Andreas Moritz
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 Freshly prepared meals composed of salads, cooked vegetables, grains and legumes serve the menopausal woman best. fresh fruits eaten in between meals (mid-morning or mid-afternoon) provide her with extra nourishment and life force. Bile secretions and other digestive juices peak at midday, which makes it easier to digest a heavier meal at this time than one eaten in the evening. Heavy meals eaten in the evening, especially after 7:00 p.m., tend to putrefy and ferment in the gastrointestinal tract during the night.
Hot flashes are not necessarily a sign of estrogen deficiency. |
Bill Sardi
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 The Secret of Extracts
Which is better for optimal health, consumption of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, or the extracts of these herbs, often provided as liquid or powdered dietary supplements? Let's investigate.
Recently Cornell University food researchers claimed "an apple a day can help keep breast cancer away." Well, to be more precise, more like six apples a day. Rats fed extracts from apples were protected from developing breast cancer. The equivalent of one, three or six apples reduced the incidence of breast tumors by 17, 39 and 44 % and the number of tumors by 25, 25 and 61%. |
Marshall Editions
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 NATUROPATHY
Diet: Maintain a diet that will strengthen the immune system so that your body is able to fight infections that can cause conjunctivitis. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and quality protein such as fish, lean chicken, and beans every day Eat plenty of green leafy vegetables for their high nutrient content, which will provide a base of nutrients required for a healthy immune system. |
| Make sure you eat a well-balanced diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables, wholegrains, legumes, and quality protein such as fish, lean chicken, and beans every day. Eat plenty of green leafy vegetables for their high nutrient content, which boosts the immune system. Avoid foods to which you may be allergic or intolerant,
131 such as shellfish, dairy, eggs, cured meats, peanuts, and citrus foods. Avoid all types of processed junk food as they will depress your immune system, diminish your body's natural defenses, and can eventually cause skin conditions. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Older men and women may want to limit their supplemental vitamin A intake or take only the beta-carotene form of vitamin A; fresh fruits and vegetables are good sources. Too little vitamin A can also be a problem because adequate vitamin A is needed to prevent osteoporosis.
Vitamin D deficiency can be a contributor to osteoporosis. Without enough vitamin D, the bones cannot properly mineralize. Either sufficient sunlight or 600 to 700 IU of supplemental vitamin D daily have been found to lower the chances of osteoporotic fracture.
Vitamin K is needed to bind minerals to bones. |
| The best dietary supplement of vitamin A consists of generous quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables. Supplemental forms of vitamin A such as retinyl palmitate and retinyl acetate convert readily into retinol and their potency is listed on the packaging.
With supplemental beta-carotene, two meg of beta-carotene are needed by the body for conversion, resulting in one meg of retinol. This is known as a RAE ratio of 2:1. For beta-carotene in food, the RAE ratio is 12:1, so 12 meg of beta-carotene in food is needed to provide one meg of RAE. |
| It is likely, but not certain, that additional supplemental vitamin C can further lower the risk of some diseases, especially if abundant fresh fruits and vegetables are not a regular part of the diet.
VITAMIN C AND HEART DISEASE
There is some controversy over whether vitamin C can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Some studies have found no correlation. However, large studies have shown that vitamin C intakes of 400 to 700 mg per day reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by about 25 percent. These studies followed more than a quarter of a million people for at least ten years. |
| Healthy food sources: found in fresh fruits and vegetables. Degradation: leached by cooking water, reduced by heat, light, light, oxygen, and food processing. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 To avoid food contamination, use common sense: wash produce including leafy greens well (one autoimmune disease specialist suggests washing all leafy greens three times); be sure to refrigerate all cut, peeled, or cooked fresh fruits and vegetables within two hours; wash cutting boards and peelers well; use separate cutting boards for produce versus meats; throw away fruits or vegetables that have touched raw meat, poultry, seafood, or their juices; and cut away bruised or damaged portions of fruits and vegetables before eating them. |
Erich Grotewold
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 Their protective effect and antioxidant capacity also were compared with those of banana and orange, which are the fresh fruits consumed at highest levels in the United States. The overall relative neuronal cell protective activity of these three fruits followed the decreasing order strawberry> banana > orange. The protective effects appeared to be due to the higher phenolic contents including anthocyanins, which are the major contributors in strawberries (Heo and Lee, 2005b).
