Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 During the 1990s, there was a wide acceptance that large supplementary closes of vitamins would not only maintain health, but also mitigate disease.
Vitamin E was supposed to be the poster child. By the mid-1990s, there was considerable epidemiological data which showed an inverse risk between vitamin E intake and cardiovascular risk; the substance seemed similarly active in cancer prevention. The data were doubly attractive, for there was a theory to back it up. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 Unlike nutrient-empty synthetic sugar substitutes, stevia is loaded with vitamins and minerals, including magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, zinc, chromium, and selenium. Stevia is also one of the oldest, safest, and most highly esteemed South American herbs known, with a centuries-long history of safe use. By 1921, stevia was being hailed by American trade commissioner George Brady as a "new sugar plant with great commercial possibilities." He was so convinced that it made "an ideal and safe sugar for diabetics" that he presented it to the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| Being rich in amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements is one of the key reasons why kelp is known as a great promoter of glandular health, especially for the pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid glands. Kelp was first used medicinally to treat enlarged thyroid glands. Physicians didn't know why kelp was effective, until it was discovered that it was exceptionally rich in iodine and that enlarged thyroids were caused by iodine deficiency. Because iodine stimulates the thyroid gland, which controls the metabolism, it was noted that those who took iodine lost weight more easily. |
| You would think that by eating a lower-calorie diet that a feeling of restriction or deprivation would result, but when your body receives all the minerals, phytonutrients, vitamins, enzymes, protein, essential fats, complex carbohydrates, and water it requires through a plant-source-only meal, a feeling of deep satisfaction is experienced right down to the cellular level. We are satiated by these foods that are high on the satiety index. A completely new sense of abundance is realized as we begin to seek quality over quantity in our food. |
Andreas Moritz
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 When food is not digested properly, vitamins and nutrients aren't absorbed, leaving you susceptible to a host of degenerative diseases.
If the irritation of the stomach lining occurs more frequently because of regular consumption of coffee, soft drinks, sports drinks, sugar, chocolate, meat, nicotine, alcohol, drugs, and other unhealthful items, it may lead to a fully developed inflammation. Unless the person's lifestyle and diet are altered to eliminate these irritating substances, an ulcer will form. |
| 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. |
| Chia—Ancient Supergrain
Chia—a white variety of the "Salvia Hispanica L" plant—possesses an astonishing assortment of oils, vitamins and minerals. This ancient supergrain was part of a 6-month study, headed by famed scientist and pioneer of the functional foods movement, Dr. Vladimir Vuksan—one of the developers of the revolutionary glycemic index at the University of Toronto. For the research, Vuksan used a brand of chia called Salba®.
The following are a few of the many superior nutritional properties Dr Vuksan discovered. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| The usability of vitamins in food varies with the method of preparation. "Far too little is known about nutrient availability as a function of plant variety and maturity." The old canard—more research is needed—is surely true here.
What are we to make of all this? It seems apparent that vitamin E is not effective in the secondary prevention of heart disease or cancer, or in the primary prevention of cancer. It is possible that the supplement is helpful in the primary prevention of heart disease, particularly in protecting against sudden heart failure. |
Andreas Moritz
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| To properly utilize iron for hemoglobin synthesis the body requires copper, which is also amply present in green beans.
The vitamins C, A and Zinc present in green beans help to maintain optimal immune function and acne-free skin. Last but not least, green beans help maintain your memory with thiamin (Vitamin Bl).
The many nutrients in green beans can help to prevent a number of different conditions, including Alzheimer's, arteriosclerosis, diabetic heart disease, colon cancer, asthma, arthritis, acne, ear infections, and even colds and flu. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| The authors conclude with an admonition: that we should not accept the safety of "natural products" (e.g., vitamins), especially if they have not been proven effective.
The HOPE findings, along with other studies, have produced some definitive official judgment. "In 68,000 patients studied to date," wrote the editor of JAMA in 2005, "there is no compelling evidence that higher doses of vitamin E reduce cardiovascular risk or cancer; there are even some hints that vitamin E, in excess of normal daily intake, may slightly increase the risk of ischemic events or of heart failure. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 He learns about supplements and vitamins from watching Sanja Gupta on CNN or reading New York Times nutrition columnist Jane Brody, an establishment apologist who seems to have never encountered an "official position" she didn't like.
