Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 FACTOIR
Supplements that seem to reduce inflammation include: nettle leaf extract (900 milligrams), bromelain (2,000 milligrams), ginger (900 milligrams), and curcumin (1,200 milligrams). There's not a lot of human data on this point, but there is enough science to suggest that they can be helpful. most dangerous kind is the smaller kind. The smaller the particle, the more likely it is to nestle itself into the arterial wall, cause damage, and trigger the inflammatory process (see Figure 2.2). |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Turmeric/Cur cumin
Indian food is well seasoned with turmeric, a pungent yellow member of the ginger family that is an excellent natural anti-inflammatory. The key active ingredient in this spice is curcumin, which gives turmeric its distinctive yellow color. Turmeric is also a potent antioxidant and helps to kill bacteria. It has no side effects.
Dose: Use curry powder liberally in foods—try it in chicken salad!—and supplement with 400-600 mg of turmeric, three times a day. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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 Try drinking a cup of ginger tea thirty minutes before your next trip. To make the tea: Take a piece of fresh ginger about the size of your knuckle. Skin and dice it, and put it in a mug with a little brown sugar. Pour boiling water over the mixture and steep for five minutes. If you don't have fresh ginger, use a half-teaspoon of the powdered variety.
Two Different Worlds—or Not
As a traditional physician, I hadn't spent much time at the health-food store. But my wife was terribly ill and nothing I had prescribed would make her better. |
Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki
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 Take 4 grams (about 1 teaspoon) of powder divided in two to four doses over the course of the day. ginger tea is a good herbal tonic for influenza because of its soothing qualities and its antiviral abilities.87 To make fresh ginger tea, cut a i-inch slice of fresh gingerroot into small slivers. Place the ginger in a pot and simmer at a near boil for about 15 minutes, then strain into a cup. Add a little honey to taste.
Hot peppers. Hot peppers provide an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin C. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 The odor is aromatic, rather like ginger.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to China and entered Europe via India and Arabia in the Middle Ages.
Production: Lesser Galangal consists of the dried rhizome of Alpinia officinarum. |
| Consumption of ginger (Zingiber Officinale Roscoe) does not affect ex vivo platelet thromboxane production in humans. Eur J Clin Nutr; 50(11)772-774. 1996.
Kano Y, Zong QN & Komatsu K. Pharmacological properties of galenical preparation: XIV. Body temperature retaining effect of the Chinese traditional medicine, "goshuyu-to" and component crude drugs. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo); 39(3):690-692. 1991.
Kasahara Y, Hikino H, Shoyakugaku Zasshi 37:73. 1983.
Kawai T et al., Anti-emtic principles of Magnolia obovata bark and Zingiber officinale rhizome. In: PM 60:17. 1994.
Kikuchi F et al. |
| Antithrombotic Effects: Preliminary studies have reported an antithrombotic effect for ginger root, related to a reduction in production of thromboxane A2 and inhibition of platelet aggregation (Verma et al, 1993; Srivastava & Mustafa, 1989a). |
| It is used in compound preparations for loss of appetite, dyspepsia, and diarrhea (tablets 1:1:1; Cayenne pepper, rhubarb and ginger root) and for alcoholism as an infusion (Cayenne pepper with sugar and cinnamon) to reduce the desire for alcohol.
Homeopathic Uses: The herb is used for inflammation of the efferent urinary tract, the alimentary canal, the mouth and throat, and middle ear infection. contraindications
Capsaicin cream should not be applied to open wounds or to the eyes. |
Mark Bricklin
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 The researchers believe that "the aromatic and carminative [gas-expelling] properties of ginger, and its possible absorbent properties suggest that ginger ameliorates the effects of motion sickness in the gastrointestinal tract itself." A few capsules a day should do the trick.
Chewing on ginger sticks or drinking ginger tea has been recommended by herbalists. Also, honey, nutmeg and mace are potentially helpful.
For the child who gets carsick, a family trip can turn into an unpleasant experience unless the child is given a front seat in the car. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Leaves, Stem and Root: ginger is a creeping perennial on a thick tuberous rhizome, which spreads underground. In the first year, a green, erect, reed-like stem about 60 cm high grows from this rhizome. The plant has narrow, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate leaves 15 to 30 cm long, which die off each year.
