| Sulfur also has a long history of healing but it has been overlooked in our current fascination with vitamins and minerals. When asked to think of minerals important for health, most people know that calcium is good for their bones, that iron is important for their blood, that zinc is needed by the prostate. But rarely does anyone mention sulfur.
In the next chapter we will look at the MSM's "pedigree" and its connection to DMSO and sulfur. |
| Prior to 1990, vitamins and minerals were viewed narrowly by most physicians as necessary elements contained in food that prevented nutritional deficiency states such as scurvy, beriberi, rickets, and pellagra. The prevailing attitude held that supplementation was unnecessary because a balanced diet was supposed to provide all the good nutrition our bodies needed. For decades, only a small minority of nutritionally oriented physicians advocated supplements as a potent, safe, and inexpensive way to help treat illness and create optimum health. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 I have my first glass of water in the morning, with my vitamins and minerals, before I drink my habitual cup of coffee. Then I sip water throughout the day. I also get fluids in the form of juices, soups, and teas. Do the same, and you might feel better—more energetic and alive.
CHAPTER 4
I OUT BACK IN MY GARDEN OF
Youth, I'm growing 253 species of herbs. I hope to break 300 soon.
Because I'm an avid gardener, and because gardening provides an abundance of health benefits, I always encourage those who can grow their own herbs to do so. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| See Herb Sources under the vitamins and minerals) They help feed the body. Many times a weak or sick body will accept nourishment from an herb when other foods are rejected or unassimilated.
4. Raise the energy level of the body
Herbs stimulate the energy levels within the body so the body has increased energy to heal itself.
5. Stimulates the body's immune system
Herbs stimulate the immune system and promote the body's natural good bacteria.
HERB TYPES
Alterative-Herbs used to change existing nutritive and excretory processes to regulate body functions. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| It should be pointed out that several vitamins and minerals have been implicated in the pre-
*It is not clear whether this increase is due to the meat itself or to the elevated fat intake which comes as a result of increased meat consumption. vention of human cancer. It is well known that vitamin C when included in the diet prevents the formation in the stomach of the dangerous class of carcinogenic substances called nitrosamines, which are manufactured in the stomach as the result of consuming nitrites along with protein. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Learning about vitamins and minerals will help you to better understand the properties of herbs. Vitamins, minerals, and herbs are more effective when used together against disease and problems than when used separately. In the Ailment Chapter, specific herbs and vitamins will be suggested for different ailments.
VITAMINS
In order for a substance to be defined as a vitamin it must be essential for life. Plants manufacture their own vitamins, but animal bodies usually do not; therefore, we must obtain them from an outside source, either in the food we eat or through a supplement. |
| Supplements All vitamins and minerals important especially B vitamins, Inositol, Choline (Lecithin).
Diet: Real Food Diet, Mild Food Diet, Chlorophyll or Green Drink, Raw juices, Bee Pollen.
No refined foods, sugar or salt. Other: Positive Thinking and keeping the mind active and alert is essential to the prevention of senility.
SHINGLES
— Nerve and Relaxing Combinations
— B Vitamins, Vitamin A, Minerals especially Calcium and Zinc.
— Apple cider vinegar dabbed on sore areas has been used to relieve pain for 1 to 2 hours.
— Chinese Herbal oils.
— See also itching. |
Linda Mason Hunter
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 In his book Light, Radiation, and You (Devin-Adair, 1985), Ott expresses the belief that most artificial light lacks essential wavelengths in the same way that refined flour lacks certain vitamins and minerals. He claims that certain cells in the body can't function without those parts of the spectrum and that most indoor lighting promotes illness. Ott suspects malillumination causes disorders ranging from lack of vitality to lowered resistance to disease, and hyperactivity. He believes it can also lead to aggressive behavior, heart disease, and cancer. |
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SAFETY PRODUCTS
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Maker of First Alert Model SA202 photoelectric smoke detector.
SECURITY SYSTEMS Radio Shack
Check yellow pages of phone book for store near you. Offers Duofone Sensor Alert, which will keep track of conditions at home while you're not there. In event of trouble, system will dial preprogrammed telephone numbers with voice-synthesized alert message. System monitors indoor temperature, electrical outages, burglar or smoke alarm signals. |
John Lauritsen
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 It is a particularly rich source of natural Beta Carotene and chlorophyll, as well as many other vitamins and minerals. For two days, each time I passed the Sun booth I popped a few more little green pills, and didn't feel any the worse for it.
