| Neal and Rigdon, 1967; McCormick, 1981
Hirose et al., 1990
Larinow and Soboleva, 1938; Lorenz and Stewart, 1948; Snell and Stewart, 1962, 1963
In addition to the list above, the committee is aware of other data on carcinogenic effects of 7H-Dibenzo[c,g]-carbazole, Dibenzo[a,h]-pyrene, Dibenzo[a,i)-pyrene, Me-A-alpha-C(2-Amino-3-methyl-9H-pyrido-[2,3-b]indole), and 5-methylchyrysene. |
| Tbe authors also suggest that reduced consumption of red meat may decrease the incidence of colon and prostate cancer and that modification of sex hormone levels might have some effect on breast cancer incidence.
Impact of Dietary Constituents on Human Cancer
Although only a few individual carcinogens in the diet have been identified through epidemiologic studies (e.g., aflatoxin and arsenic), these studies have identified dietary components as either contributing to or reducing cancer risk. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 One of my long-term, 90% raw-food clients who keeps close watch of her urine pH has noticed becoming spacey and suffering from a lack of concentration at a urine pH of 7.5-7.8. Just taking some acid food for her ANS-dominant system, like a piece of bread, is enough to bring her closer to a urine pH of 7.2-7.3, where she feels healthy and strong. At a 24-hour urine pH of 7.2-7.3 she is feeling healthier and more vital than she has in years. The fact that she feels excellent at a urine pH of 7.3 raises the question as to how alkaline can one become and remain healthy. |
Richard Lucas
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 China believe that nonpoisonous plant medicines supply to the body the appropriate constituents it lacks, in a way similar to that of natural foods. Thus, by providing the body with what it needs or what it cannot produce in sufficient quantities, the Yang-Yin vital force is harmonized, strengthened, and sustained in an indirect way. This method embraces prevention as well as healing. The great modern Chinese scholar, Lin Yutang, wrote: "The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine. What is good for the body is medicine and at the same time food. |
Marion Nestle
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 The longest-lived populations in the world, such as some in Asia and the Mediterranean, traditionally eat diets that are largely plant-based. Such diets tend to be relatively low in calories but high in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other components of plants (phytochemicals) that— acting together—protect against disease. Dietary patterns that best promote health derive most energy from plant foods, considerably less from foods of animal origin (meat, dairy, eggs), and even less from foods high in animal fats and sugars. The Food Guide Pyramid of the U.S. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 Infants need 35 mg.; about 50 mg. between ages one and fourteen and 60 mg. afterward are the suggested minimums. During pregnancy, 80 mg. are required; 100 mg. are needed during lactation. Realistically, between 100-150 mg. daily is a minimum dosage for most people.
Vitamin C needs, however, are increased with all kinds of stress, both internal (emotional) and external (environmental). Smoking decreases vitamin C levels and increases minimum needs. Birth control pills, estrogen for menopause, cortisone use, and aspirin also increase ascorbic acid requirements. |
| At noon, we may begin to eat vegetables and use more concentrated starch, protein, or fat food per meal. We consume most of our food from midday until 8:00 p.m. If we are early risers and workers, our food intake cycle can begin earlier, though it should probably end earlier as well. When it is very cold, or if we do a lot of physical work, we may need a more warming and fuel-oriented breakfast, though many people can do very well on fruit alone in the morning. With this system, fruit is eaten by itself, not with or after other foods (see the section on Food Combining later in this chapter). |
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. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 I recommend staying away from sour, salty, and pungent foods, meats, alcohol, and hot foods during this season, as they simply generate more heat. Instead, make a conscious effort to increase your intake of lighter foods such as fresh salads. A more vegetarian diet in general is better during this time of year. This type of diet naturally cleanses the system and keeps the arteries and other ducts healthy.
Humidity weakens the digestion and the nerves. I follow Ayurvedic principles to aid my digestion when the humidity is high, by changing to a heavier diet with more sour foods. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| Western society
• a diet providing a low intake of plant cell walls is a causative factor in the etiology of these diseases and provides conditions under which other etiological factors are more active.
