Tom Bohager
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 Basic carbohydrases, often called amylases, help to break down complex carbohydrates such as those in fruits, vegetables, and legumes into simple sugars. Therapeutically, these amylases have been shown to regulate histamine, which is produced by cells in the body when a perceived invader is recognized. Histamine is responsible for the common allergy symptoms many people experience when the pollen count in the air is high. Though it is difficult to say exactly how amylase is involved in this process, it is believed to simply break histamine down. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Beta-carotene is one of a group of nutrients called carotenoids, antioxidant plant chemicals that lend color to fruits and vegetables. Alpha-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and lycopene are also carotenoids. Beta-carotene and alpha-carotene can be turned into vitamin A, which is important for the health of the eyes and the nervous system.
Antioxidants naturally complement one another, and taking one by itself in high doses can actually increase free-radical damage. |
Ann N. Martin
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 Basically, most fruits and vegetables supply vitamin C.
Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol) Vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamin. Sun exposure also provides vitamin D. This vitamin works with calcium and phosphorus to promote bone and tooth formation. Vitamin D deficiencies may result in malformation of bones and joints, and brittle bones. Vitamin D is in salmon, sardines, cod-liver oil, herring, and mackerel.
Vitamin E (Alpha-tocopherol) Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts as an anti-blood clotting agent. |
Joseph Campbell
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| They had fruits and grain. Mwuetsi built a house. Mwuetsi made an iron shovel. Mwuetsi made a hoe and planted crops. Massassi plaited fish traps and caught fish. Massassi fetched wood and water. Massassi cooked. Thus Mwuetsi and Massassi lived for two years.
"After two years Maori said to Massassi, 'The time is up.' Maori took Massassi from the earth and put her back in Dsivoa. Mwuetsi wailed. He wailed and wept and said to Maori: 'What
8 This sentence is many times repeated in a melodramatic, ceremonial tone. [Note by the translators.! shall I do without Massassi? |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| It's well known that five or more servings per day of fruits and vegetables is a known cancer-risk reducer, and this is likely due in part to the fact that these foods are excellent sources of folate. Leafy greens are the best source of all—the name "folate" actually is derived from the word "foliage." Beans, citrus juices, and whole grains are also good sources.
Like vitamin B12, folate is a key player in the synthesis of DNA and in methylation (a biological process that helps DNA resist cancerous changes)—therefore, it's important for cancer prevention. |
Joseph Campbell
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| And so they offered flowers and fruits and sweetmeats to the mountain.
Krishna himself assumed a second form: he took the form of a mountain god and received the offerings of the people, meanwhile remaining in his earlier shape among them, paying worship to the mountain king. The god received the offerings and ate them up.11
Indra was enraged, and sent for the king of the clouds, whom he commanded to pour rain over the people until all should be swept away. |
| After he had passed safely the lions that guard the foothills and the scorpion men who watch the heaven-supporting mountains, he came, amidst the mountains, to a paradise garden of flowers, fruits, and precious stones. Pressing on, he arrived at the sea that surrounds the world. In a cave beside the waters dwelt a manifestation of the Goddess Ishtar, Siduri-Sabitu, and this woman, closely veiled, closed the gates against him. |
Tom Bohager
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| Helps free nutrients in both fruits and vegetables because of its action on the cell wall
?Available from different sources and can be blended to increase potency
Cellulase units (CU)
Glucoamylase
Carbohydrase þBreaks down carbohydrates, specifically polysaccharides (long chains of carbohydrates)
?Particularly beneficial as a digestive enzyme
Amygalactosidase units (AGU)
Hemicellulase
Carbohydrase þBreaks down carbohydrates, especially polysaccharides found in plants
? |
Joseph Campbell
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| Yet Pan was benign to those who paid him worship, yielding the boons of the divine hygiene of nature: bounty to the farmers, herders, and fisherfolk who dedicated their first fruits to him, and health to all who properly approached his shrines of healing. Also wisdom, the wisdom of Omphalos, the World Navel, was his to bestow; for the crossing of the threshold is the first step into the sacred zone of the universal source. At Lykaion was an oracle, presided over by the nymph Erato, whom Pan inspired, as Apollo the prophetess at Delphi. |
| Before his day, such innovations would have been superfluous; for the people of the preceding period—who were four miles tall, with one hundred and twenty-eight ribs, enjoying a life span of two periods of countless years—were supplied in all their needs by ten "wish-fulfilling trees" (kalpa vrikshd), which gave sweet fruits, leaves that were shaped like pots and pans, leaves that sweetly sang, leaves that gave forth light at night, flowers delightful to see and to smell, food perfect both to sight and to taste, leaves that might serve as jewelry, and bark providing beautiful clothes. |
Tom Bohager
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| In other words, the fruits and vegetables they ate made them more acidic. So we must be willing to take the time to determine individually what foods will work best for us.
