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The Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Reference Guide to Alternative and Complementary Therapies Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Source: Citrus and other fruits, sweet potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, peppers. Signs of Deficiency: Bleeding gums, loose teeth, easy bruising, slow healing. Extreme cases: scurvy. Signs of Overdose: Excess vitamin C is excreted in the urine. Side effects are uncommon: nausea, diarrhea, kidney stone formation. Supplement Needed? If diet does not provide adequate amount. Because vitamin C is water-soluble, excess is excreted. May reduce symptoms but not length of colds Minerals CALCIUM rda ^or A(^uits: 800-1000 mg (milligrams); 1,500 mg after age 65. RDA for Children: 800 mg.

The Way of Chinese Herbs Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

This includes a variety of root vegetables, such as carrots, yams, potatoes, radishes (including the white daikon radish that helps reduce fat), turnips, burdock, and dioscorea (Asian yam), and leafy greens, such as collards, Swiss chard, watercress, broccoli, cabbage, green lettuce (not iceberg), arugula, nettles, purslane, chicory, and dandelion leaves. Other vegetables that should be included are eggplant, peppers, tomatoes (actually a fruit and possibly not good for individuals with arthritis), cauliflower, artichoke, and the different varieties of squash.

If the cold is a wind heat type and you have high fever, slight chills, sweating, and sore throat, drink cabbage and fresh ginger broth freely. -o- MOLASSES Molasses has a warm energy and a sweet flavor. It tonifies qi, strengthens the spleen, lubricates the lungs, and stops coughs. For cough caused by weakness or qi deficiency, dice carrots and mix them with molasses. This is left overnight. The dose is 2 tablespoons 3 or more times daily. For acute stomach pains as well as the pain of duodenal ulcers, take 2 tablespoons of molasses mixed with warm water as often as needed.

Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

They include cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, turnip greens, and radishes.22 • Add prostaglandin precursors — the counterinflammatory prostaglandins: fish oil, flaxseed oil, and GLA (borage oil). • Use vitamin supplements, especially relatively high doses of vitamin E, up to 800 International Units daily. Vitamin C, mixed carotenoids, zinc, and selenium may be helpful. • Eat "five a day" — simply having five servings of fruits and vegetables every day helps prevent cancer.

Breast Cancer: A Nutritional Approach Carlton Fredericks, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Tossed greens Watercress and lettuce (romaine or bibb or head) Radish and watercress Celery and cabbage Pimiento and greens Stuffed tomato (cottage cheese, chopped celery) Dressing should be based on pure vegetable oil: 2 or 3 tsp. per salad, once daily, with seasonings to taste dessert list Melon, other than watermelon Nonfat milk and diet ginger ale, half and half Fruit cocktail, from fruit list, small portion Whole gelatin dessert, with genuine vanilla flavor, plus small amount fruit from list. At luncheon or dinner, one level teaspoon of butter may be used on your vegetables.

New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Soluble fiber is abundant in beans, fruits and grains such as oats, barley and NHNR Lunch Have a big bowl (up to four cups) of steamed vegetables—potatoes, yams, green beans, broccoli, kale, cauliflower, carrots, beets, asparagus, cabbage or others. Use a variety, including stems, roots and greens. Better Butter can also be used. Then refrigerate the water from the vegetables for later use. Within two hours, slowly drink one to two cups of the water from the steamed vegetables, mixing each mouthful with saliva. You can add a little sea salt or kelp for flavoring.

Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Cook your vegetables thoroughly, preferably by steaming or any other fat-free method. Some vegetables, such as spinach, work well pureed. If you have a juicer, try carrots, perhaps in combination with cucumbers or other vegetables. If onions or garlic give you problems, try onion or garlic powder. It may be that certain vegetables will give you problems no matter how well you cook them. Broccoli or cabbage, for example, is much better tolerated when thoroughly cooked, but will still present difficulties for some people. Beans and bean products (e.g., tofu) sometimes cause gas.

