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Allergic to the Twentieth Century: The Explosion in Environmental Allergies--From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Peter Radetsky See book keywords and concepts

And fruits, vegetables, grains, and other foods line up in kind. The categories aren't always obvious or intuitive — the separation of chicken and turkey into different families is a prime example. Like Rea, Rapp provides her patients with a detailed chart of which foods go with which. The idea is that once on the rotation diet, if your, or your child's, health or behavior deteriorates every fourth day, the odds are pretty good that a particular food is at fault. The diet is therefore a solid diagnostic tool.

New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Meanwhile, the insoluble fiber found in most vegetables doesn't gel, so it's less effective at preventing fat from being absorbed. But it still provides a very important benefit—keeping you "regular," so food and the toxins in it pass through the intestines faster. "Once again, this prevents congestion, one of the two reasons for the nutritional imbalance that causes so many health problems," says Dr. Haas.

If you have a garden, pick your vegetables just minutes before you plan to prepare them." actually reverse plaque in the arteries—a leading cause of heart attack—by adopting a diet that's low in saturated fat, says Neil Stone, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and chairman of the American Heart Association's Nutrition Committee. In fact, he notes that in some cases, a low-fat diet alone may be as effective in reducing heart attack risk as going on a low-fat diet while also taking cholesterol-lowering medication.

That means eating little or no meats, dairy and processed foods, which are high in saturated fat, and more organically produced grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables and seeds, as fresh and as whole as possible." Imagery See yourself inside your bloodstream with a tiny scalpel. You are carefully removing the plaque that is attached to the inside of your blood vessels, says Elizabeth Ann Barrett, R.N., Ph.D., professor and coordinator of the Center for Nursing Research at Hunter College of the City University of New York in New York City. Keep doing this as you swim upstream toward your heart.

Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition Paul Pitchford See book keywords and concepts

An advantage of using the beta-carotene (of vegetables) as a source of vitamin A is its non-toxic property. Any excess of beta-carotene is stored in the body until needed, whereas vitamin A from animal products (retinol) is toxic in large doses. Research with cancers indicates that beta-carotene has an anti-tumor effect which is far superior to retinol.46 Major Properties of Vitamin A • Essential for the correct metabolism of protein by the body. • Greatly enhances production of RNA, which transmits to each cell vital information on function and renewal.

For this person, a more quickw ly cleansing diet is recommended, including few or no animal products, and raw vegetables and sprouts comprising at least 50% of the diet. This type of person benefits from any of the recommended foods, herbs, cereal grasses, oxygenation methods, etc. w Most people tend to be closer to one of these types than the other, and recommendations can be altered accordingly. Also, it is important to adapt the treatment regularly to the transformations that occur during the healing process.

Regular consumption of raw saltless sauerkraut, which can include seaweeds, garlic, and other vegetables in addition to cabbage, is highly recommended to w Candida sufferers. It establishes the beneficial acidophilus culture in the digestive tract. (Refer to "Pickles" in recipe section.) If such a sauerkraut is not used, then an intestinal bioculture supplement should be taken with a daily meal. However, for supplementing the intestines with biocultures, there is a better w option than the commonly used acidophilus products.

Other starchy vegetables, including carrots, parsnips, rutabagas, and beets, may be eaten regularly. Total vegetable consumption can be 40% to 50% of the diet. Legumes (beans, peas, and lentils) and their sprouts can make up 10% of the diet. Simple carbohydrates and sweeteners: All refined and concentrated sweeteners (e.g., sugar, molasses) and fruits help propagate yeast in the body and should be avoided. One sweetener, however, can usually be tolerated: stevia leaf, available in powders and liquid extracts, and sometimes in the whole leaf form.

If antibiotics must be taken, re-establishing a healthy flora during and after their use can be done with acidophilus culture (available at health food stores), raw sauerkraut, chlorophyll-rich foods such as deep-green vegetables and barley-grass concentrates, and/or small daily amounts of miso soup (see "Ferments" later in this chapter for dosages). Low-level ingestion of antibiotics occurs from eating commercial meat, dairy, eggs, and poultry, since most livestock are dosed daily with antibiotics in their feed.

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

A diet rich in whole foods—particularly vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes—is extremely important. Adequate protein is also a must; it is better to get high-quality protein from fish, chicken, turkey, and lean cuts of beef (preferably hormone-free) than from fat-filled sources such as hamburgers, roasts, and pork. Special foods often recommended to enhance virility include liver, oysters, nuts, seeds, and legumes. All of these foods are good sources of zinc. Zinc is perhaps the most important nutrient for sexual function. Zinc is concentrated in semen.

