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Your Doctor is Not In: Healthy skepticism about national health care Jane M. Orient, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

They know the difference between rotten cabbage and steak. They may not know the difference between the capabilities of the local GP and the university medical center. They might believe that kidney failure dooms one to death at age fifty-five (or whatever the politically determined cutoff is), unless someone tells them that dialysis works perfectly well in older people, too. If the doctor is obliged by the system to tell them they can't have dialysis, he generally does not wish to tell them it would give them years of productive life.

What Color is Your Diet? David Heber, M.D., Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Rather than the mayonnaise-heavy deli-style slaw, this one features green cabbage, carrots, and peppers and has a spicy dressing made with Anasheim chiles. It makes a wonderful side dish for a casual meal of veggie burgers, but I have also served this at Thanksgiving to rave reviews.

Preshredded cabbage for cooking or for slaw, prewashed-and-cut cauliflower florets, and frozen broccoli and cauliflower are also widely available. White/green group: If you don't like preparing onions and garlic, you can find prechopped garlic in jars and packaged, prechopped fresh onion in the produce section. Washed and sliced celery stalks are great for snacking, and sliced mushrooms are available packaged and at many supermarket salad bars. Spices and Other Staples When you are stocking up on staples, don't forget to get some spices. Spices, nuts, seeds, and oils are all taste enhancers.

Add broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onion, garlic, and scallion and ginger, and stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes, until vegetables are crisp-tender. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide the cooked brown rice into four bowls. Top rice with vegetables and sliced chicken breast, and then with teriyaki sauce to taste. NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS PER SERVING: Calories: 332 • Protein: 34 grams • Fat: 5 grams • Carbohydrate: 12 grams • Fiber: 1 gram • a-carotene: 1,235 (xg; • (3-carotene: 2,414 (jug • lutein + zeaxanthin: 1,174 ^.

Phytochemicals in green onions, red cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli significantly speed up the action of enzymes that break down carcinogens. Many of the plant chemicals being studied today have more than one anticancer effect. Sulforaphane, a phytochemical in Brussels sprouts and broccoli that induces higher enzyme activity, also works as an antioxidant while stimulating the formation of another antioxidant, glutathione. Cancer researchers often ask me why we shouldn't simply isolate the active agent from a food in order to make a new drug.

Yellow/green and green vegetables are widely used, including cucumber, green beans, snow peas, green bell peppers, spinach, broccoli, and cabbage. Foods are seasoned with garlic and onions from the white/green group, which also includes mushrooms and asparagus. Asian dishes do not traditionally contain foods from the red group, although some Chinese-American dishes do contain tomatoes. East Indian Cows are sacred to the Hindu people, and vegetarianism is much more common in India than anywhere else in the world.

Add to cabbage mixture with the caraway seeds and toss thoroughly. Chill well to allow flavors to blend before serving. NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS PER SERVING: Calories: 73 • Protein: 1 gram • Fat: 5 grams • Carbohydrate: 8 grams • Fiber: 2 grams • a-carotene: 409 jxg; • p$-carotene: 863 \xg • pi-cryptoxantin 136 jxg • lutein + zeaxanthin: 178 |j.g Halibut and Vegetable Kabobs (yellow/green; red; white/green) Fish kabobs make an attractive presentation and are a snap to make. You can thread the skewers and make the basting sauce in advance, and then broil or barbecue.

The New Optimum Nutrition Bible Patrick Holford See book keywords and concepts

Best supplement Selenomethionine, selenocysteine. Helpers Vitamins E, A, and C. Robbers Refined food, modern farming techniques. SODIUM What it does Maintains the body's water balance, preventing dehydration. Helps nerve functioning. Used in muscle contraction, including the heart muscle. Utilized in energy production, helps move nutrients into cells. Deficiency signs Dizziness, heat exhaustion, low blood pressure, rapid pulse, mental apathy, loss of appetite, muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, reduced body weight, headache. How much?

