Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 However, some Vaccinium spp. are also known by the name of huckleberry.
Among the most commonly eaten species are G. baccata, black huckleberry, brachycera, box huckleberry - E. U.S.-and dumosa, dwarf huckleberry, frondosa, dangleberry and ursina, bear huckleberry - all in E. N.Am.
Ledum (D-F 4) Labrador Tea
From the Greek "ledos," name of a rockrose (Cistus ladaniferus) producing ladanum, an aromatic resin. N. N.Am.
In northern North America, Europe and Asia, the leaves of L. palustre (including subsp. groenlandkum) have been used to make an aromatic tea. |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
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 Between 6000 b.c. and 3500 b.c, poppies and oats were domesticated in Europe.
The next agricultural phase in Europe was the cultivation of trees that must be grown by grafting, such as apple, pear, plum, and cherry. At around the same time, wild plants such as radishes, rye, turnips, beets, leeks, and lettuce that had initially established themselves as weeds were domesticated. By the time of the Roman Empire, many of today's leading crops were domesticated. After 1500 the vast fertile plains of the New World brought great enrichment to the world's food supply. |
Leo Galland
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 FDA during 1992 and 1993. They used seven rating criteria, including the percentage of each crop with detectable pesticide residues and the known toxicity of each type of residue. The group calculated that 50 percent of food pesticide exposure occurs through consumption of twelve foods. The vegetables with the greatest contamination were bell peppers, spinach, celery, green beans, and cucumbers. They recommended substituting less contaminated vegetables for these. The safer vegetables included green peas, broccoli, asparagus, romaine lettuce, carrots, radishes, Brussels sprouts, and potatoes. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 C; and wheat germ and kale are good sources of vitamin E.
Chromium Can Help
It might not be the waist-whittling miracle mineral that some advertisements tout it as, but according to the latest research, chromium picolinate (a supplemental form of chromium) may indeed help build lean tissue and reduce fat in adults who exercise. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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| Indians such as Pimas. They have a pleasant salty flavor. ' The seeds were ground into pinole. weaves and seeds of S. linearis (= Dondia /.), sea blite - coasts of S. Fla. & Me i. - are also edible.
The tender parts of S. maritima, sea blite - possibly introduced from Eurasia o the coasts of E. N.Am. - are eaten raw or cooked in Asia (especially in India , where other local species are also used as food. Sea blite is good tasting.
The Coahuila Indians extracted a black dye by soaking the leaves and stems of a! . torreyana, inkweed - W. N.Am. - in water for use in artwork. |
Grace Ross Lewis
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 Mexico. Sometimes it drifts across the border from Mexican crop spraying or is in the water supply in the border states. Mexico continued to use this chemical to kill mosquitoes that cause malaria. They have now agreed to phase out its use over the next ten years.
30. What is pycnogenol that is so popular in health food stores?
It is the antioxidant isolated from the bark of a pine tree by Masquelier, a French chemist. This was about 50 years ago. The active principal is OPC, which is found in grape seeds.
31. What is the good ingredient in green tea? |
Christian B. Allan and Wolfgang Lutz
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 This means 4.2 pounds of glucose is consumed, which the body has to metabolize each week. If these foods are eaten throughout the day, then this could surely cause an insulin resistance problem in many people. Half a pound of red meat contains around 20 percent fat. Thus, Yio of a pound of saturated fat from beef is consumed, on average, in the American diet per week. It seems clear that carbohydrates are the problem, not meat consumption or its associated fat. Besides all the statistics, we have already shown you proof that lower carbohydrate equals better health. |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
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| California soil. This includes over 250 varieties, 70 of which are grown solely in California. Although there is evidence that the California Native Americans knew about farming from their trade contacts with Native Americans in Arizona, they did not adopt an agricultural lifestyle. They didn't have to farm to feed themselves. The California climate exists in a few other places on earth, including the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East, a small area of Chile, the Argentine pampas, parts of Australia, and parts of the Cape of South Africa. |
Ruth Winter
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 FLUORINE COMPOUNDS • Calcium Fluoride. Hydrofluorsillic Acid. Potassium Fluoride. Sodium Fluoride. Sodium Silicofluoride. All have been used in the fluoridation of water. Fluorides cross the placental barrier and the effects on the fetus are unknown. New clinical evidence shows that kidney disturbance sometimes is due to the amount of fluoride it contributes to the blood. Fluorine containing compounds (sodium, potassium, or calcium fluoride) are illegal. A petition for extension in dietary supplements was terminated in 1973. |
| The tolerance is 1.5 ppm in liver of cattle, sheep, and goats; 5 ppm in muscle of chicken and turkeys; 5 ppm in liver and kidneys of chickens and turkeys. CLOPROSTENOL • Estrumate. An animal drug used to treat infertility in sows and to synchronize estrus in cows.