The Enzyme Cure: How Plant Enzymes Can Help You Relieve 36 Health Problems Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg See book keywords and concepts

Raw cruciferous vegetables (raw cabbage, broccoli, or advocate the dietary O \ D > > use and supplemental cauliflower) which contain thyroid inhibitors; fighdy steaming tion °f essential fatty , 1 -11 r 1 ?1 ?l acids in the form of them kills these thyroid-suppressmg substances. fish, primrose, borage, ?Liver. While a nourishing food, it does contain thyroid among^th^m'ihe inhibitors. unsaturated category. There is research to ?Soy products. There is some evidence that soy affects support both , - i r ?positions. thyroid function. - ?Endurance exercise.

Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Vegetables contain many cancer-preventive chemicals, especially the cruciferous vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, turnips, and cauliflower. Mixed carotenoids from vegetables like carrots are also important for health. • Add calcium. Calcium has an important role in colon-cancer prevention. Many fruits and vegetables are high in calcium. Calcium combines with bile and harmful fatty acids, inactivating them until they are excreted. • Add nutrients.

Viral Immunity J. E. Williams, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, sweet red peppers, parsley, currants, acerola berries, rose hips, all citrus fruits, strawberries, and even potatoes are good sources of vitamin C. However, the amounts of vitamin C in these foods are not sufficient to treat diseases other than scurvy, the classical vitamin C deficiency disease and the cause of many deaths in previous centuries. To maximize the immune system and antioxidant properties of vitamin C, or treat viral illnesses, supplemental dosages of vitamin C are required in addition to dietary sources.

Phytonutrient-rich foods include the cabbage withoutgOOd digestiveJ)0Wer, OW IS family (cruciferous vegetables including all cab- listleSS,WeaH, and inJ)00r health. bages, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, col- r • r f rj , , , c a i c . Western functional and naturopathic lards, and kale); soyfoods (tofu, tamari, soy sauce, J -> tempeh, edamame [green soybeans in the pod], medicine afsO Vafue the importance of soybean sprouts);' sulfur-containing thiol sub- good digestive function.

New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-Help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

To prepare, says Calbom, juice three carrots, three celery ribs and one-fourth of a head of cabbage. Drink this blend once a day, she adds. For information on juicing techniques, see page 93. Reflexology Focus on these reflexes on the feet, suggests New York City reflexologist Laura Norman, author of Feet First: A Guide to Foot Reflexology: solar plexus, diaphragm, lower spine, intestine (with emphasis on the sigmoid colon), fiver, gadbladder and adrenal gland. To help you locate these points, consult the foot reflex chart on page 592.

Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

When potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, add asparagus along with cabbage, parsley, and basil (if used). Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes, or until asparagus is just tender when pierced with a fork. In a blender puree the vegetables with cooking liquid, in 2 or 3 batches. Add enough of the rice milk to each batch to facilitate blending. (Be sure to start the blender on a low speed.) After pureeing all vegetables, pour soup into the pan.

The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay. See book keywords and concepts

A controlled study done in Greece of patients with colorectal cancer showed they ate significantly more lamb and beef and less beets, spinach, lettuce, and cabbage (Manousos et al., 1983). • A rat study suggested that beet fiber could help eliminate abnormal cells from an irradiated colon by initiating apoptosis (programmed cell death) (Ishizuka et al., 1999). BILBERRY AND BLUEBERRY Latin: Vaccinium myrtillus Vaccinium myrtilloides WHAT THEY DO: Bilberries and blueberries are sour in taste and cooling in action.

The Way of Chinese Herbs Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

To make a flavorful vegetarian broth, use the various peelings and normally discarded parts of vegetables, such as the tops of carrots, parsnips, celery, rutabagas, or turnips; the tough stems of shiitake mushrooms or other mushrooms; the thicker parts of the stems of the broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage; the discarded parts of beans and peas; or water and fluids in which various dried vegetables, such as mushrooms, have been soaked. In addition, it is always a good idea to put a 4-inch piece of kombu or some other sea vegetable in the soup broth to add vital trace minerals.

