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The New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements and Herbs Nicola Reavley See book keywords and concepts

Sources Good sources of potassium include fresh fruits, vegetables, soybean flour, shellfish, beans, wheat bran, salad, nuts, cereals, meat, milk, coffee and tea. Many food additives such as potassium iodate used in bread baking, also contain potassium. Potassium is easily lost in cooking and processing foods.

The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss See book keywords and concepts

Select foods from each of the following groups: a) fresh fruits and vegetables, b) whole-grain breads, cereals, other grain products (corn, wheat, rye, rice), c) dry peas, beans (legumes), and nuts, d) animal products—red meat, poultry, fish and also milk, yogurt, cheeses. The amounts eaten from group d) must be limited. An eight-ounce steak contains 33 gm, or 300 calories, of saturated fat. This is half the fat intake an average person should have in a day.

These are replaced by more whole grains, legumes (mainly beans and peas), fresh fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products. It also means replacing foods high in caloric density with foods of lower caloric density. It is not necessary or even desirable to eat all foods that show below the line or entirely to the right in Table 2, and it is definitely not necessary to make these changes all at once. It is far better to move into the alternative pattern in several phases, each 3-6 months long.

Most foods are processed. Even fresh fruits and vegetables may be dyed, and most have been grown with pesticides. The situation is complicated by the politics and economics of the food industry. As often occurs under such circumstances, experts and personal experience enthusiasts offer guidance and solutions. Even those programs which are sound can involve principles counter to established eating habits and, often, economic capability. There are no easy answers for consumers about how to deal with these problems.

Their basic diet was fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds. Also added were fish in the coastal and freshwater areas, and occasional beef in the range areas. Growing your own food and buying from local farmers is a beginning step for eating seasonally. Two other factors affect what is available to you and what your diet will be. The first is the climate in which you live. Most of the United States has definitive seasons: cold and snow in the winter, and heat in the summer. The bounties of fresh foods come from later spring into autumn.

What Color is Your Diet? David Heber, M.D., Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Frozen fruits and vegetables are picked fresh and at a just-ripe stage to maximize their taste. fresh fruits and vegetables have to be picked while they can still withstand the long trip to your local market. The best example of this is the tomato, which is picked while still green and sprayed with gas to stimulate the development of red color. Apples can be stored for many months under nitrogen gas before they make the trip to the market. Seasonal fruits and vegetables are more varied and are affordable, except when they are out of season.

Greek, Middle Eastern, Italian, and Spanish More fresh fruits and vegetables are available in these warm coastal areas than anywhere else in Europe. Fish and other seafood, tomatoes, peppers, apples, pears, cherries, nuts, apricots, citrus fruits, and fresh and dried herbs give this cuisine a rainbow of colors and flavors. Garlic, hot peppers, wild local greens, fresh figs, and melons add spice and taste to meals. Unfortunately, many of these healthy cuisines are changed when they come to America. Here are some dining tips to keep you using your Color Code: 1.

Canadian consumers during the winter months, an uncommon time for "homegrown" fresh fruits. With proper storage and handling, California kiwifruit is available for up to eight months, from October through May. The New Zealand season is exactly opposite. The combination of the two harvesting seasons allows consumers to enjoy fresh kiwifruit all year. The kiwifruit is in the green/yellow group, and has a sweet taste that has been likened to the tastes of strawberries, banana, and papaya combined.

In parts of the world where the diet consists mostly of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains—in contrast to the typical Western diet of fatty meats, refined flours, oils, and sugars—the risk of cancer is much lower. When people move from low-risk countries such as Japan to high-risk countries such as the United States, their cancer risk shoots up within a single generation.

When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies Kenny Ausubel See book keywords and concepts

Overall it is a basic, reasonably healthy menu emphasizing fresh fruits and vegetables. The clinic also offers extensive supportive treatments that are continually evolving with current knowledge. Mildred employs a special diet aimed at Candida (yeast) infections, which she believes often precede cancer. She uses the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, an immune-stimulating serum widely used in Europe, which also combats tuberculosis. She dispenses vitamin C, yeast for B vitamins, and other vitamin and mineral supplements. "All I want is for that person to get well," Mildred declares.

It is a formidable irony that the National Cancer Institute advises the public to eat five servings a day of fresh fruits and vegetables as a cancer-preventive diet, while failing to note the presence of carcinogenic agrochemicals contaminating them. A recent study in England of more than 20,000 children showed an increased incidence of leukemia and other childhood cancers among those living near industrial sites. Cancer is now the most common form of fatal childhood disease where once it was a rarity.17 A compelling public health case study of cancer prevention comes from Israel.

Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer Michael Lerner See book keywords and concepts

For cancer prevention, fresh fruits and vegetables should be eaten daily. 4. For cancer prevention, alcohol should be consumed in moderation, if at all. Smoking should be completely terminated. 5. Fiber—wheat bran and cellulose—have been shown in animal studies to have some protective effect against cancer, while corn, Meta-mucil, and alfalfa fiber may promote cancer.

The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution: A Drug-Free Thirty-Day Plan Marcia Zimmerman, C.N. See book keywords and concepts

We need to become more conscious of what is happening to our food supply, and take greater care to clean fresh fruits and vegetables before eating them. If the fruit or vegetable can be peeled (potatoes, carrots, apples, etc.), the problem is solved. For other foods (lettuce, spinach, cherries, etc.) just washing with water isn't sufficient. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Many pesticides cling to produce and are not water soluble. To wash them away, use a good biodegradable cleaning agent such as "Lift," "Ecover," "Seventh Generation," or "Dr. Bronner's" and soak your vegetables and fruit.

Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland See book keywords and concepts

Thus, the EPA has set official tolerances that specify the amount of cancer-causing pesticides that can remain on fresh fruits and veg- The great Alar scare There was aminotriazole in cranberries, EDB in bread, and most recently—and probably most notoriously—Alar in apples. Alar, the trade name for daminozide, had been used since 1968 to enhance the color and firmness of apples and to control the time it takes apples to ripen.

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

Reduce calorie intake. Raw fresh fruits and vegetable salads to account for 50 per cent of the diet. No sweet or dried fruits. Conservatively-cooked vegetables. Seafood. Iodine-rich foods. Wholegrain cereals. Protein: beans, chicken, poached eggs, fish, little lean meat: no pork, bacon or ham. Low-fat yoghurt. Cold-pressed unsaturated oils for salad dressings with lemon juice. Dandelion coffee to stimulate liver. Avoid sugar, alcohol, bananas and white flour products. Spring water. Supportives. Stop smoking. Adopt an alternative to the contraceptive pill.

Red meat, liver, kidney, cheese, mushrooms, wholegrain cereals, brewer's yeast, fresh fruits, nuts, honey, molasses, corn oil, raisins, grapes, beets, peppers, shellfish. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME. See: MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ME). CHRYSANTHEMUM (GOLDEN). Chrysanthellum americanum. Whole plant. Action: choleretic, hepatic, circulatory stimulant. Uses. Circulatory disorders, varicose veins, menstrual problems, to protect against hardening of the liver in alcohol consumers. Rheumatism, gout. Heavy legs. Preparations. Tea: 1 teaspoon to each cup boiling water; infuse 15 minutes.

All soft drinks, except those made at home from fresh fruits or raw vegetables; coffee, strong tea, oranges, Cola drinks, chocolate, milk, cream, cheese, whey. Supplement. Beta carotene. Study. A flare-up can be caused by nuts, jams, fruits, artificially coloured or flavoured foods. (British Journal of Dermatology. 1/0, 457, (1984)) DIET, SLIMMING. Diet should be based on 1200 calories a day. eating habits being changed to a simple regime. Low-fat, high carbohydrate and fibre. Eat plenty of fresh fruit and raw vegetables for vitamins and minerals as well as for fibre.

In order to metabolise these effectively, without kidney or liver congestion, large quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables and juices should be eaten. Increase daily Vitamin B-complex intake. See: THIN PEOPLE. DIET, VEGAN. A vegan is a strict vegetarian who does not eat meat, fish, eggs, milk and dairy products generally, He, or she, eats no animal products at all. By selecting a number of products from the plant kingdom they claim their diet is adequate. As the Vegan diet is deficient in Vitamin B12 which may lead to anaemia, supplements are available.

Tincture Orange BP, fresh fruits, Orange wine BP. ORANGE BERRIES. Maeso Lanceolata. Native remedy for cholera. Potent antibiotic effect in gram-negative bacteria in laboratory animals. Active principle: "maesanin". (Dr Isno Kubo, University of California-Berkeley) Recommended by the Bwana-mganga medicine-men as a tea to be drunk one week before visiting Lake Victoria, an area where cholera is endemic. ORCHITIS. Inflammation of the testicles. Causes: injury, mumps, or infection from other parts of the body, as from epididymitis. Symptoms: testicles enlarged and painful; fever. Nausea.

Diet. fresh fruits and vegetables and added Vitamin C to support immune system. PSOAS ABSCESS. Disease of the lumbar spinal column, usually tubercular which invades the sheath of the psoas muscle along which it passes to the upper thigh. Symptoms resemble hip disease. See: ABSCESS, with special reference to Echinacea internally, and Comfrey poultice externally. PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA. Seeds. Isolation of an anti-staphylococcal fraction for use in leu-coderma and other skin diseases. (Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 26: 141: 1964) PSORIASIS.

