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PowerFoods: Good Food, Good Health with Phytochemicals, Nature's Own Energy Boosters Stephanie Beling See book keywords and concepts

The bulk of a grain (or kernel or berry)?4 percent of it—is the endosperm. Here are most of the protein and carbohydrates and most of the weight. White flour is made from the endosperm. The bran is the outer covering of the kernel, and although it's only about 14 percent of the kernel weight, it carries a disproportionate share of the nutrients, particularly the B vitamins, and most of the fiber. The smallest part of the kernel, only about 2 percent of its weight, is the germ, the embryo of the seed; it too is rich in vitamins and nutrients and contains essential fatty acids.

Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer: A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine See book keywords and concepts

Schizandra {Fructus schizandrae) The dried berry of schizandra, like astragalus, bupleurum, ginseng, and ligus-ticum, is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine for its adaptogenic properties and as a restorative remedy for immune enhancement. Schizandra is referred to as the five-flavored seed because its taste includes the five tastes of sour, bitter, sweet, acrid, and salty. In Shen Nong's Herbal Classic (written about two thousand years ago) and in the Compendium of Materia Medica (written by L.I.

Herbal Defense Robyn Landis See book keywords and concepts

Are they happy about you taking saw palmetto berry? Duke suggests: Ask your congressperson: "Who benefits most from preventive medicine: the consumer, the government, the medical establishment, or the pharmaceutical industry?" Clearly, the doctors and pharmaceutical industry stand to lose, if preventive medicine prevails. Then why is 90 percent of government funds targeted for curative medicines?... As it stands today, the FDA prohibits the sale of herbal alternatives, if there are any preventive or curative messages implied.

Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E Ruth Winter See book keywords and concepts

As the artificial essential oil of almonds, it is used in berry, butter, coconut, apricot, cherry, peach, liquor, brandy, rum, almond, pecan, pistachio, spice, and vanilla flavoring. Occurs naturally in cherries, raspberries, tea, almonds, bitter oil, cajeput oil, and cassia bark. Used in beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, chewing gum, and cordials. Also used in cosmetic creams and lotions, perfumes, soaps, and dyes. May cause allergic reactions. A skin irritant, contact may cause a rash. Highly toxic. Produces central nervous system depression and convulsions.

Herbal Defense Robyn Landis See book keywords and concepts

It works well in combination with saw palmetto berry and was used that way by Native Amet-icans for this purpose. It's also good-tasting enough to be taken as tea (1/2 ounce herb per day). One to 5 capsules of the hetb by itself can also be used. Yohimbe bark from Africa is a very powerful aphrodisiac and should be used with care. The dosage should never exceed 1 to 2 capsules pet day (early, with food). It's scientifically verified as an aphrodisiac, and a drug called yohimbine was purified from it. ^JO ( 1 I. I\ I) 1 1. 1 / 1. • 1 - - > -' I.

Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas Gave the World Nelson Foster and Linda S. Cordell See book keywords and concepts

That juicy American berry the tomato brought new life to Italian food. Potatoes came to dominate the fields of Ireland, first to the delight of its people, later to their sorrow. They also occupied a prominent place on the tables of England, France, and northern Italy. Koreans, Chinese, East Indians, and Hungarians welcomed hot chili peppers into the very heart of their national cuisines. Corn found favor widely and in many forms—eaten straight off the ear, ground for mush, baked into breads, even miniaturized to suit Chinese tastes.

Herbal Defense Robyn Landis See book keywords and concepts

Not surprisingly, many (though not all) foods and herbs known as antivirals are hot and pungent—for example, onion, garlic, ginger, chilies, and cubeb berry. There are two groups of people who should probably look elsewhere for herbal antiviral activity: children and pitta (fire-type) constitutional body types. Non-warming antivirals are better in such cases. These include cinchona bark, guduchi, isatidis, and astragalus, which is technically warming, but very mildly. If you are a pitta and use chilies, be prepared for the effect of their heat on your already-hot systems.