The People's Guide to Deadly Drug Interactions Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon See book keywords and concepts

Try to avoid large variations in the quantity of vitamin-K-containing vegetables—such as broccoli, cabbage, or spinach—that you eat each day. Consuming much more or less than usual could change the action of the drug.

The New Optimum Nutrition Bible Patrick Holford See book keywords and concepts

Best supplement Pantothenic acid. Helpers Works with other B complex vitamins. Biotin and folic acid aid absorption. Best taken with food. Robbers Stress, alcohol, tea, coffee. Destroyed by heat and food processing. B6 (PYRIDOXINE) What it does Essential for protein digestion and utilization, brain function, and hormone production. Helps balance sex hormones, hence use in PMS and menopause. Natural antidepressant and diuretic. Helps control allergic reactions.

The New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements and Herbs Nicola Reavley See book keywords and concepts

Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower may have particularly beneficial effects as they contain high levels of vitamins and minerals and other phytochemicals. Fiber Fruit and vegetables are also high in fiber. A high fiber diet may reduce the risk of several cancers, including colon and rectal cancer, by binding to potentially toxic bile acids, moving food more quickly through the intestines and exerting beneficial effects on gut bacteria. Fiber has also been shown to protect against other cancers such as those of the breast and prostate.

The New Optimum Nutrition Bible Patrick Holford See book keywords and concepts

Best supplement Riboflavin. Helpers Works with other B vitamins and selenium. Best supplemented as part of a B complex with food. Robbers Alcohol, birth control pills, tea, coffee, alkaline agents such as baking powder, sulfur dioxide (preservative), cooking, and food refining/processing. B3 (NIACIN) What it does Essential for energy production, brain function, and the skin. Helps balance blood sugar and lower cholesterol levels. Also involved in inflammation and digestion.

Brussels sprouts (0.1 mg), beans (0.55 mg). Best supplement Thiamine. Helpers Works with other B vitamins, magnesium, and manganese. Best supplemented as part of a B complex with food. Robbers Antibiotics, tea, coffee, stress, birth control pills, alcohol, alkaline agents such as baking powder, sulfur dioxide (preservative), cooking, and food refining/processing. B2 (RIBOFLAVIN) What it does Helps turn fats, sugars, and protein into energy. Needed to repair and maintain healthy skin, inside and out. Helps to regulate body acidity. Important for hair, nails, and eyes.

The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss See book keywords and concepts

Citrus fruits, cabbage, tomatoes, potatoes, leafy vegetables. Stable except to light. Not stored; need daily; water soluble. Unstable to acid, alkali, light. Very unstable to heat, alkali, air. Dissolves in cooking water. Amino acid metabolism. Division of cells DNA & RNA metabolism. Red blood cells production and growth. Cellular metabolism; necessary for teeth, gums, bones, blood vessels. Footnotes: a. Other water-soluble vitamins seem essential to nutrition but are not as well understood, and deficien Units, c. Retinol Equivalents, d. Milligrams, e. Micrograms, f.

K Eggs, liver, cabbage, spinach, tomatoes. Made by intestinal bacteria. Destroyed by light and alkali. Absorption depends on normal fat absorption. Blood clotting. Water-Soluble Vitamins" Thiamin (Bj) Riboflavin (B2) Meat, whole grain, fiver, yeast, nuts, eggs, bran, soybeans, potatoes. Milk, cheese, liver, beef, eggs, fish. Stable in cooking but may dissolve Carbohydrate metabolism. Promot in cooking water. Needed daily. growth. Stable in cooking of acid foods. Unstable to light and alkali. Metabolism in all cells.

The New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements and Herbs Nicola Reavley See book keywords and concepts

Used to refer to a group of vegetables that include broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. Cutaneous: relating to the skin. Cystic fibrosis: a genetic disorder characterized by exocrine and endocrine dysfunction which results in abnormally thick mucus secretions, increased electrolyte concentrations and overactivity of parts of the nervous system. Cytochromes: proteins involved in the transport of electrons and associated with energy production. Dehydration: excessive loss of water from the body. Dermis: the layer of skin below the epidermis.

