Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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 A significant improvement in a clinical pilot study utilizing nutritional supplements, essential fatty acids and stabilized aloe vera juice in 29 HIV seropositive ARC and AIDS patients. Journal of Advancement in Medicine 1990; 3 (4): 209-230.
Principles of herbal treatment
First principles of traditional herbal treatment 80 Approaches to using herbs 83 Phytotherapy as a component of other healing strategies 84
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL HERBAL TREATMENT
The history of herbal treatments is marked by the enormous diversity of local traditions, with much more variety than consistency. |
| Effect of supplements of tea polyphenols on the caecal flora and caecal metabolites of chicks. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 1993; 6: 3-9.
127. Yokozawa T, Fujioka, Oura H et al. Confirmation that tannin-containing crude drugs have a uraemic toxin-decreasing action. Phytotherapy Research 1995; 9:1-5.
128. Akah PA. Haemostatic activity of aqueous leaf extract of Ageratum conyzoides L. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 1988; 26 (2): 97-101.
129. Root-Bernstein RS. Tannic acid, semipermeable membranes and burn treatment. Lancet 1982; 2:1168.
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| In modern times dietary supplements like evening primrose oil and grape seed have further blurred the distinction. Other tonics are more dynamic, notably some of those used in Chinese medicine, particularly the yang tonics like Trigonella (fenugreek) and Eucommia and the qi tonics like Panax ginseng (asiatic ginseng): these move beyond the simply sustaining towards their own contraindications in the very debilitated. |
| A review of the role of EFAs in alcohol dependence notes that if alcohol-induced tissue damage is associated with impaired fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism, supplements of EFAs may be beneficial in the treatment of alcoholics.100
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 89 renal transplantation patients received either EPO or placebo, together with standard immunosuppressive medication. Graft survival was significantly better in the EPO group compared to controls during the first 3-4 months posttransplant, but not significantly different at 6 months. |
| Anaphylaxis was attributed to a woman with allergy after taking, among other dietary supplements, a commercial extract of E. purpurea and E. angustifolia.83 However, it was suggested that the pharyngeal irritation experienced by the patient may have been due to the alky-lamide content of the preparation (the patient took twice the recommended amount).84
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Not known. |
| 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. |
American Medical Publishing
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| Do not take Vitamin A supplements. Vitamin A in high doses has many of the same side effects as Accutane. Taking both together may increase your chance of getting side effects.
Do not have cosmetic procedures to smooth your skin, including waxing, dermabrasion, or laser procedures, while you are using Accutane and for at least 6 months after you stop. Accutane can increase your chance of scarring from these procedures. Check with your provider for advice about when you can have cosmetic procedures.
Avoid sunlight and ultraviolet lights as much as possible. |
| Vitamin B6
Neurologic toxicity, including ataxia (alteration in balance) and sensory neuropathy (changes in sensations due to nerve injury), is associated with intake of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) supplements at levels above 100 milligrams per day. As little as 50 milligrams per day has caused resumption of symptoms in an individual previously injured by higher intakes. The RDA for vitamin B6 is 2 milligrams. Vitamin B6 is marketed in capsules containing dosages in the 100-, 200-, and 500-milligrams range.
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| The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) recently conducted an exhaustive search of available data on amino acids and concluded that there was insufficient information to establish a safe intake level for any amino acids in dietary supplements, and that their safety should not be assumed. |
| When marketed as dietary supplements, amino acids are sold as single compounds, in combinations of two or more amino acids, as components of protein powders, as chelated single compounds, or in chelated mixtures. Amino acids are promoted for a variety of uses, including body-building. Some are promoted for claimed pharmacologic effects. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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 Supporting the pineal gland, I believe, is preferable to taking melatonin supplements because it marshals the body's own natural forces. Also, there has been some speculation recently that long-term melatonin supplementation might possibly have some negative side effects. While these side effects remain unproven, it's still wise to be very cautious when using any medication.