In fact, whether from the "pond scum" or from being exposed to the California health ethos, I felt great, and found myself eagerly waking up early in the morning to do calisthenics before going out to eat a huge California breakfast. |
Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland
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| Your mother was right to tell you to eat your vegetables—vegetables, along with fruits and whole grains, are our best sources of vitamins and minerals, complex carbohydrates, and dietary fiber. Studies have even linked diets rich in these plant foods with lower risks of coronary heart disease and cancers of the lung, stomach, colon, and esophagus. |
| Most cereals today are heavily fortified with vitamins and minerals, in part to replace nutrients lost in processing and to distract attention from the sugar content, which may be as high as 60 percent. Don't worry about such additives as thiamin mononitrate (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), and pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6). Calcium propionate is added to most commercial breads to prevent mold growth—not only is it not dangerous, but the calcium is a nutritious bonus. |
| Microwaving often retains more vitamins and minerals than cooking by conventional methods does, because microwave cooking times are shorter and less water is used.
þ Do use your microwave to pre-cook meats to minimize heterocyclic amines.
þ Don't bother investing in a microwave radiation detector. If it costs less than a new microwave oven, it's probably not reliable.
THOSE POTS AND PANS
Ever wonder whether it's safe to use your old scratched-up Teflon pan? And how about the controversy over aluminum pots and Alzheimer's disease? |
| Labels will have to list several important things, including the total calories and calories from fat in a typical serving; the amounts of total fat and saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, sugars, dietary fiber, carbohydrates, important vitamins and minerals, and other components; and the percentage of fruit or vegetable juice contained in beverages.
The FDA will also establish strict guidelines for health and nutrition claims on packages. Terms such as "low-fat" and "light" will be standardized, and nutrition claims will be better regulated so as not to be misleading. |
| Some products to avoid include "health" bars loaded with fat; raw-sugar products, such as Sucanat, which is advertised as being loaded with vitamins and minerals but is little better than table sugar or brown sugar; raw milk and raw cheese, which can cause food poisoning; and comfrey and coltsfoot teas that might promote cancer.
Shop at health-food stores the way you should shop at other stores: carefully! the food for several minutes, and when it stops steaming, refrigerate it in small containers. |
| The book The Right Dose has information on safe doses of vitamins and minerals (see page 206). problem is considerably less serious than it was 20 years ago, but bacon is still all too often contaminated. USDA-sponsored research has developed a way to totally eliminate the need for nitrite in bacon, but the USDA has failed to require the meat industry to adopt it. The meat industry says it needs nitrite as a preservative, but it is really more concerned about marketing products with a cosmetically acceptable appearance and familiar taste. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Herbs perform certain functions in the body, just as certain foods contain vitamins and minerals that help certain areas of the body.
Herbs store indefinitely .They lose about 30% of their potency in the first 24 to 36 hours after picking, but are stable after that if kept in a cool, dry place.
The taste of herbs helps indicate how to use them. The mild, pleasant tasting herbs can be used freely. These are usually the tonic herbs that help every part of the body. The bitter tasting herbs are usually the medicinal herbs. These are used in times of illness or to correct certain problems. |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
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 Then, using this framework, you will learn about the benefits of spices and herbs, vitamins and minerals. By tailoring the diet to your personal needs, this book will provide you with the healthiest possible diet, and one that will help you lose weight and keep it off.
Learn Why You Are Doing This
Unlike many diet books, once you learn what to do you will also learn why you are doing it. Some people just want to know what to do, and trust that it will work. However, if you also want to know why, then this book is for you. |
Rebecca Wood
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 Ounce for ounce, seaweed is higher in vitamins and minerals than any other class of food. It supplies all the minerals needed for human health in proportions very similar to those found in human blood. The most significant elements are calcium, iodine, phosphorus, sodium, and iron. Seaweed is an extremely rich protein source containing up to 38 percent protein. Seaweed is a better than average source of vitamins A, B, C, and E.
It's not surprising that the iodine and iodine compounds in seaweed reduce enlarged thyroid glands (hypothyroidism) caused from insufficient iodine. |
Marcia Zimmerman, C.N.
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 What is so interesting about how vitamins and minerals act in the brain is the high degree of interaction between them. Perhaps this is what has boggled scientists for so long. The foundation of our modern scientific method is to test isolated substances for their effects, yet it is almost impossible to do this with nutrients. However, there have been a few good studies on the way in which individual nutrients act on brain function.
The earth provides us with ninety-two naturally occurring elements. Most of them are metals or minerals. Some are gases, like hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. |
| This is why my recommendations for nutritional correction of AD/HD include vitamins and minerals as well as fatty acids.
