Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 They contain vegetable oil. Avoid them. Guiltless Gourmet makes baked unsalted yellow corn chips that have no oil. But all the rest of the Guiltless Gourmet baked chips have safflower oil added. Read the ingredients.
When it comes to grains, you should eat only whole-grain products. There are many familiar whole grains: whole wheat, bulgur wheat, whole oats, whole rye, barley, buckwheat, whole corn, wild rice, brown rice. There are also less well-known choices: kamut, quinoa, amaranth, millet, spelt, teff, triticale, grano, faro. |
Dr. Joseph M. Kadans, N.D.
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 As a dried fruit it makes a valuable addition to fruit and vegetable salads, blender drinks, or just eaten by the handful with almonds or some other kind of nut. Instead of candy, a nutritional and delicious treat for the children are currant balls. Just grind the currants, and mix and roll in freshly grated coconut.
DANDELION GREENS
Botanical information: A perennial or biennial milky herb (Taraxacum taraxacum) of the aster family, with a large yellow many-flowered head, solitary on a slender hollow scape or stem.
Nutritive values:
Vitamin A: 13,650 I.U. per 100 gm. Fat: 2.7 gm. |
| The high mineral content of this vegetable also helps to prevent splitting of nails of the fingers or toes.
Preparation: Cucumbers make a good base for a number of salads. To make a cucumber and radish salad, arrange on a plate in this order: six tomatoes, thinly sliced; three cucumbers, sliced; two shredded green peppers; one bunch of radishes, sliced. Top with sour cream dressing and serve.
For a stuffed cucumber salad, take one medium-size cucumber for each serving and slice off the bottom side lengthwise so cucumber will stand straight on salad plate. |
| Reported health benefits: This is reported to be a good general tonic food and recommended for catarrh, obesity, acidosis, constipation, and hardening of the arteries. This vegetable is also recommended for bleeding gums.
Preparation: The wilted leaves are removed from the sprouts, after which they are washed and allowed to stand in cold water for fifteen minutes. They are then placed in a pan and sufficient boiling water is poured over the sprouts to cover them. They are then cooked without a cover for from ten to twenty minutes. Spices should be added for extra taste and flavor. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 High intakes of vegetable oil and margarine, for example, were associated with an almost 50 percent risk. (Celery—believe it or not—was associated with an 85 percent risk.) And it doesn't end in the womb.
A 1990 study in the journal Pediatrics found that there were clear and consistent associations between eczema and the diversity of a child's diet during the first four months of life. The more variety of solid foods that a mother introduced to her baby before the age of four months old, the greater were the odds of the baby developing atopic eczema. |
| I routinely put at least four or five drops (4 mg to 5 mg) in a smoothie or fresh vegetable and fruit juice (the folic acid is tasteless!).
One more thing: Government agencies don't recommend high levels of folic acid supplementation, but the reason has nothing to do with the safety of folic acid. Doses of up to 20 mg (20,000 meg!) have been used safely with humans, plus it's a water-soluble vitamin, which means you'll get rid of any you don't need.
So the problem isn't with taking a lot of folic acid. The problem is that folic acid can mask the symptoms of B12 deficiency. |
| Beets and beet juice have long had a reputation for being excellent for the liver, and in any case buying a juicer and making fresh vegetable juice on a daily basis (with some fruits thrown in if you like) is probably the best gift you can give your liver.
4. Take liver-friendly supplements.
See below.
Antioxidants and Others Also Assist
Alpha lipoic acid is a powerful antioxidant that not only scavenges free radicals and helps protect cells but also helps regenerate vitamins C and E. |
| It's actually a radish-shaped vegetable that grows well in the Andes Mountains. I first heard about maca when I interviewed a researcher on my New York radio show who found that feeding maca to rodents increased their spontaneous erections. (This study was published in the April 2000 issue of the medical journal Urology.) Maca root contains a chemical called p-methoxybenzyl isothiocyanate, which is reputed to have aphrodisiac qualities. It also contains a bunch of chemicals found in other plants from the Brassica family (broccoli, cabbage, etc.), which are documented to be cancer preventive. |
| This vegetable has a long folk history in treating many liver diseases. Their active ingredient is cynarin, which has demonstrated liver-protecting effects. Artichoke extract is in a lot of liver-protection supplement formulas.
Dandelion root. Many people living healthily with hepatitis C swear by this herb and use it to make a tea.
