Jean Carper
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 Patients eat mainly cereals and grains, a wide selection of vegetables, legumes, soy products, fish, and natural sweeteners such as rice syrups. Considered especially detrimental to cancer patients is cancer-promoting meat and the omega-6 fat high in corn oil and most margarines. Such fats are on the "avoid" list. Okay are canola and olive oil in limited quantities. Overall fat intake is around 15 to 18 percent; a strict macrobiotic diet is 12 to 15 percent. Also, Dr. Block discourages consumption of dairy products, egg yolks, refined sugars, alcohol, and highly processed foods. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 Holistic practitioners start by recommending a diet of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits, with very little meat, dairy, or refined carbohydrates, for their arthritis patients, says Ruth Bar-Shalom, N.D., a naturopathic physician in Fairbanks, Alaska. A daily multivitamin and antioxidant supplement is crucial, she says. Research suggests that it can help preserve joint tissue.
While some plants offer simple pain relief, the general aim of herbal treatment is to improve the cleansing of the congested tissues around the joint. |
American Medical Publishing
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| Stay away from greasy meats and favor fruits and vegetables. Stop smoking. Avoid coffee and caffeine. Also, fish oil and garlic supplements are known cholesterol fighters. They are many times safer if not overused. It makes little sense to rely on a possibly very dangerous drug like Zocor when so many goods alternatives are available.
No. 41 — Pepcid — Used to treat ulcers and heartburn. Was once only available by prescription, but now can be bought over the counter without a doctor's prescription.
Potential Dangers — Probably pretty safe, but not without its problems. |
Robert Hass, M.S.
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 Isoflavone: A phytonutrient found in legumes and vegetables that can prevent sex hormones from stimulating cellular growth that leads to cancer. Soybeans and garbanzo beans (chickpeas) are rich sources of isoflavones.
L-cysteine: A sulfur-containing amino acid with antioxidant properties.
L-methionine: A sulfur-containing amino acid with antioxidant properties.
L-taurine: A nonessential amino acid that possesses antioxidant properties and helps stabilize the conduction of electrical impulses in the heart, nervous system, and brain. |
| CARCINOGEN DETOXIFIERS
Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, kale, okra, and kohlrabi, and foods such as garlic and onions contain phytonutrients that can mitigate the tumor-promoting effects of the body's own hormones and environmental toxins, or xenobiotics (literally: foreign to life).
Many of these sulfur-containing phytonutrients can tame the powerful cancer-promoting hormone estradiol (chemically related to estrogen) and help eliminate it from the body. Other phytonutrients found in crucifers help detoxify the xenobiotics in the food, water, and air that we ingest. |
| But phytonutrients, found exclusively in vegetables, fruits, and herbs, pack the power to defeat the degenerative diseases that stalk most Americans—cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis.
I think of phytonutrients as industrial-strength vitamins. Here's why:
• Disease Prevention: Recent research indicates that vitamin E and the phytonutrient lycopene (responsible for the red color of tomatoes) both reduce the risk of heart disease and some types of cancer. |
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A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE
Sheila Fuerst makes homemade vegetable soup the way her husband loves it and God intended: lots of fresh green and yellow vegetables simmered in a rich tomato-based stock. But this is no ordinary soup. This is the stuff medical miracles are made of.
Howard Fuerst, M.D., a Hollywood, Florida, physician diagnosed 5 years ago with highly malignant prostate cancer and coronary artery disease, loves the taste of his new medicine: "My new diet helped save my life. There's no doubt about it. |
| It involves a phytonutrient-rich diet, including raw vegetables, vegetable juices, pancreatic enzymes, fiber laxatives, juice fasting, and coffee enemas. This regimen, based on the work of a dentist named William Kelly, who claims to have used it to send his own cancer (pancreatic) into a long-term remission, has met with skepticism and derision by many conventional cancer specialists. Gonzalez staunchly defends the efficacy of his protocol and has recently submitted his research data to the National Cancer Institute for scientific scrutiny. |
| Because complex carbohydrate foods such as bread, breakfast cereal, and pasta contain lower levels of cancer-fighting phytonutrients and are calorically denser than phytonu-trient-rich vegetables and legumes. Unless you are a cancer victim fighting cachexia (loss of appetite and muscle wasting), beating back a fierce enemy such as cancer requires the most nutrition for the least calories. A low-calorie, phytonutrient-dense diet is the fast track to a long and healthy life (Table 3.2).
