| This is a hopeful sign that vitamins and minerals may help prevent the onset of cancer in healthy individuals," said William J. Blot of NCI's biostatistics branch and one of the principal investigators of this study.3
Recently, because of a few negative studies that have shown the possibility that certain vitamins may protect a mutated cell from apoptosis (programmed cell death), it is now theorized that certain antioxidants could interfere with the body's normal oxidative process of removing damaged cells. |
| They are rich in delicate essential fatty acids and protein as well as many vitamins and minerals. Organic nut butters, especially almond butter, are excellent nutritional sources. Flax, sunflower, pumpkin, and sesame seeds are all wonderful additions to a mixed salad. You can also grind flaxseeds and add them to salad dressings, cereals, or yogurt.
Yogurt
Lactic acid-rich foods, such as yogurt and fermented cabbage juice, can greatly enhance immune function and strengthen the intestines. Healthy bacteria in the intestines can resist many dangerous pathogens. |
| Besides protein, eggs are also rich in many vitamins and minerals, glutathione, sulfur, and phospholipids.
The best way to prepare eggs is to slow-cook them—soft-boiled or poached. They should never be cooked on high heat because heat reacts with fatty acids and forms dangerous trans fatty acids. Although eggs contain arachidonic acid (AA), which, as mentioned earlier, should generally be avoided, I feel that if the rest of the diet is high in omega-3 fatty acids and low in AA, moderate egg consumption will cause more good than harm. |
Rex Adams
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 Because of a family background of heart trouble and diabetes, I started on vitamin E and other vitamins and minerals some four years ago. Prior to that time I had a case of phlebitis which seemed to have healed normally.
"Recently I noted that the vein in my leg that had been affected began to develop a varicose condition. The vein was enlarged and showed the common dark blue condition associated with this type of problem. This was about two months ago, and at that time I increased my vitamin E intake from 2000 units a day to 3000 units. I also increased my vitamin C from 1000 mg. to 2000 mg. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 Yeast, liver, corn, soy, rosehips, and alfalfa are common sources from which vitamins and minerals are extracted. People who are allergic or sensitive to any of these foods may be reacting to the other ingredients but not to the vitamins themselves. The amounts of individual nutrients in purely natural vitamins are usually not very high, and thus many higher-dose "vitamins" contain a combination of natural and synthetic vitamins.
Synthetic: When vitamins are made chemically in the laboratory, rather than extracted from foods, they are termed "synthetic. |
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| While a higher level of vitamin C intake for smokers is indeed suggested in the 10th edition, studies of the blood levels of vitamins and minerals in smokers have shown that low levels of other nutrients such as beta-carotene, zinc, vitamin B6/ and vitamin E may also be needed at significantly higher levels than that recommended for vitamin C or prescribed by the RDAs. |
| A review of the safety of vitamins and minerals provided in nutritional supplements for free sale in self-selection. European Federation of Health Product Manufacturers. 1994
Panax ginseng (Korean ginseng)
Michael T. Murray, ND Joseph E. Pizzorno Jr, ND
Panax ginseng CA. Meyer (family: Araliaceae) Synonym: Panax schinseng Nees
Common names: Korean ginseng, Chinese ginseng, Asiatic ginseng, Oriental ginseng
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Korean or Chinese ginseng is a small perennial plant which originally grew wild in the damp woodlands of northern China, Manchuria, and Korea. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 Parents beware—Many teenage girls are particularly vulnerable to anemia because they are often dieting and, therefore, rarely get adequate vitamins and minerals. Dieting can be dangerous for several reasons, including the fact that it promotes nutritional deficiencies that can interfere with a girl's physical and mental functioning. Numerous studies have shown that iron-deficiency anemia can adversely affect a girl's ability to perform well at school. Obviously, if a girl is too tired to concentrate, she cannot do her best. |
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| Although flavonoids are often referred to as "semi-essential" nutrients, their importance in human nutrition appears to be as important to good health as the essential vitamins and minerals.
Good dietary sources of flavonoids include citrus fruits, berries, onions, parsley, legumes, green tea, and red wine. The average daily intake in the United States for flavonoids is estimated to be between 150 and 200 mg.