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Andreas Moritz
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| The exaggerated ratio of daily-required vitamins may apply only to the severely undernourished person. fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes and grain foods, ideally of organic origin, still contain more than enough vitamins to supply the body many times over.
Taking vitamin pills, which don't contain much Life Force Energy, also known as Chi or Prana), does not substitute regular intake of healthy, fresh food. Vitamins that have been removed from their natural environment, i.e., fruits, vegetables, etc. can in fact upset both AGNI and the delicate balance of minerals and vitamins in the body. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 Then the mechanization of the food industry compounded these dietary changes: canned and frozen produce replaced fresh fruits and vegetables. Free-range cattle gave way to feedlots. Fresh, lean meat was replaced by processed and canned meats. Foods such as canned ham—high in salt, saturated fat, and sugar—became popular, and the population explosion increased the demand for these inexpensive, well-preserved, tasty, and convenient foods.
The result of these altered lifestyles was an urbanization picture of decreased vitamin D production and increased consumption of wrong foods. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Historically, the best sources of enzymes have been from the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Eating these foods on a daily basis is the foundation of good health. Even the food pyramid requires three to five servings of vegetables and two to three servings of fruit daily.
Unfortunately, too many people disregard these daily guidelines. The enzymatic level of fresh foods, such as fruits and vegetables, is reduced by long-term storage, pesticides, and toxins in the water and soil. As we age, the number of enzymes and their activity levels decrease. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 I'm arranging the lists this way because many people find that they do "destination" marketing: They shop for canned goods, for example, at their local supermarket and fresh fruits and vegetables at a farmer's market or other local source.
Obviously, you won't be buying everything you need to eat for the duration of your SuperFoods Diet in one shopping trip! Some of the SuperFoods are fresh foods that should be purchased on a regular basis. But don't think you must be running to the market constantly. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| To make sure you don't run low on glutathione, which is key to phase II, eating ample fresh fruits and vegetables will help replenish that vital supply. Phase II can further get a boost from broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, citrus fruits, cabbage, and the oils from lemon peels. (Note that some of these act as phase I inhibitors but phase II enhancers.) As previously noted, eggs, onions, garlic, high-fiber legumes and grains all encourage optimal detoxification. |
| People who are deficient in their dietary intake of fresh fruits, dark colorful vegetables, and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts could be lacking nutrients needed for proper detoxification. Those who are protein deficient may have a real problem with phase II detoxification, as this is where the amino acids are derived. |
| Keep organic fresh fruit and veggies cut up in the fridge, and make smoothies using fresh fruits such as bananas, berries, and orange juice.
Detoxify Your Kitchen
I recommend cleaning out your kitchen and throwing away foods containing suspicious ingredients—coloring agents, chemical additives, and preservatives (you'll know them when you can't pronounce them). Get rid of the Hamburger Helper. Besides being full of unnecessary and unhealthy ingredients, these types of foods add no nutritional value. Usually the fewer ingredients the better. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Actually, a number of health experts say that whole fresh fruits, preferably those low in natural sugars such as apples, strawberries, and blueberries, are always preferable to juice, because they contain nutrients, antioxidants, and fiber, the last of which slows the rate at which your blood sugar is raised. |
| On days when you go hog wild over sweets and/or fast-acting carbs, do you skimp or skip shrimp, eggs, chicken, tofu, legumes, fresh fruits and vegetables, olive oil, nuts, seeds, and whole grains?
Chances are, if you're like many Americans who repeatedly stuff their faces with fast-acting foods, you've been neglecting to eat sufficient amounts of protein, fiber, or fat. Together or separately, this dynamic trio can help soften the blood sugar whammy you'd get from carbs alone. |
| We cook from scratch, serve fresh fruits and vegetables, and put in salad bars. The kids are getting real food."