Reishi and shiitake mushrooms. Chinese herbalists prize Reishi mushrooms for their protective effect on the liver. The bitterer the mushroom, the higher the level of triterpenoids, which give it its potency. It's usually made into a tea or taken as an extract. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 Trans fats are created through a man-made process called "hydrogenation" by heating vegetable oil with hydrogen gas and certain metals to create a more solid form of fat. The process was designed for the purpose of food preservation in baked goods, to give cooking oils a longer life and to improve the texture of foods containing the product. |
Zorba Paster, M.D. and Susan Meltsner
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 Protein: 1 serving = 2 to 3 oz of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish (roughly the size of a deck of cards), Vi cup cooked beans, 1 egg, or 2 tbsp of peanut butter count as one oz of lean meat
• Vegetable: 1 serving = 1 cup raw leafy vegetables; Vi cup of other vegetables, cooked or raw; Vi cup of vegetable juice
• Fruit: 1 serving = 1 medium apple; V2 cup of chopped, cooked, or canned fruit; 3A cup of fruit juice
• Grains: 1 serving = 1 slice of bread; 1 ounce of ready-to-eat cereal (may be a cup or % cup, check the package); V2 cup cooked cereal, rice, or pasta.
7. Cut the Fat Impact ???? |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Most nut, seed, and vegetable oils—the oils used to make processed foods— are rich in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, which are almost always made into the chemicals that promote inflammation. Eating refined flour and sugar pushes more of the omega-6 fats you eat into the making of those inflammatory chemicals. This is one reason why refined flour and sugar are so bad for your health in so many ways. Also, if you're eating lots of margarine and food fried in corn oil, you're increasing the inflammation in your body. Modern diets tend to be quite high in the omega-6 fats and very low in omega-3 s. |
Dr. Joseph M. Kadans, N.D.
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| After the mixture has been mixed until smooth, it should be poured into custard cups slightly oiled with peanut oil or other pure vegetable oil and baked at 350° for about thirty minutes. It may then be served hot or cold. For an extra fancy touch, the custard may be topped with yogurt.
SQUASH SEEDS
Botanical information: The seed of any one of the trailing annuals of the genus Cucurbita.
Nutritive values: The squash seed has the same nutritive value as the pumpkin seed.
Reported health benefits: Same as the pumpkin seed. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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| USDA recommendation: "Keep total fat intake between 20 to 35 percent of calories, with most fats coming from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat, such as fish, nuts, and vegetable oils."
This recommendation is of major concern. In effect, your government is suggesting a level of fat consumption that cannot arrest vascular disease and—quite the contrary—has actually been shown to promote it. In Chapter 10, I will discuss the documented harmful effects of monounsaturated oils. But fish consumption poses a set of dangers all its own. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Drinking of the aqueous homogenized suspension of the vegetable pulp led to significant reduction (p<0.001) of both fasting and postprandial serum glucose levels. This hypoglycemic action was observed in 86 cases. Five cases showed reduced fasting serum glucose only (Ahmad et al, 1999).
A controlled randomized trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Momordica charantia as a hypoglycemic agent. Fifty patients with moderate type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive either bitter gourd tablets (n=26) or placebo (n=24) over a period of 4 weeks. |
| Other Names: Pohl, vegetable Mercury actions and pharmacology
COMPOUNDS
The active ingredients of the drug have not yet been adequately investigated. The spasmogenic brunfelsamidine (pyrrole-3-carboxamidine, identical with Nierembergia toxin) has been demonstrated in the related species Brunfelsia grandiflora.
EFFECTS
Diuretic and antirheumatic effects have been attributed to Manaca. indications and usage
Unproven Uses: Manaca is used in the treatment of rheumatic conditions. |
| Agudo A, Esteve MG, Pallares C, et al: vegetable and fruit intake and the risk of lung cancer in women in Barcelona, Spain. Eur J Cancer 33(8): 1256-1261. 1997.
Amir H, Karas M, Giat J, et al: Lycopene and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 cooperate in the inhibition of cell cycle progression and induction of differentiation in HL-60 leukemic cells. Nutr Cancer 33(1): 105-112. 1999.
Anon. Tomaten als Krebsschutz. DAZ 134(6):485. 1994
Batieha AM, Armenian HK, Norkus EP, et al: Serum micronutrients arid the subsequent risk of cervical cancer in a population-based nested case-control study. |
| The effect on human tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 1 -beta production of diets enriched in n-3 fatty acids from vegetable oil or fish oil. Am J Clin Nutr; 63(1):116-122. 1996.
Cunnane SC, Ganguli S, Menard C et al. High alpha-linolenic acid flaxseed (Linum-usitatissimum): some nutritional properties in humans. Br J Nutr; 69(2):443-453. 1993.
Cunnane SC, Hamadeh MJ, Liede AC et al. Nutritional attributes of traditional flaxseed in healthy young adults. Am J Clin Nutr, 61:62-68. 1995.
Curry CE, Laxative products. |
| Flaxseed differs from other vegetable oils in its high level (45-50%) of ALA.
There is a discussion on the toxic effect of the cyanogenic glycosides in the drug, which may cause prussic acid poisoning in humans. However, neither high single doses nor chronic intake of linseed have caused any signs of poisoning in humans. drug interactions
POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS
Flaxseed contains mucilage and cellulose; therefore, the absorption of other drugs taken simultaneously may be delayed. overdosage
The use of large quantities of the drug as a laxative with too little fluid intake can lead to ileus. |
| Bee pollen is one of the few vegetable sources of vitamin B12 (Scheer 1992). A tablespoonful of bee pollen contains about 45 calories and is 15% lecithin (which is required for normal fat metabolism) by weight (Kamen 1991).