Sources Good food sources of selenium include organ meats, fish and shellfish, muscle meats, whole grains, cereals, dairy products and vegetables such as broccoli, mushrooms, cabbage and celery. The selenium content of foods depends on the soil in which they are grown. Food processing techniques can remove selenium.

Good sources of dietary vitamin K include dark leafy greens - spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts - and olive, canola and soybean oils. cabbage, carrots, avocados, cucumbers, leeks, tomatoes and dairy products such as yogurt are reasonable sources, and meats and cereals also contain some vitamin K. Freezing foods may destroy vitamin K but it remains stable when heated. Food Amount Vitamin K (meg) Broccoli, cooked 1/2cup, chopped 200 Spinach, raw V2cup, chopped 106 Avocado 1 avocado 80.4 Turnip greens, raw 1/2cup, chopped 66.8 Lettuce V2cup, shredded 55.

These foods are known as goitrogens and include raw cabbage, kale, turnips, peanuts, soybeans and cauliflower. Drugs such as disulfiram, thiouracil, thiourea and sulfonamide can also inhibit the thyroid gland and lead to deficiency. A reduction of salt in the diet, combined with a growing consumption of manufactured food prepared using low iodine salt, may lead to an increased risk of deficiency in areas where there is little natural iodine. Cretinism Severe iodine deficiency in a mother's diet during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth.

Optimum Health - A Cardiologist's Prescription for Optimum Health Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra See book keywords and concepts

Common sources of vitamin C include bell peppers, broccoli, squash, cabbage, strawberries, lemons, kale, citrus fruits, currants, parsley, onions, radishes, rosehips, spinach, Swiss chard, tomatoes, turnip greens, and Brussels sprouts. Once again, it is important for us to remember that oral contraceptives and corticosteroids may reduce the levels of vitamin C in the body. Alcohol is also an antagonist to vitamin C. Although vitamin C toxicity is rare, kidney stones could occur if vitamin C is taken in large doses and not accompanied by adequate hydration.

The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating Rebecca Wood See book keywords and concepts

Sulfur Seaweed, cabbage family, beans and legumes, onions, garlic, nettles, soybeans, and unrefined sea salt. Vanadium Seaweed, whole grains, vegetable oils, dill, radishes, green beans, and unrefined sea salt. Zinc Seaweed, whole grains, legumes and beans, nuts, seeds (especially alfalfa and pumpkin), mushrooms, nettles, soybeans, and unrefined sea salt. Nutraceuticals Biologically active substances in plants that have pharmaceutically recognized healing properties. Beta carotine is one example of a nutraceutical. There are potentially millions of nutrients with pharmaceutical properties.

The complete Book of Water Healing - Using the Earth's most essential resource to cure illness, promote health, and soothe and restore body, mind, and spirit Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Very resistant swellings often respond to a rotation series of poultices of clay and warm oil, cabbage, and then potato. These three actions and sequences can be repeated. part 3 Water Healing for Common Ailments ABSCESS An abscess is a localized collection of pus. An acute abscess can produce fever and a painful local inflammation. Water Therapy Internal: In general, keep the bowels clear. Each morning upon arising drink 1 to 2 glasses of cold water. For an attack of an abscess (or boil), purify the body for three days with a glass of beet, carrot, or mixed greens juice.

The Food Pharmacy: Dramatic New Evidence That Food Is Your Best Medicine Jean Carper See book keywords and concepts

The figure is a mere ten percent for broccoli and brussels sprouts and eight percent for cabbage. However, all of these anticancer vegetables possess exceptionally high levels of another carotenoid called lutein. Dr. Khachik thinks lutein, not beta carotene, may be the main carotenoid that makes such foods champion cancer fighters. And that really makes for a strange and exciting kettle of carrots.

