| In both cases, supplementation should begin when the person is between forty and fifty-five years of age, long before the cataracts become an imminent threat.
Vitamin C was found to have little effect in one study, but apparently this study did not allow enough time. The more definitive study was published in the American Journal of Nutrition in October 1977, which followed 247 women ages 56 to 71 over a 10 to 12 year period. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 Supplements of L-arginine can also prevent platelet-induced arterial spasm by hampering the buildup of plaque on the arterial walls. supplementation is generally at a level of two or three grams of L-arginine per day.
•L-Carnitine...The burning of fat within the cell's energy-makers, the mitochondria, is enhanced by the amino acid L-carnitine, whose presence is required to lure the fat into the cell. Once inside the mitochondria, the fat is burned for energy that our bodies use. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 That said, daily herbal supplementation can play a role in restoring your desire, and some folks continue to take the herbs below even after their sexual spark has been restored. Dr. Margolis okays them for long-term use, noting that some of them have other benefits, such as increased energy. Here's the best of what experts have to offer.
Tribulus
Take one 250-milligram capsule each day. This little-known herb from Eastern Europe shows exciting potential as a treatment for low sex drive in men, says Dr. Margolis. |
| You need to consult your doctor before taking more than 400 IU a day, though, since low-dose supplementation may increase risk of hemorrhagic stroke.)
There are also do-it-yourself herbal approaches to easing fibrocystic soreness. Dr. Kincheloe recommends the following herbs for their ability to balance out hormone fluctuations, thus making benign cysts feel better.
Chasteberry
Take one 175-milligram capsule of standardized extract once a day for 2 weeks before your period. The berries of the chaste tree have a natural hormone-balancing effect in the body. |
| Research in Germany has indicated that supplementation with flaxseed oil improves circulation throughout the body, increases thyroid function, and enables the body to produce more sex hormones that are beneficial to fertility, Dr. Margolis says.
Asian Ginseng
Take 100- to 200-miHigram capsules that provide a total of 15 milligrams of ginsenosides daily. Asian ginseng, also called panax, Chinese, or Korean ginseng, is a traditional Chinese virility tonic. In a number of animal studies, it has been shown to increase testosterone, testicle size, and sperm formation. It's commonly available. |
Judith Wills
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 For notes on recommended daily amounts and the pitfalls of supplementation, see the introduction to Vitamins on page 22. The Food Charts at the back of the book list significant mineral content of about 400 foods.
Calcium
USA RDI 1,000 mg UK RNI 700 mg (males and females) EC RDA 800 mg
Calcium, as the major constituent of bone and tooth mineral, is the mineral needed in greatest quantities. The average human body contains about 1 kilo of calcium and around a gram a day is needed to maintain that level.
Adequate calcium intake is vital throughout life. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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 Most patients experienced a significant reduction in residual joint swelling, and joint mobility was increased soon after supplementation was started. After 3 weeks to 13 months of observation, eight of twenty-nine (28 percent) had excellent results, thirteen of twenty-nine (45 percent) had good results, four of twenty-nine (14 percent) had fair results, and four of twenty-nine (14 percent) had poor results. The patient with gout had poor results. One of the osteoarthritis patients reported good results; the other described fair results. |
Judith Wills
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| For notes on supplementation, see page 146.
SELECTED BEST SOURCES OF SELENIUM (pgpenoog)
Brazil nuts, shelled
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Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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| Several double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have shown that lysine supplementation, along with avoidance of foods high in arginine, can be very effective in preventing recurrences in many cases. In one study, the group receiving L-lysine rated it as 74 percent effective.2 In contrast, the group receiving the placebo noted a placebo success rate of only 28 percent.
Herbal recommendations for herpes
During an active infection, creams containing Melissa officinalis extract (see Cold Sores, p. 353) can be used just as for cold sores. |
Walter Last
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 Essential building block for all protein
• Needed for proper growth and bone development in children
• Helps calcium absorption
• Maintains nitrogen balance
• Effective against cold sores and herpes viruses, possibly also beneficial with other viruses
• Increases antibody production
• Needed for collagen production
• Helps to build muscle
• Lowers serum triglycerides
• Deficiency results in loss of energy, inability to concentrate, irritability, retarded growth, and hair loss
Methionine: This is an essential sulfur amino acid that must be obtained from the diet. |
The Garlic CureJames F. Scheer, Lynn Allison and Charlie Fox
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| Abdullah placed seven AIDS patients with subnormal killer cell activity on 12 weeks of Kyolic aged garlic extract supplementation. Six weeks later, five of the seven showed a dramatic rise in killer cell activity to normal range. After the 12th week, every patient showed normal range killer cell activity and a significant improvement in total immune system function. |
James F. Balch, M.D.
