Richard Leviton
See book keywords and concepts |  Natural medicine, including dietary supplements, herbs, enzymes, acupuncture, and other alternative treatments, which may once have been considered on the "fringe" of health care, is now "reaching the mainstream," reported The New York Times. Yet on the Op-Ed page of that same issue, a physicist and biologist railed against this project (which, incidentally, would put alternative treatments within reach of low-income people), claiming it was tantamount to "buying snake oil with tax dollars. |
Linda B. White, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  And many of the newer dietary supplements that can be helpful may have side effects yet to be discovered. So seek the care of a qualified professional before venturing to treat this condition with herbs or other natural remedies.
Usually, the cause of Parkinson's disease is unknown. There is evidence that the disease runs in families. It can be a later complication of viral encephalitis, a rare and dangerous flu-like infection. But there is some speculation that certain medications administered to the elderly, such as stelazine, causes symptoms that may mimic Parkinson's. |
Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A.
See book keywords and concepts |  Ginkgo
Ginkgo has become one of the most popular dietary supplements in the world. There are now more than 1,000 published studies about ginkgo, some that indicate that this potent flavonoid may have antiaging effects throughout the body. It has powerful therapeutic properties for the treatment of a number of serious medical conditions, including cognitive dysfunction, asthma, allergies, canine vestibular syndrome, cerebrovascular insufficiency, and circulatory disorders. Ginkgo has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Are you taking dietary supplements, homeopathic medicines, or products from a health food store?
Toxic Possibilities If You Answered Yes*
Frequently drinking too much alcohol (ethanol) may cause loss of memory and confusion. Alcoholics also sometimes suffer blackouts or total losses of memory for a specific period. In some cases, methanol has been found in preparations of whiskey where ethanol was expected to have been used.
All these are possible sources of exposure to lead (see also the entry above on methanol). | | ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HEADACHE
Questions to Ask About Your Surroundings and Activities
Toxic Possibilities If You Answered Yes*
What to Do
Are you taking dietary supplements, homeopathic medicines, vitamins, or products sold in health food stores? Do you take herbal or traditional folk medicines?
Are you being treated for acne or osteoporosis?
Historically some of these products contained contaminants, such as cyanide and lead. Long-term use of very high doses of vitamin A (25,000+ IU) and vitamin D (1,000-3,000 IU/kg) daily may also cause headaches. | | Are you taking dietary supplements, vitamins, homeopathic medicines, or health food products?
Do you use cocaine, crack, heroin, or other illicit drugs?
Do you garden? Has your house been sprayed for pests? Have you placed any antipest products in your home or sprayed your pets for pests?
Do you clean guns or other metal objects?
If you are using a medicated shampoo too often, you may be exposing yourself to excessive amounts of selenium.
Some of these products might be contaminated with substances such as thallium, arsenic, or selenium. | | Are you taking any dietary supplements or using products sold in health food stores?
Do you use illicit drugs?
Do you intentionally sniff glue or adhesives either to get high or because you use it to build models?
Do you garden?
Do you blow glass, make stained glass, make pottery, glaze ceramics, or do enameling?
Do you paint, dye, engrave, etch, or develop photographs?
Do you work with wood or re-finish furniture?
Toxic Possibilities If You Answered Yes*
Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), English or deadly nightshade, and other plants containing atropine or related substances cause fever. | | Questions to Ask About Your Surroundings and Activities
Toxic Possibilities If You Answered Yes*
What to Do
Are you taking dietary supplements, homeopathic medicines, or products sold in health food stores? Do you take herbal or traditional folk medicines?
Have you recently eaten tainted fruit, seed grain, or vegetables?
Have you recently eaten mussels, clams, oysters, or other shellfish?
Have you eaten any seafood, bread, or seed grain?
Have you eaten any home-canned foods? Have you eaten any previously cooked foods left at room temperature for a long time? | | Questions to Ask About Your Surroundings and Activities
Toxic Possibilities If You Answered Yes*
What to Do
Are you taking dietary supplements, homeopathic medicines, products sold in health food stores, herbal medicines, or folk remedies?
Do you smoke cigarettes? Are you exposed to side-stream smoke?
Do you smoke marijuana?
Do you use cocaine, crack, heroin, or other illicit drugs?
Do you intentionally sniff glue or adhesives either to get high or because you use it in a hobby?
Do you work in a darkroom?