The term "Western diet" is used throughout this chapter, as well as in many other parts of the textbook. It refers to the typical diet of Western peoples, also referred to as "foods of commerce". It consists of a high intake of refined carbohydrates, saturated fats, processed foods, salt and cholesterol, and an extremely low intake of dietary fiber. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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 Replace what you've lost. You need to drink as much liquid every day as you lose through perspiration and excretion. Otherwise, your body will become dehydrated. If you lose 5 percent of your body fluids and don't replace them, you may experience headache, fatigue, lack of concentration, and an elevated heart rate. Lose greater amounts, and you face the risk of confusion, shock, seizures, coma — even death.
Sip water throughout the day. Don't wait until you feel thirsty to drink a glass of water. Your thirst, especially as you get older, may not be a reliable gauge of your body's need. |
Frantisek Stary
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 A cup is the equivalent of about 125 ml.
A glass is the equivalent of about 200 ml.
For home remedies drugs are usually administered in the form of infusions—short-term infusions, long-term infusions or decoctions. To prepare them always use porcelain or glass vessels and lids of the same material or else enamelled lids.
Short-term infusion (infusum) is the commonest method of preparing medicinal teas. Boiling water is poured over the crushed or crumbled drug, covered with a lid and left to steep in a warm place for at least ten to fifteen minutes. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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| Replace what you've lost. You need to drink as much liquid every day as you lose through perspiration and excretion. Otherwise, your body will become dehydrated. If you lose 5 percent of your body fluids and don't replace them, you may experience headache, fatigue, lack of concentration, and an elevated heart rate. Lose greater amounts, and you face the risk of confusion, shock, seizures, coma — even death.
Sip water throughout the day. Don't wait until you feel thirsty to drink a glass of water. Your thirst, especially as you get older, may not be a reliable gauge of your body's need. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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 Few studies have investigated the effects of these changes, but the meager amount of research is generally supportive.*'7'8,9 Some symptoms of low blood sugar may be related to or made worse by food allergies (p. 8).10
Some people claim to have fewer symptoms when eating a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. However, research shows that increasing protein intake can actually impair the body's ability to process sugar,11 probably because protein increases insulin levels12 (insulin reduces blood sugar levels). |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 It was anciently cultivated for its medicinal properties, but did not enter our vegetable gardens before the
17th century.
Celery is widely naturalized in N.Am. The wild plant has a much stronger smell and taste than its cultivated counterpart, often with some bitterness. Tender stems, petioles and leaves are edible raw, preferably mixed with other vegetables, or cooked, especially in soups.
Celery contains an essential oil, particularly in the root, vitamins A, B and C, minerals, a glucoside and coumarins.
The fresh plant is diuretic, tonic, aperitive and digestive. |
Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg
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 Since sugar intolerance is characteristic of asthma, Eric was to avoid refined sugar, candy, junk foods, and soda.
For enzymes, he took Thera-zyme PAN (a multiple digestive enzyme formula for asthmatics), Thera-zyme Rsp (a lung formula for coughing and wheezing), and Thera-zyme Kdy for allergies. I also suggested thyroid therapy, and counseled his parents to become aware of upsetting situations in their son's life so they could help him deal with the emotions before they produced an asthma attack
Today, at age 19, Eric is 5'11" and still growing. |
Dr. Gary Null
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 Immune system inhibitors such as coffee, sugar, alcohol, and fat are omitted.
At the end of three months, it is very important to follow up again with a health practitioner, and to obtain another Pap smear. Sometimes a biopsy is also needed.
IMMUNOAUGMENTIVE THERAPY (IAT)
Treating cervical cancer by restoring the patient's own immune system has also proven successful at John Clement's Immunology Research Center in Freeport in the Bahamas. Dr. Clement specifies that success can occur if the treatment is begun early, even after surgery. (See chapter 4, Breast Cancer. |
Marion Nestle
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| Figure 4 illustrates the disproportionate distribution of marketing expenditures relative to dietary recommendations. Although the costs of marketing may appear huge, they amount to just a small fraction of sales.
