| They found that the plasma levels of vitamins A, C, and E and of beta-carotene fell during the attack. Plasma levels of oxidized fats rose.
(22) Patients following a heart attack had a significantly higher death rate if their blood total-antioxidant capacity (excluding albumin and uric acid) was low [144]. |
| C and E after coronary bypass surgery [88]. The results were that in mild and moderate cases the vitamins led to a significant slowing down of the disease process in the arteries as shown by the X-ray pictures. However, this was not true in severe cases. The slowing down of disease was largely due to the intake of over 100 mg per day of vitamin E.
(27) A similar investigation was carried out on the carotid arteries in 1,187 people [21]. The investigators used ultrasound to measure in the living person the degree to which atherosclerosis had blocked the artety. |
Rex Adams
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 Also, I noticed another effect—since taking the vitamins my monthly period has been cut almost in half. And another thing—my craving for sweets, which I have fought for years, has been diminshed."
Excruciating Wrist Pain Gone!
Mrs. H.E. reports: "Last year, after spraining my wrist several times, I lost the use of it completely. A prescription for the pain did nothing for the wrist, and made me sleepy. Later, my doctor gave me a new prescription, assuring me that it wouldn't bother me. I developed mysterious stomach aches. |
J. Robert Hatherill
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 A recent study showed that large intakes of vitamins A, C, or E failed to protect from breast cancer, while an increased intake of vegetables significantly deterred breast cancer risk. Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts are legendary examples of plant chemicals that favorably alter estrogen metabolism.
Fiber and Anti-Estrogens
Dietary fiber influences sex hormone levels. It can diminish the intestinal re-uptake of estrogens by binding them up, causing more excretion in the feces. |
Marion Nestle
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 At the time, the USDA ignored Atwater's advice to limit intake of fat and sugar, and its publications emphasized the newly discovered "micro-nutrients," the vitamins and minerals that are essential for life but are needed only in small amounts. Food manufacturers and agricultural producers readily supported this emphasis because they grasped its marketing potential. They knew that the market for their products was limited. Food already was overabundant in the United States and already supplied more than enough calories for the population. |
J. Robert Hatherill
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| In fact, it is believed that vitamins C and E are primary in preventing free-radical-mediated tissue damage and cancer.
Studies show that tobacco smoke damages the fat, or low-density lipoproteins (LDL) circulating in the blood. LDLs do not attach to the blood vessel wall in their normal form. They must first be damaged by free radicals, then ingested by white blood cells to become foam cells. Foam cells give rise to yellow fatty streaks, which are a hallmark of heart disease. |
| Many cancer-suppressing agents are neither vitamins nor minerals; in fact they are not even nutrients. Yet you need them to stay healthy. þWe need to eat fresh whole foods that contain plant chemicals. þWhen chemopreventive food groups are incorporated in a healthy diet, they not only confer significant health benefits, but they do so in a way that is unique and not duplicated by other food groups. þBreast cancer is the leading cause of death for women between the ages 40 and 55. |
| Take daily vitamin supplements, especially beta carotene, vitamins Bl2, time-release C, E, and selenium.
Cancer-Free Food Preparation
The way food is prepared can have a major impact on the amount of cancer-producing chemicals formed in that food. Recommended methods of food preparation: steaming, poaching, light oven broiling, low-temperature roasting or baking, microwaving, or light boiling.
Avoid overcooking meat, chicken, fish, or any food. Especially avoid charbroiled and fried foods. When you grill or charbroil you introduce a number of undesirable substances into your foods. |
John Heinerman
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 These are usually enriched with vitamins or wheat germ. My suggestion is to use these products in small amounts with high nutrition foods. Fill out soups with a handful of whole wheat macaroni or noodles. Top whole wheat pasta with creamed chicken or tana or a vegetable-tomato sauce.
The average American consumed 12 lbs. of pasta in 1985. Spaghetti leads the market share in pasta sales with 55%, followed by macaroni at 27%, egg noodles at 13%, lasagna and specialty shapes at 3% and all other kinds of pasta at a mere 2%. |
| The balance of the ingredients are energy-producing carbohydrates and vitamins and minerals that work on certain strength-giving glands of the body.
