| Include a variety of vegetables and fruit in the daily diet.
4. Avoid obesity.
5. Consume alcoholic beverages in moderation, if at all.
6. Minimize consumption of salt-cured, salt-pickled, and smoked foods. the Silence on General Nutritional Guidance for Cancer Patients?
Since weight loss can be a basic problem for some cancer patients, physicians usually advise that these patients eat whatever they feel is tasty and will help them maintain weight. |
Gary Null
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 A meal of half a fried chicken with no fruit, salad, or vegetables forces the body to use protein from the chicken for energy. This requires more energy than breaking down carbohydrates, and wastes protein that may be needed for cell repair and physical growth.11 Disposing of the extra nitrogen from the protein can cause fatigue or worse. This is one reason why high-protein, low-carbohydrate reducing diets are not advisable. |
| Perhaps it was Japanese brown rice and stir-fried vegetables with tofu (bean curd made from soybeans) on one night; Italian whole wheat spaghetti with mushroom sauce and grated cheese the next; Mexican brown rice and black beans, or corn tortillas with kidney beans and cheese another night; homemade Russian blintzes consisting of thin, whole wheat pancakes wrapped around a delicious cottage cheese and egg filler the next; and houmus or baba ghanoush (mashed chick-peas and eggplant, respectively), combined with sesame paste and served with whole wheat bread, still another night. |
Nelson Foster and Linda S. Cordell
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 Soleri and Cleveland note: "Some [crops] may provide fruit or vegetables, medicine, building or craft materials, fuel and fodder. Others may be grown for the beauty of their flowers, and all may be grown for market."
Thus, though it is useful to profile single American crops and their culinary uses, it is crucial to keep in mind that each arose in a multidimensional ecological and cultural context. Evolutionary ecologists believe that certain Native American crops truly co-evolved over hundreds of years of native intercropping. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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 In examining the diet and lifespan of 675 lung cancer patients over the course of 6 years, researchers found that the more vegetables consumed, the longer the lung cancer patient lived.60 n = 200
Source: Foster HD, Int J Biosocial Res, 10,1,17, 1988
THE COMPONENTS OF A NUTRITIONAL ONCOLOGY
PROGRAM
1) Food. If the gut works and if the patient can consume enough food through the mouth, then this is the primary route for nourishing the patient. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
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 Those Amazing Teas
Teas, both the black and green varieties, have much higher antioxidant values than any vegetables. Chemicals named catechins in green tea are powerful anticancer agents.
Japanese scientists treated rats with a dose of a carcinogen. They then placed some of the rats on a diet containing various antioxidants, including green tea catechins. The difference in survival between the treated and the untreated groups was startling. Where only a third of the rats receiving just the ordinary diet were alive at the end of the experiment, an extraordinary 93. |
| While in the past people tended to view all colorful vegetables as equally beneficial, in these USDA tests a few foods jumped out as the superstars of antioxidants. Leading the pack was the wild blueberry.
Scientists attributed its superior power to "anthocyanins" and other antioxidants found particularly in berries. The term "anthocyanin" comes from two Greek words meaning "blue" and "plant"; they are responsible for the intense blue and red pigments of blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. (44) Close behind the berries were garlic and kale. |
| In the early 1980s, a well-known Oxford University researcher, Richard Peto, suggested that a diet high in carrots and similar vegetables could reduce the risk of cancer. "I believe there is now a light at the end of our tunnel in our fight against this disease," he told a conference. (346) He stated there was a 40 percent lower risk of cancer among men who maintained above average consumption of vitamin A than in those who were deficient. Later, these studies were extended to vitamin As non-toxic relative beta-carotene as well. |
H.J. Roberts, M.D.
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 I question their relevance to aspartame, however, owing to the emphasis on methanol in pectin-containing fruit and fruit products, some vegetables, wines and other alcoholic beverages. In fact, Ivanitskiy (1973) concluded: "From the standpoint of health, it is not correct to apply the standards of the methanol content of alcoholic beverages arbitrarily to fruit juices, as has been done by several authors."
Another issue must be raised in this context. |
| The FDA banned the use of sulfite preservatives on fresh fruit and vegetables during August 1986.
• Only several dozen complaints were sufficient to remove certain liquid protein formulas advocated for weight loss, and formaldehyde from home insulation.
The Concept of Food Additives Safety
The Congress approved a food additive amendment in 1958. It was intended to protect the public against unsafe food additives to the same degree as unsafe drugs.
This objective was stated in Congressional and Administrative News. Legislative History of Food Additives Amendment of 1958 (p. |
Thomas Bartram
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 Raw fruit and vegetables.
Supplements. Vitamins A, B-complex, B6, C, E. Chromium, Selenium, Zinc.