Eat and Heal (Foods That Can Prevent or Cure Many Common Ailments) the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing See book keywords and concepts

If you don't like milk, you can eat a half cup of Chinese cabbage or Chinese mustard greens instead. Kale and bok choy are also good sources of this important mineral. Try mixing these leafy greens into a soup for an easy way to add taste as well as calcium. And if you like nuts, an ounce of almonds (about 24 nuts) gives you 70 mg of calcium and 206 mg of potassium, which is also important for your bones. Potassium and magnesium. Scientists have found a link between eating fruits and vegetables and having strong bones.

Foods That Fight Disease: A Simple Guide to Using and Understanding Phytonutrients to Protect and Enhance Your Health Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D. See book keywords and concepts

The high fiber content of cabbage makes it a good addition to the diet to alleviate constipation. Researchers estimate that approximately one cup of cooked caggage can deliver about 100 milligrams of indole-3-carbinol. Cantaloupe Cantaloupe is a significant source of the antioxidant phytochemical beta-carotene, as are most orange-colored flesh fruits, excluding oranges. In fact, one cup of cantaloupe delivers just under half of one's daily requirement of beta-carotene. Cantaloupes are ripe when the stem end is soft and when the green webbing of its skin has faded to beige or yellow.

Food Your Miracle Medicine Jean Carper See book keywords and concepts

Researchers at Ep-pley Cancer Institute at the University of Nebraska also found that feeding animals cruciferous vegetables, particularly cabbage and collard greens, curtailed both the occurrence and the spread or metastasis of breast cancers. Anticancer indoles are also concentrated in the other cruciferous vegetables, including cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, mustard greens and turnips. To get the greatest effect, eat the crucifers raw or lightly cooked, Dr. Michnovicz advises. Heavy cooking tends to destroy indoles, curtailing their antiestrogen and anticancer effect.

A member of the famous cruciferous family, it contains many of the same cancer-fighting, hormone-regulating compounds as its cousins, broccoli and cabbage. Specifically thought to help ward off breast and colon cancers. Note: Heavy cooking destroys some pharmacological activity. Eat raw, lightly cooked or micro waved. Celery. A traditional Vietnamese remedy for high blood pressure. Celery compounds reduce blood pressure in animals. Comparable human dose: two to four stalks a day. Also has a mild diuretic effect.

Note: Some antioxidant, anticancer and estrogenic activity of compounds (indoles, in particular) are destroyed by cooking. Raw cabbage, as in cole slaw, appears to have stronger overall pharmacological activity. Carrot. A super food source of beta carotene, a powerful anticancer, artery-protecting, immune-boosting, infection-fighting antioxidant with wide protective powers. A carrot a day slashed stroke rates in women by 68 percent. One medium carrot's worth of beta carotene cuts lung cancer risk in half, even among formerly heavy smokers.

Foods With High Concentrations of Antioxidants and Strong Antioxidant Activity Avocado, asparagus, basil, berries, Brazil nut, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrot, chili pepper, clove, collard greens, cumin, fish, garlic (exceptionally strong), ginger, kale, lettuces (dark green), licorice, marjoram, nutmeg, oat, onion (exceptionally strong), orange, peanut, pepper, peppermint, pumpkin, sage, sesame seed, spearmint, spinach, sweet potato, tomato, watermelon.

The main anticancer agents in cruciferous vegetables are probably indoles, which consistently save animals from colon cancer after they have been dosed with potent cancer-causing agents. The cabbage compounds apparently act as an antidote to carcinogens. Thumbs Up: THE CALCfUM CONNECTION Don't skimp on calcium foods; the mineral seems to be an antagonist to cancer. Decidedly, calcium appears to suppress disastrous physiological events leading to colon cancer, according to an impressive array of studies. Dr.