Characteristics: The fracture is short and fibrous. The odor and taste are characteristic, aromatic and pungent.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to southeastern Asia, and is cultivated in the U.S., India, China, West Indies and tropical regions. |
| Production: ginger root consists of the peeled, finger-long, fresh or dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale.
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY compounds
Volatile oil (2.5-4. |
| Other Names: Wallpepper, Golden Moss, Wall ginger, Bird Bread, Prick Madam, Gold Chain, Creeping Tom, Mousetail, Jach-of-the-Buttery
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Piperidine alkaloids (0.3%): chief alkaloids are sedacrin, sedamin, sedinine, sedinon
Flavonoids: including, among others, glycosides of isorham-netin, quercetin, limnocitrin
Tannins (10%)
Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde 1-8: Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969. |
| Other Names: Asarabacca, Hazelwort, Wild Nard, Snake-root, Public House Plant, Wild ginger, Coltsfoot, False Coltsfoot
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Volatile oil: composition depending very much upon breed, chief constituents asarone trans-isoasarone, trans-isoeugenol methyl ether, trans-isoelemicin or eudesmol, further sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, -alkohols, -furans,- carbonyl compounds
Caffeic acid derivatives: including chlorogenic acid, isochlo-rogenic acid
Flavonoids
EFFECTS
Asarum is an expectorant, bronchial spasmolytic, superficial relaxant, and local anesthetic. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 And other ingredients in kimchi—chile peppers and ginger, for example—have health benefits of their own.
Why Fermented Foods Are Almost Always Good for You
Then there's fermentation. Kimchi is always fermented, which should be our next clue to the fact that this is going to be a healthy food. Almost all naturally fermented foods are health promoting. The healthy bacteria lactobacilli are heavily involved in the fermentation process, and kimchi is a potent source of these healthy "probiotics. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Include a very small amount of turmeric, garlic and ginger. (Easy on the garlic. Try a piece about the size of a pencil eraser.)
Want some other recipes? Check out www.JuiceFeasting.com
I hope to work with David Rain to bring you some videos soon. We'll be filming in my kitchen, showing you exactly how to put this together. In the mean time, stay healty and happy on Juice Feasting!
Note: You can also learn more with the six-CD audio course I created with David Rain at http://www.truthpublishing.com/product_p/cd-cat21485. |
Bottom Line Health
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| USE HERBS AND SPICES OFTEN
Garlic, anise and other herbs, as well as ginger and other spices used in cooking, contain high levels of anticancer phytochemicals. To increase flavor, add herbs and spices to your foods instead of salt, sugar or fat.
What most people don't know: Cutting or smashing fresh garlic 10 minutes before cooking preserves the high levels of its anticancer compounds.
SOY: A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY
Soybeans contain many anticarcinogenic compounds, including the phytoestrogen genistein. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Then, you have turmeric, dandelion and ginger, which, we could do a whole article about those. Your calcium and magnesium are from the Kreb's cycle bionutrients. I think some readers know what the Kreb's cycle is, but what specifically is meant by Kreb's cycle bionutrients?
Dr. Liers: In the human body, the Kreb's cycle is the aerobic energy cycle. People normally draw it as a little circle. From a biochemical point of view, you feed it into this biochemical cycle, which is called the Kreb's cycle. Hans Krebs won a Nobel Prize for its discovery. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Lately, we've seen China blamed for everything from toxic toothpaste, deadly dog food, contaminated ginger and now lead-based paints in Mattel toys.
Of course, all the accusations are true. China's food and herbal products are so routinely contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals that high-quality supplement formulators in the United States refuse to buy products from China anymore. But the really clever part in all this is that blaming China prevents people from paying attention to the dangerous ingredients openly allowed in the U.S. food supply by the FDA. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Add herbs and spices with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant punch such as curry powder, turmeric, rosemary, ginger, and garlic to your food as often as possible.
• Sip green tea once or twice a day. Try one of the many available varieties of green tea, which has strong antioxidant properties. A glass of red wine once a day is also heart healthy and full of antioxidants, as long as it doesn't interact with your medicines.
• Eat. . . chocolate? Dark chocolate has, in recent years, been found to be an excellent source of antioxidants—and may even directly lower blood pressure! |
| Cinnamon, cilantro, parsley, garlic, oregano, turmeric (cumin), ginger, and rosemary are just a few of the herbal superstars of the kitchen that have known healing effects.
