Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 Pauling, 1987).
Vitamin A has also proven useful in therapy of oral cancer. Vancouver scientists have found that large supplemental doses of vitamin A or beta carotene could cause the shrinkage of precancerous lesions, called oral leukoplakia, and also prevent new lesions from forming. Weekly ingestion of 200,000 international units (IU) of vitamin A caused leukoplakia shrinkage in 12 of the 21 participants in the study. Both vitamin A and beta carotene prevented the development of new leukoplakia during a year of treatment of Indian betel quid chewers (Science News, June 11, 1988).
The U.S. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| B6), and a metal ion (reduced iron) are required for the synthesis of carmtine. Obviously, a deficiency of any one of these nutrients would result in significantly impaired carnitine synthesis.1-3
METABOLISM
Transportation into tissues
The heart and skeletal muscles, as well as many other tissues, depend primarily on fatty acid oxidation as a source of energy. Since they cannot synthesize carnitine, its transport into these tissues is of critical importance.
Specific carnitine binding transport proteins have been identified for several tissues, e.g. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 A, C, and E. Vitamin E is especially important for the anticancer action of selenium. While this vitamin has no direct effect on breast cancer, it can prevent the progress of mammary dysplasia, a precancerous condition of breast disease, to full-blown cancer. A dosage of 600 international units per day is adequate, along with daily doses of 150 micrograms (but no more) of selenium and approximately 1,000 milligrams of any magnesium supplement. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 A, C and E) and in 14.7% of those taking lactulose. The recurrence rate in untreated controls was 35.9%.
TOS have exerted hypocholesterolemic effects in animals. They have also shown some preliminary, experimental ability to lower triglycerides. A fermented milk product containing FOS lowered LDL-cholesterol levels in male subjects with borderline elevated serum cholesterol levels in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. There is a small study in which inulins reportedly lowered plasma total cholesterol and triglyceride levels significantly in healthy male volunteers. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 The topical application of 400 mg/ml of vitamin E in oil form applied to lesions for one week in patients receiving chemotherapy for oral musositis proved to be significantly effective relative to controls. The administration of alpha-tocopherol in an escalating dose schedule of 800, 1200, 1600, and 2000 IU per day for each subsequent four-week cycle until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurred reduced the level of major toxicities of high-dose 13-cRA in patients suffering from skin, head and neck, or lung cancer. |
Richard Lucas
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 It is especially rich in the important mineral selenium. According to medical research studies, selenium may suppress or prevent cancerous growths, in certain circumstances.
Various Forms of Kyolic
Kyolic garlic is available in various forms. For example—in tablets—in powder contained in gelatine capsules—in bottled liquid extract with a container of empty gelatine capsules—and in liquid only. The empty gelatine capsules are easily filled with the use of the handy spouted bottle, and taken immediately. If left to stand, the capsules quickly dissolve. |
Rex Adams
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 C and B. Every child improved under this plan, and there was one complete recovery. In another experiment, 151 patients with various nerve-muscle disorders were given wheat germ oil. Their progress was followed for twelve years:
* In five (three children and two adults) out of 25 patients with progressive muscular dystrophy, symptoms were arrested and moderate to marked improvement occurred.
* Three out of five patients with menopausal muscular dystrophy showed remarkable improvement. (Other than the wheat germ oil, these patients were not placed on any particular diet. |
John Heinerman
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 B-3, B-6, C and zinc achieve remarkable results.
Thirty women who had severe PMS were put on 3 grams of oil of evening primrose daily from the 15th cycle day until menstruation during 2 cycles and placebo capsules for 2 cycles. PMS symptom severities, especially depression, were relieved a lot more with the oil than with the placebo. Improvement was noted during 62% of oil-treated cycles, but only 40% of the time with placebo. Up to six capsules per day appear to give significant therapeutic benefits. |
Gary Null
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 This refined sucrose taxes the body's digestive system and depletes its core of minerals and enzymes as the sugar is metabolized. For this reason and others, white sugar has earned a bad reputation and the label, "empty food."
Carbohydrates include many sugars. The best known is sucrose, or white table sugar, which breaks down in the body into simpler sugars, glucose and fructose. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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 History and folk use
Turmeric is the major ingredient of curry powder and is also used in prepared mustard. It is extensively used in foods both for its color and flavor. In addition, turmeric is used in both the Chinese and Indian (Ayurvedic) systems of medicine as an antiinflammatory agent and in the treatment of numerous conditions, including flatulence, jaundice, menstrual difficulties, bloody urine, hemorrhage, toothache, bruises, chest pain, and colic.1 Turmeric poultices are often applied locally to relieve inflammation and pain. |
John Boik
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 Macronutrients are discussed in this chapter, and micronutrients and non-nutrient factors are discussed in the following two chapters.