Allergic to the Twentieth Century: The Explosion in Environmental Allergies--From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Peter Radetsky See book keywords and concepts

Besides that, the skin tests showed Kiessig which foods caused him problems: milk, nuts, soy, pork, chicken, various fish and vegetables. And the center's nutritionist suggested a method of avoiding those foods. "They wait until you've completed the skin testing on the first round of basic foods," says Kiessig. "Then you have an appointment with the nutritionist. She gives you a book — makes you pay for it, actually — that breaks down the food by families and describes how to alternate those food families in a four-day rotation diet." In his eyes, then, Rick's visit to Dallas was a success.

New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Klaper, and what they grew were fruits, vegetables and grains—"whole" foods high in nutrients and fiber and low in fat. And since they didn't have today's antibiotics and other medications, their gardens also served as their medicine chests, and their kitchens acted as pharmacies. But then came the industrial revolution and, with it, a new way of eating and a new attitude toward food. "When Henry Ford started turning power tractors off the assembly line in 1905, the American diet started to change— and as a result, so did the health of Americans," says Dr. Klaper.

Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins Sandra Ingerman See book keywords and concepts

Findhorn and Perelandra are examples of the extraordinary plants and vegetables that can be produced when working in partnership with the nature spirits. People around the world have also been able to work with the weather spirits in a creative partnership. There are many tales of shamans being able to bring rain to drought-afflicted areas or bring sun to places drenched with flooding rains. Ethics are once again important in doing this kind of work. You must consider why you want to work with the weather.

The plants and vegetables created awe not only by their beauty and their impossible size but also by how they were grown in adverse conditions. For years people flocked to Findhorn from all over the world to be dazzled with the miracle of life. Perelandra, started in Virginia by Michaelle Small Wright, is another example of a miraculous garden grown by forming a creative partnership with the nature spirits. Large healthy plants are grown with no chemicals or pesticides. Just imagine the energy you could receive by eating plants grown in such a harmonious and magical fashion.

We think of planting seeds that will be fed by the warmth of the earth and the light of the sun, producing the vegetables, fruits, and flowers that provide us with nourishment on all levels. We think of animals mating, so the young will have the time to learn to thrive before the cold returns. In summer, we enjoy the fruits of all our labors. Life is at its fullest. It is the time to collect the nourishment the earth offers us and the power of the light of the sun to get us through the dark times ahead. Wildlife also changes its behavior with the movement of the sun and seasons.

1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products Grace Ross Lewis See book keywords and concepts

SORBISTAT SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE Products and Uses: An additive in cake fillings, cake icings, cake mixes, cakes, chocolate coatings, coffee whiteners, confectionery coatings, cream fillings, desserts (nonstandardized frozen), fruit (raw), milk or cream substitutes for beverage coffee, oil (edible whipped topping), vegetables (raw), and yeast (active dry). Used as a defoaming agent, emulsifier (stabilizes and maintains mixes), rehydration aid (replaces moisture), and stabilizer (helps keep a uniform consistency). Precautions: Very mildly toxic by swallowing. A skin irritant.

No, because some chemicals are put on the plants and absorbed into the plant by the leaves and roots and get into the fruit and vegetables this way. 47. What is the chemical that is put on plants that is similar to Lysol disinfectant? That is called orthophenylphenol. It is a fungicide and the active ingredient in Lysol disinfectant. 48. Are some chemicals put on foods to make them last longer in the stores? Yes, a common one is a herbicide sprayed on potatoes to keep them from sprouting. One popular preemergent is chlorprophame. 49.

ETHYL ACETATE_ Products and Uses: Found in coffee (decaffeinated), fruits, tea (decaffeinated), and vegetables as a coloring agent, flavoring agent, solvent, synthetic flavoring substance, and additive. Precautions: Poison by breathing. In large amounts it is mildly toxic by swallowing. Effects by breathing are olfactory changes (ability of nose to smell), conjunctiva irritation (nose, throat, eyelid lining), and pulmonary changes (lungs and respiratory). A mutagen (changes inherited characteristics).

Some fruits and vegetables (apples, cucumbers, peppers) are coated with wax and the pesticides, fertilizers, and fungicides are sealed in the wax. 29. I thought that the most dangerous pesticides to humans were banned by the U.S. Government for use in the U.S.? That is true, but chemical companies are still manufacturing them and selling them to South and Central American countries. This produce then comes back to us in the winter, when 40% of the produce comes from foreign countries that do not have the restrictions we do. 30. Is there any other way pesticides can get into food?

WEEDTRINE-D DISODIUM EDTA_ Products and Uses: An ingredient in salad dressings, margarines, mayonnaise, spreads, processed vegetables and fruits, soft drinks, and canned shellfish. As a preservative in foods. In medicine it is used as a chelating agent for treatment of lead poisoning. Precautions: Moderately toxic by swallowing large amounts. Synonyms: CAS: 139-33-3 ? ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID ? DISODIUMSALT ? DISODIUM TETRACEMATE ? DISODIUM VERSENATE ? DISODIUM EDATHAMIL DISODIUM INOSINATE_ Products and Uses: A flavor enhancer for ham, meat (cured), poultry, and sausage.