The Salt Issue
Limit your intake of normal table salt. It is processed sodium chloride and is as bad for you as any other processed food. On the other hand, sea salt in its natural form is essential for good cellular function. It contains trace minerals, including iodine—the mineral usually added to table salt, important for the health of the thyroid gland—in a concentration that is more usable by the body. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you take Power Immune on a regular basis, you'll also notice an improvement in triglycerides and cholesterol levels (thanks to the garlic and ginger ingredients), meaning you might also be able to transition off your statin drugs. In fact, there are a number of pharmaceuticals made obsolete by the ingredients found in Power Immune.
But that's not the purpose of this product. It's not meant as an all-around herbal supplement. It has one purpose: To save you from colds, flus and infectious disease. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| In fact, licorice was among six foods and herbs listed as having the highest anticancer activity according to the 1997 report "Phytochemicals: Guardians of Our Health" by the
Journal of the American Dietetic Assocation (the others were garlic, soybeans, cabbage, ginger, and the umbelliferous vegetables).
Licorice has also been known to soothe joints and support normal blood sugar. The licorice root extract produces mild estrogenic effects, and it has proven useful in supporting the stress of menopause and menstruation. Licorice also has a beneficial effect on digestive processes. |
| One of my favorite juice recipes is celery, pear, and ginger (see page 256).
If for no other reason, pears are a great food because of their high fiber content.
There are two basic varieties of persimmon: Hachiya (also called Japanese persimmon) and Fuyu. Hachiya is the most widely available persimmon in the United States, but it's astringent, so remember to let it ripen. Fuyu are nonastringent, so you can eat them firm or soft. There's also Sharon fruit (also called Israeli persimmon), which is round and sweet, and like Fuyu, can be eaten anytime. |
| The tuber—or underground stem—resembles a gnarly potato or a piece of ginger and has a really nice taste. The baked tubers are delicious.
Feeding the Good Bacteria for a Healthy Gut
Whatever the genesis of its odd name, this vegetable lands on the list because of its high content offmctooligosaccharides and inulin. What are those, you ask? They're extremely healthy food for the "good" bacteria in your gut. You know how antibiotics wipe out all the bacteria in your gut garden, including the healthy kind like acidophilus? |
| Try adding some ginger and mint to the mix.
Note: Crenshaw and casaba melons are pretty similar nutritionally to the honeydew. All are high in potassium; have a little calcium, magnesium, and vitamin C; and are mostly water, low in calories, and utterly delicious.
Kiwifruit
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According to my friend Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., the internationally acclaimed expert in integrative medicine and author of Food as Medicine, the kiwifruit is one of the most underrated healing foods. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 Grated fresh ginger can be added to your meals. You can also grate ginger and then squeeze it and put the juice on your food. Hot peppers and anything that increases "heat" will work. This also increases your digestion and helps move food through the colon quicker, increasing elimination.
MORE SECRETS
What can you do that's easy to lose weight fast and quickly without being hungry or depriving yourself of the foods you enjoy? Let me give you a few things you can do without changing your lifestyle or eating habits that can dramatically help you lose weight.
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Foods rich in zinc include fresh oysters, pumpkin seeds, ginger, pecans, Brazil nuts, oats, and eggs. Zinc can be purchased in supplement form, in both liquid concentrates and tablets.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Dry, inflamed skin or skin that suffers from the frequent appearance of whiteheads or blackheads can benefit from supplementing with essential fatty acids (EFAs), especially omega-3s. EFAs are responsible for skin repair, moisture content, and overall flexibility, but because the body cannot produce its own EFAs, they must be obtained through the diet. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Other Names: Green ginger, Absinthe
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Volatile oil with a high level of (+)-thujone
Sesquiterpene bitter principles: including absinthine, anab-sinthine, artabsine and matricine
EFFECTS
In patients with liver disorders, a suspension of 20 mg extract in 10 ml water is administered with a stomach probe after which a significant increase of alpha-amylase, liapse, bilirubin and cholesterol was observed after 70 to 100 minutes. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We also just had reports that ginger actually will knock out the avian flu virus. So one of the things that I formulate is sort of a variation of a formula that Doc. Christopher called his Plague Formula. It's concentrated garlic extract -- 30 cloves of garlic -- and it's got tons of ginger and olive leaf extract in it. It was not designed for the avian flu; it was designed sort of like Doc. Christopher's formula for general flu and illness.
Mike: Those are three of the ingredients that I've been recommending in my bird flu protection book. What's the name of that product? |
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