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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

At the same time, fresh fruit will not cause a normal cholesterol level to become abnormal. In people with adequate sucrase (enzyme that digests sucrose), sucrose in the fruit is split into two units, a glucose and a fructose unit. The fructose half is involved in cholesterol synthesis. In other words, the sugar in fruit stimulates cholesterol formation. However, I do not recommend eating any type of refined or synthetic sugars. ?If you do eat sucrose, eat only organic, unrefined sugar cane, raw honey, or organic maple syrup which contains cardioprotective THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.

The Woman's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Dr. Gary Null See book keywords and concepts

You should also include two pieces of fresh fruit and two soft boiled eggs in the daily menu. Where amenorrhea is caused by a thyroid condition, a thyroid supplement is needed. Additionally, if stress is in the picture, the stressful situation must be remedied. For more serious cases, additional dietary intervention is necessary. Usually, small changes in diet are all that are needed. Dr.

The Omega Solution: Unleash the Amazing, Scientifically Based Healing Power of Omega-3 & -6 Fatty Acids Jonathan Goodman ND See book keywords and concepts

Put the ground flaxseed on yogurt, cereal, or blend in a fresh fruit smoothie. You can also add the seeds to recipes, although high heats may damage some of the EFAs. who eat nuts have a lower risk of heart disease than those who don't. In one large study, researchers examined the diets of Seventh-Day Adventists, who typically eat a lot of nuts. The researchers found that those who ate nuts one to four times a week were significantly less likely to die from heart disease than were those who ate nuts less often.

Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal: How to Avoid Hidden Toxins in Your Food Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis See book keywords and concepts

Low-fat or skim milk, or buttermilk; plain low-fat yogurt (add your own fresh fruit). 53. Breads You Might Not Propose to Toast Practically all breads you find in today's supermarkets have been processed and depleted of nutrients that are then replaced through enrichment—a euphemism if there ever was one. The standard of enrichment for white flour is replacing twenty-two natural nutrients with three B vitamins, vitamin D, calcium, and iron salts. That's not what I'd call enrichment, particularly since there is no guarantee that your body can utilize all, or any, of those added nutrients.

Most commercial jams and jellies are not made from fresh fruit. They contain canned, frozen, or strained extracts of frozen fruits. ?These products, with few exceptions, are more than half sugar, strictly refined, and sometimes combined with corn syrup. Honey is more expensive and rarely used, yet is the only sweetener that has to be listed on the label. ?Most fruit spreads contain benzoic acid or sodium benzoate (see section 26), artificial colors, flavors, and other additives. But because some of these are still not required to be listed, allergic individuals may be at risk. ?

Two pieces of Long John Silver's Fish with 19 g fat Taco Bell Taco with only 8gfat Regular burgers Coleslaw Large pieces of fish (which have more food in proportion to batter); or even better, broiled fish Broiled chicken; or removing the batter-fried skin Fruit juice Learn to balance fast-food indulgences with a subsequent meal containing fresh fruit, green and yellow vegetables, whole grains, beans, and foods that are rich in vitamins A and C, the B complex, and iron. (For a list of the best sources, see section 145.) 75.

Low-fat yogurt sweetened with fresh fruit or a bit of honey; frozen sherbet; frozen juices made into additive-free Popsicles. Nonnutritive, chewy caramel candies, which are usually filled with additives and are being investigated by the FDA for nittogen-containing impurities that might be present in caramel manufactured by an ammonia process. A hot dog or hamburger, both of which have numerous nutritional drawbacks. (See sections 72 and 75.) Fast-food shakes, with their high fat and additive content.

Dairy products, cold cuts, fresh fruit juices, and bakery goods usually have a "sell by" date, indicating that the product should not be sold after that date (though bakery goods often are, at reduced prices). Translation: Unless the product can be frozen, you shouldn't keep it for more than two to three days. ?Canned and frozen foods have a "packed on" date, which isn't too helpful unless you know how long the food will remain fresh, which most of us don't. Translation: Use the frozen foods within three to four months of the date, canned foods within a year.

PowerFoods: Good Food, Good Health with Phytochemicals, Nature's Own Energy Boosters Stephanie Beling See book keywords and concepts

When eating unpeeled fruit, be sure to wash the fruit well to remove any pesticide residue.) fresh fruit is delicious combined with other fruits, served in salads, as side dishes, as a garnish for meats and poultry, as an accompaniment to dairy products like yogurt, and eaten alone as a quick snack. Kathie Swift, Director of Nutrition at Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, a highly trained nutrition scientist and a registered dietitian, recommends red, yellow, and orange fruits—as opposed to bagels, rice cakes, or pretzels—as the perfect pick-me-up snack for that low time in the afternoon.

The Diabetes Cure : A Natural Plan That Can Slow, Stop, Even Cure Type 2 Diabetes Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry See book keywords and concepts

It appears to be brought on by eating cheese or chocolate, as well as salty foods such as pickles, alcohol, fresh fruit, and vinegar, so avoiding these also may limit or eliminate gustatory sweating. Significant improvement can be achieved by keeping your blood glucose levels in check. Your health care team may recommend medications. One medication developed in the United Kingdom contains glycopyrrolate. British doctors tested a cream containing this substance on thirteen people with diabetes. After using the cream, test subjects found sweating was stopped or significandy reduced.

The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki See book keywords and concepts

Throw a package of silken tofu into a blender with some fresh fruit (or frozen fruit) for a super healthy breakfast. The taste is outstanding and your smoothie can act as a low-calorie meal replacement if you are trying to lose weight. (See recipe on page 336.) • Try soy alternatives. There is a vast array of soy products available today, and fortunately you can find most of them in good supermarkets, as well as in health food stores. Try soy milk, soy ice cream, soy hot dogs, soy bacon, soy bacon bits, soy cheese, soy yogurt, soy burgers, and even soy turkey.