Murray notes: Unfortunately, most men with BPH will never hear about the saw palmetto berry extract. Merck has the FDA to thank for this. Despite saw palmetto extract's clear superiority over Proscar, in 1990 the FDA rejected an application to have saw palmetto approved in the treatment of BPH. The result is that even though saw palmetto extract is more effective, less expensive, and much safer than Proscar, manufacturers and distributors of the extract cannot make any claims for their product... .

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

Hot News Additional substances that have been shown in scientific studies to relieve menstrual cramps include vitamin E, magnesium, black haw bark, and palmetto berry. Acupuncture and high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) also produced pain relief in studies. Vitamin A deficiency, which impairs enzyme activity, may be an important cause of menorrhagia. Papaya leaf seems to reduce the severity of bleeding and hemorrhage, thus inhibiting menorrhagia; shepherd's purse is another promising treatment.

Demulcents soothe inflamed mucous membranes inside the bladder and urethra, and include marsh mallow root, juniper berry, and corn silk. Diuretic herbs stimulate the production and excretion of urine, which helps to wash out bacteria. Common diuretics are parsley and goldenrod. Dr. Wharton recommends these old naturopathic herbal remedies for treating burning urine: "Mix together equal parts of fennel, burdock, and slippery elm. Steep a teaspoon of this mixture in a cup of boiled water for about 20 minutes. Have one cup before each meal, and one before bed.

Saw palmetto berry can also be effective. D. B. Mowrey, The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine (New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1986): 111. OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION A study of 12 subjects with lower back pain from dys-menhorrhea shows that osteopathic manipulation on the lower back can provide immediate relief. D. Boesler et al., "Efficacy of a High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Manipulative Technique in Subjects with Low-Back Pain during Menstrual Cramping," Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 93, no. 2 (February 1993): 203-214.

Also, a nutritive tonic based on saw palmetto berry is used for almost all reproductive system diseases. D. Mowrey, The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine (New Canaan, Conn.: Keats Publishing, 1986): 154. Smoking is antiestrogenic, linked with the occurrence of ovarian cysts and with the earlier occurrence of such cysts, according to a study of over 5,000 women, aged 21 to 80. Women who smoke, or who have smoked, are about one and a half times as likely to get ovarian cysts as are nonsmokers. G. Wyshak et al., "Smoking and Cysts of the Ovary," International Journal of Fertility 33, no.

Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E Ruth Winter See book keywords and concepts

The seed extract is used in berry, fruit, walnut, maple, and spice flavorings for beverages, candy, baked goods, syrups, and condiments. The seed oil is used for fruit and gin flavoring for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin, desserts, and liquors. The stem oil is used for fruit flavoring for the same foods as seed oil, excepting liquors. Angelica can induce sensitivity to light. GRAS. ANGOLA WEED • A weed from West Africa used as a flavoring agent in alcoholic beverages only. ANGOSTURA • Cusparia Bark.

The Natural Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs Frantisek Stary See book keywords and concepts

The fruit is a globe-shaped, long-stalked, black, glandular-spotted berry with numerous seeds. The seeds contain gamma-linolene acid in their fatty 1 component which could be of great importance in geriatric medicine. In recent years the black fruits of the North American species Aronia melanocarpa (2), which likewise contain an important group of vitamins, chiefly vitamin C, have become popular as a source of vitamins. Dog Rose Rosa canina L. The genus Rosa, numbering some two hundred species and countless cultivated varieties, is found only in the northern hemisphere.

Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E Ruth Winter See book keywords and concepts

AMYL ALCOHOL • A synthetic berry, chocolate, apple, banana, pineapple, liquor, and rum flavoring agent for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin desserts, and chewing gum. Used as a solvent in nail polish. It occurs naturally in cocoa and oranges and smells like camphor. Highly toxic and narcotic; ingestion of as little as 30 milligrams has killed humans. Inhalation causes violent coughing. AMYL ALDEHYDE • See Valeraldehyde. AMYL BUTYRATE • A synthetic flavoring agent, colorless, with a strong apricot odor. Occurs naturally in cocoa.