Regardless of the cause, it is obvious that maintaining the proper pH in the blood, digestive tract, tissues, and fluids is essential in order to support optimal health.
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DETERMINING YOUR pH
One of the best ways to determine whether or not you are maintaining a proper pH is to test your urine (usually using pH paper, sold in health food stores). |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Last year, however, I added something significant to my regular diet of fruits, vegetables, beans and grains: soy products. I followed the conventional wisdom that this would alleviate early menopausal symptoms, keep my heart healthy, etc. I ate tofu daily, consumed soy milk in abundance, snacked on soy nuts instead of regular snacks, and looked for soy isoflavones in my supplements. Results: I now am facing surgery for a goiter (enlarged thyroid) with multiple nodules. I have symptoms of thyroid damage. My skin, nails, hair are all suffering visibly. I have chest pain when I run. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But if you're on a tight budget and you need to make a choice, go with the non-organic fruits and vegetables.
Ben: Even if it were true that the healthy foods were more expensive, the amount that you save avoiding the medical bills that come from eating on the diseased side of the pyramid more than makes up for it.
Mike: When people consume unhealthy foods, there is a hidden cost. It's doesn't show up on your receipt at the grocery story. It's just like you said, the hidden cost is the long-term health cost associated with the consumption of these foods. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| SOY CARBOHYDRATE the flatulence factor
Soy is an incomparable gas producer—the King of Musical fruits. Vegetarians and other heavy soyfood eaters experience so much abdominal bloating, rumbling and flatus that soy is the butt of a great deal of bathroom humor. Unfortunately it is no laughing matter for the many people struggling with health problems who have been advised to eat more soy but cannot abide the consequences to their marriages, relationships, jobs and self image. Such people often ask Andrew Weil, M.D. |
John Croft
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 Note: Shark cartilage products should not be taken together with fruits or vegetables (including juices) because they contain bioflavonoids. Bioflavonoids will bind (attach) to proteins and, because the angiogenesis-inhibiting active component in shark cartilage is protein, there is the potential that its inhibiting activity will be lost. Taking the product at least two hours before a meal involving fruits or vegetables and using water or milk as an aid to swallowing the capsules or tablets will avoid this. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| These studies provide excellent support for the FDA's promotion of fruits and vegetables as a way to prevent cancer, but fail to support the Solae Company's petition for a health claim for soy protein. The foods most often linked to cancers of the stomach and colon are pickled, smoked and fried foods, processed meats, vegetable cooking oils, high-salt dishes and fermented beans, particularly soy miso. Noodles, bread and other starchy carbohydrates, alcohol, smoking, "speed eating" and binge eating have also been implicated. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Be sure to use greens such as celery and cucumber, along with various fruits or superfood powders.
And above all, if you want to eliminate body odor for life, avoid cheese, milk and dairy products. They make you smell like "milk and butter." The smell of these products is so bad that when U.S. soldiers were shipped off to Vietnam in the 1960's, the Vietcong could actually smell them thanks to their American diets. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| Epidemiological studies of prostate cancer, for example, have not only associated reduced cancer incidence with soy but also with rice, vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, green tea, fish, other legumes and/or combinations of foods. None of the research supports crediting soy alone.610 As Herman Adlercreutz, M.D., of the University of Helsinki, Finland, observed, "Whether these observed protective effects are caused by the presence of dietary phyto-oestrogens, or whether they are merely indicators of a healthy diet in general, has not been established. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This is especially true in fruits, vegetables, and other produce, but very few people understand the truth about this information, which is that most of the published values about this nutritional content are not correct. This is especially true among minerals, and that's the point of this story.
Most of the produce you buy in a grocery store does not have anything close to the mineral profile it is supposed to have according to nutritional textbooks. This is because minerals are not manufactured by plants, whereas vitamins and phytonutrients are. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 Maintaining a high potassium intake is best achieved by eating fruits and vegetables.