Lee Wattenberg, discoverer of the anticancer cabbage chemicals, has also extensively tested the plant phenols and their antioxidant capabilities in blocking cancer. For example, he found that giving mice caffeic or ferulic acid before exposing them to cancer-causing agents reduced the incidence of stomach cancers by forty percent. Japanese scientists in 1985 proclaimed a type of gallotannic acid in green tea the most potent natural antimutagen they had so far tested. In exquisite experiments, Michael J.

Power Healing: Use the New Integrated Medicine to Cure Yourself Leo Galland See book keywords and concepts

Activation of Phase Two detoxification probably explains the highly publicized effects of broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage in preventing cancer in humans and experimental animals.88 Bioflavonoids may also stimulate glutathione S-transferase. In fact, bioflavonoids appear to be capable of stimulating or inhibiting every enzyme known. Some induce and some suppress the activity of various components of the cytochrome P450 enzyme system.

Insoluble fibers also inhibit the ability of disease-causing bacteria and parasites to attach themselves top sources of dietary fiber Grains all whole grains, including whole wheat, oatmeal, brown rice Vegetables acorn squash, beans (kidney, navy, pinto), broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, green peas, kale, radishes, spinach, winter squash, yams Fruit apples, blackberries, blueberries, pears, raspberries The fiber present in whole foods is a mixture of soluble and insoluble fiber. A predominance of insoluble fiber is found in wheat bran.

Radical Healing: Integrating the World's Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine Rudolph M. Ballentine, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

TS: NP, MP; Hmp: Cham 30C; FE: Chamomile, Dill Water; in newborns, increase water intake and "burp" thoroughly when nursing; watch mother's diet: most common offending foods: onions/garlic, cabbage fam., veggies, beans, dairy, raw foods. Colitis: Fear of letting go. Acupuncture; rice-based diet—avoid raw foods and sugar, sometimes dairy and/or wheat; acidophilus; Aloe gel, 2 oz. three times a day; ck for parasites; Hmp: Aloe s 6x when acmpd by mucus and explosive gas, China 6x when bleeding predominates; vit A and zinc; TS: CS, NM, KM combined.

Gas, Intestinal: Hallmark of vatic disorders—soothe, ground, and nurture; avoid large amounts of cabbage family vegs, legumes, raw foods; chew carefully; TS: NP; charcoal capsules acutely or, if severe, Colocynth 30C. Foul gas: Carbo veg 30C. Chronic problem suggests intestinal yeast overgrowth (see Candidiasis); Hrbl: digestive teas after meals: esp ginger, fennel (unless pitta problematic); generally: vata pacifying regimen. Gout: No meat (esp organ meats) or alcohol, also avoid refined CHO's; Angry need to dominate. Cherries 1?

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications Christian Ratsch See book keywords and concepts

When the cabbage lettuce forms its stalk, a white, milky sap develops that contains alkaloids with sedative effects (Ratsch 1995a*, 1995c*). The variety Lactuca sativa var. capitata L., which is grown for use in salads, is also known as lettuce opium and French lactucarium (Brown and Malone 1978, 23*). Effects Lactucarium has analgesic, sedative, and cough-suppressing effects (Stojakowska et al. 1993). The effects were once compared to those of the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) (Harlan 1986, 10). They also have been used to explain the effects of kava (see Piper methysticum).

The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Andrew Chevallier See book keywords and concepts

Caution A cabbage poultice may cause blisters if left on for several hours. Bryonia dioica syn. B. cretica subsp. dioica ( Cucurbitaceae ) White Bryony Description Perennial climbing vine with fleshy taproot. Has straggling stem with tendrils, greenish flowers, and red berries. Habitat & Cultivation White bryony is native to southern England and parts of Europe. The root is dug up in autumn. Part Used Root. Constituents White bryony contains cucurbitacins, glycosides, volatile oil, and tannins. The cucurbitacins kill cells and act on tumors.

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