| The best defense against developing such diseases as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and Alzheimer's dementia is by enhancing our bodies' natural defenses by taking nutritional supplements. Through supplementation we are now able to obtain these nutrients at optimal levels. I have written extensively about this in my book What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2002).
Herbs/Herbal Therapy
We are seeing amazing growth in the use of herbal therapies—most of them combine ten to twenty different herbs. |
| After extensively researching the medical literature, I realize the health benefits my patients can receive by consuming high-quality, complete, and balanced nutritional supplements. Therefore I encourage my patients to adopt healthy lifestyles, which should include a healthy diet, a modest exercise program, and nutritional supplementation (see Chapter 14 for more details). I encourage my patients to make these healthy lifestyle changes to help improve their blood pressure, lower their cholesterol, and decrease their risk of diabetes and heart disease. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Superfoods like spirulina, chlorella, broccoli, and nutritional supplements like Amazon herbs, cat's claw (Una de Gato), graviola, or even more traditional herbs like green tea and licorice root. Garlic is also an amazing cancer busting food, not to mention onions, ginger and cauliflower. The harder researchers look, the more they're going to to find the answers right in front of them: inside our own bodies. |
Patrick Holford
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 As an aid to digestion, many nutritional supplements contain these enzymes. Freeze-dried plant enzymes are often used for this purpose. The most common of them are bromelain from pineapples and papain from papaya, which is chemically similar to pepsin, a powerful protein-digesting enzyme capable of digesting between thirty-five and one hundred times its own weight in protein.
Enzymes from raw food
A good way of boosting your enzyme potential is to eat foods raw, because in this state they contain significant amounts of enzymes. The cooking process tends to destroy enzymes. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Women who take nutritional supplements should discuss with a health-care professional which vitamins and minerals are safe to continue taking during pregnancy.
Finally, pregnant women should avoid substances that place the fetus in danger, including raw or undercooked meat or seafood, sugar and fried foods, caffeine, cigarettes (a four-year study conducted in Europe confirmed that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome [SIDS]), alcohol, and any drugs other than those that are absolutely necessary and are prescribed by a health-care professional. |
Healing Children's Attention & Behavior DisordersDr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C)
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| Ortho-molecular treatment begins with a history of the patient (including nutrition), followed by the diagnostic tests when necessary, then a prescription for diet and nutritional supplements. Medication may be required to assist the child's recovery until the nutritional regimen takes hold.
Junk and Sugar Free
I immediately advise that all refined sugars should be eliminated from the child's diet as well as all "junk" processed foods. No food which contains added sugars can be part of the diet. This rule excludes all foods prepared with sugar and all processed foods containing sugar. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Giving children nutritional supplements that boost the immune system, such as vitamins A and C and zinc, can help their bodies resist infections.
A recent Finnish study of more than 300 children between ages four and five found that those who chewed sugar-free gum sweetened with xylitol, a naturally occurring sugar alcohol, had 40 percent fewer ear infections than children who chewed gum containing sugar. The researchers surmised that xylitol impeded the growth of bacteria that cause ear infections.
It is important to know the underlying cause of a child's ear infection. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 Meanwhile, in' May of 2000, the EU commission issued guidelines for "nutritional supplements" [6]. The APV (Ar-beitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V.) has also published its guidelines [23]. For the differentiation of food and medicines, it should be mentioned that the guiding principle for tea and tealike products classifies black tea and any plant parts not obtained from Camellia sinensis, that are used as (beverage) teas, as foods. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It also comes from taking nutritional supplements in their natural food forms, not as synthetic chemicals. |
Mark Bricklin
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 It is of interest that 12 of the 14 normal women ingested nutritional supplements regularly, with the B vitamins being in the megadose range. In comparison, only 6 of the 39 PMT patients ingested nutritional supplements on a regular basis.
"Among the trace elements studied: Copper, selenium and chromium intakes were not different among the two groups.... However, the normal women consume on the average twice as much iron and zinc, four times as much manganese as the PMT patients. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| And while nutritional supplements like ephedra get banned for being associated with a few dozen overdose deaths, blockbuster prescription drugs like Vioxx, which are suspected of contributing to more than 27,000 heart attacks, remain perfectly legal and FDA-approved. There's little hope that the trend will reverse, either. Modern medical researchers continue to look at isolated nutrients like vitamin E or lycopene rather than whole foods like nuts or tomatoes. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 In those days, there wasn't as much known about the effects of diet or supplements on cancer, and so she didn't take any other nutritional supplements or do anything different with her diet at all. She didn't even reduce her sugar intake. She stayed on the Entelev until all of her scans and blood tests were completely normal, and the doctors couldn't find evidence of any cancer whatsoever. Then she continued to take the formula for a few months more just to be sure.