Herbal Defense Robyn Landis See book keywords and concepts

Treatment with saw palmetto berry, in Europe considered a proven remedy for enlarged prostate, costs only 40 cents a day, compared to the pharmaceutical drug finasteride, at about $1.75 a day. Similarly, cholestyramine, a cholesterol-lowering drug, costs nearly $4 a day more than garlic tablets, which have been shown to lower serum cholesterol and trigylcerides (and have other heart-healthy effects) .8 Who benefits more from the herb and who benefits more from the drug? Would you rather spend 40 cents a day than $1.75 a day? And which is better for making a cost-effective health-care system?

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Botanical medicines Crataegus species Hawthorn berry and flowering tops extracts are widely used in Europe for their cardiovascular activity. They exhibit a combination of effects that are of great value to patients with angina and other heart problems. Studies have demonstrated that hawthorn extracts are effective in reducing angina attacks as well as in lowering blood pressure and serum cholesterol levels.

Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Guide Thomas Bartram See book keywords and concepts

Oil Juniper berry 0.067 per cent, Oil Wintergreen 0.047 per cent, and Oil Clove 0.0025 per cent. Respiratory obstruction and cough. (Lane's, UK) OLD AGE. See: AGEING. OLEANDER. Nerium oleander L. French: Laurier rose. German: Lorbeerrosen. Italian: Lauro roseo. Spanish: Adelfa baladre. Arabian: Sumul-himar. Indian: Karabi. Constituents: neriodorin, neriodorein, essential oil. Action: has a digitalis-like effect. Cardioactive. Diuretic. Seldom used in modern herbalism. OLIBANUM. Frankincense. Boswellia carteri, Birdw. Gum.

The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating Rebecca Wood See book keywords and concepts

It is actually a berry and a member of the nightshade family. The most common eggplant in the United States is large, pear shaped, and purple with shiny patent leather-like skin. Several smaller, slender Japanese or Chinese varieties, white, lavender, gold, and green, are becoming increasingly available. They range in size from as large and slender as a cucumber to as small as an olive. Health Benefits Eggplant is cooling and clears heat. It has a sweet flavor, reduces yang energy, and influences the stomach and large intestine meridians.

The sugary sweet fruit, technically a berry, is one of the most ancient food plants of the Middle East. A tree of dry subtropical areas, the date tree thrives in—and today is planted in—areas like North Africa, Iraq, Iran, and the Coachella valley in California near Palm Springs. Virginia Johnson, of Oasis Date Gardens in Thermal, California, recently rattled off a whole list of different date varieties that they produce, from "green" fresh dates to pocket dates dry enough to carry in your pocket but still moist enough to bite into.

WHEAT BRAN Six fibrous protective layers of the wheat berry are resistant to digestion and thus are an effective bowel regulator because they add bulk and fiber to the diet. For those eating refined wheat products, it makes sense to supplement with wheat bran. However, a more commonsense response is to eat the whole grain, which has more vitality and flavor. Bran accounts for 15 percent of the wheat kernel. In addition to its indigestible cellulose, it is also a rich reserve of nutrients, including niacin, pyridoxine, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, thiamin, and protein.

PDR for Nutritional Supplements Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik See book keywords and concepts

Low SC, berry MJ. Knowing when not to stop: selenocysteine incorporation in eukaryotes. Trends Biochem Sci. 1996; 21:203-208. Moreno-Reyes R, Suetens C, Mathieu F, et al. Kashin-Beck osteoarthropathy in rural Tibet in relation to selenium and iodine status. N Eng J Med. 1998; 339:1112-1120. Mukhopadhyay-Sardar S, Rana MP, Chatterjee M. Antioxidant associated chemoprevention by selenomethionine in murine tumor model. Mol Cellul Biochem. 2000; 206:17-25. Olmsted L, Schrauzer GN, Flores-Arce M, Dowd J. Selenium supplementation of symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infected patients.

