John R. Smythies
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| Trichopoulou suggests that olive oil may offer a "modest protection" against breast, ovarian, and lung cancer, mainly because, in addition to antioxidants, it contains monounsaturated fats, which are more protective than either saturated animal fats or polyunsaturated fats found in many vegetable sources [218]. me safety oi t he first rule for physicians Hippocrates laid down was "Thou shalt do no harm." Therefore, it is of prime importance that we find out if antioxidants are harmless before we prescribe them to our patients. The first section of part 3 examines this question in depth. |
Francisco, M.D. Contreras
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| Barley is a vegetable with outstanding nutritional value that contains chlorophyll, enzymes, minerals, amino acids, vitamins and phytochemicals galore which, on top of providing nutrition, promote detoxification. But, in my opinion, the genius of Dr. Hagiwara's product is what he does to the soil where the barley is planted. His premise is that tired and depleted soil (dead soil) produces dead plants. His agriculture specialists prepare the soil with nutrients, not with chemical fertilizers. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
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 Soda pop sales declined and water, sports drink, and juice sales increased. The school did not lose money. Retaining sports drinks could be questioned, but otherwise this school gets high marks for innovation.66
Orono High School, Maine
School administrators wanted vending companies with healthier options. Coke and Pepsi offered to include healthier drinks, but the school went with a local, family-owned company with an "all-healthful product line." The school gave up revenues for exclusive rights with larger companies, but deemed the students' health more important. |
Barnet Meltzer, M.D.
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 Both can be added to salads and soups, or used to wrap rice and vegetable dishes.
Synthetic herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers, and additives destroy the phytonutrients naturally found in organic foods. Heavily processed products may last longer on the shelf, but at what price? Choose your own personal longevity over the longevity of packaged goods, and stick with fresh, organic, whole, energizing smart foods. You'll be rewarded with positive food swings and physical vigor.
CHAPTER 11
GOOD FOR YOU AND GOOD FOR YOUR LOVE LIFE:
THE TEN SEXIEST FOODS ţan cuisine be an aphrodisiac? |
| As with other seeds, include pumpkin seeds in fresh vegetable salads.
Flaxseed: Brimming with linoleic and omega-3 fatty acids, flaxseed oil protects against coronary disease, high cholesterol, and stroke. One to two tablespoons of cold-processed flaxseed oil also acts as an anti-inflammatory aid, and is reputed to treat such autoimmune disorders as lupus and multiple sclerosis.
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| Native to South America, today the tomato is one of the world's leading vegetable crops. Tomatoes build the blood and boost brain power. Their invigorating chemistry sharpens discriminatory and analytical abilities. They clear the mind. They also clean the bowels. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, physicians prescribed tomatoes as a preventive measure against appendicitis. Their juicy texture and vividly colored flesh contributes to their reputation as an aphrodisiac.
Therapeutic and Healing Powers: Tomatoes are chiefly blood builders and cleansers. |
Francisco, M.D. Contreras
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| Garlic, the monarch of the vegetable kingdom, is a leader that has many qualities and powers, because of them it has been used for medicinal purposes since the ancient Egyptians. But the early Greeks, Chinese, Japanese and Mayans also favored this incredible root. Dioscorides, chief physician for the Roman army in the year 200 said "garlic doth cleared the arteries." The beneficial effects that garlic has for the human race are wide and dependable. |
| Almost every fruit and vegetable, from berries to yams to citrus and cucumbers, contain bioflavonoids. In a cellular version of musical chairs, bioflavonoids race to sites on the cell where cancer-causing hormones, including estrogen, attach themselves. When the music stops, the bioflavonoids keep the hormones from sitting down on the cell's surface. This is especially important regarding the role of estrogen in breast cancer.
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Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 A legume, V2 nut and seed
V2 slice Pumpernickel Bread, p. 208
V2 grain
1 tsp. (5 mL) almond butter
V3 nut and seed
1 medium kiwi
1 fruit changes for 1,800/2,100 calorie diets
1 slice Pumpernickel Bread, p. 208
1 grain
2 tsp. (10 mL) almond butter
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Dinner Menu - 1,500,1,800, and 2,1
00 calorie diets
Serving amounts are given for 1,500 calorie diets. Increased serving amounts for 1,800 and 2,100 calorie diets are listed below them. (Increased serving sizes for 1,800 calorie diets also apply to 2,100 calorie diets, unless otherwise specified. |
John R. Smythies
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| The National Cancer Institute has started a project in conjunction with the agricultural industry with the aim of increasing people's fruit and vegetable intake.
A paper from South Africa entitled "Public Nutrition: Who Is Listening, Responding, and Acting?" makes even more depressing reading [226]. In it, Walker makes the following points based on a survey of the current literature: ţThe majority (90 percent) of the public in the United States (and many other industrialized countries) do not follow official nutritional guidelines. |
Thomas Bartram
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 A massage oil usually comprises 6 drops essential oil to 10ml (2 teaspoons) carrier oil - Almond, Peanut or other vegetable oil.