A little more than a year and a half after Roberta was diagnosed, she finally stopped taking the Entelev. |
Healing Children's Attention & Behavior DisordersDr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C)
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| However, the committee saw no rationale for the use of the amino acids as nutritional supplements and worried about the long term side effects: "There would appear to be no convincing rationale for having amino acids generally available to the public. If amino acids exert the pharmacological effects claimed, they are unsafe if not taken under medical supervision for a specific benefit; if they do not exert these effects, then there is no reason for marketing them. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| When you are radiantly healthy, your body becomes a finely tuned instrument beautifully designed to fight off just about anything that comes its way. nutritional supplements such as vitamins and minerals are health insurance. You are making sure your body has everything it needs to stay balanced and tuned.
A lot of people ask, "Why do I need to take vitamins if I eat well?" First, much of the soil our food is grown in is depleted of essential minerals. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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| Certain dietary changes were also recommended to patients in general, along with a few nutritional supplements. The ingredients of Hoxsey's internal tonic are well known, with most sources saying it was made up of potassium iodide, licorice, red clover, burdock root, stillingia root, berberis root, pokeroot, cascara, prickly ash bark, and buckthorn bark. Though it was not proven at the time, botanists have since found all of the herbs in the
Hoxsey tonic to have various anti-cancer properties. |
Doris J. Rapp, M.D.
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 Vital life nutritional supplements such as amino acids, lactobacillus and glutamine and First Response kit, www. klaire. com
D.4 SOURCES OF USEFUL HOMEOPATHY REMEDIES:
See Homeopathic Remedies 1-11. See B6 for Homeopathic and Herbal Centers.
(As a traditionally-trained allergist, I was amazed to find how easily, effectively and inexpensively some homeopathic remedies helped certain illnesses, especially chronic ear and flu infections and sprains or joint injuries. If these remedies, however, do not quickly relieve an infection, antibiotics may need to be prescribed. |
John Croft
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 It is not always a simple matter for some people to have a regular diet of fish, and in this case the fuels for the brain can be obtained in a convenient form as nutritional supplements. Capsules of high-quality fish oils, having a high ratio of docoso-hexaenoic acid (DHA) to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), will provide the fatty acids to help restore the omega-3 to omega-6 balance as well as brain cell membrane fluidity. Because there are so many fish-oil products available, it will be advisable to check the label to establish the source and the relative levels of DHA and EPA. |
Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND
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 Other nutritional supplements exist which may contain more gamma-linolenic acid, such as borage oil (Borago officinalis L., Boraginaceae), blackcurrant oil (Ribes nigrum L., Grossulariaceae) and algal sources. These sources of GLA are generally considered less biologically active than that from evening primrose oil.8 The vast majority of clinical evidence exists for evening primrose oil supplements. It is important to remember that both omega 3 and omega 6 essential fatty acids are therapeutically important. Consequently, supplements combining both are becoming increasingly popular in practice. |
Gary Null
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| The following nutritional supplements are recommended for arthritis: chondroitin sulfate (generally at 500 to 1,000 mg), glucosamine sulfate (1,000 mg), silica (50 mg), manganese (25 mg), L-cysteine (500 mg), boron (5 mg), B complex (100 mg), vitamin E (400 units), calcium and magnesium citrate (1,200 mg), coenzyme QJ0 (400 mg), DMG (150 mg), TMG (150 mg), folic acid (1,000 meg), zinc (25 mg), MGM3 (1,500 mg), and a tablespoon of emulsified cod liver oil on an empty stomach when you wake up in the morning. |
Mark Blumenthal
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 Ephedrine pharmacokinetics after the ingestion of nutritional supplements containing Ephedra sinica (ma huang). Ther Drug Monit 1998 Aug;20(4):439-45.