Do you paint, print, dye, or batik? |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Leibovitz, et al., "Dietary Supplements of Vitamin E, Beta-carotene, Coenzyme Q10 and Selenium Protect Tissues Against Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Tissue Slices," Journal of Nutrition, 120(1), January 1990, p. 97-104.
This study examined the effects of CoQIO on lipid peroxidation and survival time of mice treated with adriamycin. Results found that CoQIO exhibited protective effects against a adriamycin-induced subacute toxicity, with mice administered 10 mg/kg of CoQIO showing the most prolonged survival time.
—S. Shinozawa, et al. |
J. E. Williams, O.M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  You will learn how to reduce and manage stress, and what dietary supplements are best to support your foundation. A strong will and a positive attitude are essential in winning the struggle with any illness—viral diseases included—and are critical factors in keeping the immune system strong and responsive. Mental and psychological strategies are also discussed in step 1.
2. Defend and Strengthen Your Immune System with Antioxidants and Oxidative Therapies: In this step you will learn the critical role of oxygen in viral immunity, and how to use immune-strengthening antioxidants. | | In the first step you will learn the elements of an immune-enhancing lifestyle including dietary suggestions that build the foundation for deeper healing, ways to reduce and manage stress, and discussion of the best dietary supplements.
• In the second step you will learn the critical role of oxygen in viral immunity, and how to use immune-strengthening antioxidants like vitamin C, zinc, selenium, and the amino acid arginine. It describes in detail the evidence for their use and which dosages work best. As in all the steps, safety issues and contraindications are explained. |
James F. Balch, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  His studies indicate that edible green plant extracts may serve as key preventive dietary supplements that enhance the immune system and prevent cancer (International Nutritional Review, July 1992). |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  Besides nutritional counseling and the use of high-calorie dietary supplements, a variety of drugs may be used for this, including megestrol (Megace), a synthetic derivative of the hormone progesterone that stimulates the appetite; dronabinol (Marinol), a compound extracted from marijuana that both stimulates the appetite and combats nausea; and growth hormone (Genotropin). All of these treatments have downsides, unfortunately. Megestrol can cause blood clots, heart failure, mood changes, and increases in blood sugar and blood pressure. |
Linda B. White, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presented Congress with an initiative to control and limit consumer access to dietary supplements such as herbs, vitamins, and minerals.
There was a huge public outcry against such limitations. During the months that the FDA proposal was being considered, congressional representatives received more mail from concerned constituents than they had received on any issue in history except for the Vietnam War. It was one of the strongest grassroots campaigns this country had ever witnessed. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
See book keywords and concepts |  The use of dietary changes (and in later years dietary supplements), hydrotherapy and a range of physical therapies in order to allow 'nature cure' has one of its strongest cultural roots in this tradition.
The European naturopathic tradition also developed Galenic concepts of heat and cold and notably (as a northern European phenomenon) that of damp. The concept of 'catarrh' and 'mucus' became a cornerstone of naturopathic treatment. Following the Graeco-Roman lead, many infectious and inflammatory diseases were seen as congestive toxicities to be warmed and dried. |
Linda B. White, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Antioxidants can mop up these free radicals to prevent injury. dietary supplements that might help include vitamin C (500 milligrams once or twice per day) and vitamin E (400 IU per day).
Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Another warming spice, ginger is antioxidant and reduces platelet stickiness and cholesterol. It also reduces inflammation and relieves pain. | | A cup of chamomile tea might be
How herbs Are Regulated
Herbs are classified by the United States government not as drugs but as dietary supplements. This broad category also includes vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other nutritional products.
What this means for you is that you don't have to wait years for costly research to be done on the herbs you want to take. But it also means that the manufacturers of herbal products are limited in the claims they can make on the labels—even when those claims have research to support them. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
See book keywords and concepts |  Because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies weight-loss products as dietary supplements, not drugs, manufacturers don't need FDA approval to market them. This means that the effectiveness of many of these products is not proven. As tempting as it may be to try a quick fix, you're better off avoiding the following herbs, says Connie Catellani, M.D., medical director of the Miro Center for Integrative Medicine in Evanston, Illinois.
Ephedra. | | People who have it need a doctor's care, dietary supplements, and often medication, but a wide variety of vitamins and minerals can contribute to healthy bones over the course of a lifetime.