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TABLE 3. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 Salting down and pickling meat and vegetables were common practices centuries ago, as was the drying (dehydrating) of various foodstuffs. Foods preserved this way lasted a very long time, which was important in an era before refrigeration and efficient transport of fresh foods. But these natural methods took so much time and care that they were not easily adaptable to mass production. As the prepared-food industry grew by leaps and bounds, other time-saving and more cost-effective—if less healthy—methods of preserving foods were developed by the major food manufacturers. |
| DIETARY GUIDELINES
¦ Eat a healthy whole-foods diet based on lean protein foods, such as fish; fresh vegetables and fruits; and whole grains. Fatty fish such as salmon, sardines, and tuna, which are high in omega-3 essential fatty acids, have natural anti-inflammatory properties. Eating fish three or four times a week can be very beneficial.
¦ Include onions in your diet. Onions contain diphenyl-thiosulfinate, an anti-inflammatory compound with antiasthmatic effects. |
| Increase your consumption of this nutrient by basing your diet on vegetables and whole grains.
¦ Dietary sources of vitamin B12 include whole grains, legumes, blackstrap molasses, egg yolks, nuts, brewer's yeast, and meat, especially organ meats.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
¦ To remedy an iron deficiency, take a liquid iron supplement as recommended by your physician. If you find you are unable to tolerate a liquid supplement, try taking 15 to 20 milligrams of iron succinate twice daily in pill form. |
| DIETARY GUIDELINES
¦ A person with Alzheimer's disease should eat healthy, well-balanced meals and increase his or her consumption of vegetables and fruits. Smaller, more frequent meals are recommended to keep blood sugar levels on an even keel.
Four to six small meals per day are better than three large meals.
¦ Anyone who has Alzheimer's disease should avoid alcohol, nicotine, and excessive amounts of caffeine.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
¦ All the antioxidants help fight free radicals, which have been implicated in the development of this disorder. |
Covert Bailey
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 Carbohydrate loading means grazing on grains', cereals, fruits, and vegetables — all day long. Too often, athletes cheat themselves out of necessary calories because they just get tired of chewing! A typical male needs approximately 2,700 calories a day. If he's training hard for a marathon, he needs about 2,000 more calories to meet the additional energy requirements. A quart of ice cream would supply an extra 2,000 calories but would defeat the purpose because those are concentrated fat calories. |
| While it's true that athletes need more protein if they're exercising intensely, they also need to be sure to eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and other complex carbohydrates such as pastas and cereals. Otherwise the protein in the diet is used to replace glycogen instead of to repair muscle.
Not enough rest
Take your rest periods as seriously as you do your exercise. Muscle tissue doesn't grow stronger during exercise, it breaks down. It needs a period of rest to repair and build up. Back-to-back hard workouts mean constant muscle wear without tissue regeneration. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Research now indicates that girls should increase their calcium intake to 1,200 milligrams at around age five, instead of at age eleven, as previously recommended. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers believe that the primary prevention of osteoporosis begins before puberty. Vitamin D is necessary for calcium absorption, and, since sunlight triggers the body's manufacture of this essential nutrient, supplementation may be required during dark winter months for children who do not eat any foods fortified with this vitamin. |
Christopher Hobbs
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 Simmer until the vegetables are tender, then add miso and spices such as ginger, celery, or fennel seed. Make enough for a few days and store it in the refrigerator.
Indications and Dosage: During illness, when solid food is not desirable, drink 3-4 cups of the warm broth (add less barley and more water to make broth). For degenerative immune conditions, eat 1-2 small bowls per day, and drink the broth as desired. For autoimmune diseases such as allergies, lupus, diabetes, and hepatitis accompanied by fatigue, weakness, or autoimmune conditions, eat the soup when desired, or drink the broth. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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 A review of mechanisms underlying anticarcinogenicity by brassica vegetables. Chemico-Biological Interactions 1997; 103: 79-129.
77. Janssen K, Mensink RP, Cox FJ et al. Effects of the flavonoids quercetin and apigenin on hemostasis in healthy volunteers: results from an in vitro and a dietary supplement study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1998; 67 (2): 255-262.
78. Hughes RE, Wilson HK. Flavonoids: some physiological and nutritional considerations. Progress in Medicinal Chemistry 1977; 14: 285-301.
79. Amiel M, Barbe R. Study of the pharmacodynamic activity of daflon 500 mg. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| The standard rule of thumb for good health, physical as well as mental, is to eat more fruits, vegetables and grains and less fat. Avoid nicotine, caffeine, and other stimulants. Make sure the proper quantity and quality of rest and relaxation are obtained. Retiring to bed at an early hour adds more to good mental health than most would imagine. Exercise vigorously several times each week. Whatever you do, do most of what you do in moderation. In face of the risk of loss of control over our mental health and behavior, we must be willing to learn these simple lessons. |
| The EPA joined with the Department of Agriculture in calling for a reduction in the use of pesticides on fruit and vegetables.