Healing Moves: How To Cure, Relieve, And Prevent Common Ailments With Exercise Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

These include: * Gradual change to a more healthful eating style with proportional increases in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. * A nonrestrictive approach to eating based on eating when hungry and stopping when full. * Gradual increase to at least 30 minutes of enjoyable physical activity each day. In addition, Connolly says, "we're encouraging the notion of a healthy weight, which someone can achieve and maintain, as opposed to a cosmetic weight or ideal weight on a standardized chart.

Allergic to the Twentieth Century: The Explosion in Environmental Allergies--From Sick Buildings to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Peter Radetsky See book keywords and concepts

Not only do many people routinely treat their homes with pesticides, and not only are apartment houses often saturated with pesticides, but most of the commercially produced fruits and vegetables in the United States are sprayed with pesticides. Washing the food may not remove the residue. Solvents? Solvents are a prime component of paint and paint remover, varnish, ink, cleaning fluids, and such synthetic fabrics as nylon. The fact is that these chemicals are omnipresent, simply next to impossible to avoid.

Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise Debra Lynn Dadd See book keywords and concepts

Maine Coast Sea vegetables. + Mexi-Snax California Organic Tortilla Chips (Mexi-Snax). + Organic Foods Express. Regular and blue-corn chips, plus potato chips. + Wysong Health Chips (Wysong Corporation). Made with Native American blue corn. Wysong Corporation. Coffee_ Harmful ingredients: flavors, hexane, methylene chloride, pesticide residues, sucrose, trichloroethylene. Most coffee sold in the United States is grown in foreign countries that often use pesticides that have been banned here.

Stop the Medicine! A Medical Doctor's Miraculous Recovery with Natural Healing Cynthia A. Foster, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Even the Surgeon General says that 30% of all cancers are caused by a faulty diet - one deficient in fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. I tried to make ends meet after graduation by consulting with people on how to heal themselves with herbs and natural healing. I was terrified of getting arrested, as my teachers and so many medical doctors have. It was never a large clinic, as I worked out of my home. I had many successes. I also had failures, but I never, not once, hurt anyone with herbs. They were all only helped by them.

There were no pictures of vegetables or fruits stuck in the intestines - only meat. By this time, I had seen so many people with high cholesterol levels and having so many other problems caused by eating meat, that I started recommending everyone become a vegetarian. Unfortunately, they didn't do what I said because the doctor came in right after me with a weight loss restricted calorie diet that included meat and other animal products. Obviously, he had seniority, so they all listened to him. At least he was telling them to lose weight.

I became an expert on how to make stir-fry with vegetables and brown rice. I ate an apple a day in hopes that it would keep the doctors away. Really! I bought lots of healthy cookbooks and tried the best I could. The new rule was that if I cooked something, no matter how it tasted, I had to eat it. And I always followed the rule because I was very motivated and I knew my life depended on it. Gradually, my taste buds adapted to the taste of real food, and I found myself actually enjoying the learning experience.

People could eat as many fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains and tofu that they wanted and they would be eating zero cholesterol. What they would find is that in one to two months, a high cholesterol reading would return to normal. The low sodium diet was prescribed for high blood pressure. It contained ground beef - something nowadays that is full of growth hormones, antibiotics, saturated fat and cholesterol and is also high in sodium. Then, there is the risk of Mad Cow Disease with eating cows in the first place.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

Art, music, and movement are part of the daily activities, along with herbs and a vegetarian diet based on organic fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. The underlying belief is that when patients express their passions, talents, and gifts, they activate their innate forces of self-healing. "Artistic activities like painting, clay modeling, creative speech, and color therapy lift the patients out of fixed habits and help them unblock their creative faculties," said one observer.15 Movement exercises are designed to help both the body and the soul to breathe freely again.

Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies Phyllis A. Balch, CNC See book keywords and concepts

These vegetables are sources of the compounds lutein and zeaxanthin, which are similar to vitamin A, and spinach contains beta-carotene as well. Eating 2 ounces (60 grams) of spinach daily and substituting corn flour for wheat flour (150 grams, or 5 ounces daily) for three to four months can increase the thickness and health of the macula. Orange peppers, kiwi fruit, grapes, summer squash, orange juice, and egg yolks are also useful sources of lutein and zeanxanthin. Ll Take 200 to 600 international units of vitamin E daily.

Also, eat green, leafy vegetables on a daily basis. Animal studies indicate that chlorophyll reduces the cancer-causing capacity of aflatoxin. LM For measures to reduce side effects and increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and /or radiation therapy, see Side Effects of Cancer Treatment under cancer in Part Two. To learn about herbal treatments that can prevent a cancer from developing its own blood supply, see cancer in Part Two. þ See also cirrhosis, alcoholic and hepatitis in Part Two. Liver Disease See cirrhosis of the liver; hepatitis; liver cancer.

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