Dan Buettner
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 The AHS shows that consuming fruits and vegetables and whole grains seems to be protective against a wide variety of cancers. For those who prefer to eat some meat, Adventists recommend small portions served as a side dish rather than as the main meal.
Eat an early, light dinner.
"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper," American nutritionist Adelle Davis is said to have recommended—an attitude also reflected in Adventist practices. A light dinner early in the evening avoids flooding the body with calories during the inactive parts of the day. |
Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George
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 This means cutting down your intake of fast foods, fried foods, red meat, and highly processed foods, and opting for a diet richer in fruits and vegetables, unprocessed foods, and fish. All that goes to say that there could be some wisdom in "thinking like a hunter-gatherer" when choosing items to eat, as this would instantly eliminate a wide range of highly processed, inorganic foods with low nutrition profiles and high fat content. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Food: Nutrition, Allergies, and Sensitivities
Not only are the foods we eat overprocessed and robbed of all nutritional value, but the usual American diet still consists of few fresh fruits and vegetables and inordinate amounts of sugar and caffeine. When I was growing up, we got eggs or hot cereal like oatmeal, whole grain toast, and juice for breakfast. Today most children start the day with a sugared snack, a cola beverage, and high levels of caffeine. And we're supposed to believe that there is no connection between that and a child bouncing off the walls an hour later in school? |
Jack Challem
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 Your best bet for finding meat from range- or grass-fed animals and organic fruits and vegetables is a natural foods or specialty grocery store. Always read the find print on packages to ascertain ingredients.
Trader Joe s
Trader Joe's is a chain of high-quality specialty retail grocery stores, with many organic, gluten-free, and wholesome products. For more information and the locations of Trader Joe's stores, go to www.traderjoes.com. |
Hyla Cass
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 Eat more raw fruits and vegetables; these contain enzymes helpful for breaking down food and reducing the time it spends in the stomach.
?Eat cranberries or take cranberry extract; this has been found to reduce the invasion of H. pylori.
To Treat Heartburn Naturally:
?Drink fresh juice of potatoes or cabbage (you'll need a vegetable juicer to make this juice), or eat a little raw grated potato.
?Slowly eat a banana, chewing it well.
?Drink some club soda.
?Drink a glass of organic milk or eat a few ounces of plain yogurt.
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Gabriel Cousens
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 It was interesting that people from Hispanic and Asian backgrounds were more willing to accept this hypothetical offer (probably because fruits and vegetables are more a part of their indigenous diet), with less than 10 percent turning it down, but Caucasians and Afro-Americans turned down the $1,000 approximately 25 percent of the time.
What is the issue here? Why does meat seem so addictive,... because indeed it is.
Meat, as we pointed out earlier, has a high insulin index. One quarter pound of meat creates the same insulin response in the body as a quarter pound of sugar. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 Folic Acid
You can eat fruits and vegetables for your folic acid fix, but to be sure, take a daily multivitamin that has 400 micrograms of folic acid.
Folic acid is important in fighting cardiovascular disease and reducing levels of homocysteine, an amino acid responsible for inflaming and damaging blood vessels and associated with osteoporosis. Folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 all can reduce levels of homocysteine.
Pregnant women have a special need for folic acid because it's key to fetal development and nervous system functioning. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you get into organic fruits and vegetables, yes, they can be more expensive. I always tell a person if you are making a choice between some processed food versus fruits and vegetables, and you can't afford the organic, go with the non-organic. You are still better off than buying the processed foods.
Ben: Right, so all the health detriments that a traditionally grown vegetable might have, it's still not as bad as red meat.
Mike: Absolutely. I'd take non-organic produce over packaged foods any day of the week, if I didn't have the funds or the choice of organic foods. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Ethylene gas is used to ripen tomatoes, bananas and other fruits and vegetables, so grocery stores can be quite deceptive, and often fruits and vegetables aren't really fresh. If you buy a peach, for example, it is usually as hard as a rock. That's not how peaches are in the real world, fresh off the tree.
I realize that a lot of people live in apartments, and they don't necessarily have a plot of land, but there are some foods, such as culinary herbs, that you can grow in pots on the windowsill. This is not ideal, but it can get you by. |
Mark Sircus
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 No man, woman or child today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply their bodies with enough magnesium for perfect health. There has been a gradual decline of dietary magnesium in the United States, from a high of 500 mg/day at the turn of the last century to barely 175-225 mg/day today.1 Both MIT and the National Academy of Sciences have determined that there are vast deficiencies in the American population. |
| Thus today hardly anyone can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his or her body with the mineral salts required for good health.