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 Your understanding of the principles of antioxidation and your use of the "good guy" antioxidants through diet and supplementation will go a long way toward assuring you perfect health. In my opinion, that should be the goal of any wise man or woman. I desire the very best for you in this, your most rewarding quest. Here's to wishing you a long, prosperous and healthy life! |
The Garlic CureJames F. Scheer, Lynn Allison and Charlie Fox
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| After two months of supplementation, they had more lipids in their blood but less in their liver.4
Continuing his study, Dr. Lau found a significant drop in his high-cholesterol volunteers' blood lipids after the third month and lipid levels approaching normal values after six months.5
Subsequent animal studies repeated these results and verified the findings of Drs. Bordia and Lau. |
| This book offers a two-fold approach to preventing and treating disease — through aged garlic supplementation and through raw garlic in cooking with "touched by an angel" recipes created, tested and used for decades by gourmet chef Lynn Allison. Once you try them, you will use them for a lifetime!
Welcome to the pages of The Garlic Cure.
James F. Scheer Lynn Allison Charlie Fox
Chapter 1
Things You Should Know About Garlic
Once upon a time, convincing most doctors that garlic can prevent and cure many diseases was like trying to reassemble a fallen Humpty Dumpty. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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| According to the results of numerous double-blind, placebo-controlled studies in patients with initial cholesterol levels greater than 200 mg/ dl, supplementation with commercial preparations providing a daily dose of at least 10 milligrams of alliin or a total allicin potential of 4,000 micrograms can lower total serum cholesterol levels by about 10 to 12 percent. |
| Phelps S and Harris WS: Garlic supplementation and lipoprotein oxidation susceptibility. Lipids 28, 475-477,1993.
58. Nakagawa S, et al.: Effect of raw and extracted-aged garlic juice on growth of young rats and their organs after perioral administration. / Toxicol Sci 5, 91-112,1980.
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Ginger
Key uses of ginger:
• Nausea and vomiting
• Motion sickness
• Arthritis
• Migraine headaches
General description
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is an erect perennial herb with thick tuberous rhizomes (underground stems) from which the above-ground (aerial) stem grows to a height of 2-4 feet. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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| For this reason—and because anorexia, in particular, can be life-threatening—eating disorder patients should be under the care of a competent medical professional. Zinc supplementation, although highly beneficial, is only part of the picture of the anorexics or bulimic's recovery plan. Attention to the person's emotional outlook is another vital aspect.
Other important minerals for those with eating disorders can be obtained via sea vegetables, such as dulse, kelp, sea palm, and nori. |
Judith Wills
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| In one large recent American study, selenium supplementation at 200 pg per day was associated with a 50% drop in deaths from cancers of the lung, prostate, and colon. Deficiency may increase the risk of these diseases.