Now let's look at the pituitary. This gland secretes a number of hormones, some of which have direct effects upon various organs, and some of which activate other endocrine glands. |
American Medical Publishing
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| Be advised that herbal and other botanical ingredients of dietary supplements include processed or unprocessed plant parts (bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, and stems), as well as extracts and essential oils. They are available in a variety of forms, including water infusions (teas), powders, tablets, capsules, and elixirs, and may be marketed as single substances or in combination with other materials, such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and non-nutrient ingredients. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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| All of his supplements, careful eating, and aerobic exercise had probably kept him from declining precipitously. But only a complete program had reversed his course—from one of degeneration to regeneration.
D.G.'s case strongly reinforced my belief that the various elements of a brain longevity program are synergistic. With a brain longevity program, one plus one equals three.
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Results of Three Patients
Because my brain longevity programs are empirically and rationally based, they are not "miraculous." But they do sometimes work miracles in the lives of patients. |
Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis
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 If you go off the Pill in order to become pregnant, do not eat large amounts of vitamin A-rich foods (see section 145) or take vitamin A supplements, but do increase the folic acid in your diet. (Too much vitamin A and too little folic acid have, under these circumstances, been associated with birth defects.) Iodine can worsen a dermatological condition, so avoid highly salted foods (see section 110) and any that use iodized salt. Heavy milk drinkers and meat eaters need to increase the manganese in their diets. |
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 It's no wonder you'll find acerola in natural vitamin C supplements, beauty products, and juice drinks. Unfortunately, the whole fruit is harder to come by, mainly because it doesn't travel well. If you leave it out for only a few hours, it will begin to spoil.
The acerola grows in warm climates from southern Texas and California, through Mexico and the Caribbean, and down into South America. If you'd like to try an acerola and you live far away from these areas, just visit a nearby farmer's market and ask for it by name — "Ah-sah-roll-lah." It's worth a try. |
Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis
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| Always keep supplements out of the reach of children.
127. An Apple Today Can't Keep Doctors Away
Apples are filled with fabulous pectin fiber, along with potassium, vitamin A, and other wholesome nutrients. Unfortunately, unless they are totally organic, they are loaded with pesticides.
It's been ten years since the EPA finally banned the use of Alar (daminozide) on apples, but apples are no safer now than they were then. |
| Anyone with a tendency to such bruising and bleeding is advised to avoid these supplements entirely. As with large doses of vitamin E, this could result in internal bleeding. Check with your doctor before starting on omega-3 or any other supplement regimen.
Pasta is the complex carbohydrate muscle fuel that athletes load up on before competitions and the preferred food for diabetics because it doesn't cause rapid blood sugar rise after eating. |
Attaining Medical Self SufficiencyDuncan Long
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| There are groups of people who are prime candidates for having high blood pressure (in the US, this group includes Afro-Americans and j those who are overweight); why aren't these people being advised to take supplements to keep them from developing this life-threatening conditiont
The only logical answer seems to be that our medical system is in the stranglehold grip of the large corporations intent on making money — even if it means taking it out of the patient's pocket. They aren't totally corrupt, perhaps, because patients do get treatments that work (for the most part). |
| On the other hand, mainstream medicine doesn't make extravagant or exaggerated claims for what supplements will do for you. Nor does it gloss over potential dangers. This later point can be important. Recently chromium tablets, which were being recommended by the alternative medical groups as a good way to curb appetite and build muscle mass, were discovered to be damaging the hearts of athletes who were taking excessive dosages. |
| But certainly there's a lot of evidence that indicates some supplements can be a big plus in otherwise poor diets.
In a trial published in the Nov. 7, 1992 issue of The Lancet, a British medical journal, 96 healthy people, all over 65 years old, were studied. Some had low blood levels of one or more nutrients, though none had any signs of illness or exhibited nutritional deficiencies.
Researchers then randomly assigned members of the group to take either a low-dose multivitamin/multimineral supplement or a placebo. |
| Which supplements? How much do you need? Should you run down to the local grocery store and buy a bottle of tablets and maybe start gulping them down by the handful?
The key thing to remember is that while having the right amounts of nutrients keep the immune system running at its peak ability, you can overdo a good thing. Dr. can
'Boosting immunity in the elderly," Agricultural Research 39(11) 27, 1991.