It is crucial that doctors and parents recognize that from poor soil comes poor food, deficient in minerals and vitamins
Dr. Nan Kathryn Fuchs, author of The Nutrition Detective, says that, "Our diets today are very different from those of our ancestors though our bodies remain similar. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors ate foods high in magnesium and low in calcium. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Sinatra and I recognize that some people may wish to learn the GI of certain fruits and vegetables, we believe that your best bet is to simply stay away from fiber-stripped, nutrient-deficient, processed carbs, particularly ones containing high-fructose corn syrup.
In short, we recommend that you shun prepared foods that come in plastic packages, boxes, or jars. Instead, opt for superior, high-fiber, nutrient-dense, slow-release vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds, limited amounts of whole grains (if you can have them), and low-sugar fruits. |
| At the same time, the IATP pointed out, prices for higher quality fruits and vegetables, grown with little government support, have steadily increased.
As the paper explains, these low prices have prompted a surge in production and sales of food substances that are really cheap to produce. For instance, inexpensively priced high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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 Here are some suggestions to boost your fiber intake: þEat fresh vegetables and fruits for snacks at the first sign of hunger. Eat fruits and vegetables whole, only peeling when necessary. þGet creative. Add vegetables or fruits to foods (e.g., soups) and modify recipes whenever possible by adding extra fruits or vegetables. þWhen you eat grains, try to eat only whole grains. Be sure to read labels to confirm that foods are actually whole grain. þUse all-bran cereals for breakfast or mixed with plain yogurt as a snack. Add all-bran cereals to other cereals and to other foods whenever possible. |
| Simple carbohydrates, or sugars, are naturally found in fruits and vegetables, but most of the simple sugars consumed in developed countries are in the form of refined sugar like sucrose (white sugar). Complex carbohydrates include starch and other, larger carbohydrate molecules.
When high sugar, or low fiber, starchy foods are eaten in excess, blood sugar levels rise quickly, producing a strain on blood sugar control. |
Hyla Cass
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| It's found in a wide variety of foods, including seafood, meat, dairy, cooking oils, and fresh fruits and vegetables. It is often low in diabetics; in those cases, it should be supplemented.
Dose: Take 10 mg of vanadyl sulfate (most common form) daily, yielding 2 mg of vanadium.
Magnesium
The American Diabetes Association reports that 25 percent of diabetics are magnesium deficient (although other figures place this much higher), and that supplementing with this mineral can improve blood sugar control. |
Jack Challem
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| While Greens8000 shouldn't replace fruits and vegetables in your diet, it's a great way of getting some of the extra nutrients that are found in fruits, vegetables, and herbs. For more information, go to www.greens8000.com.
Lara Bars
Lara Bars use simple, nutritious ingredients, such as dates and nuts, to create some of the best-tasting energy bars on the market. The flavors include Ginger Snap, Apple Pie, and Cashew Cookie. They're sold at many health food stores and at Trader Joe's. For more information, go to www.larabar.com. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Salicylic Acid: One more reason to eat your fruits and vegetables. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001; 101:1406-1408.
Rosemary www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/r/rosema 17.html
Del Bano MJ, Castillo J, Benavente-Garcia O, Lorente J, Martin-Gil R, Acevedo C, Alcaraz M. Radioprotective-antimutagenic effects of rosemary phenolics against chromosomal damage induced in human lymphocytes by gamma-rays. / Agric Food Chem. 2006;54:2064-2068.
Inoue K et al. Effects of volatile constituents of rosemary extract on lung inflammation induced by diesel exhaust particles. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 At the other end of the scale are fresh fruits and vegetables, which barely make the charts (apples 0.13 kU/g, bananas 0.01 kU/g, and carrots 0.1 kU/g).
IDENTIFY THE CORNERSTONE OF YOUR PLAN
Among the questions most people ask when they talk about diet and nutrition are, "How much protein do I need?" "Should I count carbs?" "How much fat should I be eating?" Macronu-trient levels (the amounts of protein, carbohydrate, and fat) in our antiglycation eating plan can be adjusted to meet your individual needs.