Michalski AJ, berry GT, Segal S. Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency: 9-year follow-up of a patient on chronic biotin therapy and a review of the literature. / Inker Metab Dis. 1989; 12:312-316. Mock DM. Biotin. In: Shils ME, Olson JA, Shike M, Ross AC, eds. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins; 1999:459-466. Mock DM. Biotin status: which are valid indicators and how do we know? J Nutr. 1999; 129-.498S-503S. Mock DM, Mock NI, Nelson RP, Lombard KA. Disturbances in biotin metabolism in children undergoing long-term anticonvulsant therapy.

Supplemental hydroxycitric acid is typically an extract of the rinds of Garcinia cambogia fruit, also called Brindle berry. Fruit of this plant has long been used in India as a condiment, and the dried rind is used as a flavoring agent. The dried fruit rind is also used in Indian folk medicine for gastrointestinal complaints and rheumatism. Hydroxycitric acid is the principal acid in the fruits of Garcinia cambogia and makes up to 16% of the content of the dried fruit.

Koonsvitsky BP, berry DA, Jones MB, et al. Olestra affects serum concentrations of alpha-tocopherol and carotenoids but not vitamin D or vitamin K status in free-living subjects. J Nutr. 1997; 127(8 Suppl):1636S-1645S. Kostic D, White WS, Olson JA. Intestinal absorption, serum clearance, and interactions between lutein and beta-carotene when administered to human adults in separate or combined oral doses. Am J Clin Nutr. 1995; 62:604-610. Landrum JT, Bone RA, Joa H, et al. A one year study of the macular pigment: the effect of 140 days of a lutein supplement. Exp Eye Res. 1997; 65:57-62.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

In particular, the herb Vitex agnus-castus (chaste berry) may prove to be very useful in cases of high prolactin levels due to corpus luteum insufficiency (discussed below). Vitamin B6 and zinc supplementation also lower prolactin levels and are discussed below. Prolactin levels also tend to be elevated in low thyroid function. Reducing the estrogen to progesterone ratio Central to effective treatment in most cases of PMS is lowering of the luteal phase estrogen to progesterone ratio.

The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating Rebecca Wood See book keywords and concepts

Cooked whole, it is the most tasty wheat berry; when ground, it makes rich-tasting breads, pasta, and baked goods. And it makes a delicious Sicilian-style bread. For homemade pasta, I always favor kamut flour. Many people who are allergic to common wheat are able to tolerate kamut. See Grains; Wheat. KANTEN (Gelidium amansii) Kanten is a blend of agar varieties used as a gelling agent in Japan. It is available flaked—in small packets—or in an eight-inch bar that looks and feels like cellophane.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Boyd EM, berry NE. Prostatic hypertrophy as part of a generalized metabolic disease. Evidence of the presence of a lipopenia. J Urol 1939; 41: 406-411 20. Dumrau F. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: amino acid therapy for symptomatic relief. Am J Ger 1962; 10: 426-430 21. Feinblatt HM, Gant IC Palliative treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy: value of glycine, alanine, glutamic acid combination. I Maine Med Assoc 1958; 49: 99-102 22. Hinman F. Benign prostatic hyperplasia. New York: Springer-Verlag. 1983 23. Tilvis RS, Miettinen TA.

The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating Rebecca Wood See book keywords and concepts

TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum) Botanically speaking, tomatoes are a fruit, but technically they're a berry, since they are pulpy and contain one or more soft seeds. According to an 1893 United States Supreme Court ruling, however, the tomato is legally classified as a vegetable because it is used as a vegetable. Now, there's some logic. After potatoes and iceberg lettuce, tomatoes are the most commonly consumed vegetable in the United States. But tomatoes rank above all produce in terms of popular fervor, which upholds them as a dietary necessity.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

The fruit is a blue-black berry.1 The pharmacologically active constituents of bilberries are its flavonoid components, specifically its anthocyano-sides. Anthocyanosides are composed of an aglycone (e.g. anthocyanidin) bound to one of three glycosides (arabinoside, glucoside, or galactoside). Over 15 different anthocyanosides originate from the five aglycones found in Vaccinium myrtillus (see Fig. 118.1).2 Other members of the genus Vaccinium, as well as Ribes nigrum (blackcurrant) and Vitis vinifera (grape), contain similar anthocyanosides.

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