The skin is known to be an integral part of the immune system. T-cells are scattered throughout, primarily in the epidermis or outer layer. It has been demonstrated that oils rubbed on the skin are readily absorbed and borne to distant organs in the body via the bloodstream to soothe, relax and heal. Some oils should not be used during pregnancy or lactation.
An oil may be used as a natural perfume. |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 Broccoli, turnip greens, asparagus, and spinach are good green vegetable sources.
Functions in the Body—Riboflavin functions in metabolism as a coenzyme in oxidation and reduction reactions (see oxidation, pages 18-19) and is needed for proper conversion of tryptophan to niacin and for transformation and activation of a number of other vitamins, notably pyridoxine, folic acid, and vitamin K. It is necessary for the breakdown of fat and for the synthesis of corticosteroids, red blood cells, and glycogen. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 My only advice is to keep your portions small by dicing chicken into a vegetable medley, for example.
Why seven of everything? Well, I came up with the program around the time of my 70th birthday, so seven seemed like a good number, one that would be easy to remember.
Keep in mind that I'm recommending seven kinds of foods from each category, not seven servings. I'm more concerned with variety than with quantity. It seems to me that the greater variety of plant foods you eat, the more likely you are to consume the broadest possible range of nutrients. The NCI and I agree on this basic point. |
| I don't know of any studies that show clear benefits from using
In folk medicine, earaches are often treated with warm, herbed vegetable oil. I'd sooner try that than expose myself—or my children or grandchildren—to an unnecessary round of antibiotics. Here's a good recipe featuring garlic, a natural antibiotic and immune system stimulant. It's adapted from Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria, by herbalist Stephen H. Buhner. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
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 A little noted 1999 study from the University of California, San Diego, showed that the best way to get alpha-carotene and lutein into one's diet is through the consumption of fresh vegetable juices. (270) Juicing is a part of many unconventional cancer treatment programs.
Lycopene
Lycopene is a natural carotenoid, which is responsible for the bright red color of tomatoes and a number of other foods. |
H.J. Roberts, M.D.
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 Phenylalanine and Aspartic Acid
Promotional material for aspartame implies that the body treats aspartame's two amino acids no differently than if they were derived from fruit, vegetable, milk or meat. During his testimony before the U.S. Senate hearing on aspartame on November 3, 1987, Dr. Frank Young, FDA Commissioner, emphasized that the amino acids in aspartame are metabolized the same way as "natural" building blocks of protein.
I disagree. |
Thomas Bartram
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| Eaten as a vegetable in China. GSL
CLOVES. Fragrant spice. Eugenia caryophyllus, Spreng. Caryophyllus aromaticus. German: Gewiirznelken. French: Giroflier. Spanish: Jerofle. Italian: Garofano. Indian: Lovanga. Arabian: Karanaphal. Chinese: Ting-hsiang. Malayan: Karampu bunga chanke. Flower buds. Oil distilled from the buds. Constituents: a heavy volatile oil, a camphor resin, flavonoids, sterols. Action: Mild local anaesthetic for aching teeth. Carminative, aromatic, warming stimulant, powerful antiseptic, antineuralgic, antihistaminic, mild antispasmodic, spice. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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| But it's mostly vegetable fat, which is a great deal less harmful than the saturated fat found in meats and dairy products. If you eat a near-vegetarian diet, nuts will do you more good than harm.
It takes just three Brazil nuts to provide a healthy dose (200 micrograms) of the superb antioxidant selenium. If consumed regularly, that's enough selenium to significantly reduce your chances of developing several types of cancer, including those of the colon, lung, and prostate (at least according to certain studies). Almonds are one of the best sources of vitamin E. |
Thomas Bartram
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| Artichokes eaten as a vegetable.
ASAFOETIDA. Devil's Dung. Ferula asa-foetida L. German: Stinkasant. French: Ferule asafetide. Italian: Ferula del sagapeno. Spanish: Asafedita. Chinese: A-wei. Oleo-gum resin of the odour of fresh truffles.
Action: powerful expectorant, carminative, antispasmodic, nervine stimulant. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. Anticoagulant (Vitamin K antagonist). No pain-killing activity. Uses. To expel mucous during bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough. Intestinal colic with wind. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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| The scientists concluded that if people replaced half the meat and dairy products in their diets with plant foods and vegetable oils, their total cholesterol would decline by 10 to 15 percent. This means that their heart attack risk would fall by 20 to 30 percent.
Unfortunately, the wisdom of a plant-based diet is lost on most Americans. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 Palm oil is the second largest volume of vegetable oil produced in the world.
