Alexander Hellemans and Brian Bunch
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 Radishes, garlic, and onions were eaten by the thousands who built the pyramids and temples, for the Egypmedicine tian priests believed like modern herbalists that these vegetables prevent epidemic disease, a view partially confirmed by modern scientists. At the least, these vegetables contain ingredients that have antibiotic properties: Other ingredients were less likely to be efficacious, such as Nile mud, dung, and urine. There was also a tendency to mix medicines into wine or beer; this contributed to a feeling of well-being in the patient. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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 Best sources are green, leafy vegetables, meat or dairy products.
|£L| POSSIBLE INTERACTION 1 Afl WITH OTHER DRUGS
GENERIC NAME OR DRUG CLASS
COMBINED EFFECT
Anticoagulants*, oral
Decreased anticoagulant effect.
Cholestyramine
Decreased vitamin K effect.
Colestipol
Decreased vitamin K absorption.
Dapsone
Increased risk of adverse effect on blood cells.
Mineral oil (long-term)
Vitamin K deficiency.
Neomycin
Decreased vitamin K absorption.
Sulfa drugs*
Vitamin K deficiency. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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 EFA supplement.
CO rsj eat a variety of different foods
.. .for a wide spectrum of nutrients and to reduce sensitivities.
0>OO healthy habits ~ quick reference
1 ~ eat only when hungry
.. .and under optimal conditions.
2 ~ don't drink beverages with food
...thereby diluting the digestive juices.
3 ~ chew, chew, chew
...to ensure adequate mastication and saliva secretion.
4 ~ follow food-combining principles
.. .whenever possible to ensure proper digestion.
5 ~ follow the body's natural cycle
.. .eat light in the morning and don't eat after 6- 7:00 p.m. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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| Best sources are milk, meats and green leafy vegetables. tip
POSSIBLE INTERACTION WITH OTHER DRUGS
GENERIC NAME OR DRUG CLASS
COMBINED EFFECT
Anticholinergics*
Possible increased
riboflavin
absorption.
Antidepressants, tricyclic*
Decreased riboflavin effect.
Phenothiazines*
Decreased riboflavin effect.
Probenecid
Decreased riboflavin effect.
|!l*j POSSIBLE INTERACTION l#UU| WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES
INTERACTS WITH
COMBINED EFFECT
Alcohol:
Prevents uptake and absorption of vitamin B-2.
Beverages:
None expected.
Cocaine:
None expected.
Foods:
None expected. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| When you stir fry vegetables, use water at the beginning, at high heat, then throw in a small amount of oil at the last minute. When you cut the fat to about 30 percent of your daily calories, you dramatically decrease your chances of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke.
Make Your Carbs Complex
Complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, brown rice, and legumes (beans) are metabolized much more slowly in your body than refined carbohydrates. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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| Every branch of the food industry has burgeoned in the last few decades. The soft drink industry alone has grown nearly ten-fold in just over 50 years. With the exception of the natural foods segment of the food industry, they are all guilty of dishing out questionable fake-food products that are unquestionably the primary cause of the deteriorating health of the public. And with the exception of some segments of society (we self-avowed health food nuts for one), this trend of poor eating and the resultant epidemic of chronic dzs-ease shows no sign of abating. |
David Wolfe
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 WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
1 quart (1 liter) of freshly-made orange juice mixed with 1/2 avocado and/or 3 teaspoons of flax seed or hempseed oil. (Mixing a fat with a sugar for breakfast will time-release the sugar for more endurance energy).
2 apples.
10-20 pecans or macadamia nuts with lettuce. Or
Drink the water of 2 coconuts with Nature's First Food or some other green superfood blend in order to increase mineralization.
Lunch
Cucumber, parsley, tomato, 10 olives, 5 pitted prunes, 5 pitted dates in a mixed salad. Squeeze an orange into the salad as dressing.
Snacks
2 apples. |
Dianne Onstad
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 Generally used as a vegetable, avocados blend well with almost any flavor and mix well with either vegetables or fruit, making them an excellent addition to salads, sandwiches, guacamole, and other dishes. Avocados must never be cooked because they become bitter and unpleasant; however, they can be served warm, albeit carefully. Avocados produce a bland-flavored oil suitable for everything from
AvOCado / Nutritional Value
Per 100 g Edible Portion
California
Florida
Calories
J77
112
Protein
2.11 g
1.59 g
Fat
1733 g
8.87 g
Fiber
2.11 g
2.11 g
Calcium
11 mg
11 mg
Iron
1. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 B-carotene and the carotenoids as a whole are abundant in green plants, carrots, and other orange and yellow vegetables. Vitamin A and other carotenoids are effective radical scavengers. The carotenoids lutein and lycopene are both found in tomatoes, but lycopene also occurs in the florets of Calendula officinalis.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is made up of a group of eight naturally occurring compounds called tocopherols. Tocopherols are highly active free radical scavengers that protect unsaturated membrane lipids from oxidation. |
| Include steamed vegetables, especially the dark green leafy types.
• Avoid red meat.
• Eat plenty of lemons and grapefruit, but avoid sweet citrus fruits, such as oranges.
