Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A.
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 Natural sources of MSM: fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, milk, and eggs. Animal protein foods contain higher amounts of this compound, particularly eggs.
Zinc
Zinc is found in virtually every cell in the body and is a component in more than two hundred enzymes. It is also important for the proper action of many hormones, such as thyroid, insulin, sex, growth, and thymic hormones.49
Zinc is involved in many aspects of the immune system, but particularly the thymus gland. The thymus gland is to the immune system what a general is to an army. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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 Furanocoumarins are phytochemicals abundant in grapefruit but not found in other citrus fruits. When a person drinks the juice, these furanocoumarins bind to a set of enzymes in the lining of the intestines called CYP 3A4 en-
Table 3.3. Foods Containing Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)
Food
Amount of FOS
Apple, red delicious Artichoke, globe Artichoke, Jerusalem Banana, ripe Blackberries
Watermelon
Onion, yellow Onion powder Orange, navel Peach
Garlic
Carrot
Leek
Shallot
Pear, d'Anjou Peas, snap
Potato, sweet
0.1 mg/g
2.4 mg/g 58.4 mg/g
2.0 mg/g 0.2 mg/g 0.3 mg/g 3.9 mg/g 0.9 mg/g 2. |
Jean Carper
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 Why are fruits and vegetables so powerful? Frank M. Sacks, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, says there are two obvious possibilities: something in plant foods depresses blood pressure or something in meat forces it up.
At first Dr. Sacks thought meat raised blood pressure, but he scrapped the theory after he tested vegetarians by having them add meat to their diet. In one group of vegetarians who ate eight ounces of lean beef a day for a month, systolic blood pressure rose very slightly, diastolic blood pressure not at all. |
| Foods that can raise triglycerides:
Refined sugar, refined flour, fruit juices, dried fruits and excessive alcohol, especially in binge drinking. One or two drinks a day do not generally raise triglycerides, experts say.
Thumbs Up: GRAPE LORE VINDICATED
Here's the newest addition to foods that can boost all-important HDL cholesterol. It's grape seed oil, a mild salad oil squeezed from the seeds of grapes, and sold in some specialty food stores. David T. |
| Here are your best bets for defeating LDL's destructive transformation:
Eat fruits and vegetables high in vitamin C and beta carotene
Eat oils, nuts, seeds and grains, notably wheat germ, high in vitamin E
Eat sardines and mackerel rich in ubiquinol-10, (coen-zyme-Q 10), a more recently discovered artery-protecting antioxidant.
Eat foods high in antioxidant monounsaturated fatty acids, such as olive oil, almonds and avocados, shown to reduce oxidation of LDLs.
Restrict fats that are easily oxidized. |
| Also go heavy on garlic, onions and all kinds of other vegetables and fruits to keep plenty of antioxidants in the blood, as well as anticoagulants that protect arteries from clogging.
Shun fatty animal foods, such as high-fat meat and dairy products.
Use olive oil and canola oil.
Such advice is doubly important if you have already had a cardiovascular problem. "Second-chance diets" can intervene to prevent further damage to arteries, staving off subsequent heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events. |
| Thus to alleviate angina, eat more fruits, vegetables, oily fish, cereals, nuts and vegetable oils rich in vitamin E, advises researcher Rudolph A. Riemersma, M.D., at the University of Edinburgh. In a major study of five hundred middle-aged menhalf with anginaDr. Riemersma found chest pain least likely in those with higher-than-average blood levels of carotene, vitamin C and particularly vitamin E. Indeed, men with the lowest blood levels of vitamin E were two and a half times more likely to suffer angina than those with the highest levels of vitamin E. |
| The most likely explanation: the vegetable carotenes and other antioxidants in fruits and vegetables help keep arteries unclogged and healthy, say researchers.
Thumbs Up: TRY THE JAPANESE HEART-SAVING DIET
Eat like the Japanese used to. With the invasion of westernized high-fat fast food, Japan's heart-disease rate is creeping upward. But for years, that country's low-fat, high-fish diet was a model for a heart-disease-free life. |
Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson
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 For each drug the following information is provided (Waller 1998):
Definition of the drug.
Selected commentaries.
Classification according to the four characteristics of temperatures and the five types of taste.
Uses (detailed information on uses according to the criteria of Chinese medicine)
Corrections of previous mistakes.
Methods of preparing the drug.
New features.
Examples of recipes.
The recognition of the need to further develop the usage of a plant, to correct earlier mistakes and include new information is particularly noteworthy. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| Beta-carotene is a yellow-orange pigment in some fruits and vegetables. It is a member of the carotenoid family of phytochemicals. Beta-carotene is converted into vitamin A by the liver and fulfills all of the biological tasks of vitamin A. In its role as an antioxidant, beta-carotene helps to stabilize unstable free-radical molecules. By offering itself as a sacrifice, it prevents free radicals from damaging cells. To some extent, beta-carotene is found in all green vegetables, but its yellow-orange pigment is masked by chlorophyll. |
Leo Galland
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 Do you eat less than five servings of vegetables and fruits every day? _
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, please read the information about nutritional density and about food safety (pages 147-156,192-193, 228-232).