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Blumberg as well as other doctors caution that much research is incomplete and these doctors recommend against most "mega doses" of vitamins and minerals. Dr. |
| At the end of the tests, the group getting supplements showed improvement in their immune functions. The greatest change was noted among those who had originally been closest to having a nutrient deficiency when the tests had started. Infection-related illness were also significantly less frequent in the supplemented group which was sick less than half as often as the placebo group.
Dr. Chandra was also in charge of this study. In his conclusions, he wrote "...supplementation with a modest physiological amount of micronutrient improves immunity and decreases the risk of infection in old age. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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| Pregnant women who take more than 10,000 units daily of vitamin A increase the risk of serious birth defects by 240 percent and should always consult their obstetrician before taking any vitamin supplements or other concentrated nutrients.
All in all, though, there are very few risk factors associated with intake of high dosages of vitamins. Most of the risk factors that exist are theoretical rather than practical. |
J. Robert Hatherill
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 If you cannot include tomato-based foods in your diet, then take lycopene supplements (see appendix F). Also, limit synthetic fat intake, since it reduces beta carotene and the amount of lycopene in the body.
Obesity
Nine out of ten studies have shown increasing risk for prostate cancer with increasing degrees of obesity. Most studies found that men who eat oversized portions of meat or dairy products are 30 to 50 percent more apt to get prostate cancer. The evidence is quite consistent that meat, dairy products, animal fat, and total fat are associated with increased prostate cancer risk. |
Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra
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 The following supplements should be taken daily:
1. Take one 1,000 mg flaxseed oil capsule after each meal.
2. Take a reputable multivitamin-multimineral supplement with no iron and less than RDA copper.
3. Take at least 100 to 300 mg of quercetin per day.
4. Take niacin, 250 to 500 mg, one or two times per day, after your largest meals. Niacin (nicotinic acid) is a known lipid-lowering agent and generally the most beneficial of these agents in reducing levels of LDL. Niacin is available in two preparations. One is quick-acting and the other slow-acting. |
| There were very few scientific studies demonstrating the health benefits of supplements in humans. It was believed that a balanced diet would supply all the vitamins and nutrients needed to prevent various vitamin deficiency diseases such as scurvy, beriberi, and rickets which we rarely see today.
Such was the thinking of earlier decades. However, the 1990s began to show us that antioxidants, minerals, and nutrients in significant doses can help prevent certain other diseases. |
J. Robert Hatherill
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| Western, rich diets favor early puberty or late menopause use of oral contraceptives—raises risk slightly estrogen supplements?for 6 years or more obesity—adult obesity favors later menopause and increased breast cancer risk
Western diet—in particular, beef, pork, dairy products, fried potatoes, and cheese alcohol lack of exercise?women who exercise more than 15 hours per week were 60 percent less likely to have breast cancer; strenuous physical activity may also delay the onset of menstruation radiation exposure. |
Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra
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| In a Chinese study of 29,000 people, the ingestion of beta carotene, vitamin E, and selenium produced a 13 percent reduction in esophageal and gastric cancer and a 9 percent reduction in death from these diseases as compared to the population not taking supplements. fact Clinical research has shown that meditation and/or silent prayer have resulted in reduced blood pressure. fact Nutrition is still a great unexplored area in science, medicine, and health and plays a major role in optimum health.
I'm convinced that life can be healthier for most people than it presently is. |
Prevention Magazine
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 Calcium didn't appear to have anything to do with it since people who took calcium supplements without accompanying dairy foods didn't show the same benefits, says study leader Robert Abbott, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. "But milk contains all kinds of nutrients besides calcium, and it did appear to be protective," he says. The benefits weren't due only to the milk, he adds. "The milk-drinkers tended to be leaner, more physically active, and to eat healthier foods than the men who didn't drink milk. |
| One way to get extra vitamin E is to take supplements. But getting more vitamin E in your diet can also help, Dr. Drukker says. Even though the best sources of vitamin E are vegetable oils like sunflower and safflower oils, you can get this nutrient from foods as well. A quarter-cup of toasted wheat germ, for example, has 8 international units of vitamin E, 27 percent of the DV. Almonds are also an excellent source, with 1 ounce of toasted, unblanched almonds containing 7 international units, 23 percent of the DV.
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