12.1 TYPES OF DIETARY FAT
12.2 MECHANISMS BY WHICH DIETARY FATS MAY PROMOTE CANCER
12.2.1 Increased Bioavailability of Sex Hormones
12.2.2 Decreased Immune Response
12.2.3 Increased Production of PGE2
12.2.4 Enhanced Membrane Fluidity
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12.3.2 Increased Free Radical Damage
12.3.3 Increased PGE3 Production
12.3.4 Reduced Platelet Aggregation
12.3.5 Decreased Production of Angiogenic Factors
12.3.6 Decreased Cachexia
12.3.7 Other Fatty Acids
12. |
John R. Smythies
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| C and E, and various forms of cancer [55]. They estimated the strength of the protection and whether there was a consistent relationship between higher blood levels of the antioxidants and increased protection (called a "dose/response" relationship). The results indicated that the antioxidants provided good protection against cancer of the lung and upper respiratory and digestive tracts, some protection against cancer of the colon and cervix, but none against breast and prostate cancer. |
| The potent antioxidant NAC can be given adequately by means of an aerosol spray. Winklhofer-Roob et al. have shown that patients with this disease who have low blood levels of vitamin C also have high blood indices of inflammation (MDA and TGFoc levels), whereas those with high levels of vitamin C have "clearly lower values" of these indices of inflammation [232]. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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| The pungent odor of garlic is caused mainly by allicin. Allicin forms when the enzyme alliinase reacts with the compound alliin. The essential oil of garlic yields approximately 60 percent of its weight in allicin after exposure to alliinase. Because the enzyme is inactivated by heat, cooked garlic produces less odor than raw garlic, and is not nearly as powerful in physiological effect.1
History and folk use
Garlic has long been used to treat a wide variety of conditions. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 Until 1977, the MERCK MEDICAL MANUAL, considered the "bible of physicians", included coffee enemas as an accepted means of detoxification and constipation relief. Yet coffee enemas became the focal point of critics who considered the Kelley program unscientific.
Meanwhile, there has been an abundance of scientific studies in Europe showing that enzymes (protease, amylase, lipase) can improve the general course of the cancer patient.9 Kelley's work is carried on by a Sloan-Kettering trained oncologist, Dr. Nicholas Gonzales, in New York City. |
J. Robert Hatherill
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 A, C, E green tea
The Japanese drink green tea daily and have the lowest rates of lung cancer in the world. Green tea can block cancer-causing substances in tobacco and prevent lung cancers in mice.
Large Intestine Cancer
The large intestine is a 4- to 5-foot length of tubing that maintains intimate contact with ingested food. So diet has a crucial influence on cancer within the intestines. Cancer of the large intestine is second only to lung cancer in terms of its death rate. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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 There is also a large assortment of products referred to as "green foods" in health-foods stores. Nature's Plus makes a product called Green Lightning, which is a whole-food concentrate of young barley plants. Some are powdered to be mixed with water, others are sold in tablet form. They range in price from about $.45 a day to $.70 a day, depending on the brand.
Nutrceuticals
Nutraceuticals are any food or part of a food that provides health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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 Be, C, and E, calcium, magnesium, and rutin (a flavonoid antioxidant). Dr. Gaby recommends a diet high in fiber-rich foods that avoids all refined sugars, processed foods, caffeine, and alcohol, as well as medicinal drugs, unless they have been prescribed by your physician. He also cautions against supplementing with high doses of vitamin A.
In cases of severe preeclampsia, pregnant women can be hospitalized and treated with high doses (20 g or more over a 24-hour period) of intravenous magnesium sulfate. "While that treatment is effective to some extent, it is not without risk," Dr. |
Thomas Bartram
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 Action: hypoglycaemic, antibiotic, anticoagulant, expectorant, hypotensive, antibacterial, antisclerotic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic. Shares some of the properties of Garlic. Mild bacterical (fresh juice). Promotes bile flow, reduces blood sugar, stimulates the heart, coronary flow and systolic pressure.
Uses. Oedema, mild dropsy, high blood pressure. Inclusion in daily diet for those at risk from heart attack or stroke through low HDLs (high-density lipoprotein) levels.
"An Onion a day keeps arteriosclerosis at bay. |
Earl Mindell
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 The following table is a handy guide to refer to:
WHAT'S WHAT DM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Metric Measure
1 kilogram equals 1,000 grams
1 gram equals 1,000 milligrams
1 milligram equals 1/1,000th part of a gram
1 microgram equals 1/1,000th part of a milligram
1 gamma equals 1 microgram
Avoirdupois Weight
16 ounces equal 1 pound 7,000 grains equal 1 pound 453.6 grams equal 1 pound 1 ounce av. equals 437.5 grains 1 ounce av. equals 28.35 grams
Conversion Factors
1 gram equals 15.4 grains
1 grain equals 0.085 grams (85 miUigrams)
1 ounce apothecary equals 31. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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| C and E. He was also given the homeopathic remedy Lycopodium and had already changed to a primarily vegetarian diet.
