Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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 Every branch of the food industry has burgeoned in the last few decades. The soft drink industry alone has grown nearly ten-fold in just over 50 years. With the exception of the natural foods segment of the food industry, they are all guilty of dishing out questionable fake-food products that are unquestionably the primary cause of the deteriorating health of the public. And with the exception of some segments of society (we self-avowed health food nuts for one), this trend of poor eating and the resultant epidemic of chronic dzs-ease shows no sign of abating. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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 Among his jobs are creating a national registry of local fruits and vegetables in France and advising similar projects in Hungary and other European countries. Anthony had told us that productivist agriculture is not only quickening the loss of small producers, it's destroying food diversity and wiping out distinctions among cultures around the world whose traditions and memories are grounded in the food they eat and share. |
| They came here eating their traditional foods—dark-green leafy vegetables, fresh fruits, other vegetables. But they move to cities, see all this advertising, and start thinking it's cool to eat junk food, that soda is good for them. So part of our work is simply education—telling these people that what they ate all their lives is really healthy."
As Adriana talks, we pass through a congested neighborhood and, as if to drive home the point, the buildings and sidewalks that we see are crowded with ads promoting sodas, processed food, and fast-food restaurants. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 These fruits are from around the world and are very difficult to buy fresh and juice fresh; therefore, you must buy them in a bottle. Unfortunately, because the government requires pasteurization, these juices are in fact pasteurized. Some of them have a natural substance added to help preserve the juice; however, the positive definitely outweighs the negative. I highly encourage you to buy and drink these juices as they have been shown to virtually cure disease miraculously. The juices are noni, goji, mangosteen, aloe vera, and acai berry. |
David Wolfe
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 TUESDAY E
Breakfast
8 ounces (1/4 liter) of herbal tea. Squeeze in fresh lemon if desired. Use agave nectar, raw honey or maple syrup to sweeten. 14 ounces (0.4 liters) of a blended berry smoothie containing: water, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. Add 2 tablespoons of hempseeds and/or 2 tablespoons of blue-green algae if desired.
Lunch
One small green-leafed vegetable salad with one avocado. Add fresh-blended lemon, basil, miso and avocado as a dressing. One item of cooked starch (baked, no-salt corn chips would be preferred) eaten with one avocado. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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 Nature's primary source of antioxidants is plant-derived foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Why do plants contain antioxidants? Because like any living thing, they need to protect and repair themselves.
For example, plants absorb their energy from the sun—and in the process, they sustain free radical damage from the sun's ultraviolet rays. Over time, they've evolved mechanisms to produce a myriad of antioxidant compounds. |
Gary Null
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| They also found experiments that examined the effects of diets rich in fruits and vegetables or herbal extracts in reducing certain types of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. They said that evidence emerging from such experiments suggests that these kinds of dietary modifications can, indeed, be beneficial.4
Joseph and a group of researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center came to similar conclusions in another study on antioxidants. |
Arthur Agatston, M.D.
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 We also prescribe lots of vegetables and fruits. I had a practical reason for that decision, beyond their obvious nutritional value and the beneficial fiber they provide. Not everyone wants to give up vegetables, fruit, bread, and pasta forever, even in exchange for a regimen that allows a pound of bacon for breakfast, followed by a pound of hamburger (with no bun, of course) for lunch, topped by a thick steak for dinner. And if people want bread, pasta, or rice, a humane eating plan should be able to accommodate that desire. |
Michael T. Murray
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 To reach your daily quota of vegetables (3 to 4 servings) and fruit (2 to 3 servings) you first need to know what constitutes a serving. A serving equals
Table 5.3. |
Gary Null
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| So eating dark-skinned fruits such as blueberries, cherries, and grapes, and drinking cherry juice, are ways to tackle circulatory problems. Horse chestnut, butcher's broom, vitamin E with tocotrienols, and vitamin C with quercetin are beneficial for veins and feet.
Alternative therapies such as chelation therapy, massage of the legs, and magnetic wraps are helpful for varicose veins. Since so many people suffer from varicose veins, it is unfortunate that they remain unaware of the varied alternative treatments available. Even Epsom salts can make a difference. |
| We should emphasize the juices of broccoli, spinach, and beet greens, and eat yellow, orange, and green fruits (using only organic produce, of course!). Sulfur-rich foods, such as garlic, onion, and asparagus, are particularly helpful for our vision.
Chelation therapy is appropriate because toxic metals in the body, including cadmium, mercury, and aluminum, cause oxidative stress in the eyes.