In some European countries, beekeepers who inhale the pollen while routinely working with their hives during honey gathering periods, demonstrate more vibrant health and physical activity than at other times of the year. No wonder, since weight for weight, bee pollen contains more complete protein than accepted sources like steak, eggs or cheese do. |
| Highly Nutritional
Powdered alfalfa contains vitamins A, B-l, B-6, B-12, C, E and K-l, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, folic acid, etc., as well as many essential and nonessential amino acids. Additionally, it contains 15-25% proteins, major minerals and trace elements like calcium, phosphorus, manganese, iron, zinc and copper, together with many naturally occurring sugars (sucrose, fructose, etc.).
% Recommended Daily Allowances
Alfalfa
Parsley
Kelp
Molasses
Milk Powder
Nutrient
(1 oz.)
(1 oz.)
(.2 oz.)
(3 tbs.)
(2 oz. |
John R. Smythies
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| The results were that in mild and moderate cases the vitamins led to a significant slowing down of the disease process in the arteries as shown by the X-ray pictures. However, this was not true in severe cases. The slowing down of disease was largely due to the intake of over 100 mg per day of vitamin E.
(27) A similar investigation was carried out on the carotid arteries in 1,187 people [21]. The investigators used ultrasound to measure in the living person the degree to which atherosclerosis had blocked the artety. High blood levels of vitamin E were associated with less artery blocking. |
John Robbins
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 Foods like golden rice will be designed to contain higher levels of the things we want, like vitamins, and fewer of the things we don't, like cholesterol and saturated fat. Pigs will be bred to grow human organs for transplants. Scientists are even isolating DNA from species long extinct, such as mastodons and Neanderthal people, in the hope of restoring them to life.
It sounds as if the sky is no longer the limit. Genetic engineering and the biotech companies can seem to hold the key to the promised land.
Dr. |
| Independent analyses found that very small areas of land were required to generate sufficient vitamin A, and that the greater variety of vegetables and fruits people ate, the better their intake of vitamin A and other vitamins.6 Health benefits to the poor from programs like this are enormous.
Advocates of genetic engineering imply that if we don't get over our queasiness about eating genetically modified food, kids in the Third World will go blind. But on March 4, 2001, both the New York Times Magazine and the St. |
Barnet Meltzer, M.D.
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 This depletes the wheat of more than 20 vital nutrients, including vitamins B and E and calcium. When four of the 20 nutrients are returned to the denatured carbohydrate, packagers label it "enriched." Why mess with Mother Nature's brilliant handiwork to begin with? Select whole, unprocessed foods, and avoid refined, processed substitutes.
Principle 3: Select pure foods over chemical toxins
The SAD diet is plagued with toxic chemicals that send oxidative stress levels skyrocketing. |
| This enables them to retain the highest content of trace minerals, vitamins, and enzymes. If organic food is not yet readily available where you live, don't worry too much about it. You can still achieve nutritional excellence with fresh, whole, and pure foods.
Rule 3: Select Alkaline Food over Acid-Forming Food
The issue of alkaline versus acidic foods will come up often when you're deciding which proteins work best in your high-performance diet. |
| In addition to energizing the body with their concentration of proteins, minerals, antioxidants, vitamins, and enzymes, they protect against arthritis and other acid-forming conditions.
Note: The harvesting process is critical to the quality of spirulina. Optimally, in the extraction procedure, the temperature does not exceed 88 degrees. For this reasons, I recommend Revita, the Liqua Health version of spirulina {see Resources).
2. Citrus Fruits
Oranges, pineapples, grapefruits (particularly pink ones), mangos, and tangerines are all high in enzymes. |
| It contains a full complement of antioxidants, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, selenium, vitamin E, vitamins B, and phytonutrients. It's especially good for bolstering the immune system—more than any other food, it builds resistance to infection and cancer. It's also high in fiber. Add raw broccoli to a garden salad or mix it with pasta, tofu, or vegetable soup.
Other cruciferous vegetables include cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, broccoli rabe, bok choy cauliflower, mustard greens, and turnip greens. |
John Robbins
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| Animal protein in your diet increases your homocysteine levels, whereas folate and vitamins B-6, which are found in whole grains and green leafy vegetables, help reduce homocysteine levels.
Unfortunately, a globalization of illness is occurring. Many countries have copied the Western way of eating and living, and they are now copying the Western way of dying. |
Ruth Winter
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 Therefore, the label shows you a product has less than the uppermost limits of DRVs for fats, cholesterol, and sodium which are:
• Total fat: less than 65 g
• Saturated fat: less than 20 g
• Cholesterol: less than 300 mg
• Sodium: less than 2,400 mg
Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs)
RDIs are a set of dietary references based on and replacing the recommended dietary allowances (RDAs, see Appendix E) for essential vitamins and minerals and, in selected groups, protein. |
John Robbins
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| And from short-term studies we know that irradiating food destroys vitamins A, B-l, C, K, and E, and forms new and potentially carcinogenic chemical compounds. Plus there is a very real possibility that it could create mutant bacteria and viruses.