There is also concern that drugs may taint the nation's milk supply. The summer of 1992 investigators found that government inspectors do not test to see if most of the drugs given to cows wind up in milk. Ted Weiss, chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee on human resources said that the FDA still cannot honestly assure the public that milk is safe. |
| The diet consists mainly of grains and vegetables with very little or no meat and no refined sugar, alcohol or stimulants. It is critical to keep the blood sugar balanced in order to avoid the body's normal reaction of a rush of adrenalin to normalize it for you. It can throw you into a spin resulting in the highs and subsequent lows you are working to avoid.
As all the body steroids, both adrenal and sex hormones come from cholesterol, and we are searching for a way to lower the hormone level, a diet low in cholesterol should be advantageous. |
| Their is such a widespread use of so many mind-altering chemicals which possess a stimulant effect to the entire system, not only those we use as "medications" by directly ingesting them into our bodies, but those with mind-altering effects which are sprayed as pesticides, used as preservatives, fed to farm animals to increase their weight, sprayed on vegetables and fruit to produce greater harvests, chemicals in our environment which surround us everywhere. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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| The anticarcinogenicity of these compounds, specifically in relation to brassica vegetables, has been recently reviewed for in vitro assays, animal experiments and various human studies.76 Alterations in phase I and particularly phase II detoxification enzymes are suggested as possible mechanisms by which these plant constituents might inhibit chemical carcinogenesis. On the other hand, possible mutagenicity and carcinogenicity are also discussed, indicating that caution should be exercised if recommending long-term intake of these compounds at well in excess of optimum dietary levels. |
Covert Bailey
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| The fat in meats and cheeses is much more likely to stick to your body than oils taken from vegetables and grains.
While it's easy to get enough protein from animal products, vegetarians have to try a little harder. Animal products contain complete proteins, meaning that all the amino acids needed for any protein construction job are available. If you're a vegetarian, your liver needs to do a little more mixing and matching to come up with proteins your body can use. After protein is digested, its amino acid components are stored in various "amino acid pools" in the liver, blood, and muscles. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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| A review of this and other studies concluded that onions, garlic and other allium vegetables were likely to convey protective effects against cancer development, especially in the gastrointestinal tract.6
Antiinflammatory activity, e.g. by aspirin and indomethacin, has been shown to have tumour-inhibitory effects in some models (and aspirin consumption has been linked to reduced human colorectal incidence). Cyclooxygenase inhibition by a polyphenol, resveratrol, has been cited as a mechanism for a range of in vitro and in vivo tumour inhibitory effects of red grapeskin products like red wine. |
Covert Bailey
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| All competent nutrition experts urge us to eat less fat and more complex carbohydrates such as vegetables, whole-grain breads, and cereals. But complex carbohydrates are only partially digestible, and as a result gas is produced in the bowel, especially the large intestine.
Everybody on a high-fiber diet produces gas, but in some people it doesn't have a bad odor and is passed without consequence. It isn't the production of gas that causes the problems, it's the entrapment of gas when the normal passage is restricted. |
American Medical Publishing
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| Stay away from greasy meats and favor fruits and vegetables. Stop smoking. Avoid coffee and caffeine. Also, fish oil and garlic supplements are known cholesterol fighters. They are many times safer if not overused. It makes little sense to rely on a possibly very dangerous drug like Zocor when so many goods alternatives are available.
No. 17 - Biaxin — This is an antibiotic used to treat minor infections of upper and lower respiratory tract. It is also used to treat ulcers and skin infections.
Potential dangers — This drug is relatively safe as far as known, but can have severe side effects. |
| Favor fruits and vegetables over meats and fatty, greasy foods. Never smoke or use chewing tobacco. Also try baking soda and safer over-the-counter meds, such as Rolaids before resorting to the more dangerous Prilosec.
No. 12 — Zoloft — A close relative of Prozac, it is also a serotonine reuptake inhibitor, used to treat depression and other mental illness problems. Even used to treat PMS in women. See chapter on Prozac and heading in this section on Prozac.
Potential dangers - Has all of the same side effects associated with Prozac, including violent or suicidal behavior. |
| Bob was not much for vegetables. He was strictly a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. In other words, Bob was like a lot of people, or even most people. The trouble is, Bob's meat-heavy diet was coating his veins with a thick fatty build-up of cholesterol. The arteries in his heart were beginning to block, leaving Bob short of breath and with minor chest pains.
Bob went to see his doctor. A blood test revealed a cholesterol level of almost 300 — way to high! Bob's doctor said he needed to get his cholesterol count below 200. |
| To do that, he'd need to change his diet — less meat, and more fruits, grains and vegetables. Bob's doctor also told him he needed to exercise more. At this time, Bob's most rigorous activity was pushing the remote control buttons on the remote for his satellite television, which featured more than 150 channels. Bob played the occasional game of golf, but other than that, he was strictly a couch potato.
But Bob's doctor had put the fear of God into him. |
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