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| How many men, women, and children consume the recommended five or more servings of fresh fruits and vegetables daily, along with whole grains, raw nuts, and high-quality protein sources or consume an optimal ratio of less than 4 to 1 of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids daily? The unfortunate truth is that most people tend to eat too many foods that are nutritionally deficient (for example, foods that are refined, commercially processed, or overloaded with saturated fat and omega-6 fats). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Your product gives the nutrition of all of those fruits and vegetables and some of the superfood grasses as well, correct?
Burt: It does, and there are so many great things about getting all of these different colors. We actually did a test. We tested the antioxidant level on it, and we found out that one serving, or one scoop, is equivalent to approximately three servings of fruits and vegetables. In one glass, you're getting the antioxidant power of approximately three servings of fruits and veggies. |
Steven V. Joyal
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| If you are used to eating lots of grilled, broiled, fried, and roasted foods or you often eat at fast-food restaurants, the changes you make will seem more dramatic than if you currently eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and poach or stew your entrees. If you have never steamed your fresh vegetables or poached fresh fish or chicken, now is the time to add some inexpensive cookware (such as a steamer basket and poaching pan) to your cooking utensils. |
| Department of Agriculture for the period 1963 to 1992, the vitamin and mineral content of fruits and vegetables declined dramatically: for example, calcium declined by 30 percent, iron by 32 percent, and magnesium by 21 percent in selected crops.
America is a fast-food nation. If we aren't picking it up at a drive-through window, we're nuking it in a microwave. We cook fast, eat fast, live fast, and are on the fast track for dying due to diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Supplements are not a panacea for a nutritionally deficient diet. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| We found out that not only were children not getting enough fruits and vegetables, which I think everyone knows, but they weren't getting the right kinds of fruits and vegetables. They weren't the right colors. We set out to create something that tasted awesome and something that they would eat. You have to get it past their noses first. We also wanted to get something that had all the different colors in the fruits and veggies -- not just your greens, but your reds, yellows, purples and oranges. Each color has different phytonutrients in it.
Mike: I was going to talk about that. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Because we have the technology of refrigeration and the ability to transport great fruits and vegetables and all kinds of different superfoods and exotic foods, we don't really need to be consuming all this cooked food anymore. It's become more of an excess than something that's necessary, and it actually degrades flavor. People are really into food. But they think, “Raw food? It's just going to be carrots and celery.”
Actually, it exposes you to a massive amount of flavor sensations. It's caused a literal epidemic of raw food restaurants to open across America. |
| We've got superfoods, we've got vegetables, fresh vegetable juices, raw fruits and vegetables in every description imaginable and we've got organic food of every description imaginable. The answer is there.
Mike: At this time in human history, we have access to the most exotic and the most amazing foods of any civilization that we know of in the history of this planet. It's due to people like you who are getting this out there, but we are blessed right now with access to this food that kings would have killed for, you know? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Eat lots of fruits and vegetables; many common ones have known cancer-fighting properties. Get regular vigorous exercise, since tumors cannot thrive in highly oxygenated environments. Keep your blood sugar stable to avoid being an all-you-can-eat buffet for cancer cells.
Eat foods high in natural vitamin C, a nutrient that deters the conversion of nitrite into nitrosamine and promotes healthy immune function. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Dipping fruits and vegetables in aloe vera gel would eliminate e.coli, preserve freshness, and greatly extend shelf life. So why isn't anybody doing this with aloe? Probably because, once again, aloe vera gel can't be patented. And it's easier and cheaper for food companies to simply add synthetic chemicals to foods than to switch to something safe and natural.
But that doesn't mean you can't do this yourself! Soon, a pure aloe vera gel product (with no added flavors) will likely be made available at Good Cause Wellness (www.GoodCauseWellness.com) . |
| None of the aloe goes to waste, and your fruits and vegetables will last far longer! (This is especially useful for organic produce, which tends to ripen more quickly.)
Aloe vera extends lifespan
A study on rats showed aloe vera extends lifespan by 10 percent. The abstract on this study, shown here, explains the following:
A summary of results are as follows: Aloe ingestion, both crude and processed, was shown to extend (10%) average life span and slow the mortality rate doubling time. |
Jack Challem
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| Greens8000
One serving of this greens drink provides the antioxidant power of twenty servings of fruits and vegetables. It also tastes great, something rare among similar products. You add one scoop to a glass of water, stir, and drink. Greens8000 is sweetened with stevia and other natural sweeteners (such as spearmint) and contains only 49 calories and 5 grams of carbohydrates per serving. If you have celiac disease, be aware that it may contain trace amounts of gluten (a few parts per million, according to the company), owing to a small amount of barley malt. |
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