In Chapter 3 we mentioned circulatory deficit as a facet of aging that is, unfortunately, not kind to our eyes. The fact is that decreased circulation is, in effect, starvation of your body's tissues. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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| Learning which fruits and vegetables contain an abundance of antioxidants and eating a variety of them every day provides broad-spectrum protection against many of the carcinogens in our environment. We can further boost our antioxidant defenses by taking supplements made from plants, such as Rhodiola rosea, that you won't find in the produce aisle.
Antioxidant supplements are widely available in supermarkets, drugstores, and health food stores, as well as on the Internet. So how do you choose from among so many brands? What makes one product better than the rest? |
| Because there are many kinds of free radicals, we recommend getting many kinds of antioxidants in supplement form, in addition to eating antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables. See page 229 for a consumer's guide to high-quality antioxidant products.
SAM-e: By the time you turn 40, you need extra nutrients to preserve healthy brain function. Rhodiola rosea tops the list, followed by
SAM-e. Short for S-adenosylmethionine, SAM-e is a natural metabolite that contributes to more than 100 biochemical reactions in every cell of the body. |
Mary G. Enig
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The following flow chart lists the typical steps for extracting oil from the numerous seeds, nuts and/or fruits that are currently in common usage today.
From Seed to Oil
Seeds/Fruits Precooking for some seeds
Dehulling Cracking Crushing Flaking Grinding
Pulverized tissue
Pressing Expeller (e.g. |
Arthur Agatston, M.D.
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| I grew up under the impression that all fruits were healthy. Then I learned that some are high in sugar and some aren't. I didn't realize, for instance, that watermelon is full of sugar, whereas cantaloupe is not. Eggs, on the other hand, have moved into the positive category. I'm not a big drinker but I used to drink beer. I haven't had a beer for 2-plus years.
My wife and I love to cook—and we love to eat. But we started having brown rice instead of white and sweet potatoes instead of regular ones. Root vegetables, frankly, weren't that difficult for me to give up. |
David Wolfe
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| If desired add one cup of raw sunflower seeds (soaked for 6 hours) with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder and blend them in with the mixture.
Snacks
10-15 almonds.
2 apples.
2 ribs of celery.
Assorted greens (spinach, baby bok choy, endive). 1 zucchini.
Dinner
Large salad containing 80% green-leafed vegetables, 1 avocado, dulse and kelp seaweed and an orange blended with 1/2 cup of raw, unhulled tahini as dressing. Add raw sauerkraut or kim-chi to the salad as desired, Include your favorite raw-food recipe meal here! |
| One sandwich made with toasted sprouted grain bread, avocado, lettuce, clover sprouts, diced tomatoes, diced cucumber and cayenne powder, Dehydrated or sprouted crackers eaten with guacamole.
FRIDAY
Breakfast
1 honeydew or sharlyn melon.
2 young coconuts, with coconut meat and water blended together in a cream. Add spirulina, hemp protein and 15 cacao beans. If young coconuts cannot be found, blend one avocado with mature coconut water.
Lunch
One smoothie containing: mango, orange and peach. Add 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil if desired. |
| FRIDAY
Breakfast
8 ounces (1/4 liter) of herbal tea. Squeeze in fresh lemon if desired. Use agave nectar, raw honey or maple syrup to sweeten.
1 honeydew melon or 1 whole or blended papaya with lime juice.
Or
Drink the water of 2 coconuts with Nature's First Food or some other green superfood blend in order to increase mineralization.
Lunch
1/2 quart (1/2 liter) of freshly-made vegetable juice containing green-leafed vegetables (i.e. spinach, collards, clover sprouts), apples and pears. Cucumber, tomato, okra, zucchini mixed salad. |
National Women's Health Network
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 Liver, m chicken, beef, pork, and fish, in that order, have the worst calcium to phosphorous ratios. fruits and vegetables, though lower in calcium, make it more available to the bones because of their "good" calcium to phosphorous ratios.53 The ratio in milk and eggs is much better than meat products but not as good as fruits and vegetables.54
Carbonated beverages are another villain in the American diet. These drinks are a major contributor to the poor calcium to phosphorous ratio consumption in the United States. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 May be selected from lists of fruits and vegetables permitted, including the following green leaves: chicory, endives, escarole, lettuce, Swiss chard, and watercress.
Alcohol, cocoa, coffee, milk, soft drinks.
All other. White bread.
All other. Refined and bleached flour. White rice.
All other.
All pastries, puddings, custards, junket, sauces, ice cream.
Any other form.
Butter, shortening, margarine, saturated oils and fats.