Advertising costs for any single, nationally distributed food product far exceed (often by 10 to 50 times) federal expenditures for promotion of the Pyramid or to encourage people to eat more fruit and vegetables. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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| Nutritional Supplements That May Be Helpful
Doctors of natural medicine will often suggest that people who experience easy bruising supplement with 1-3 grams of vitamin C (p. 341) per day for several months. This is usually accompanied by at least several hundred milligrams of bioflavonoids (p. 271)— vitamin-like substances that are needed to strengthen capillaries and therefore might also help with bruising.1 If the vitamin C/bioflavonoid combination is helpful, it strongly suggests that the person's diet was inadequate.
Are There Any Side Effects or Interactions? |
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
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 The diet was rich in vitamin E, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and carotenes, such as beta carotene. A. afarensis is suspected to be the first in a line of known ancestors leading to modern-day humans. Although other lineages would sprout from this common ancestor, such as Australopithecus robustus, they would die out, possibly because of limited or poor food choices. Dietary variety had become essential for survival. |
| Our bodies evolved expecting high levels of these nutrients. Without optimal intakes, we develop osteoporosis, anemia, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, cataracts, arthritis, and other disorders; and
4. are low in calories. They average as little as one calorie per gram, compared to up to nine calories per gram in highly refined foods.
Most of the foods on our ancient ancestors' plates were plants. So it's no wonder that no other food is so closely linked to lifelong health and longevity. |
| Fortunately, our bodies are only concerned with getting the right amount of nutrients. The source is unimportant. Chicken breast is as good a source of low-fat protein as gazelle, salmon is as good a source of omega-3 fatty acids as eland, and you can get your vitamin C just as well from oranges as from wild greens.
The secret to regaining our evolutionary balance is to glean the best of our ancient ancestors' eating habits and combine those with the safe, abundant, nutritious foods available today. |
Ben Davis
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| He had been starved for minerals and vitamins despite his liberal eating, and had a severe case of constipation. All these symptoms gradually cleared up with rapid healing, rapid cleansing foods.
HOW THE WATER CURE HEALED HIS LIVER!
After a short time, Mr. J. really began to like the blitz baths. Ten to 12 minutes weren't enough. He was willing to stay half an hour and he couldn't see why a little more wouldn't help him. He "went on the wagon," really watched his diet and made splendid progress.
In a few weeks, he was pronounced cured. |
John Robbins
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 Fat in a single foil-packaged restaurant serving of butter: 6 grams15
Fat in a Burger King Whopper: 40 grams16
Fat in a Double Whopper with cheese: 67 grams17
Fat in the average veggie burger found in U.S. supermarkets and natural food stores: 3 grams18
The relative slimness of vegetarians was brought home to me recently when I spoke to a prominent liposuction surgeon. Liposuction —the surgical removal of fat—is the leading form of cosmetic surgery in the United States today. In fact, more than 1,000 liposuction operations are performed per day in this country.19 Scott Jones, M.D. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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| Replace what you've lost. You need to drink as much liquid every day as you lose through perspiration and excretion. Otherwise, your body will become dehydrated. If you lose 5 percent of your body fluids and don't replace them, you may experience headache, fatigue, lack of concentration, and an elevated heart rate. Lose greater amounts, and you face the risk of confusion, shock, seizures, coma — even death.
Sip water throughout the day. Don't wait until you feel thirsty to drink a glass of water. Your thirst, especially as you get older, may not be a reliable gauge of your body's need. |
Christian Ratsch
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| Zizyphus jujuba Mill, [syn. Zizyphus vulgaris Lam.], cardamom, and the wilted leaves of the betel palm (Areca catechu). The tobacco dealers do not reveal the relative amounts of the different ingredients they use (Atkinson 1989, 756f.*).
Wild tobacco has an extremely high nicotine content and is considerably more potent than Nicotiana tabacum and all other Nicotiana species. For this reason, it should be used with great care. Dosages can vary so greatly from one individual to the next that it is not possible to provide any specific guidelines (cf. nicotine). |
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