CHEMICAL DESCRIPTIONS
Quercetin (Fig. 87.1 |
| The RDA is inadequate
Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for vitamins and minerals have been prepared by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council since 1941. These guidelines were originally developed to reduce the rates of severe nutritional deficiency diseases such as scurvy (deficiency of vitamin C), pellagra (deficiency of niacin) and beri-beri (deficiency of vitamin Bj), not to promote optimal health. Another problem is that the RDAs were designed to serve as the basis for evaluating the adequacy of diets of groups of people, not individuals. |
| Many studies show that dandelion is a rich source of vitamins and minerals.1 The leaves have the highest vitamin A content (14,000 IU/100 g raw) of all greens, as well as ample amounts of vitamins D, B complex, C and minerals such as iron silicon, magnesium, sodium, potassium, zinc, manganese, copper and phosphorus.1,2 Dandelion also contains relatively high amounts of choline, an important nutrient for the liver.3
Taraxacum officinale roots contain the triterpenes (3-amyrin, taraxasterol, taraxerol and the sterols sitosterin, stigmasterin and phytosterin (Figs 115.1 and 115.2). |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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| Ideally consumed fresh, they are higher in vitamins and minerals than many other drinks. They are particularly a good replacement for sugary soda pops. Fruits and fruit juices without added sugars also tend to be purifying and help with our elimination. They are often part of a cleansing or detoxification program.
Fruits are also very easy to digest and utilize, and so they usually have low allergenic potential (allergy comes mainly from the protein components of food). |
| It is also high in other vitamins and minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, niacin, riboflavin, and choline. Algin, which is helpful at pulling out intestinal toxins and heavy metals, is also found in kelp. Several tablets per day will usually supply the needed iodine; kelp powder used on food is a good salt substitute but should not be overused.
Licorice
Licorice (Glycyrrhizaglabra) likely has the most celebrated herbal past, extending thousands of years, beginning in the Orient and progressing around the world. It has many actions and clearly many uses. |
| Besides the high protein and low fat levels of these algae, they contain substantial amounts of vitamins and minerals and plant chlorophyll; spirulina was recently measured as rich in GLA, or gamma-linolenic acid, the oil found in the evening primrose plant.
It is possible that the GLA found in spirulina and possibly these other products accounts for some of the positive effects that people experience when using them, including decreased appetite, weight loss, and improved energy levels, especially mental energy. |
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| Presumably this protection is the result of increased intake of antioxidant vitamins and minerals.4"6 However, various "non-essential" food components such as the non-provitamin A carotenes lutein, zeaxanthin, and lycopene and flavonoids are proving to be even more significant in protecting against ARMD than traditional nutritional antioxidants. The macula, especially the central portion of the macula, the fovea, owes its yellow color to its high concentration of lutein and zeaxanthin. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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| With this, though, we need to take more of our essential vitamins and minerals, such as the Bs, vitamin C, iron, calcium, zinc, copper, and chromium, to help decrease lead absorption. As mentioned, L-cysteine, 250 mg. twice daily, is a sulfur-containing, detoxifying amino acid that will help bind and eliminate lead.
Children can be somewhat protected by getting adequate iron, calcium, and vitamins C and E in their diet and as supplements in appropriate amounts for their age. |
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| The need for a guideline to optimal intake levels of nutrients
A growing body of evidence indicates that intakes of certain vitamins and minerals at levels well above the RDAs may be necessary to protect against the development of certain conditions and diseases that affect our quality of life and/or life span. For example, antioxidants, such as vitamin C, beta-carotene, vitamin E, and selenium, may prevent free radical damage to vascular endothelial cells associated with the most common form of cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis. These vitamins/
Table 108. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 They can only use the simplest breakdown products of food to fuel their activities and can only use the vitamins and minerals locked away in that juicy apple once they are released in their simplest form.
Digestion begins in the mouth. As soon as you take a bite of food, enzymes and mucins in your saliva begin to break it down and lubricate it for a trip down the esophagus. Meanwhile, down in the stomach, the taste, smell or even the thought of food stimulates the secretion of hydrochloric acid and the enzyme pepsin, which digests protein. |
| Cholesterol-Busting Supplements
If your cholesterol is over 300, you'll want to add the following vitamins and minerals to the Six Core Principles for Optimal Health for six months. Most of these essential nutrients are antioxidants which help lower your LDL or "bad" cholesterol levels:
Vitamin C: 1,000 mg three times daily. If this high a dose gives you diarrhea, back off the dose until it goes away. Magnesium: 300 mg daily Calcium: 200 mg daily Copper: 2 to 3 mg
Vitamin E: 400 IU (total 800 IU daily). |
| These drugs decrease the absorption of nutrients you get from your foods such as sugars, fats, vitamins and minerals.