All other fish and seafood.
Canned fruits.
All canned juices and juices with artificial coloring and sweetening. |
John Croft
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 A balanced diet would include fresh vegetables, seafood, dairy products, fruits, and some meats (particularly liver and kidneys). No doubt there will be certain people who will have allergic reactions to one or another of these items, in which case that item should be left out. The basic principle is to ensure a balance of the things that are essential to our well-being. If we are able to do this, we have a much better chance of preventing diseases and of fighting them should we be unfortunate enough to contract one. |
| 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.
Sea Cucumber
The sea cucumber, which is also known as Beche-de-Mer, is a relative of the starfish and sea urchin family of echinoderms. It is widely distributed throughout northern and southern hemisphere waters and has been highly regarded for its therapeutic and culinary properties by the Chinese people for centuries. |
David Wolfe
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| Asian pear, broccoli, cauliflower, radish, etc.).
Snacks
2 apples or pears 2 ribs of celery.
1 -2 handfuls of goji berries or Incan berries. Your favorite prepared raw-food treat.
Dinner
Large salad containing 80% green-leafed vegetables, 1 avocado, sea lettuce, kelp seaweed and an orange and lime blended with unhulled black tahini and raw apple cider vinegar as dressing. Add 8 pitted dates to the salad for added zest.
Cosmic Pepperman's Raw Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream, (see Appendix C: Sunfood Recipes). |
Arthur Agatston, M.D.
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| My advice is to boost your body's supply of antioxidants by exercising and eating fruits and vegetables, which are rich in nutrients. I hedge my bet by suggesting a single daily multivitamin.
In contrast to the antioxidants, the news about taking fish oil supplements, in capsule form is very exciting. Just as we advise people to eat plenty offish high in beneficial omega-3 oils, such as salmon and tuna, we suggest these capsules. They lower triglycerides and make the blood cells less sticky. |
Richard P. Brown, M.D., and Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
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| While most of the boxes overflowed with beautiful fruits and other treats, Sergei's contained a bunch of ugly roots. "What the hell is that?" Zakir remembers asking his friend, who was from Siberia. "He told me that it was a medicinal root called Rhodiola rosea, and that I would appreciate it later. Even though it was ugly, the cut root smelled like a rose. And it made a wonderful tea. |
F. Batmanghelidj
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 Water should be taken by people who are constipated and don't eat sufficient fruits and vegetables. Two to three glasses of water first thing in the morning act as a most effective laxative.
WATER OR FLUIDS?
Naturally, we wonder why we should drink water and not the pleasing and taste-enhancing beverages that are now the staples of our modern society. After all, they are made from water and do the job of quenching our thirst—or at least we feel they do. In fact, much of the problem of bad health is founded on this misconception. |
| You need to eat foods and fruits with higher potassium content.
If you do not eat kelp, wheat bran, wheat germ, almonds, and other nuts that have very high magnesium content, or green leafy vegetables in which magnesium is a component of chlorophyll, you should take magnesium supplements every day. As for calcium, in order of their calcium content, kelp, cheese, sesame seeds, bean curd, molasses, pulses—lentils, different beans—figs, almonds, spring greens, watercress, parsley, plain yogurt, shrimp, broccoli, milk, cottage cheese, and olives will provide the calcium needs of the body. |
Michael Janson, M.D.
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 In addition, transportation and storage of foods, whether in the market or at home, allows time for nutrients to deteriorate. fruits and vegetables can lose significant amounts of vitamin C after 3 days in cold storage, and even more at room temperature. Dried fruits can also lose vitamins A, C and E if exposed to oxygen and light. This is not to say that stored foods are of no value, but the lower nutrient content increases the importance of taking supplements. |
| You can overcome some of these problems if you grow your own food or buy organically grown fruits and vegetables (which are generally fresher because they cannot be stored as long). Commercial fruits and vegetables are frequently sprayed with toxic chemicals. Many of these substances are harmful, and they accumulate in body fat, with deleterious health effects over the years. A good example is DDT, which is still present in human fat tissue although its use was banned years ago. |
Katharine Greider
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 Whatever one makes of this balance between speed and caution in the introduction and uptake of new drugs, it seems a particularly American trait to greet the "new and improved" fruits of science and industry with enthusiastic approval. We like the idea of smarter and more powerful medicines, much the same way we like the idea of more horses under the hood or a handier way to mop the kitchen floor. And we're often right to appreciate innovation; after all, the water pills that continue to impress researchers with their anti-hypertensive properties were once the newest wonder drug. |
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