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Soup is a satisfying lunch, especially a water-based soup full of vegetables, grains, and legumes. Salads are good for lunch, but after eating one you could feel hungry again quite soon. Add whole grain bread to complement it. Beware of salad dressings; most are high in fat, sugar, and calories. Eat enough breakfast and lunch to take away the strong hunger drive, but not enough to feel full. If you are hungry before the next meal, have a snack. Eat only in response to hunger, not for entertainment.

Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland See book keywords and concepts

Avoiding pesticides and additives in food won't protect you from heart disease and cancer if you still consume too much fat and cholesterol, sodium, and alcohol; eat too few fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; or if you smoke cigarettes—all of which pose greater risks to your health. The first step to reducing food-related risks is to take a good, hard look at your diet, and start making any necessary changes today. (For practical suggestions on eating a more nutritious diet, see "Nutrition: Safe Food/Healthy Food," page 23.) 2. Choose safe food.

Do use your microwave oven to cook vegetables. Microwaving often retains more vitamins and minerals than cooking by conventional methods does, because microwave cooking times are shorter and less water is used. þ Do use your microwave to pre-cook meats to minimize heterocyclic amines. þ Don't bother investing in a microwave radiation detector. If it costs less than a new microwave oven, it's probably not reliable. THOSE POTS AND PANS Ever wonder whether it's safe to use your old scratched-up Teflon pan? And how about the controversy over aluminum pots and Alzheimer's disease?

Try your hand at low-fat versions of cuisines from around the world—Chinese, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Greek, Italian—which combine vegetables and grains with smaller amounts of meat or no meat at all. þ When you do eat meat, cut off as much fat as possible, both before and after you cook it. Remember that "Choice" and "Prime" cuts are highest in fat; "Select" grade is lower in fat, cheaper, and perfectly acceptable. þ Check the fat content on ingredient labels—don't rely on claims that a product is 90 percent or 95 percent "fat free," "light" or "lite," or even that it has "less fat.

Remove outer leaves from leafy vegetables, and peel produce when appropriate. (For tips on when to peel and not to peel, see page 69.) Cook eggs, meat, fish, and poultry thoroughly to kill harmful bacteria that may be present. Use care with these foods to avoid "cross-contamination"—spreading bacteria to other foods. After handling raw eggs, meat, fish, and poultry, wash your hands, utensils, and kitchen surfaces with hot, soapy water. Bacteria and viruses in food cause thousands of deaths each year. 5. Demand a safer marketplace.

The How to Herb Book: Let's Remedy the Situation Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon See book keywords and concepts

Natural Sources-Brewer's yeast, milk, egg yolks, yogurt, whole grains, kidney, liver, heart and other organ meats, cheese, avocados, leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, blackstrap molasses. Herb Sources-Alfalfa, Blue Cohosh, Capsicum, Cascara, Catnip, Chickweed, Dandelion, Eyebright, Fenugreek, Ginger, Goldenseal, Hawthorne, Hops, Kelp, Licorice, Marshmallow, Mullein, Papaya, Red Clover. VITAMIN B3 (NIACIN OR NICOTINIC ACID, NIACINAMIDE) Water soluble. Small quantities found in food usually need a supplement. Also called Vitamin P-P or Pellagra preventative.

Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland See book keywords and concepts

Rinse canned beans, vegetables, and fish to wash away some of the added salt. The "Basic Four" revisited Here's a new look at the old "basic four" food groups. Each group is divided into "Anytime," "Sometimes," and "Seldom" categories according to fat, cholesterol, salt, and/or sugar levels. The chart also tells you how many daily servings of each group you should eat. Wondering if you'll have time to do anything but eat bread and carrots all day? Relax.

The How to Herb Book: Let's Remedy the Situation Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon See book keywords and concepts

Broths, soups, steamed vegetables, juices, etc. 5. Cleanse colon with enema, or by giving Vs to 54 capsule Cascara in juice or water, prune juice, or molasses water. Colic—Hiccups— 1. Catnip and Fennel Tincture 3-12 drops depending on age has been used. (3-4 for newborn and work up, see Stomach ache, Ailments chapter.) Drops can be put in a teaspoon with warm water or in a bottle. Catnip/Fennel Bottle—use warm water, add tincture and tiny amount of honey or molasses. This bottle can be taken with you in case of colic, or hiccups away from home. 2. Catnip and Peppermint Tea.

The AIDS War: Propaganda, Profiteering and Genocide from the Medical-Industrial Complex John Lauritsen See book keywords and concepts

Such a diet could include meat, fish, poultry, eggs, plain yoghurt, plain kefir, cheese, nuts, lots of all kinds of vegetables, moderate amounts of whole grains, and small amounts of the less sweet varieties of fruit. (The very sweet kinds of fruit, to be avoided or eaten sparingly, would include dates and raisins.