Section 4.
When riding in a car or taxi do you always fasten your seatbelt? _
When riding a bicycle or motorcycle, do you always wear a helmet? _
Do you understand what is involved in "safe sex"? _____
If the answer to any of these questions is no, please get informed.
How well are you? |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| Studies designed to measure the effects of supplementation with the antioxidant beta-carotene on the prevention of both lung and colorectal cancer have been disappointing for supplement advocates and have demonstrated the superiority of fruits and vegetables as a method of disease prevention. Although high serum levels of beta-carotene and increased fruit and vegetable intake are markers of decreased risk of lung and colon cancers, supplementation with beta-carotene did not decrease cancer in clinical trials designed to test its effectiveness. |
| It is found abundantly in sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, and butternut and acorn squash. fruits that are rich sources of beta-carotene are cantaloupe, mango, papaya, and apricots.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance for retinol equivalents (carotenes) is 800 to 1,000 micrograms. Try to consume at least this much daily. A 3.5-ounce serving of sweet potato with the skin on contains twice that amount. |
| The monoterpene phytochemicals (see page 19) found in citrus fruits and cherries, geraniol found in carrots, and the tocotrienols found in whole grains have isoprenoid activity.
In order to understand the mechanism by which isoprenoids work, you must first know a little about how cells work. Most cells have feedback mechanisms that help them attract the molecules they need to do their work and repel those same molecules when they are present in abundance. This feedback system works in a similar fashion to the thirst mechanism. When you are thirsty, you crave water. |
Leo Galland
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| As I stated in Chapter Eight, I don't recommend beta-carotene supplements to my patients because beta-carotene is readily available from fruits and vegetables, mixed with other beneficial antioxidants like the carotenoids and bioflavonoids. Beta-carotene supplements have been shown not to be useful in preventing cancer, whereas eating food high in beta-carotene does appear to be beneficial. The difference is that food rich in beta-carotene is also rich in other antioxidants and can support the whole antioxidant defense system in a way that pills of a single nutrient cannot. |
| Eat saponin-rich vegetables like soybeans, chickpeas, bean sprouts, tomatoes, potatoes, and oats, and fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins A and C like broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, and cantaloupe.
?Avoid foods with added fat.
?Do not use iron supplements unless you are pregnant or deficient in iron.
?Supplement your diet with flax oil 1 tablespoon a day, vitamin E 400 mg a day, vitamin C 2,000 mg a day, granular lecithin 2 tablespoons a day, dimethylglycine 120 mg a day, and the immune-stimulating mushrooms shiitake and reishi.
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Margarita Artschwager Kay
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 They make a tea of the outer portion of the fruits that they drink for empacho. The Mountain Pima cook the shell, strain it, and drink very hot for diarrhea. The Tarahumara make a poultice with the fruit to relieve painful boils. The Mayo boil the skin of the pomegranate in water to make a tea for sore throat or to apply on boils. Mexican American infants in Arizona and New Mexico are given a tea made from the rind of the fruit as a mild cathartic. The rind is sold as a medicinal in certain Arizona supermarkets.
Phytochemistry. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| Including five servings of fruits and vegetables daily in our diets ensures that we obtain an adequate intake of health-providing phytochemicals. We should also consider frequently selecting our protein from plant, nut, and legume sources, since they come with a bonus in the form of phytochemicals.
Research indicates that recommendations for optimal phytochemical intake might vary based on personal health status. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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 The young fruits and the fruit seed have traditionally been used medicinally in the East; however the use of the leaves is recent and came from western research on particular constituents in the ginkgo leaves. The principle constituents that were found to have appreciable medicinal effects are the ter-pene lactones, ginkgolide A, B, C and bilobalide and the flavongylcosides, quercetin, kaempferol and isohamnetin. |
The Editors of PREVENTION
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 Typically, gardeners plant more fruits, vegetables, and herbs than they can consume. So why not offer your surplus to co-workers, neighbors, and friends? You'll feel a sense of pride that can overshadow any burnout blues, says Dr. Relf.
"One woman I know has a lot of older neighbors, and she worries that they are not getting the right foods," says Dr. Relf. "So she grows plenty of tomatoes, collard greens, and other vegetables and gives them to her neighbors. Being charitable to others brings out a feeling of personal satisfaction. |
David Brownstein
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 They are found in fruits, vegetables, grains, pasta, bread, cookies, alcohol, etc. Proteins are the building blocks of the body and they form the muscles and the organs. An adequate intake of protein is also necessary to produce hormones. Sources of protein include animal products (the most complete form of protein), vegetables such as beans and legumes, and seeds and nuts.