CLOPYRALID • An herbicide used in animal feed, barley (milled, except flour), oats (except flour), and wheat (milled, except flour). FDA residue limits are 12.0 ppm in barley, oats, and wheat (except in their flours) when used for animal feed. The tolerance for residues in fat, meat, byproducts of sheep is 2 ppm and 0. |
Paul Pitchford
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 One sweetener, however, can usually be tolerated: stevia leaf, available in powders and liquid extracts, and sometimes in the whole leaf form. (See pages 154-155 for dosages and applications.)
Animal proteins: Sufficient protein is available in legumes and grains. Most milk products, eggs, and red meats have a variety of properties that promote yeast/fungus growth and are not recommended. If animal products seem necessary, fish and fowl raised without chemicals may be helpful. Also, some individuals do well with raw goat's milk, in which case the other animal products are usually unnecessary. |
Michael Castleman
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 A 1991 study by the USDA showed similar results-. 58 percent of 2,900 samples showed pesticide residues.
Pesticide applications to U.S. food crops soared from near zero in 1940 to more than one billion pounds in 1987. Fear of exposure to even trace amounts of these chemicals is the major reason that a growing number of Americans now spend more than $1.5 billion a year (up from about $175 million in 1980) on organically grown produce.
Scientists generally agree that occupational exposure to large doses of pesticides poses a health hazard. |
Rebecca Wood
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 Sweet or Florence fennel (F. vulgare var. duke) is used as a vegetable. This type has a large, bulblike base, hollow stalks, and threadlike leaves. Sweet fennel has a pleasing licorice flavor.
Health Benefits Sweet and spicy with some bitter tones, fennel is a warming herb. Although the whole plant is used medicinally, the seeds are highest in the volatile oil anethole, which treats indigestion, gas, and spasms of the digestive tract and increases peristalsis. It helps expel phlegm from the lungs. |
Prevention Magazine
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 Setting the Most
Keep it clothed. Most of a pear's fiber is in the peel. By eating pears with the skin on, you'll get the full complement of fiber, along with the cholesterol-lowering benefits, Dr. Camire says.
Fresh is better. While canned pears are convenient, they don't provide anywhere near the benefits of fresh, says Donald V. Schlimme, Ph.D., professor of nutrition and food science at the University of Maryland in College Park. For one thing, canned pears have been peeled, so they have lost most of their healing fiber. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 The abundance of fiber in vegetarian diets helps the colon dispose of unnecessary estrogen, while the low fiber and high iron content of beef and processed foods can damage cells and encourage the spread of cancer. In addition, some foods, such as lima beans, soy beans, and other soy products, seem to have medicinal capabilities because of the presence of isoflavones and phytoestrogens, or plant estrogens. These substances actually curb the activity of the excess estrogen in the body's tissues. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 Ascorbate significantly prevented selenite-induced cataracts in rats as well. Vitamin C may also be related to asthma. Studies show that vitamin C intake in the general population correlates with the incidence of asthma. Asthma symptoms in adults have been shown to decrease following vitamin C supplementation. |
John R. Smythies
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| According to the article, in some studies the use of antioxidants appears to be associated with a "dramatic" reduction in cancer and other diseases, but in other studies beta-carotene (the only antioxidant mentioned by name in the article) actually seems to be associated with an increase in cancer. The article concluded: "In either event few contemporary aging researchers think self-medicating at a salad bar is the best way to extend the human life span. |
Thomas Bartram
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 Vitamins: A. C (l-2g daily). Minerals. Calcium. Iron.
Treatment by or in liaison with a general medical practitioner.
QUALITY CONTROL. The Ministry demands a high degree of production and quality control in processing. They prefer full automation in order that the end-product may be of exceptional quality and purity.
Products are expected to comply with the highest pharmaceutical standards and legislative criteria although a company should have its own exacting internal requirements.
Variations of active ingredients are unsuitable for a number of reasons. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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| My hair is not as gray as before. Patches have come out with the original black renewed hair; my skin is subtle, firm, and younger-looking. My nails are soft and pink. The arthritis in my fingers diminished, and I don't have those dizzy spells as before.
It's my belief that my cholesterol is much lower. I have lost seventeen pounds. I still have to do more in the line of exercises, but this is due to an ailment in the leg. My outlook of appearance is much more appealing to others, as they tell me I look younger. I feel great internally and externally. |
Thomas Bartram
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| Excess salt leads to retention of fluid in body tissues and adds to work the heart will perform.
DIET - MACROBIOTIC. A plant-based diet with small amounts of poultry, fish or meat for non-vegetarians. A return to the traditional diet of local natural foods as found in some primitive communities and which is believed to increase immunity against degenerative diseases of the civilised world. |
Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D.
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 Planta Medica, 27, 112, 1975.
14. Lutomski, J., Segiet, E., Szpunar, K. & Grisse, K. "The meaning of Passion flower in the medicine." Pharmazie in Unserer Zeit, 10(2), 45-48, 1981.