• Cranberries and unsweetened cranberry juice are highly recommended.
• Avoid alcohol and sweets during the course of a yeast infection.
Yogurt and acidophilus help replenish the normal flora of a healthy vagina and are important elements of a dietary program to combat a yeast infection. If you have allergies to dairy foods, goat yogurt and nondairy acidophilus are available. |
| Fruits and vegetables contain more water-soluble fibers that result in a moist stool, but have less effect on transit time. Usually, 20 to 60 g of dietary fiber is a sufficient daily intake.
Psyllium, lignin, and pectin bind bile acids, which reduces the rate of their reabsorption by the intestine and promotes excretion. The consequent enhancement of hepatic synthesis of bile acids from cholesterol may reduce plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Over time, bulk-forming agents can help relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and diverticular disease. |
| Whole-grain breads and cereals, beans, fruits, and vegetables are good sources of fiber. High-fiber diets keep the colon mildly distended, which may help to prevent spasms. Some forms of fiber also retain water in the stools, thereby preventing the development of hard stools that are difficult to pass. The patient should eat just enough fiber that bowel movements are painless and eas-
Herbs and IBS: A Clinical Study
A paper published in 1998 in the Journal of the American Medical Association details a clinical trial of traditional Chinese treatments of IBS. |
| The simple phenolic acids are ubiquitous among flowering plants, fruits, and vegetables. Ferulic acid, named after asafoetida (Ferula foetida), increases phagocytosis in mice. Anethol, found in aniseed oil (Pimpinella anisum), increases the leukocyte count in the blood; the widely found pseudotannin catechol stimulates granulocytes. The more complex lignans, with a range of effects including stimulation of phagocytic activity in polymorphonuclear granulocytes, cytotoxicity, and induction of interferon, are also proving to be important. |
David Wolfe
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| See Lesson 9: Origins and Appendix A.)
Do you know the power of getting energy solely from plants? Every whole plant food is a symphony. The absorption and organization of Sunlight, the essence of life, takes place primarily in plants. The organs of the plant are therefore a kind of biological accumulation of Sun energy. Eating plant foods transfers the vital Sun energy directly to you, undiminished.
Raw plant foods are massively abundant. 99.99% of all food on Earth is raw plant food. |
| Pink Himalayan Rock Salt contains over 80 different trace minerals. This salt deposit was laid down in the distant past by an ancient ocean.
Mineral trade-out signals to you that a deep cleaning and healing of the body tissues is taking place. It means your body has really gotten to the core tissues for replacement. This is a process of the "good" pushing out the "bad. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 In fact, even without the question of emigration, Japanese dietary habits in the last fifty years have undergone huge changes that also illustrate the role of diet in the onset of cancer. For example, a mere forty years ago the consumption of meat was relatively low in Japan; it has increased by a factor of seven in recent years, and the rate of colon cancer is now five times what it was, matching that of the West. |
Richard Lucas
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 Vegetables should be included in the diet; however, since many vegetables are very Yin (weak), a slice of ginger root (Yang) should be cooked with them to restore proper balance.
Reported Cases
• "I am a woman thirty years of age and run my own mail order business. For a long time I had been suffering from chronic female tiredness and low energy. One day I bought a bottle of Chinese Dong Quai capsules in a health food store, and after taking them for a few days I noticed a decided pickup in energy. I could do a whole day's work without fatigue. |
| Chinese herbalists advise that for best results, little or no fruit should be eaten while you take Dong Quai, nor should any other strong root teas, such as ginseng for example, be taken for two or three hours after. vegetables should be included in the diet; however, since many vegetables are very Yin (weak), a slice of ginger root (Yang) should be cooked with them to restore proper balance.
Reported Cases
• "I am a woman thirty years of age and run my own mail order business. For a long time I had been suffering from chronic female tiredness and low energy. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 Anyone who tries this approach, though, should take no more than 1 teaspoon of vinegar in water and should rinse thoroughly afterward to protect the teeth. Dentists warn that acidic beverages can be tough on teeth.
Pomegranate Juice
If grape juice is too mundane for you, why not try something a bit more exotic? Pomegranates are an ancient fruit. Legend has it that the first pomegranate tree grew in the Garden of Eden. The ancient Chinese believed that pomegranates could offer longevity or even immortality. Pomegranates also played a key role in Greek mythology. |
Jean Carper
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 Evidence that eating fruits, vegetables, grains, and fish helps block the development of cancer is overwhelming. It's widely agreed that people who eat the most fruits and vegetables are only half as likely to get cancers of various types. Research also shows that certain foods and antioxidants arrest or slow down the progression and spread of cancer and increase survival times. |
David Wolfe
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| MONDAY
Breakfast
One blended super smoothie containing: apple, pear, berries (all types), cherries, spirulina, chlorella or blue-green algae (2-3 tablespoons) and coconut oil (2-3 tablespoons).
Or
Drink the water of 2 coconuts with Nature's First Food or some other green superfood blend in order to increase mineralization.
Lunch
1 shot (1 ounce) of wheatgrass juice.
One sandwich made with dehydrated flax crackers, avocado, clover sprouts, sliced tomato, diced zucchini and red onion.