Names: bee bread, buckwheat pollen, maize pollen, pollen, rape pollen, songhuuafen actions and pharmacology
EFFECTS
Bee pollen is claimed to have anti-inflammatory, antineoplastic, desensitizing, immune-stimulating, rejuvenating, and adaptogenic properties. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Your best bet for restoring levels of carotenes is to boost your fruit and vegetable intake—which could help get rid of your gout, too! Put as many naturally bright colors into each meal and snack as you can, and augment with concentrated green food supplements as powders or capsules.
• Folic acid: 400 meg daily.
• Magnesium: 250 mg daily.
• Potassium: 100 mg daily. Potassium is a mineral abundant in most diets; to make sure you're getting enough, check to see that your multivitamin has around 100 mg per daily dose.
• Sodium: As advised by your doctor. |
| Aside from GLA from borage oil, which is used as a supplement (oatmeal is another good source), the omega-6 fatty acids found in meat, milk, vegetable oils, seeds, and nuts are rarely scarce in the standard American diet. In fact, although we need them for good health, most of us are consuming too many.
Most of us eat about twenty times more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3s in products like cereals, whole-grain bread, baked goods, fried foods, margarine, and others. |
Mike Adams
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 The main course of action for eliminating Alzheimer's is to eliminate the consumption of refined sugars, refined carbohydrates, artificial chemical sweeteners, MSG (Monosodium Glutamate), and any ingredients that contain MSG, such as yeast extract, autolyzed vegetable proteins, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, and so on. Also, eliminating hydrogenated oil from the diet can have a huge impact on the health of the nervous system. Eliminate the toxins and feed your nervous system with healthy oils and good nutrition, and Alzheimer's becomes outdated. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| To be safe, stay away from foods like chips, crackers, and packaged baked goods, all of which are likely to contain some amount of hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils—trans fats.
Eggs contain omega-3 fatty acids as well. They've been demonized because their yolks are high in cholesterol, but studies show that eating an egg or two a day won't raise your cholesterol counts. You can buy eggs from organically raised chickens that have eaten feed enriched with the omega-3 fat docosahexanoic acid (DHA) to boost your omega-3 intake by about 200 mg per egg. |
Andreas Moritz
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 A meal consisting of a lettuce salad, hot vegetable curry with steamed potatoes, kidney beans and ice cream can derange Vata for many days, whereas a meal consisting of an avocado with lemon and salt, stir fried asparagus, and Basmati rice with butter and almonds can keep the Vata type balanced and strong.
Vata dosha is cold, dry, and light by nature, which are the qualities dominant in autumn and early winter. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Dairy products, especially milk.
(d) vegetable oils.
PART THREE
The Macro Minerals
Introduction to the Macro Minerals
Macro minerals play a substantial role in our lives. They are the building blocks of life. The macro minerals include calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, sodium, chloride, and magnesium. These minerals are found in the greatest abundance in the diet and are found in the highest amounts in the body.
Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium play a large role in the formation and structure of bones. |
| Vitamin E is found in fatty foods such as vegetable oils, nuts, and seeds; please refer to Graph 5-1. |
Andreas Moritz
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| In January 2005, Monsanto announced it will buy the commercial fruit and vegetable seed company Seminis. The deal is said to be worth $1.4 billion. Once the majority of the world is using gene-manipulated seeds to grow their crops, the man-made Frankenstein foods will take their toll on human life. The aim of the wealthiest and most influential group of people in the world is to drastically reduce the size of the world's population. Why? Because a smaller population and the world's natural resources would be a lot easier to control than 8 billion people. |
Bill Sardi
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 In the largest study of its kind, involving more than 100,000 nurses and physicians, total fruit and vegetable intake did not reduce the risk for cancer. [Journal National Cancer Institute 96: 1577-84, 2004]
Experts estimate that there are approximately 10 million Americans in some phase of cancer development that will eventually result in their early demise. This group has no overt signs of cancer, just pre-cancerous cells. The best prevention suggested has been to consume antioxidants and hormone-controlling molecules found in plant foods. |
| Oils
Consumption of unsaturated vegetable oils is associated with lower risk for breast cancer. [Lancet 347: 1351-56, 1996]
Time after time, laboratory experiments have been conducted to show that omega-6 oils (corn oil is the predominant omega-6 oil in the American diet) promote growth of breast cancer cells while omega-3 oils inhibit their growth. Olive oil also inhibits tumor cell growth. [Breast Cancer Research Treatment 86: 225-35, 2004]
Breast cancer growth rate in animals given omega-3 and omega-6 oils (66% reduction in growth with omega-3 oil). |
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