£. Coli 015 7:H7—The Hamburger Disease
Despite its dangers, irradiation has been approved for meats, and the primary reason is none other than the notorious E. coli 0157:H7. Es-cherichia coli (E. coli) is a huge family of rod-shaped bacteria, most of which peacefully inhabit the intestinal tract and aid in human and animal digestion. |
Ruth Winter
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| EPIGALLOCATECH1N GALLATE (EGCG) • A compound found in green tea that reportedly provides stronger damage protection of cells and their genetic material than vitamins E and C.
EPINEPHRINE • Adrenaline. The major hormone of the adrenal gland which increases heart rate and contractions, vasoconstriction or vasodilation, relaxation of the muscles in the lungs and intestinal smooth muscles, and the processing of sugar and fat.
EPOXY • Chemical term describing an oxygen atom bound to two linked carbon atoms. They are important chemical intermediates and the basis of epoxy resins (see). |
John Robbins
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| I wish I could tell you the name of a particular brand of vitamins that you could purchase knowing they were guaranteed to be free from GMOs. But I can't. It's ironic, because you can buy a safer car, or one that gets better gas mileage. You can choose an energy-efficient freezer. But the lack of labeling makes it very difficult to choose foods and supplements that don't contain genetically altered substances.
]y[ilk from Drugged Cows
For some time, bovine growth hormone (BGH) has been used to stimulate milk production in cows. |
Marion Nestle
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| Food manufacturers routinely add nutrients to breakfast cereals at levels that provide 25% or more of the Daily Values for a dozen vitamins and minerals in a i-ounce serving. Cereals such as General Mills' Total contain 100% or more of the Daily Value for 12 nutrients per serving and amounts ranging from 4% to 25% for 5 others. |
| As shown in Table 23, a 12-ounce glass of orange juice—even that reconstituted from cans—provides substantial amounts of vitamin A, folic acid, potassium, and other vitamins and minerals along with its sugar and calories, as does an equivalent amount of 1% low-fat milk. Worse, soft drinks are the single greatest source of caffeine in children's diets; a 12-ounce can of cola contains about 45 milligrams but the amounts in more potent soft drinks can exceed 100 milligrams—a level approaching that found in coffee. |
| Many of these products are high in calories, fat, sugar, or salt but are marketed as nutritious because they contain added vitamins (see Part V).
Nutritionists and traditionalists may lament such developments, because convenience overrides not only considerations of health but also the social and cultural meanings of meals and mealtimes. |
| Slightly more than one-fourth are "nutritionally enhanced" so that they can be marketed as low in fat, cholesterol, salt, or sugar or as higher in fiber, calcium, or vitamins. Some such products, among them no-fat cookies, vitamin-enriched cereals, and calcium-fortified juice drinks, contain so much sugar that they belong at the top of the Pyramid. Developing such foods has only one purpose: to attract sales. |
| Atwater's advice said nothing about vitamins. Although classic vitamin-deficiency diseases such as scurvy, beriberi, and pellagra were understood to be associated with diet in some way, their specific causes were unknown and no vitamin had as yet been isolated. Early in the twentieth century, as scientists began to identify the structure and function of one vitamin after another, the USDA immediately translated these scientific advances into advice for consumers. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 This is just a small sample of the work being done on vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other supplements that I report on in this book.
There are many different kinds of supplements; some may be familiar to you, some may not. Here is a brief description of the supplements that I discuss in Secret Remedies, as well as a definition of some common terms.
Antioxidants—Many of the supplements I write about are antioxidants, substances that protect the body from damage by free radicals. The antioxidant theory of disease was proposed by scientist Denham Harman several decades ago. Dr. |
John Robbins
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| Most of these diets are deficient in major nutrients, such as dietary fiber and carbohydrates, as well as in specific vitamins, minerals, and protective phytochemicals. Further, they put the body on a low-calorie diet roller coaster. When the body is starved for calories, it loses weight, but it also goes into survival mode —slowing metabolism and burning fewer calories. When normal caloric intake is resumed, rapid weight gain almost always results. |
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