the nutrients. Contrary to this is the fallacy of "allopathic thinking" which, as a rule, does not address the person's underlying biochemical individuality. |
Dr. Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  Van Eenwyk, "The Role of vitamins in the Development of Cervical Cancer," Nutrition Report I1], no. 1 (January 1993): 1, 8.
Women testing positive for human papilloma virus (HPV) are 5 times more likely to have cervical dysplasia if their folate level is low.
C. E. Butterworth et al., "Folate Deficiency and Cervical Dysplasia," JAMA 367, no. 4 (January 22, 1992): 528-34.
Oral contraceptives appear to double the risk of adenocarcinoma of the cervix, judging by a study of 195 cases compared to 386 controls. | | Van Eenwyk, "The Role of vitamins in the Development of Cervical Cancer," Nutrition Report 11, no. 1 (January 1993): 1, 8.
Insufficient intake of ascorbate increases the risk of cervical dysplasia, as does insufficient intake of riboflavin.
T. Liu et al., "A Case Control Study of Nutritional Factors and Cervical Dysplasia," Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2, no. 6 (November-December 1993): 525-30.
Average levels of folic acid decreased in cases of uterine cervix dysplasia, it was found in a case-control study.
R. Grio et al. | | Dietary factors increasing the risk of cervical changes include low levels of vitamins A, C, and E, as well as low levels of folic acid, selenium, zinc, and beta carotene. Lifestyle factors increasing the risk of cervical changes include sex at an early age, more sexual partners, testing positive for viruses such as genital herpes and warts, oral contraceptive use, underactive thyroid, smoking, passive exposure to smoking, giving birth in the teens, stress, and having sexual partners who work with chemicals, such as tar, machine oil, dust, asbestos, coal, and metals, if hygiene is poor.
A. | | NUTRITION
Fruits and vegetables are the primary source of vitamins C and E and the carotenoids, which protect us from the oxidant byproducts of normal metabolism. But only 9 percent of Americans eat the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
B. N. Ames et al., "Oxidants, Antioxidants, and the Degenerative Diseases of Aging," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90 (Sept. 1993): 7915-22.
The lower the intake of fruits and vegetables, the higher the risk of cancer—of almost every type.
"Vitamin C, Cancer and Aging," Age 16 (1993): 55-58. |
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