Tocotrienols are very similar in structure to tocopherols, which is vitamin E. Palm oil and rice bran are the richest sources of tocotrienols. Tocotrienols have only 30% the vitamin E activity when compared to D-alpha-tocopherol, the "gold standard" of vitamin E.86 Yet tocotrienols have demonstrated a greater anti-cancer activity than vitamin E.87 Tocotrienols were able to delay onset of cancer in animals, while mixed carotenes from palm oil were able to regress these same cancers. |
| Place salmon on broiler pan sprayed with vegetable oil where you will be placing the salmon. Broil on one side for about 8 minutes. Flip. Spread the teriyaki sauce on the top of salmon. Bake another 8 minutes or until done. You might have to move the fish to a lower shelf so the top doesn't burn. If you are broiling halibut or a less oily fish, you can put foil on the broiling pan to save on clean up time.
If you don't have access to fresh fish: Salmon Cakes 1 can (14.75 oz) salmon 1 cup dry oatmeal cereal
2 eggs
1/2 Tbs. lemon juice 2 tsp. minced parsley
1 tsp. onion powder
Drain salmon. |
John Boik
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 Most vegetable oils are poor sources of omega-3 fatty acids, but are good sources of linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid).
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) are two common polyunsaturated EFAs. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are fatty acids with more than one unsaturated double bond. Linoleic acid and linolenic acid are metabolized in unrelated pathways through the actions of the elongase and desaturase
DIETARY MACRONUTRIENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS
ON CANCER table 12.1. percent fatty acid content of various fats and oils
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Siifflower oil
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| Reviews of Animal Studies
Numerous animal studies indicate that omega-6 fatty acids (most vegetable oils) promote tumor development, and saturated and omega-3 fatty acids inhibit tumor development. In a review of numerous animal studies, Welsch (1992) reported the following:
• The amount of dietary fat has a profound effect on the development of mammary tumors. A threshold level may exist above which tumor development is no longer linearly related to fat intake and begins to increase exponentially. This threshold may be as low as 10% total calories of fat, including no more than 4. |
| Two dietary fatty acids, other than arachidonic acid, that can produce eicosanoids are linoleic acid, found in most vegetable oils, and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), found in fish oil. Linoleic acid is converted to dihomo-gamma-linolenic (DGLA) through the actions of various enzymes, and the prostanoids that form from DGLA are given the subscript 1 (for example, PGE^, and the leukotrienes are given the subscript 3 (i.e., LTA3). The prostanoids that form from EPA are given the subscript 3 (for example, PGE3), and the leukotrienes are given the subscript 5 (for example, LTA5). |
| Excessive consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils and animal fats increase the arachidonic acid content in the cell membranes of normal and neoplastic cells (Karmali et al., 1984). In turn, this increases the capacity of malignant cells to synthesize PGE2, a prostaglandin produced in excessive quantities by many types of tumors. Mammary and lung cancer cells also have an increased percentage of arachidonic acid compared to normal cells. In human non-small cell lung cancer cells, up to 40% of the fatty acid composition of the membrane has been reported to be arachidonic acid (Bockman et al. |
| In summary, omega-3 fatty acids, such as EPA, inhibit PGEj and PGE2 production; and omega-6 fatty acids, such as most vegetable oils, inhibit PGE3 production and EPA bioavailability.
These observations may have important clinical implications. As will be discussed shortly, EPA may possess some anticancer activity. However, it has proven difficult to increase cellular levels of EPA to the degree
FIGURE 12.1. |
Thomas Bartram
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| Hungarian research indicates anti-cancerous properties; one kilo fresh vegetable daily. Active elements are stable and unaffected by cooking. Other contents: selenium; Vitamins A, C, E, flavonoids, fibre. Side-effects - nil. Bottled juices - (Biotta, Switzerland) Produces red stool and urine.
Beetroot juice assists the liver to break-down stored fats and is of value for cellulite and other obese conditions.
BELAICHE, DR PAUL, Chairman, Department of Phyto-therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Bobigny, University of Paris. European authority on use of essential oils (Aromatherapy) in medicine. |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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 It is time for everyone to consider discontinuing the use of margarines, shortening and vegetable oils that are not real food and have great long-term adverse consequences for our health.
Unexpected Culinary Dangers
Microwaves give off high-energy electromagnetic waves that bombard food. This unnatural process creates abnormal amino acids and fatty acids that may be very toxic. An unpublished report disclosed that animals fed microwave food rapidly perished.
Plasticizers are substances added to plastics to produce a soft product, which feels better to the touch. |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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 Mineral oil or vegetable oil right from the pantry will do the same job and lessen the chances of allergic contact dermatitis. If you suspect the product is causing a rash, check the ingredients on the label and see if they may be allergens for your child. Take the information to your physician, who can make a definitive diagnosis. BABY POWDER • Soothes, dries, and protects baby skin from irritation. Usually contains talc, kaolin, zinc oxide, starch, magnesium carbonate (see all), perfume oil, and—although there have been repeated warnings against it—boric acid (see). |
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