Further, antibacterial foods such as yogurt, tea, cabbage and licorice may be more appropriate medicine against ulcers and gastritis, an inflammation of the stomach lining, than previously imagined. That's because physicians have discovered that a microbe known as H. pylori appears to be a cause of the two maladies in many cases. Ulcer treatment now often includes antibiotics. Antibacterial foods might also help cure the ulcer.

Permanent Remissions Robert Hass, M.S. See book keywords and concepts

Phytonutrients found in soy foods, broccoli, cabbage, and whole grains and cereals can help reverse the high levels of cancer-promoting estrogen associated with this type of obesity. Weight loss and physical exercise help to augment the cancer-protective effects of phytonutrients.

Eat and Heal (Foods That Can Prevent or Cure Many Common Ailments) the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing See book keywords and concepts

They found broiled meats and salty foods increased the risk of stomach cancer, while eating lots of spinach, tofu, and cabbage decreased risk. þ Breast cancer. Toss a spinach salad three times a week and you could cut your risk of breast cancer in half. All fruits and vegetables are beneficial, but carrots and spinach are dynamite. Pantry pointers Fresh spinach is at your grocer's year-round. Look for leaves that are crisp and dark green, and avoid wilted leaves or yellow spots. Spinach will keep just fine in a sealed container for up to three days in your refrigerator.

Foods That Fight Disease: A Simple Guide to Using and Understanding Phytonutrients to Protect and Enhance Your Health Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D. See book keywords and concepts

Cruciferous Vegetables The phytochemicals from the cruciferous group of vegetables— arugula, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, kohlrabi, rutabaga, turnips, and watercress—including indole-3-carbinol, dithiolethione, sulforaphane, and benzyl isothiocynate, are considered to be some of the most powerful anticancer substances known. In countries where daily intake of cruciferous vegetables is routine, lower rates of cancer are reported. Try to include at least three to four servings of cruciferous vegetables a week in your diet.

Eat and Heal (Foods That Can Prevent or Cure Many Common Ailments) the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing See book keywords and concepts

Other good sources of vitamin C include sweet red peppers, green peppers, strawberries, cantaloupe, black currants, brussels sprouts, broccoli, tomato juice, collard greens, and cabbage. Omega-3 fatty acids. Watch out for fats, but remember — some fats are good for you. Omega-3 fatty acids, the polyunsaturated type found in fish, offer help for your high blood pressure. Most people eat much more omega-6, a polyunsaturated fat found in vegetable oils, than omega-3. Your body converts omega-6 into a substance that constricts your arteries.

Other good sources of calcium are yogurt, which is easier to digest than milk, Chinese cabbage, spinach, molasses, legumes, seeds, and almonds. And if you haven't already, switch to juices fortified with calcium. The juice doesn't taste any different and cup for cup you'll get at least as much calcium as from milk — if not more. Vitamin E. You can counterattack the threat of postmenopausal heart disease with vitamin E, a natural aid to your heart. As an antioxidant, it fights potential cancer-causing substances and keeps blood cholesterol from damaging your arteries.

Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

At an Italian restaurant, a bowl of minestrone is made from carrots, grean beans, cabbage, peas, chickpeas, and lima, kidney, and Great Northern beans, along with a bit of pasta. Followed by linguine with a light tomato and basil sauce, a side of broccoli or spinach, and fresh fruit for dessert, this meal presents vegetables, legumes, grains, and fruits in such a delightful way that you won't think of them as health foods. But indeed they are. This dinner is also noteworthy for what it leaves out.

Fruits and certain raw vegetables (carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, and green peppers) supply glutathione, which helps carry chemicals out of the body. • A low-fat vegetarian diet may discourage chemicals from entering your body by reducing the amount of cholesterol in your blood. Chemical roxins travel on cholesterol particles. • Avoiding fish and other animal products reduces your exposure to chemicals that concentrate in their tissues. • Organic produce is free of the chemicals used in routine agriculture and is found at most health food markets.

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