For the first few weeks, it consists of almost nothing except meat, fish, poultry, eggs, vegetables, and non-sweetened yoghurt. When the condition improves, other foods are gradually added: cheese, nuts, whole grains, and small helpings of some fruits. Sucrose (regular sugar) is strictly avoided at all times. A "PWA" has nothing to lose by going on the anti-candida diet; if the yeast syndrome has been making him ill, he will notice a dramatic improvement within a couple of weeks.

The Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living Linda Mason Hunter See book keywords and concepts

We just turn on the tap and there's enough water to take care of whatever task we need it for, from boiling vegetables to bathing to washing the family car. But whether you use chlorinated municipal water or pump your own water from a well, the era when you could take clean tap water for granted is past. No state or county is immune from water pollution.

Look for it blooming on basement walls, in closed-up closets, in musty bathroom crevices, behind wallpaper, on rotting vegetables, and in sweaty running shoes. During hot, muggy weather mold may form on books, on stacked magazines, in the clothes hamper, and on bathroom towels. Mold dies with frost, so it's usually not a problem in winter unless your basement is damp. Once the bloom of mold and mildew appears, it quickly matures and sends spores floating throughout the house to be breathed by every member of the family.

Also avoid alcoholic beverages, milk and frozen vegetables packaged in plastic containers, as well as luncheon meats and cheese slices sold in packages with see-through, rigid tops on yellow bottoms. THE QUESTION OF IRRADIATED FOOD Nonionizing radiation is used, in some instances, to preserve food. It works—but is it safe?

Fill your garden to a depth of 8 inches or more with new soil to ensure that the roots of vegetables will not reach the contaminated soil below. GARDEN ORGANICALLY If garden bugs are bothersome, consider battling them with natural insecticides derived from plants. A few of the most popular ones are pyrethrin, rotenone, ryania, sabadilla, and quassia. The latter may be the safest of all botanical insecticides. It is effective against soft-bodied pests, such as aphids and caterpillars, but does not harm bees, ladybugs, or other beneficial insects.

That way, this year's food waste creates next year's vegetables. Raked leaves can also go into the compost. Is there a neighborhood recycling co-op in your area? They often collect trash for sale or reuse. Toxic Torts If either you or a member of your family is being or has been harmed in some of the ways described in this book, you may want to consider taking legal action. The ensuing lawsuit could be broadly categorized as a toxic tort. A tort is a civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which the law will provide a remedy. A good synonym for toxic is poisonous.

Chilies to Chocolate: Food the Americas Gave the World Nelson Foster and Linda S. Cordell See book keywords and concepts

Crops of American origin constitute an impressive array of vegetables, grains, root crops, nuts, fruits, and spices. Rather than attempting an encyclopedic treatment, this book explores a few of the American crops, concentrating on species that have worldwide economic importance already or that might someday achieve it. Even after applying this principle of selection, we have had to exclude many valuable crops familiar to North Americans—peanuts, pecans, cashews, pineapple, papaya, avocado, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, and allspice, to name a few.

Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland See book keywords and concepts

Cut up vegetables, fruit, and low-fat cheese and keep them on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator at your child's eye level. For healthy snacks for older children, you could keep sandwiches in the refrigerator. þ Older children can mix their own beverages using fruit juices and seltzer water. You might set a rule that teen-agers have to pay for soft drinks out of their own allowance. þ If your child rejects a food, don't make a fuss or state categorically that your child "hates broccoli," for instance. Instead, try offering that food another time, perhaps prepared differently.

The Cancer Industry Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Although some dietary approaches (such as macrobiotics) continue to be listed on the unproven methods list, the Society itself now advocates some special foods, such as the cruciferous family of vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kohlrabi, and cauliflower) to prevent cancer. This is a far cry from the days when anticancer diets were considered the very hallmark of quackery. But beyond these largely verbal measures, little is done to stop the incidence of cancer before it occurs.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

ELISA/ACT categories tested • Environmental chemicals • Food preservatives • Dairy products • Fish/crustaceans/mollusks • Fowl • Fruit • Grains • Meat • Oils • Nuts/seeds • Spices/seasoning • Sugars • vegetables individual's delayed reactivity via the pattern of reactivity to a large number of substances (see Tables 10.2 and 10.3). One of the key advantages of this procedure over other laboratory methods is its ability to measure IgG4 antibodies.

Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human: A Comparison of Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Substances Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens See book keywords and concepts

However, the inclusion in the human diet of vegetables and fruits is associated with a decreased risk of cancer.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

Dietary —increased saturated fats —reduced intake of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains —reduced intake of dietary fiber —increased exposure to synthetic estrogens few decades. In 1940, the average sperm count was 113 million/ml; by 1990 that value had dropped to 66 million.3 Adding to this problem, the amount of semen fell almost 20% from 3.4 to 2.75 ml. Altogether, these changes mean that men are now supplying about 40% of the number of sperm per ejaculate compared with 1940 levels (Table 169.2 presents possible causes for this fall).