ACONITE. Monkshood. Wolfsbane. Aconitum napellus L. French: Aconit napel. German: Wolfswurz. Italian: Aconito napello. Spanish: Caro di Venere. Part used: dried roots. Action. Cardio-active; slows the heart via the vagus nerve. Antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal. Uses. Used in conventional medicine for many years as a heart relaxant, to lower blood pressure and relieve capillary engorgement, but internal use now discontinued in the UK. Facial and intercostal neuralgia. |
| Add more protein, cooked and raw vegetables. Rice is not known to cause any allergic reactions.
Supplements. Daily. Vitamin A, B-complex, Vitamin C. Bromelain, Selenium, Zinc. Note. No animals or birds in the house.
ALLOPATHY. Conventional medicine, as distinct from homoeopathy.
ALLSPICE. Pimento. Jamaican pepper. Pimento officinalis Lindl. Powdered fruit. Action: stomachic, carminative, aromatic. An ingredient of 'mixed spices'. Used in condiments. Local antiseptic and anaesthetic. Source of new natural anti-oxidants. volatile oil. Uses. Indigestion, diarrhoea, flatulence. Preparations. |
| Likely to be associated with amoebic dysentery by the organism Entamoeba histolytica from contaminated drinking water or decaying foods (uncooked vegetables), foods exposed to flies. Onset of the disease may not be apparent until years after original infection. It presents with tenderness over the liver. On palpation, liver area is tender and the diaphragm elevated. Symptoms. Fever, sweating, constitutional upset.
Differential diagnosis: diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, salmonella, carcinoma, bacillary dysentery. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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 Food sources of vitamin E include cold-pressed vegetable oils, dark leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds, legumes and whole grains. It is also found in dry beans, brown rice, cornmeal, eggs, dessicated liver, milk, oatmeal, organ meats, sweet potatoes and wheat germ. Do not take iron at the same time as vitamin E. Also, people who have diabetes, rheumatic heart disease or an overactive thyroid should not use high doses. It is advisable for those with high blood pressure to start with a small amount and gradually increase the dose. |
Thomas Bartram
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| Conservatively-cooked vegetables. Seafood. Iodine-rich foods. Wholegrain cereals. Protein: beans, chicken, poached eggs, fish, little lean meat: no pork, bacon or ham. Low-fat yoghurt. Cold-pressed unsaturated oils for salad dressings with lemon juice. Dandelion coffee to stimulate liver. Avoid sugar, alcohol, bananas and white flour products. Spring water.
Supportives. Stop smoking. Adopt an alternative to the contraceptive pill. To avoid fluid retention, 2-3 glasses of water daily.
CELLULITIS. Inflammation of the skin and underlying tissues by inflammation and spreading infection. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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| In that year, a well-known British researcher suggested that a diet high in carrots and similar vegetables could reduce the risk of cancer.
"I believe there is now a light at the end of our tunnel in our fight against this disease," Dr. Richard Peto told a conference. He claimed there was a 40 percent lower risk of cancer among men who maintained above average consumption of vitamin A. Later, these studies were extended to A's non-toxic pro-vitamin, beta-carotene.
At Stockholm's Karolinska Hospital, scientists gave healthy subjects vitamin A pills. |
Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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| K/Na Ratio Probably Affects Tumor Growth
NaCI
Gerson Macrobiotic Vegetarian Foster Study
Potassium
The Cell
Cell Physiology
Healthy Dietary Intake K:Na 4:1 Normal In America 1:4
Source: Thompson S, American Institute Cancer Research, unpublished, Rne B, IBID eat 10 times the sodium that our ancestors consumed sodium to potassium would be 1 to 4, but ours is 4 to
Potassium is found primarily in unprocessed plant food, like vegetables, fruit, whole grains and legumes. There is some sodium in all foods, with higher concentrations in animal foods, and much more of it in processed foods. |
| Foods that encourage a healthy pH are vegetables and other plant foods. Foods that encourage an unhealthy pH include beef, dairy and sugar. Proper breathing, exercise, and adequate water intake further improve pH to discourage cancer growth. Cancer cells give off lactic acid in anaerobic fermentation of foodstuffs. This Cori cycle generates a lower pH which then further compromises the cells ability to fight off the cancer. Acid foods (like tomatoes, citrus, and vinegar) help to create an "alkaline tide" which helps to discourage cancer and fungus growth. |
| Proper deep diaphragm breathing, exercise, lots of clean water and a diet including more vegetables and legumes will help to rectify most pH problems. Some people who are supposed to be omnivores (including meat) will become ardent vegetarians and end up with abnormally high pH. These people may need meat; like lean chicken, fish and turkey; to bring their pH value down to normal healthy levels.