Many AD/HD individuals are sensitive to bright light and have impaired night vision because their ability to adjust to either bright or dim light is reduced. LCPs are an integral part of the visual apparatus, especially the rod photoreceptors, which distinguish action in dim light. There are a total of 125 million photoreceptors in the retina of each eye. |
| There is compelling evidence that even normal-birth-weight children who later have attention deficits and other neurological disorders are undernourished at birth in at least one of these EFAs as well as important vitamins and minerals.
LCPs and the Newborn
By the time an infant is born, its body has already manufactured the 100 billion or so brain cells it will depend on throughout life. Some new neurons will develop until the infant reaches eighteen months, but interneuron connections will continue to be built diroughout its life. |
| Other factors that can block these enzymes are environmental stress, alcohol or prescription drug use, viral infections, natural aging, and deficiencies of vitamins and minerals.
Although we can synthesize LCPs from our diet, we have evolved over the centuries with diets so rich in these, we have little need to manufacture our own. In September 1998, Michael Crawford, an eminent researcher from England, presented evidence confirming this fact at a conference on fatty acids sponsored by the National Institutes of Mental Health. Dr. |
| They are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals. Try to rotate the fruit you and your child eat to include as much variety as possible. Children love papayas, mangoes, pineapples, berries, melons, cherries, and kiwifruit. Often all they get are bananas, oranges, apples, and sometimes grapes.
Organically grown fruit is the best choice because it has not been gassed, sprayed, or fertilized with chemicals. You may occasionally notice small blemishes on the skin of organic fruit, but they aren't harmful. |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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 If you are taking pharmaceutical medicines, the chart in Appendix "A", will alert you to possible problems of your medicine interacting negatively with the essential vitamins and minerals. This is reprinted, courtesy of the Health Sciences Institute.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition surveyed 22,000 persons and there was not a single person who was able to get the 100% RDI (recommended daily intake) of vitamins from the food he or she was eating. This means that everyone needs supplemental vitamins. |
| By simply adding or subtracting vitamins and minerals he could produce or eliminate alcoholism in the rats.
He discovered that the amino acid 1-glutamine protects the body from the toxic effect of alcohol and reduces alcohol cravings.
An alcoholic woman was given tasteless 1-glutamine in her food without her knowledge. Several weeks later she said, " I am going to stop drinking". She became employed and did not return to alcohol. Good nutrition can probably also help reduce alcohol cravings. |
| In the therapy section of this article there was not a single sentence about the ability of thymic extract combined with vitamins and minerals to arrest rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. This lack of information about thymic extract was not malicious. There is a nearly total lack of awareness about natural treatments in the conventional medical community.
To prove the efficacy of a therapy usually requires enormous expense (up to two hundred million dollars) to fund long term, double blind studies. |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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 The fruit is rich in vitamins and minerals. No known toxicity for the skin, but if taken internally, it can cause vomiting. PCA • Pyrrolidone Carboxylic Acid. Employed in the manufacture of polyvinylpyrrolidone (see), which goes into hairsprays. Also a high boiling solvent in petroleum processing, and a plasticizer and coalescing ingredient for floor polishes. On the basis of the animal and clinical data, the CIR Expert Panel (see) concludes that it is safe as used in cosmetic formulations but should not be used in products containing nitrosating (see) agents. |
Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND
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 Note: Curcumin is a phenylpropanoid derivative responsible for the characteristic yellow color as well as the main pharmacological activity.4
MECHANISM OF ACTION
Curcumin is reported to be a potent anti-inflammatory agent — its action is reported to be comparable to hydrocortisone and phenylbutazone. |
Nicola Reavley
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 Iodine
150 meg
150 meg
200 meg
Iron
10 mg
15 mg
15 to 30 mg
Magnesium
420 mg
320 mg
350 to 500 mg
Manganese
2 to 5 mg
2 to 5 mg
10 mg
Molybdenum
75 to 250 meg
75 to 250 meg
250 meg
Phosphorus
700 mg
700 mg
700 mg
Potassium
2000 mg
2000 mg
2000 to 5000 mg
Selenium
70 meg
55 meg
100 to 200 meg
Vanadium
10 to 60 meg
10 to 60 meg
50 to 100 meg
Zinc
15 mg
12 mg
15 to 30 mg
Is it possible to get enough vitamins and minerals from food?
People living in Western cultures usually have all the nutritional advantages and disadvantages of an affluent lifestyle. |
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