What Nutrients Do They Deplete or Throw Out of Balance?
Calcium, carotene, electrolytes, folic acid, iron and the fat-soluble vitamins A, B12, D, E and K.
What Else to Take If You Take These Drugs
Take supplements of vitamins A, B12, D, E and K as well as folic acid, iron, electrolytes, beta-carotene and calcium.
To reduce constipation drink at least eight glasses of water every day and eat foods high in fiber like whole grains, vegetables and fruit. |
| You would need to eat huge quantities of fresh, organic produce to get the vitamins and minerals present in a few vitamin supplements. For example, you'd have to drink eight glasses of fresh-squeezed orange juice every day in order to get just 1,000 mg of vitamin C.
The Basic Plan
Here's the basic program: A high-potency multiple vitamin with minerals (minerals also enable your body to use the vitamins). Be sure to read the label. With many multivitamins you need to take up to 12 a day to get the amounts listed below. |
| As a general rule, prescription drugs cause imbalances in the body ranging from depletion of vitamins and minerals, to constipation and lowered immune function. Prescription Alternatives gives you a tool for easily and immediately accessing information about how the drugs you are taking affect your body, the steps you can take to counteract these imbalances and what alternative treatments are available.
There is no possible way we could cover every drug available, or every interaction or problem with every drug. |
| Nutritional supplements such as vitamins and minerals are health insurance. You are making sure your body has everything it needs to stay balanced and tuned.
A lot of people ask, "Why do I need to take vitamins if I eat well?" First, the soil our food is grown in is badly depleted of many essential minerals. Second, by the time food gets on your table, sometimes weeks after it has been picked, it has lost many of its important vitamins, such as vitamin C. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 The following products may be recommended for relief of vitamins and minerals deficiency:
MULTIVITAMIN PRODUCTS ....... |
| Pyridoxine hydrochloride is available in multivitamin and multivitamin/multimineral products as well as products that, in addition to vitamins and minerals, contain other nutritional substances. Single ingredient pyridoxine products are also available. Some products are available which contain mixtures of pyridoxine hydrochloride and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. Typical doses of pyridoxine used for nutritional supplementation range from 2 to 20 milligrams/day.
Those who use pyridoxine for the management of premenstrual syndrome, typically use doses ranging from 50 to 100 milligrams/day. |
| The following products may be recommended for relief of vitamins and minerals deficiency:
CHROMIUM .....................96
MULTIVITAMIN PRODUCTS ....... |
Rebecca Wood
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 The pinon is richer in vitamin A and the B vitamins and minerals, and it contains 14 percent protein.
Use Whole pine nuts are eaten as a snack,
WASH UP WITH MAYONNAISE
Since childhood, pinon foraging has been one of my favorite fafl expeditions. Watch the pine jays—when they cluster in the pinon and start pecking at cones, don't delay. Wearing old clothes, shake pinon branches with a rake or long stick until the cones fall to the ground. Collect the cones in something disposable like burlap bags or boxes (plastic doesn't work because the gum tars it stuck). |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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| Chapter 7 Accessory Nutrients
In addition to the vitamins and minerals already discussed in detail, a number of other nutritional/biochemical supplements are in common use (many more than I will describe here). These might be prescribed by health practitioners, and various nutrients and dietary aids can be purchased in grocery stores, pharmacies, or health food stores or through the mail from many companies. Literally hundreds of new preparations are marketed each year. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 And if you follow those guidelines, you're helping to ward off two major threats, since fruits and vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals that are helpful in preventing stroke. One British study, for example, suggested that eating the amount of vitamin C in just half an orange, somewhere between 100 and 300 milligrams, every day significantly decreased the incidence of stroke.
Again, willow bark and the other aspirin-like herbs should only be used to prevent and treat ischemic stroke. They are powerfully anticoagulant and may increase risk of hemorrhage, including hemorrhagic stroke. |
Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council
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 The available supply of most of the vitamins and minerals measured has remained essentially unchanged. The exceptions are iron and vitamins B^, B2, and niacin, which have increased, and magnesium, which has decreased. The increases probably reflect the enrichment of a variety of flour-based products. Since magnesium is lost during the refining of flour, as are a number of trace minerals, the decline in magnesium intake might reflect a general decline in trace minerals, especially those derived from whole grains. If one were relating U.S. |
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