The world-renowned nutritionist and former president of Tufts University Jean Mayer, Ph.D., was famously quoted as saying, "Any secretary who's been on a diet knows as much about nutrition as the average doctor in this country. |
| There's a ton of research on vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, amino acids, fatty acids, and other nutritive substances. (Want proof? Go to the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health online library, www.pubmed.gov, and put any vitamin you can think of in the search engine.) The problem isn't that there's an absence of research—it's that a great deal of this research flies under the radar screen of those whom we turn to for health advice (more on this later).
But the research exists. I've found it, you can find it, and your doctor can find it. |
| And this generally involves an entire prescription for healing that can be as simple as a taking a few vitamins, but more typically, combines lifestyle, nutritional, physical, psychological, and even spiritual components, not your conventional "cure."
I also don't want to denigrate the power and usefulness of nutritional medicine by opening myself up to charges of hucksterism, so let me be perfectly clear from the outset: A vitamin doesn't "cure" cancer. A mineral doesn't "cure" diabetes, and there's no "natural cure" for Alzheimer's. |
| That's why the standard method of testing is not well suited to teasing out the powerful healing effects of vitamins and herbs. And that's why you should be more than suspicious next time you hear an "expert" tell you that the research shows a vitamin doesn't "do" anything. In nature these compounds are found together and often work synergistically, as a team. |
| Working with a doctor at Stanford University who used diet, vitamins, and minerals, Pauling was able to control his disease, and his interest and passion in vitamin therapy was born. (By the way, Pauling lived another fifty-three years, dying in 1994.) Pauling actually coined the phrase orthomolecular medicine referring to the practice of using substances—like nutrients—normally found in the body to prevent and treat disease.
Pauling was first introduced to the concept of high-dose vitamin C by a biochemist named Irwin Stone, and at Stone's suggestion, began taking several grams a day. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 I am an advocate for moderate amounts of basic vitamins or supplements, especially when adjusting your lifestyle and eating habits.
I exercised at home four times per week and never for longer than 45 minutes. During each of my workouts, I did approximately 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise at about 65 percent of my maximum heart rate. As my endurance improved, I increased the level of intensity. Three times a week I performed strength training exercises alternating two body parts per workout, such as my chest and triceps, shoulders and back, or legs and biceps. |
| Learning about the different vitamins and minerals in the foods we eat can be useful in maintaining some semblance of a balanced diet. With this knowledge you can maximize your natural nutrients by eating organic foods as often as possible because testing indicates that organic products have higher levels of nutrients than non-organic products.
Along those lines, I once had a heated debate over supplements with Charles Damiano. |
| Since grocery stores and drug stores and other discount centers are buying from suppliers based on price rather than quality or efficacy, they can sell off-the-shelf vitamins and supplements inexpensively, but you have lost any assurance that the product will work.
How Supplements Are Monitored
Many of us come to the rightful conclusion that prescription drugs are toxic poisonous chemicals, and look to natural remedies to enhance our health or combat disease. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You do no harm by giving these amounts to your pets, especially when the forms are coenzyme vitamins and other nutrients the body recognizes.
Then we have Essential Fats for Pets. Again, I think that the research has shown that dietary lack of essential fats constitutes a major deficiency. People and pets are very deficient in essential fats.
Food manufacturers take them all out, because they oxidize. So people and pets become very deficient. Every cell membrane and every membrane of every organelle in your body is made of fatty acids, these essential fatty acids. |
Andreas Moritz
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| However, despite this "valuable" contribution to family health, a frightening number of children show signs of ill health and lacking immunity. The vitamins that are added to the cereals supposedly protect the child against the vitamin-destroying sugar, but it seems that this guarantee is no longer guaranteed.
Besides cornflakes, which still top the list of American and European breakfast cereals, the sales of new "tasty and healthy" breakfast foods soar as never before. The main marketing targets for these "healthy" breakfast foods are children. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Other Names: Reed
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Flavonoids: including, among others, tricin, luteolin, chry-soeriol, rutin, isoquercitrin
Vitamin A (5 mg/100 gm)
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C, 100 mg/100 gm)
Sugar: in particular saccharose, inverted sugar Triterpenes: including, among others, beta-amyrin, taraxerol
EFFECTS
The active agents in the herb include vitamins A, C, Bl and B2. The plant has diuretic and diaphoretic effects.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Digestive disorders (as diuretic and diaphoretic). The juice is used to soothe insect bites. |
Ray D. Strand
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 I truly believed that these patients did not need supplements and could get all the vitamins they needed from a good diet. After all, that's what I had learned in medical school. I could even quote a few research studies that showed the potential danger of some supplements. What I did not share with my patients was that I had not spent a minute evaluating the hundreds of scientifically conducted studies that proved the value of supplementation to health.