Diets high in fruit and/or vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of stroke, according to most studies.9, 10 In a large preliminary study, cruciferous and green leafy vegetables, as well as citrus fruit and juice, conferred the highest degree of protection. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Researchers counted not a single commercial for fruits, vegetables, bread, or fish…. for the most frequently aired commercials such as those for sugared cereals, candy bars, and soft drinks."
"Soft drink companies are especially comprehensive in their approach to young consumers…. Coca-Cola puts its logo on so many items that it runs a chain of stores to sell them; it even has stores at international airports. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The kind of meals I consume are soups made with quinoa, salads with low-calorie dressing, raw fruits and nuts, or avocado shakes made by blending avocado with soy milk and stevia. Of course, I also consume my superfood shakes on a regular basis. They are made from superfoods green powders such as Berry Green or The Ultimate Meal.
Overall, keep in mind that weight loss takes effort. You will experience moments of intense hunger, and these low-calorie, filling foods are one excellent way to get through a difficult time without packing on the pounds. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If I'm consuming a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and nuts, without any food toxins whatsoever, and if I'm getting regular exercise, sunshine, and lots of water and fresh air, and I'm living in a low-stress environment without any toxic chemicals in my house, then I don't need to think about the health goals. They will unfold naturally and automatically. I don't need to think about how quickly my blood pressure will drop, or how quickly I can lower my LDL cholesterol, or whether I can lose 10 pounds of excess body fat in a month. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| When applied to fruits that are nearly ripe—going into puberty, so to speak—LPE promotes ripening. When applied to picked fruit or cut flowers that are already ripe or blooming, however, it will "reduce senescence by inhibiting some of the enzymes involved in membrane breakdown." This can dramatically extend shelf life.38 Whether the substance could also keep human bodies fresh for funeral home viewings is a topic that has not yet been investigated.
MY SOY STORY:
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Approximately 16 months ago I felt a large almond-shaped mass on my thyroid. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 These compounds are found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables. The researchers determined that the amount of beta-cryptoxanthin in just one glass of freshly squeezed orange juice daily is enough to reduce the risk of inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.
The Sunshine Vitamin
We are often asked what we would take with us to a desert island. If we could take only one drug it would be aspirin, the cheapest and most versatile medicine in the pharmacy. If we could take only one vitamin it would be vitamin D. The really good news is that we wouldn't have to take it along. |
John A. McDougall
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 Our instincts draw us to fruits and vegetables, while the thought of catching, killing, butchering, and/or eating animals for food is naturally repulsive.
Even the male reproductive anatomy says we are supposed to be plant-eaters.
We are now paying the price for straying from our natural design with chronic illness and premature death.
Shopping, Cooking, and Comfort Foods Galore
By now you have discovered the exciting secret of the McDougall Program—it's in the starches! Why is this exciting? Because most people think of starches as "comfort foods," foods that just plain make you feel good. |
| In people and other plant-eaters, digestion of starches, vegetables, and fruits is accomplished efficiently with much lower concentrations of stomach acid.
The human intestine is long and coiled, much like that of apes, cows, and horses. This configuration makes digestion slow, allowing time to break down and absorb the nutrients from plant foods. The intestine of a carnivore, like a cat, is short, straight, and tubular. This allows for very rapid digestion of flesh and excretion of the remnants quickly, before they putrefy (rot). |
| What Anatomy Says about Nutrition ur teeth are designed for processing starches, fruits, and vegetables—not for tearing and chewing flesh. What many refer to as our "canine teeth" are nothing at all like the sharp blades of true carnivores designed for processing meat. I lecture to over ten thousand dentists, dental hygienists, and oral specialists every year, and I always ask them to show me the "canine" teeth in a persons mouth (those that resemble a cat's or a dog's teeth). I have yet to be shown the first example of a sharply pointed, true canine tooth belonging to a person. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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| These antioxidant fla-vonoids give fruits their tart or astringent flavor. They are of great interest because PAs have many health benefits. They appear to reduce the risk of blood clots by making platelets less sticky while also making blood vessels more flexible.125
The USDA reports that serving for serving, grape juice has more PAs than any other beverage including apple juice, cranberry juice, red wine, or tea. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It goes to show you that even people who have poor dietary habits can dramatically reduce their risk of cancer by consuming a few fruits and vegetables along with their unhealthy foods.
There's an important side note in all of this too: the common fault of all clinical trials. The population at large is so unbelievably unhealthy that clinical trials using everyday people lose relevance to the nature of healthy human physiology. |
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