15. Smith, H. H. "Ethnobotany of the Potawatomi." Bulletin of the Public Museum, 7, 32-127, 1933
16. Lust, J. The Herb Book, Benedict Lust Pubs., 1974.
17. Grieve, M. A Modern Herbal, 2 vols., Dover Pubs., New York, 1971 (original edition—1931).
18. Kloss, J. Back to Eden, Woodbridge Press Pubs., Santa Barbara CA, 1939. p. 331.
19. Zinchenko, T.V. & Fefer, I.M. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 DRAGON-SLAYER SHAKE
I hate taking pills, even when I know the value of using supplements to improve my health. That's why I developed this "shake". While most of us are familiar with milkshakes, there are many variations
-honey
-yogurt**, if no dairy allergy
BEVERAGES
-Purified water -Cafix -Roma -Herb tea
-Vitamin C powder & honey in hot water -Ginger tea
-Hot natural apple juice with vitamin C
-Fresh orange juice
-Postum
-Chickory
-Japanese Green tea -Roasted rice or barley tea -Vinegar, honey & water on that theme which can provide nutrient-dense foods in a convenient format. |
Christian Ratsch
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 Schultes 1980, 106*). A chicha prepared from the pepper tree (Schinus molle) has potent stimulating and possibly other psychoactive effects, as the essential oils of the fruit include (3-phellandrene, a-pinene, carvacrol, o-ethylphenol, (3-pinene, camphene, myrcene, a-phellandrene, limonene, Tr-cymene, and (5-spathulene (Terhune et al. 1974). The chicha prepared from Schinus molle is also used to treat dropsy.
Sometimes admixtures are used to alter the taste or the effect of chicha. |
Sandra Steingraber
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 One research institution, the Environmental Working Group, places this estimate higher. In their review of FDA monitoring data, EWG staff discovered that many more violations were detected by FDA chemists than were reported by FDA enforcement personnel. The actual violation rate, according to their reanalysis, is 5.6 percent—nearly double the FDA's offical claim—and involves sixty-six different pesticides, including many banned or restricted for use. Green peas showed a violation rate of nearly 25 percent, pears 15.7 percent, apple juice 12.5 percent, blackberries 12. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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 The major antioxidants in the lens of the eye are vitamin C (p. 341)' and glutathione (an antioxidant enzyme).7 Vitamin C is needed to activate vitamin E (p. 344),8 which in turn activates glutathione. Both nutrients are important for healthy vision.
Vitamin C (p. 341) levels in the eye decrease with age;9 however, supplementing with vitamin C prevents this decrease10 and has been linked to a lower risk of developing cataracts."12 Healthy people have been reported to be more likely to take vitamin C and vitamin E supplements than those with cataracts in some" but not all studies. |
Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council
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 Although they also found an inverse relationship for an index of vitamin A consumption based on selected foods, there was an even stronger inverse relationship for an index of vitamin C consumption. Also consistent with these findings were observations of populations in the Caspian littoral of Iran (a region of particularly high esophageal cancer incidence) indicating that consumption of green vegetables and fresh fruit and estimated vitamin A and C intake in high risk areas were lower than in areas of low risk (Hormozdiari et al. |
Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman
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 Our advice to readers of this chapter is to take it one step at a time. Once you've understood the basic principles on which our anti-aging diet recommendations are based, you can evolve your own system for making the changes that will be most helpful to you. Some people find it easiest simply to overhaul their eating habits once and for all. Other people are more comfortable making one change at a time. Likewise, some people find that once they give up a "forbidden" food, they never miss it. |
J. E. Williams, O.M.D.
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 Vegetables: all leafy green vegetables (red leaf, romaine, and other garden lettuces; spinach, endive, kale, Swiss chard, beet greens, bok choy and Chinese broccoli, arugula, mustard green, dandelion greens); all root vegetables (carrots, beets, parsnips, radishes, fennel root, yams, potatoes [also a carbohydrate], turnips, daikon, gobo, yucca, rutabaga); cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussels sprouts, collards); cucumbers; squashes; onion family (shallots, red and white onions, green onions, leeks, garlic); asparagus; okra; celery; sweet and hot peppers; tomatoes. |
Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D.
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 In addition, extra products are suggested to achieve results that most would find desirable, such as increased vitality and enhanced well-being.
Beliefs on Which It Is Based
It is the opinion of megadose advocates that most people require vitamins and minerals in much greater amounts than they receive through their diets, and in dosages often far greater than their RDAs. They believe that, when it comes to vitamins and minerals, if some is good, more must be better. |
Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens
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 Items such as sugar and salt are the most frequently used direct food additives; these are GRAS (generally recognized as safe) items. Used in much smaller amounts are other direct additives (e.g., artificial sweeteners, colors, and preservatives), spices and flavors (e.g., mustard, pepper, cinnamon, poppy seed, and vanilla). Indirect food additives, such as those chemicals that migrate into food from pesticides and packaging materials, represent over 2,000 other chemicals, many of which may be present in food below the level of detection. |
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