A diet that emphasizes whole foods, especially fresh vegetables and unrefined grains, is key, Dr. Broadhurst says. Root vegetables such as turnips, carrots, parsnips, radishes, and beets are especially important as sources of boron, she adds, while leafy green vegetables such as fresh spinach, kale, cabbage, basil, and Romaine lettuce are the best sources of vitamin K. | | Manchester, Connecticut, who has done research on botanicals and dietary supplements and is author of Optimum Health. It can result from any number of factors, from the widely reported chronic fatigue syndrome (a constant sense of overwhelming fatigue, possibly related to a virus, a defect in the immune system, or toxins in the environment) to lousy eating habits, high stress, insomnia, and anything in between. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Supplements
' i 'he consumption of certain dietary supplements can assist in the maintenance -L of a healthy heart and reduce dependence on prescription medication. Antioxidants, in particular, such as vitamins C and E, can shelter the arteries and heart from free radical damage by protecting the tissues that line the artery walls.
•Vitamin C...Vitamin C supplementation should be an integral part of everyone's life, as it works to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other serious disorders. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Leibovitz, et al., "Dietary Supplements of Vitamin E, Beta-carotene, Coenzyme Q10 and Selenium Protect Tissues Against Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Tissue Slices," Journal of Nutrition, 120(1), January 1990, p. 97-104.
This study examined the effects of CoQIO on lipid peroxidation and survival time of mice treated with adriamycin. Results found that CoQIO exhibited protective effects against a adriamycin-induced subacute toxicity, with mice administered 10 mg/kg of CoQIO showing the most prolonged survival time.
—S. Shinozawa, et al. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Remember the huge marketing behind dietary supplements and other alternative approaches. For many manufacturers this is not about a new age or greater patient autonomy, it's about money. The supplement industry in this country was a $12 billion enterprise in 1997. With that kind of money at stake you can bet that both scrupulous and unscrupulous companies will be attracted to the market. Some of the information on Internet newsgroups has its origin in people who are part of multi-level marketing schemes to sell supplements. | | A number of cases from a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate that seemingly innocuous herbs and dietary supplements can indeed cause harm. And the fact remains that there is very little evidence to back many of the more extravagant claims made for alternative healing practices.
It's undoubtedly true, however, that conventional MDs—including the editors of prestigious medical journals—are too quick to criticize alternative medicine. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Effects of Vitamin E dietary supplements on the Exposed Dental Pulp in Rats," Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 59(6), June 1985, p. 627-636.
Results of this study suggest supplementation with vitamin E may play a role in maintaining periodontal health in rice rats.
—M.E. Cohen and D.M. Meyer,' 'Effect of Dietary Vitamin E Supplementation and Rotational Stress on Alveolar Bone Loss in Rice Rats," Arch Oral Biol, 38(7), July 1993, p. 601-606. | | Gorbach, "Effect of Lactobacillus Acidophilus dietary supplements on 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine Dihydrochloride-induced intestinal Cancer in Rats," Journal of the Nationall Cancer Institute, 64(2), February 1990, p. 263-265.
This study examined the effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus supplements and diet on human microflora enzyme activity. Results found that the supplements added to the diets of meat eaters led to a significant decrease in fecal bacterial beta-glucuronidase and nitroreductase activities.
—B.R. Goldin, et al. | | Results of this study found that high dose dietary supplements with vitamin E (200 IU/kg per day) improved myocardial tolerance to ischemia and reperfusion by decreasing myocardial infarct size significantly.
—R.A. Axford-Gatley and G.J. Wilson, "Reduction of Experimental Myocardial Infarct Size by Oral Administration of Alpha-tocopherol," Cardiovascular Research, 25(2), February
1991, p. 89-92.
Results of this study found that vitamin E supplementation restored reduced vascular response to acetylcholine in rabbits fed cholesterol.
—T.O. Klemsdal, et al. | | The authors note that excessive iodine exposure through foods, dietary supplements, topical medications, and/or iodinated contrast media has resulted in thyroiditis, goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, sensitivity reactions, or acute responses for some individuals.
—J.A. Pennington, "A Review of Iodine Toxicity Reports," Journal of the American Diet
Assoc, 90(11), November 1990, p. 1571-1581.
¦ IRON
This article reports on the case of a 19-year-old male emergency room patient requiring a gastrotomy to remove a large amount of elemental iron. |
American Medical Publishing
See book keywords and concepts | | Taken together, the clear evidence of an association between oral exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids and serious adverse health effects and the lack of any valid scientific data that would enable the agency to determine whether there is an exposure, if any, that would present no harm to consumers, indicates that this substance should not be used as an ingredient in dietary supplements. |
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