2 oranges.
3 sticks of celery.
Snacks
2 mangos or oranges.
1 avocado with powdered cayenne and kelp. |
| This puts one at the exact center of the triangle. For example:
Protein
Daily Menu Item
Dry Weight:
Fats
0.33 lb (0.23 kg) Macadamia nuts (18% water) i lb (0.45 kg) Avocados (75% water)
0.27 lb (0.1 kg) 0.25 lb (0.14 kg)
Sugar
1.5 lbs (0.68 kg) Apples (84% water) 2.5 lbs (1.13 kg) Oranges (8y% water)
0.24 lb (0.11 kg) 0.26 lb (0.12 kg)
Chlorophyll
1 lb (0.45 kg) Kale (65% water)
2 lbs (0.9 kg) Lettuce (93% water)
0.35 lb (0.16 kg) 0.13 lb (0.06 kg)
Non-Sweet fruits
i lb (0.45 kg) Cucumbers 0.5 lb (0. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Blackstrap Molasses
The truth of the phrase "slow as molasses" becomes apparent when you consider molasses's thick, viscous, syrupy texture. Featuring a robust bittersweet flavor, blackstrap molasses helps create the distinctive taste of baked beans and gingerbread. Blackstrap molasses, as its name suggests, is very dark brown, almost black, in hue.
Molasses is the syrupy dark liquid that comes from processing raw sugar into its more refined form. Blackstrap molasses is one type, which is produced in the third cycle of boiling the sugar syrup. |
Marion Nestle
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 This advice, we realized, firmly precludes even a taste of raw cookie dough, not to mention avoidance of a host of other foods: Caesar salads, homemade ice cream, and anything else made with raw or partially cooked eggs; rare or medium-cooked hamburger and beef tartare; sushi and other raw seafood; raw milk and cheeses made from it; freshly squeezed juices; unpeeled vegetables and unwashed salad greens and berries; and raw sprouts. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 L, 568 g)
960
53
Chicken strip basket (with fries)
1,000
50
Meatball Classic Sub, Subway, 12-inch (no mayo or cheese)
1,020
52
Taco salad, 31/2 cups (875 mL)
1,100
71
Fettuccine alfredo, 2V2 cups (625 mL)
1,500
97
Kung pao chicken with rice, 4V2 cups (1,125 mL)
1,620
76
Side Dishes
Mixed vegetables, 5 oz. (142 g)
130
9
Fried rice, 8 oz. (227 g)
430
13
Hot stuffed baked potato, broccoli and cheese, 14 oz. (398 g)
470
14
French fries, fast food, large
520
24
Loaded baked potato (bacon, butter, cheese, sour cream),
1 medium
620
31
New York fries, regular, 10 oz. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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 The vast majority of recipes are completely grain-free, bean-free, potato-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free.
Protein Power
Michael Eades, M.D., and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.
WHAT IT IS IN A NUTSHELL
A three-phase plan in which you:
• Eat no less than a minimum calculated amount of protein per day (you are free to eat more but not less)
• Eat no more than a maximum amount of carbohydrate per day (you are free to eat less but not more)
The maximum amount of carbohydrates depends on which phase of the diet you are in. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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| Regular consumption of cruciferous vegetables (such as cabbage and broccoli) is associated with reduced rates of colon, lung, and other cancers in humans. This has led to the hypothesis that cancer may be a disease of maladaptation to diets that lack a rich variety of these compounds.99
ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
The term antiviral is used in many ways, depending on what endpoint criteria are used. In theory, an antiviral compound can work in one of several different manners. Some exert a direct virucidal effect, inhibiting viral replication in the infected host. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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 One wants vegetables well suited to dry conditions. Another, something responsive to irrigation; another, grains able to withstand high wind velocity."
The farm shows the value of diverse, often-overlooked traditional varieties, yes, but it's also demonstrating how a family of six can live and thrive on one half-acre—with not only food to eat but also crops to sell, even honey. (Bee pollination is essential to organic farming, Vinod explains, as Anna dodges the few bees buzzing near us.)
Vinod reminds me very much of a man I'd met years ago in Guatemala. |
Andrew Pengelly
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 Anthocyanins in Fruits, vegetables and Grains, CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Middleton, E. and Drzewiecki, G. 1984, 'Flavonoid inhibition of human basophil histamine release stimulated by various agents', Biochemical Pharmacology 33: 3333-3338.
Middleton Jr, E. 1988, 'Plant flavonoid effects on mammalian cell systems', in L. E. Cracker and J. E. Simon (eds), Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants, Vol. 3, Oryx Press, Arizona.
Miller, L. P. (ed.) 1973, Phy to chemistry, Vol. 2, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York.
Mills, S. and Bone, K. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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| Within minutes, we're served large helpings of steaming beans, rice, salad, and mixed vegetables, and a banana. Others get chicken as well—and all this for about seventy cents. Despite rising prices for food, the city has held fast to this low price.
In the city's center, near the main bus station, this huge building with high ceilings feels airy, open, relaxed. We carry our trays to a long table which seems to offer the only empty seats in the house. |
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