Fat contains more energy than either protein or carbohydrates, and it is essential for forming cell membranes and for hormone production. |
Hemp TodayEd Rosenthal
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| These building blocks are glued together with other biological components (lignins, pectins), which give a certain flexibility and strength to the tissue, so that the tree or plant can bend at high stresses, doesn't break in a storm, and is able to carry its seeds and fruits. The following explains what is needed to process a fiber source into paper (Smook 1982):
Pulping (from fiber source to pulp):
Cleaning: all non-fibrous components need to be removed from the raw material, and the remaining fibers must be cleaned of dirt, rocks and other contaminants. |
| Having raised the weed and enjoyed the fruits of its bounty, cannabis farmers have an emotional, and dare I say, spiritual involvement with the plant. Their fervent motivation to bring hemp back into mainstream agriculture is born of this connection. The irony is that when growers become entrepreneurs in the legal hemp trade they voluntarily stop growing or dealing in order to avoid being a target of the authorities. In essence, working with hemp is causing people to clean up their act. |
| The agricultural base has broadened to include sugar cane, many fruits and cotton for domestic consumption and export. The fragile soils of the Australian continent were not suitable for chemical methods of farming, neither were they able to withstand the impact of imported domestic cattle and sheep. Intensive herbicide and pesticide dependent cultivation methods lead to high costs and decreasing returns.
One of the most profound problems has been that of water management. Even though Australia has lush tropical rain forests in the northeast, it is the driest continent on earth. |
David Brownstein
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| Unrefined carbohydrates are found in whole foods, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. These whole foods contain vitamins, minerals, enzymes and fiber that aid the body in their digestion. Therefore, the body does not become depleted from the ingestion of unrefined carbohydrates (in contrast to the ingestion of refined carbohydrates).
One must choose carbohydrates that do not excessively raise blood sugar levels. Dr. Barry Sears, the author of The Zone books, states, "All carbohydrates are not created equal."27 Carbohydrates can be rated on a "glycemic index" scale. |
Stephanie Beling
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 Keep that in mind when you shop for kumquats; look for plump, shiny fruits with an even, deep color and a smooth, unbruised skin. Kumquats are sold mostly in the wintertime and are now routinely found in well-stocked supermarkets.
To eat them, pinch the fruit between your fingers first; this sets the juices flowing and mingles the tartness of the flesh with the sweetness of the skin.
Mango
The fruit of an evergreen tree of the sumac family, the mango is native to tropical Asia and is symbolic of South Sea islands and equatorial lushness. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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| Contraindications: The leaves and fruits contain a bitter principle, viburine, which may cause gastroenteritis. Cramp bark should not be taken with blood thinning agents because of the coumarin constituents in the plant.400 It may cause hypotension in large doses or even in average doses if given to previously hypotensive individuals. The berries have been known to cause death. Cramp bark should not be used in pregnancy unless under the guidance of a qualified health care professional.
Culver s root -
Leptandra virginica in the Scrophulariaceae or Figwort family. Parts used: Root. |
Stephanie Beling
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| Grapes
Even though there are green grapes, the red and purple varieties qualify grapes as belonging to the red, yellow, and orange fruits. (The green grapes are good for you, but they lack lycopene, and the health benefits that the red pigment lycopene imparts.) Grapes are the "fruit of the vine," as the Old Testament puts it, cultivated since time immemorial to be served as a fresh fruit, as dried raisins, as a preserved jelly, or crushed and fermented as wine. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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| Part used: fruits. Taste/smell: Sweet and bitter. Tendencies: Cooling.
Dosage: Decoction: 1-2 teaspoons per cup of water; or 1:4 dry strength liquid extract: 10-40 drops 1-4 times per day.
Mental picture and specific indications:
Ligustrum is indicated with kidney weakness, weak back and knees, hearing loss, blurred vision, constipation and immunological disorders. It is a yin tonic in Chinese medicine. Ligustrum is used to strengthen the whole body.
Use: (a) Tonic for kidney and liver, (b) Immunomodulator, (c) Antioxidant,43 (d) Antibacterial. |
| Increase dietary consumption of:
Whole grains, fruits, vegetables and nuts. 3-4 times throughout the day at regular intervals.
Adrenal Compound
Avoid food allergens
Liver formulas
Profiles of herbs used in this formula:
Siberian ginseng, Eleutherococcus senticosus, is an adaptogen. It helps the body to adapt to stressful situations of many types, whether from internal or external causes. It increases endurance and concentration, enhances oxygen metabolism in tissues and organs, strengthens the kidneys and digestion and enhances overall resistance to disease. |
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