Onions and garlic (both raw and cooked), vegetables, and fish should also be increased, while reducing the consumption of saturated fats, cholesterol, sugar, and animal proteins. All fried foods and food allergens should be avoided. Patients with reactive hypoglycemia should eat regular meals and carefully avoid simple carbohydrates of all forms (sugar, honey, dried fruit, fruit juice, etc.). Lifestyle The individual with angina should stop smoking and drinking alcohol and coffee.

Medicinal uses of common Indian vegetables. Plant Med 1973; 23: 381-393 19. Kaleysa RR. Screening of indigenous plants for anthelmintic action against Ascaris lumbricoides. Part 1. Ind J Physiol Pharmacol 1975; 19: 47-49 20. Hansson A, Veliz G, Naquira C et al. Preclinical and clinical studies with latex from Ficus glabrata HBK, a traditional intestinal anthelmintic in the Amazon area. J Ethnopharmacol 1986; 17: 105-138 21. Lust J. The herb book. New York, NY: Bantam Books. 1974 22. Kliks MM. Studies on the traditional anthelmintic Chenopodium ambrosoides.

PDR for Nutritional Supplements Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik See book keywords and concepts

Green leafy vegetables are good dietary sources of lutein, but poor sources of zeaxanthin. Good dietary sources of zeaxanthin, include yellow com, orange pepper, orange juice, honeydew, mango and chicken egg yolk. HOW SUPPLIED Lutein is available in the following forms and strengths: Capsules — 6 mg, 20 mg LITERATURE Berendschot TT, Goldbohm RA, Klo pping WA, et al. Influence of lutein supplementation on macular pigment, assessed with two objective techniques. Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci. 2000; 41:3322-3326. Bone RA, Landrum JT, Dixon Z, et al.

The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Break fee from the Medical Myths of Menopause National Women's Health Network See book keywords and concepts

The best sources of natural boron—and good sources of magnesium as well—are apples, pears, grapes, leafy vegetables, nuts, and legumes. Avoid Calcium "Wasters" There is plenty of evidence that Western/industrialized lifestyles and diets contribute to the prevalence of osteoporosis. One anthropologist has described people living traditional lifestyles in other parts of the world as "almost immune" to osteoporosis.48 Western diets foster the development of osteoporosis by not providing enough calcium in the first place and, just as important, by "wasting" the calcium that is ingested. T.

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

It is now the recommendation of many health and medical organizations that the human diet should focus primarily on plant-based foods - vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, etc. Such a diet is thought to offer significant protection against the development of chronic degenerative disease.3-5 The health-promoting components of a plant-based diet One of the key aspects of a predominantly plant-based diet is its high content of dietary fiber. This aspect is thoroughly discussed in Chapter 57.

The Cancer Industry Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

According to a National Cancer Institute publication: A large-scale study of lung cancer among white men in New Jersey showed a protective effect of vegetables and fruits, especially those high in beta-carotene. In Louisiana, a study of lung cancer showed fruit intake to be protective, while a small study of mesothelioma suggested that vegetable and carotenoid intake lowers the risk (NCI, 1988).

Scurvy, a disease marked by fatigue, anemia, and bleeding gums, had been a scourge of Europe until scientists discovered that fresh fruit and vegetables could prevent and cure it. But, argued Stone, vitamin C does more than just prevent scurvy. In fact, the scientific literature was filled with reports of vitamin C having a beneficial effect in other conditions, including, Stone believed, the common cold. Pauling and his wife decided to pursue Stone's high ascorbic acid regimen for a while. They had both been particularly susceptible to colds.

Salads The following raw vegetables, shredded or finely chopped, separately or mixed: carrots, cauliflower, celery, chicory, green pepper, lettuce, radishes, Swiss chard, watercress, onions, ripe tomatoes, turnips, brussels sprouts, broccoli. Seasoning Chives, garlic, onion, parsley, herbs, laurel, marjoram, sage, thyme, savory, cumin, oregano, salt substitutes or other potassium salt, and sea salt in small amounts. Soups Vegetable soup; barley, brown rice, and millet can be added. No pork, fat, fried or smoked meat, sausages. Other dairy products. Roasted and salted nuts and peanuts.

In fact, a group of NCI and Chinese scientists have shown that people who eat about three ounces a day of garlic, onions, scallions and leeks are only 40 percent as likely to get stomach cancer as those who eat few of these allium vegetables (Carper, 1989). In 1975 the NCI announced that it was conducting tests on may tan-sine, a drug derived from an East African shrub. It, too, was used by natives to treat cancer (ACS, 1975).

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