Working with vitamin E, it helps control the production of hormone-like substances called prostaglandins, and is important for normal growth, fertility, thyroid action, healthy skin and hair, and more. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 The amounts of vitamin C supplementation that doctors recommend to optimize the potential for cancer protection vary widely, from 50 to 5,000 milligrams or more a day. Most, however, stay within 250 to 1,000 milligrams a day, taken in two or three divided doses. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| Rigorous exclusion of caffeine from coffee, tea, and soft drinks is also essential in this dietary approach as well as vitamin E supplementation.5 can be easily checked by eating corn or sunflower seeds and then counting the period of time before they appear in the feces. The average transit time in people with low incidence of colon cancer is between 30 and 36 hours, almost half that of the transit time in Western cultures. |
Nicola Reavley
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 Chromium supplementation has been shown to lower fasting glucose levels, improve glucose tolerance and lower insulin levels in Type II diabetics. This helps to keep blood levels stable, thereby preventing damage to blood vessels and organs caused by high levels of blood sugar. The greatest benefits are seen in those who have severe deficiencies. Chromium acts to increase insulin sensitivity by improving insulin binding, insulin receptor number, insulin internalization, beta cell sensitivity and insulin receptor enzymes. |
| Thus long-term supplementation with low doses of selenium could have a beneficial effect on the prevention of both thrombosis and coronary heart disease in people who are selenium-deficient.5
Dutch researchers studying the association between selenium status and the risk of heart attack, compared plasma, red blood cell, and toenail selenium levels and the activity of red blood cell glutathione peroxidase among 84 heart attack patients and 84 healthy people. They found lower selenium levels in all the heart attack patients. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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| Note: Though nutritional supplementation may expedite healing, it's very important that any bedsore that develops be treated under a doctot's supervision. And anyone who has diabetes must be especially alert for this condition. Bedsores can get worse very, very quickly.
Multivitamin Protection
Some doctors recommend multivitamin/mineral supplements for most people who are at risk for developing pressure ulcers, because it ensures that they get the appropriate nutrient intakes every day. |
| These deficiencies can be prevented or cured by supplementation with eithet nutrient alone," Dr. Levander says. (In animals, vitamin E can also protect the heart against catdiomyopathy caused by magnesium deficiency.)
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| If you're drinking plenty of milk and eating margarine and butter, you'll easily get the amounts you need of these nutrients without supplementation." In addition, women of childbearing age should talk to their doctors before taking vitamin A in daily doses of 10,000 international units or more.
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Flushing Out Trouble
For some women, the symptoms are all too familiar: burning and stinging during urination and the persistent urge to go, go, go, even when they have just gone. Their urine may be cloudy, smelly and sometimes tinged with blood. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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 Iodine supplementation is contraindicated in pregnancy or while nursing. Iodine is capable of entering breast milk and producing an emaciating effect on infants.393
Black Walnut-
Juglans nigra in the Juglandaceae or Walnut family.
Part used: Fresh immature green husk.
Taste/smell: Acrid, bitter.
Tendencies: Drying, cooling.
Dosage: 1:1 fresh plant liquid extract: 1-10 drops 1-3 times per day in a little water.
Use: (a) Antiseptic, (b) Astringent, (c) Laxative, (d) Emetic, (e) Antifungal, (0 Antihemorrhagic, (g) Vermifuge. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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| Gottschlich, who relies on supplementation for people suffering from serious burns. "For small burns, getting your nutrients by eating the right foods is probably good enough."
The Daily Value for zinc is 15 milligrams, an amount you can easily surpass by treating yourself to a half-dozen steamed oysters. Other zinc-rich foods include beef, lamb, peanuts, wheat germ and bran flakes.
Cancer
Prevention Starts on Your Plate
Let's face it: It's really hard to see a light side of cancer. Even jokes about this deadly disease can't help but remind us of our mortality. |
Richard Gerber, M.D.
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 Although vitamin supplementation is an area of controversy and disagreement between the holistic and traditional medical communities, this aspect of nutrition can greatly assist the body and mind to better deal with stress. High doses of vitamin C and B-complex, and a balanced multivitamin containing trace elements and minerals, may be of great assistance in strengthening the nervous system to prevent exaggerated stress responses. |
Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A.
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 I prefer a regimen of enzyme supplementation and crushed flax seeds added to food as viable alternatives. Offering good tasting and nutritious wheat grass is still another alternative for the elimination of hairballs in cats.
DYSBIOSIS
One of the best kept secrets in human and veterinary medicine is that the gastrointestinal tract is the largest immune organ in the body. When you think about this, however, it should not really come as much of a surprise. The intestinal lining has a huge surface area that separates the outer external world from the internal body. |
| But as stated earlier, the thymus gland can rejuvenate with proper zinc supplementation.
Natural sources of zinc: oysters, shellfish, kelp, fish, red meat, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds. However, zinc in plant foods is less available because it binds to phytic acid. chapter 5
Raw Meat Diets and the Enzyme Connection
Before discussing various diets, it is important to discuss raw meat and the importance of enzymes. There is convincing evidence derived from the works of Drs. |
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