But what was I to do about my sickly wife? |
| I really had no choice, so I said to Liz, "Go ahead, try the vitamins. What do you have to lose?"
Her friend brought a collection of vitamin supplements to our house the next day—heavy on the antioxidants: nutrients like vitamin E, vitamin C, and beta-carotene that protect the body against the harmful effects of oxidation. Liz eagerly swallowed them and downed two health drinks as well. To my amazement, within three days she obviously felt better. I was happy for her but confused. As subsequent days passed, Liz gained more energy and strength and even stayed up later in the evenings. |
| Was it possible that some "weird vitamins" had restored my wife's health when all the medical expertise and medications could not help? Not only had Liz's lungs recovered from the pneumonia, the symptoms of her fibromyalgia had improved dramatically. Since there really is no medical treatment for fibromyalgia, what was going on? Was this one of God's mysterious miracles or was it possible that Liz's newly recovered health was due to those—horror—nutritional supplements?
For a person trained in medical science I did what comes naturally: I decided to run my own clinical trial. |
| In addition Selhub noted that most patients with high homocysteine levels also had low levels of folic acid and vitamins B12 and B6 in their bodies.7
Another large case-control study, The European Concerted Action Project, indicated that the higher the homocysteine level, the greater the risk of developing a heart attack.8 What were once considered normal levels for homocysteine were suddenly becoming recognized as very dangerous levels. |
Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
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 ALFALFA'S anti-rheumatic effect is probably due to its extremely high nutritive value, which includes vitamins A, B1, B6, B12, C, D, E and K, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, folic acid, minerals, protein, saponins, amino acids, trace elements (calcium, phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and copper) (1). Alfalfa has a proven cholesterol lowering effect (2) and it generally helps to improve overall health, vigor and vitality (3-4; see also WHOLE BODY). |
| Its protein content (needed in the mending of bones) is over 20% (9), and it contains vitamins A, C, B-compiex and K (10). Added benefits from ingesting Parsley are its hypotensive or relaxing action (11) and its mild antibacterial action (12). See Also diuretic-, diabetes. prostate
BURDOCK, due to its high inulin (not be confused with insulin) content (up to 50% in root), is classified as a blood purifier. That is why it is in this blend. The skin and bones need a pure supply of blood in order to heal properly. Nutrients need to be brought to sites of injury, and wastes need to be drawn off. |
| Because of its high content of several important nutrients, including vitamins and minerals, Red Clover has become a dependable nutritive supplement in all forms of degenerative disease (6). Antibiotic tests on Red Clover have shown it to possess activity against several bacteria, the most significant of which is the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (7).
CHAPARRAL and its properties are covered extensively in the chapters on ARTHRITIS, BONE-FLESH-CARTILAGE, and SKIN DISORDERS. Here, I will only discuss the research on the herb's possible role in curing cancer. |
| Since NDGA is used as an antioxidant in oils and vitamins because of its ability to shut down anaerobic pathways that lead to fermentation (9), its potential use in cancer therapy seems all the more likely. There is a good deal of recent research involving the role that cellular enzymatic pathway disruption plays in the etiology or cause of cancer. The faulty metabolism of arachidonic acid and, to a lesser extent, other unsaturated fatty acids (e.g., linoleic and oleic) may produce carcinogenic by-products. How that occurs is not clear at this time. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| An estimated 15 million adults in 1997 took prescription medicine concurrent with herbal remedies or high dose vitamins.
Estimated expenditures for alternative medicine professional services increased 45% from 1990 to 1997 and were conservatively estimated at $21 billion in 1997, with at least $12.2 billion paid out-of-pocket. This exceeds the out-of-pocket expenditures for all U.S. hospitalizations. Total 1997 out-of-pocket expenditures relating to alternative therapies were conservatively estimated at $27 billion, comparable to the out-of-pocket expenditures for all U.S. |
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