"Over the next six months, the tumor size was monitored by the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test and rectal ultrasound," Dr. Kruzel recounts."Within the first 60 days, the PSA dropped from a high reading of 4.5 to 3.0 (a normal reading is 0.5-4.0), but there was no change noted on ultrasound. By the end of the six-month period, the tumor had decreased in size upon ultrasound examination and the PSA level had decreased to 2.6." According to Dr. |
Gary Null
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| These will improve sleep quality and alleviate anxiety and depression. multivitamin and mineral complex.
On the Research front_
Additional therapies that have proven helpful in relieving temporomandibular joint dysfunction in studies are acupuncture; biofeedback in combination with intraoral appliances; progressive relaxation training; and isokinetic exercise. Another natural remedy is Euphytose, a mixture of plant extracts, including Passiflora incarnata, Valeriana officialis, and Cola nitida. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Used heavily during stress Helps the body handle stress Useful in treating schizophrenia Increases mental ability Builds teeth, prevents caries Prevents pyorrhea Lowers incidence of blood
Youthful looks Helps complexion Helps fingernails
Hastens and aids the healing process of wounds, injuries and burns. clots in the veins Ease joint movement Extend life by helping
Maintains healthy connective tissue (skin and ligaments) protein cells to hold together
Helps with arthritis
Deficiency Disease- Scurvey. Some researchers believe Atherosclerosis is a deficiency disease of Vitamin C. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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| Bs (pantothenic acid) and Bs (pyridoxine). He has used coenzyme Q10, raw thymus glandular extract, bee pollen, royal jelly, geranium, and zinc to good effect as well. Multivitamin/min-eral tablets are used as a simple supplement for children.
Dr. Ivker reports that proanthocyanidin, or grape seed extract, is also effective in treating hay fever. He notes that in, France, it has become the most commonly recommended natural remedy for allergies. He also recommends the bioflavonoid quercetin to all his patients with hay fever.
Herbal Medicine: Dr. |
| C and E, coenzyme Q10, and selenium, has been shown to have a positive impact on heart disease.34 Chelation therapy, acupuncture, and herbal remedies such as hawthorn berries, Ginkgo biloba, garlic, and cayenne35 may also be effective in the treatment of heart disease.
Rebuilding Brainpower
As a person ages, a number of changes typically occur that can impair many aspects of mental function, such as perceptual speed, reaction time, visual-spatial abilities, fluency with words, certain memory functions, and some types of attention. |
| A and C, iodine, zinc, and other vital nutrients. Of course, germs are an important consideration in the disease process, but susceptibility is more dependent on nutrition than on exposure to the ubiquitous pathogens that pass our way every day."
Nutrition is an integral part of body chemistry and physiology. It replenishes the essential molecules that maintain the systems that are the infrastructure of our physical life. Drug therapy can be lifesaving, but nutrition is health-giving. In Dr. Kunin s view, orthomolecular medicine is the foundation of modern scientific medical practice. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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 CIRCULATORY STIMULANT
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
20-30%
Ginseng
Panax ginseng
20-30%
Burdock
Arctium lappa
10-15%
Ginger
Zingiber officinalis
10-15%
Prickly ash bark
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
10-15%
Rosemary
Rosmarinus officinalis
5-10%
Cayenne
Capsicum spp.
2 - 5%
Actions:
This formula increases general circulation of blood to the extremities and promotes venous and capillary integrity. The main action is to increase peripheral circulation. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| DNA repair aids, and other treatments described in this book."
Though Mann's book is useful, his claims appear exorbitant. It is doubtful that he is correct in beginning his first chapter, "Many people who are reading this book may live for 200 years or more." Nor does he document his assertion, "Leading gerontologists believe that with proper funding they can find ways to double the human lifespan within the next 10 to 20 years."
Among the methods Mann advocates is lowering the body temperature. Dr. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 C, E, selenium, calcium, and zinc.
If you are prone to high blood pressure, ask your doctor about prescribing extra calcium and magnesium.
For morning sickness: Take two ginger capsules upon waking. Drink one cup of peppermint tea.
To prepare for labor: Drink one cup of raspberry tea daily.
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
About 50 percent of menstruating women suffer from some form of premenstrual syndrome.
Symptoms range from mild to debilitating.
Diet, vitamin and mineral supplements, and in some cases, hormone therapy, can help reduce symptoms. |
Leo Galland
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 I recommend that most adults supplement their diets with 1,000 mg of vitamin C/day) Beef, broccoli, brown rice, carrots, chicken, eggs, halibut, oats, rainbow trout, salmon, tuna, turkey breast Bananas, beef, blueberries, cabbage, chicken, eggs, fish, green peas, spinach, sunflower seeds, walnuts Oysters, clams, crabmeat, liver, turkey leg or thigh, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, black-eyed peas
Garlic, shrimp, oats, scallops, Brazil nuts Brown rice, Brazil nuts, almonds, oatmeal, pineapple, green peas, blackberries
Food storage and preparation affect nutrient content. |
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