CELLULAR COMMUNICATION
Cells communicate between each other, a.k.a. intercellular or "gap junction" communication, through ions that float in and out of pores in the cell membranes. |
John Boik
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 PHYTOESTROGENS
Phytoestrogens are estrogen-like compounds produced in human intestines by bacterial action on precursors present in a variety of seeds and vegetables. One phytoestrogen, equol, has a low affinity for estrogen receptors, but is produced in high quantity from diets rich in soy foods (Setchell et al., 1984). Equol has a biologic estrogen activity approximately 0.2% that of estradiol. However, by sheer numbers, equol may compete with estrogen receptors, and thus lower the bioavailability of circulating estrogen. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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| The rest of the diet should consist of lightlycooked vegetables, some cooked grains and some animal products.
Parasympathetics, by contrast, should get about 50 percent of their diet from fatty meat. They can eat large servings of beef, lamb or pork at least once a day. They also should eat generous helpings of dairy products, which are often considered unhealthy by other physicians.
Balanced types can consume a wide variety of foods. Plants should be fresh and unprocessed and meat meals should be alternated with vegetarian meals.
Dr. |
| Massive epidemiological studies" have shown that both people and animals were eating moldy food and pickled vegetables that contained potent carcinogens, such as nitrosamines. But Chinese scientists have suggested that there are other pieces to this puzzle. These include a lack of certain trace elements in the soil (1).
A prime suspect is molybdenum. By fortifying the soil with this mineral and adding it, along with vitamin C, to the food supply, they have been able to decrease the incidence of esophageal cancer in that part of their country. |
| This program is a low-fat, low-animal protein and high-carbohydrate diet obtained through organic fruits, vegetables and grain. |
Nicola Reavley
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 Sources
Good sources of zinc include liver, shellfish, oysters, meat, canned fish, hard cheese, whole grains, nuts, eggs and pulses. vegetables contain smaller amounts of zinc and also contain compounds such as phytates and oxalates which bind zinc, leaving less available for absorption.
The zinc in grains is found mainly in the germ and bran coverings, so food refining and processing reduce the amount of zinc in food. For example, flour refining causes a 77 per cent loss in zinc, rice refining causes a loss of 83 per cent and processing cereals from whole grains causes an 80 per cent loss. |
Thomas Bartram
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| Sugars, proteins, fats and starches are eaten only in small quantities. vegetables, salads and fruits should form 80 per cent of the diet - all these are necessary to maintain the alkaline reserve.
3. All refined sugars and starches are avoided. Example: potatoes or bread are not eaten with meat or fish. Sugar or honey are not used on acid fruits. Sugar and honey are only compatible with starch fruits such as bananas. There are. |
Jean Antonello
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 Watch the fat in the nuts and seeds, though, and keep these for more occasional use, say, once or twice a week.) Raw vegetables can be packed with dip, if you have a cooler, and lower-fat cheeses and whole-grain, low-fat crackers are quite portable, too.
Use your imagination and your appetite and make a list of your own. Don't focus on low-calorie foods! Instead, pack the best-quality Real Foods you can find. Your job is to maximize, not minimize, eating quality calories within your body's fuel-need signals. |
Patricia Hausman & Judith Benn Hurley
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 Durnin report that the fiber in fruits, vegetables, and whole grain bread reduces absorption of the calories from food-enough to have a positive effect on weight without a negative effect on nutritional health.
When it's insoluble fiber that you want most, raspberries and blackberries are ideal. They taste nothing like bran or whole grain cereals, yet their insoluble fiber content is right up there with the best whole grain sources.
In addition, berries are just what experts such as Herbert Langford, M.D., suspect we need for better blood pressure. |
| Combine it with other vegetables, beans, and legumes, says heart expert W Virgil Brown, M.D., of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and you have just the kind of diet that is "consistently associated with a reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease." Not to mention how great this gourmet vegetable tastes!
At the Market: Here are a few tips for choosing asparagus at its best.
• The tips should be tightly pointed and purplish in color. If they are starting to open or are soft, the asparagus is past its prime.
• The spear of the asparagus should be smooth and firm. |
| Like vegetables that are yellow to orange in color, apricots are a storehouse of carotene-the plant form of vitamin A. Carotene has taken the nutrition world by storm since being linked to cancer prevention several years ago. In their landmark study, Richard Shekelle, M.D., and his co-workers at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago compared lung cancer rates among those on both high- and low-carotene diets. Of 500 men in the high-carotene group, only 2 developed lung cancer, but among 500 men with low intakes, 14 did.
According to Peter Greenwald, M.D. |
| But no matter how the debate turns out, Mom and Dad, the "advice" you're already giving your kids is just right: Eat your vegetables.
APPLES
Working Each Day to Keep Cholesterol at Bay
81 calories per medium apple
For years, nutritionists wondered how apples ever became known for keeping the doctor away. Not that they had anything against the apple, it just seemed so much less nutritious than a heavy hitter such as the orange. After all, oranges are loaded with vitamin C; apples, by contrast, aren't rich in any vitamins or minerals. ,
But times change. |
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