Beating Cancer with Nutrition Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS See book keywords and concepts

Highly perishable fresh fruits and vegetables are the richest sources of vitamin C and were unavailable on ship voyages longer than a few weeks. Around 1750, the English physician, James Lind, found that limes could prevent and reverse scurvy (does that make limes a prescription drug?). "Time lags" are a known phenomenon that separate a discovery from the actual implementation of a breakthrough. It was another 50 years after Dr. Lind's research before limes were required to be carried aboard ships, thus costing the world thousands of unnecessary deaths in this delay.

On the outside of your grocery store you will find fresh fruits, vegetables, bread, fish, chicken and dairy. Once you venture into the deep dark interior of the grocery store, nutritional quality of the foods goes way down and prices go way up. Organic produce is raised without pesticides and may be valuable in helping cancer patients. However, organic produce is unavailable or unaffordable for many people. Don't get terribly concerned about having to consume organic produce.

Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research John Boik See book keywords and concepts

These include vitamins, fla-vonoids, and other compounds found in fresh fruits and vegetables. Epidemiological studies con sis tenth report that populations who consume inadequate amounts of these foods are at a higher risk for heart disease, cancer, and other degenerative diseases. Recent studies on breast cancer patients suggest that oxidative stress is associated with malignant disease (Hictanen et al., 1994). The nature of this association is not yet clear, hut perhaps malignant disease, in and of itself, may actually increase oxidative stress. TABLE 2.1.

Cancer Therapy: The Independent Consumer's Guide To Non-Toxic Treatment & Prevention Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

While still in medical school, he cured these headaches through the use of an experimental low-salt diet that was rich in fresh fruits and vegetables. As a physician, he then tried this diet on tuberculosis and then on cancer. There appeared to be improvement in some cases (2,3). Gerson later refined his approach with a number of other therapeutic principles. Some of these were fairly conventional at the time, but appear strange today because of the rapid changes in medicine.

Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens See book keywords and concepts

Pesticides were detected most frequently in fresh fruits and vegetables, such as apples, peaches, pears, bananas, peas, green beans, and carrots. Detectable levels were found in less than 10% of the samples for most crop-pesticide combinations with 2-year samples larger than 25. The percentage of positive detections ranged from 0.3% for captan on carrots and peas to 50% for benomyl on peaches. Of those residues that were detected, most were well below the EPA tolerance levels.

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

The FDA banned the use of the preservative on fresh fruits and vegetables and at this writing is reviewing a proposal to prohibit it on fresh, precut potatoes. The FDA decided in 1988 against extending its ban on the use of sulfites to a variety of foods sold in supermarkets and served in restaurants, including wine, dried fruit, some seafood, and condimerits. Sulfites must be declared on the labels of wine and packaged foods sold in supermarkets when they are added in excess of 10 ppm. A citizens' petition was submitted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.

A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Ruth Winter, M.S. See book keywords and concepts

The FDA banned the use of the preservative on fresh fruits and vegetables in 1986. The FDA decided in 1988 against extending its ban on the use of sulfites to a variety of foods sold in supermarkets and served in restaurants, including wine, dried fruit, some seafood, and condiments. Sulfites must be declared on the labels of wine and packaged foods sold in supermarkets when they are added in excess of 10 parts per million. Despite reports of severe or even fatal reactions to sulfites, there are six sulfiting ingredients currently listed as GRAS chemical preservatives.

Breaking Out of Food Jail: How to Free Yourself from Diets and Problem Eating, Once and for All Jean Antonello See book keywords and concepts

And stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables, the ones you especially like. And get milk and cereal and soups and crackers. Fill up your refrigerator and cupboards with real, wholesome food, and don't be afraid anymore. Keep your food stock full DIET DOCTRINE #9: You have to exercise to burn off calories so they won't be stored as fat. Another pervasive modern paranoia about body fat is that any calories that are taken in will be turned into fat unless they are used up in formal, regimented exercise. This belief is linked to other irrational but popular ideas about obesity.

New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Thrash recommends a vegetarian diet made up of whole grains, nuts, seeds and fresh fruits and vegetables; no meats, eggs or dairy products should be eaten. Dr. Thrash also advises her patients to take a daily walk at a comfortable pace, increasing the speed and distance as they become stronger. 111!! Imagery Close your eyes, breathe out three times and go inside your body, suggests New York City psychiatrist Gerald Epstein, M.D., in his book Healing Visualizations. Imagine yourself playing a flute while riding a polo pony and carrying a polo mallet in your saddle.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

Diets become higher in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and more plant-based proteins. They become lower in fat, and lower in adulterated, refined, and highly processed foods. The Healthy School Lunch Program, a project of EarthSave International, is today working to change the food served in schools in a healthier direction. Parents and teachers throughout the country who would like to see these kinds of changes implemented in their local schools are invited to contact EarthSave at P.O. Box 68, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (1-800-362-3648).

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