Haller C, Benowitz N. Adverse cardiovascular and central nervous system events associated with dietary supplements containing ephedra alkaloids. N Engl J Med 2000 Dec21;343(25):1833-8.
Hardman J, Limbird L, Molinoff P, Ruddon R, Gilman A (eds.). Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. New York: MacMillan Publishing; 1996:221.
Harnack LJ, Rydell SA, Stang J. |
Gary Null
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| And don't forget the daily nutritional supplements we talked about in Chapter 9.
Also, the following procedures are recommended: Have your thyroid gland checked to make sure it is not underactive. An underactive thyroid causes weight gain, depression, and fatigue. Get a good cardiovascular checkup to make sure you are capable of doing vigorous exercise. Get an SMAT-24, which is a basic blood chemistry test, a lipid profile, and an inflammatory profile to check if you have any inflammation or cytokine activity, which contributes to degenerative diseases. |
| Schols wrote in the International Journal of Cardiology that while studying weight loss in COPD he was surprised to find that dietary intervention, oral nutritional supplements, and exercise resulted in less morbidity and mortality.4 This is no surprise to people who understand the power of good nutrition. For us Power Agers, this study just reinforces what is possible.
Reviewing the following series of studies on COPD and exercise, I noticed that researchers spent a lot of effort trying to decide what is the best exercise for improving lung function. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| How many people have been killed by nutritional supplements and herbs prescribed by alternative practitioners? Zero. That's right. Zero. Now let's look again at the minimum number of people who have died because they took FDA-approved drugs: about 384 every day just in hospitals in the United States. Next time you're about to walk out of your physician's office with a prescription in your hand, remember that number and think again about whether FDA approval should give you confidence. |
Gary Null
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| They reported on two human clinical trials using antioxidant supplements, and concluded that based on the available data, human life expectancy can be significantly increased by optimizing diet and using nutritional supplements.16
Vatassery and a group from the Research Service at the VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, researched the use of high doses of vitamin E in the treatment of central nervous system (CND) disorders of the aged. |
| They frequent gyms, eat lean foods, and use nutritional supplements, and their desire to maintain the vim and vigor of youth has set the stage for antiaging medicine.
I do have to mention, though, that sometimes the boomers' quest for an increased healthy life span is sabotaged by this group's tendency to want to do it all, so they can be very conflicted about their goals. I've seen this time and again.
I like to talk to people, ask probing questions, and then just listen to what they have to say about their lives. Recently, as I began work on this book, I did something interesting. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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| Although the use of high doses of intravenous Laetrile was key to the nutritional therapy approach to cancer, other nutritional supplements, enzymes and diet changes were also part of the program. Then, after patients were done with the intensive part of their treatment involving intravenous Laetrile, they were instructed to continue at home indefinitely with certain diet restrictions and generally continued taking Laetrile supplements. |
David Brownstein
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 Also, the proper use of nutritional supplements can assist in keeping detoxification pathways functioning optimally. This will help the body rid itself of toxins such as mercury. For a list of supplements recommended, see Figure 13 below.
Figure 13: nutritional supplements Recommended for Detoxification
Cilantro drops: 4/day Garlic: 500mg/day L-Glutamine: 3-6g/day Multiple vitamin-mineral complex Selenium: 400mcg/day Vitamin C: 3000mg/day Vitamin E: 800IU/day
Step 4: Drink Adequate Amounts of Water
It is impossible to properly detoxify the body without adequately hydrating the body. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 I personally believe hoodia to be perfectly safe, and I have chosen to make it part of my collection of nutritional supplements that I use to maintain ideal health and body weight. Whether you make the same choice is entirely up to you.
Hoodia does not release you from responsibility
If you choose to purchase hoodia, make sure you have realistic expectations about what will really be required to lose weight. On the Internet, hoodia is frequently promoted as a magic bullet solution. "Lose weight almost like magic!" But in reality, it isn't magic, and weight loss isn't really automatic. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And that's partly why the public rarely hears the good news about prevention of arthritis pain with natural substances, foods, or nutritional supplements.
Had these study participants been given another powerful antioxidant -- astaxanthin -- they would likely have experienced even greater reductions in arthritis pain. Astaxanthin is fast becoming recognized one of the most effective natural antioxidants for reducing or even eliminating arthritis pain, chronic back pain, muscle soreness, and other physical pains. |
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