New York City: Chef Changes Palates with Bold, Fresh Flavors
Miso soup. Salmon. Steamed asparagus. Basmati brown rice. Fresh fruit. Salad bar. That's a typical menu at New York City's private Calhoun School since 2002, thanks to world-class chef Robert Surles ("Chef Bobo"). |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Antiviral Effects: Tested in vitro for activity against HIV-1, certain ethylacetate extracts of the fresh fruits of Crataegus sinaica boiss showed activity measured as a ratio of concentrations causing 50% cytotoxicity and 50% inhibition of virus replication (Hammouda et al,41994). Fractions showing the highest activity included EtOAc and procyanidins A2, B2, and CI while procyanidin B5 showed relatively little activity. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| Senator Harkin also spearheaded a program for the government to give out fresh fruits and vegetables at some 400 schools in 14 states, including 25 schools on Indian reservations.
3 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former President Bill Clinton, and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have become advocates for healthy diets, exercise, and banning junk food from schools. s In 2003, after then-obese Governor Huckabee was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and warned by his doctor that he didn't have long to live, he kicked sugar and lost more than 100 pounds. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| Ideally, you'll be getting your fiber from fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains. But to make sure you get your daily dose, it's helpful to have a good fiber supplement, shake, or bar on hand. There will be times when you'll want a quick, simple option for increasing your fiber intake; your busy lifestyle may prevent you from eating balanced meals every day, but there are ways to compensate when you have to grab a quick lunch or snack while on the go or even when you miss a meal. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 For this reason, the National Institutes of Health investigators have maintained that five daily servings of vegetables and fresh fruits are enough to provide about 200 mg of ascorbic acid and so allow blood levels of vitamin C to reach their optimums. However, recent studies have shown this belief to be in error. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 Poverty seems to be associated with less access to fresh fruits and vegetables, exercise, and health care. New York's poverty rate is approximately 20 percent, which is higher than the nation's 12.7 percent.
African Americans, Latinos, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans have a diabetes rate close to twice that of white people. In England, we see the same kinds of racial ratios. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders also appear more susceptible, and they seem to develop diabetes at lower comparative weights. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 A recent study demonstrated that a reduced risk of proliferative and atypical breast lesions was associated with consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, whereas a small but significant reduction of risk was associated with soy consumption, possibly by decreasing cellular proliferation in the breast tissue.6 Another study examined the effect soy consumption has on breast tissue via direct imaging using breast enhanced scintigraphy (a nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging test). |
Steven V. Joyal
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 If you are used to eating lots of grilled, broiled, fried, and roasted foods or you often eat at fast-food restaurants, the changes you make will seem more dramatic than if you currently eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and poach or stew your entrees. If you have never steamed your fresh vegetables or poached fresh fish or chicken, now is the time to add some inexpensive cookware (such as a steamer basket and poaching pan) to your cooking utensils. |
| If, however, the body is under stress, which can be caused by a failure to follow a diet that contains sufficient amounts of antioxidants (in other words, lots of fresh fruits and vegetables), the body may not be capable of neutralizing these damaging molecules. Exposure to environmental toxins (pollution, food additives, radiation, pesticides, and cigarette smoke, for example) stimulates the production of free radicals. If the body is unable to neutralize free radicals, the end result may be damage to the body's cells, tissues, and organs. |
| Overall, foods in the fat and meat (protein) groups contain thirtyfold and twelvefold higher advanced glycation end product (AGE) content, respectively, than foods in the carbohydrate group. fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, raw nuts, and other unprocessed, unrefined foods have low levels of glycotoxins.
Be on the lookout for foods that are broiled, barbecued, grilled, fried, or oven roasted—these cooking methods employ high temperatures and dry cooking conditions, which generate high levels of dietary glycotoxins. |
| At the other end of the scale are fresh fruits and vegetables, which barely make the charts (apples 0.13 kU/g, bananas 0.01 kU/g, and carrots 0.1 kU/g).
IDENTIFY THE CORNERSTONE OF YOUR PLAN
Among the questions most people ask when they talk about diet and nutrition are, "How much protein do I need?" "Should I count carbs?" "How much fat should I be eating?" Macronu-trient levels (the amounts of protein, carbohydrate, and fat) in our antiglycation eating plan can be adjusted to meet your individual needs.
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