The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., and Jo Robinson See book keywords and concepts

Dessert? Why, fresh fruit, of course. Streamlining Your Shopping The rest of this chapter is devoted to a detailed shopping list for each of the fifty quick and easy recipes featured in the preceding chapter. (The recipes are listed in alphabetical order.) Take the lists to the store with you, and you can come home with everything you need for a fabulous meal without any preplanning. The ingredients for each recipe are listed in two columns. The "special ingredients" column contains items you may not have on hand.

Canadian bacon Tomato slices 3/4 cup fresh fruit approximate calories: 300 Breakfast #8 1 cup dry cereal (1/2 cup Canola Granola, p. 245) lA cup nonfat milk x/i grapefruit or other fruit approximate calories: 275 Breakfast #9 ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ 2, 5-inch buttermilk pancakes (Buttermilk Flaxjacks, p. 242) 1 T. maple syrup V2 cup sliced strawberries approximate calories: 350 Breakfast #10 l/i cup canola granola (Canola Granola, p. 245) V2 cup nonfat yogurt V2banana approximate calories: 240 • lA cup canola granola (Canola Granola, p.

Desserts, other than fresh fruit, are not included on the menu. Add them if you wish, provided they don't overload you with calories. I recommend the dessert recipes in this book because they are low in bad fat and contain a significant amount of fruit. Sorbet, frozen yogurt, and low-fat ice cream are also wholesome desserts. If you skimp on milk products, supplement your diet with calcium tablets. Taking other vitamins or minerals won't be necessary as long as you are eating seven or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day. If not, take antioxidant and vitamin supplements.

You will also be enriching your diet with fresh fruit, vegetables, legumes, and oils high in omega-3 fatty acids. A study conducted in the 1990s (the Lyon Diet Heart Study) demonstrated convincingly that this type of diet protects your cardiovascular system more effectively than any other heart diet or drug. Although this book is focused primarily on diet, I will also be stressing the importance of physical exercise. Regular physical activity enhances your health in many of the same ways as eating the right balance of nutrients.

Have fresh fruit for dessert, or at the very least, serve desserts that are based on fruit, such as single crust apple or berry pies, or apple cake. 7. Eat soups diat contain more vegetables than meat or noodles. 8. Grill vegetables along with the meat. 9. Set aside thirty minutes each weekend to prepare fruit and vegetable snacks for the coming week. Store them in see-through refrigerator containers so they will be more tempting. 10. At restaurants, order a salad and one or two vegetables to go along witii the main course. Or make the main course vegetarian.

The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children Carol Simontacchi See book keywords and concepts

Purchase fresh fruit and carrot sticks for snacks, or purchase snack items from the health food section of your local grocery store or natural food store. Ask your son or daughter to make homemade treats each week, and reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe by one-half (they usually can't taste the difference). You may also wish to use sugar substitutes like date sugar or fruit-only jam as a sweetener. Eliminate all products containing aspartame, MSG, or other artificial ingredients.

The healthy snacks that are kept around our house include baby carrots, nut mixes from the health food section of the grocery srore, dried fruits, fresh fruit, and occasionally, tortilla chips. We purchase baked potato chips. We also enjoy bean dips or vegetable dips with the chips. Once each week we allow the children to indulge in homemade pie or cookies, or pie and ice cream at Grandpa's house. Sometimes we split dessert at a restaurant, as long as good nutritional habits are being developed consistently, at home, in school, and hopefully, with friends.

Fresh fruit and seafoods don't Chips and snacks 5.7 even make the list in the top fifty sellers Cigarettes 5.4 in this country.16 Beer and ale 5.2 * sumption of caffeine is about two hundred ten milligrams, with about sixty percent from coffee; tea and soft drinks each account for about sixteen percent. The world's annual consumption of caffeine is about 120,000 tons. About twenty percent of adults in the United States and Canada consume more than three hundred fifty milligrams per day and are considered "addicted.

You may also enjoy making crepes and stuffing them with fresh fruit or unsweetened frozen fruit. Whole-wheat crepes are also delicious with fruit-only jam. Other breakfast suggestions may include breakfast burritos, scrambled eggs, or a protein shake made from soy or rice protein. "Spike" their protein drink with flaxseed oil to provide some of those essential oils that are so good for their brains. Vitamin and mineral supplements should be taken with breakfast, because supplements are energizing.

Nutrition and Mental Illness: An Orthomolecular Approach to Balancing Body Chemistry Carl C. Pfeiffer See book keywords and concepts

Manganese, 10 mg, morning and evening 8. fresh fruit and vegetables; daily legumes Optimum nutrition for insomnia 1. Zinc (as gluconate), 30 mg 2. 2 dolomite, morning and evening 3. Vitamin C, 1,000 mg 4. Inositol, 650 mg, 1-2 tablets 5. Tryptophan, 500 mg, 1-2 tablets 6. Lifestyle factors: sex, exercise, hot bath 7. 2 magnesia at bedtime Optimum nutrition for obesity 1. Chromium GTF, 1 tablet morning and evening 2. B6 to dream recall 3. Zinc (as gluconate), 15 mg, morning and evening 4. Vitamin C, 1,000 mg, morning and evening 5. Niacin, 100 mg, morning and evening 6.

The Serotonin Solution Judith J. Wurtman and Susan Suffes See book keywords and concepts

Fruit 1 exchange equals: 1 small- to medium-sized piece of fruit '/2 cup unsweetened fresh fruit juice '/2 cup unsweetened canned fruit juice '/4 cup dried fruit THE FAT EXCHANGE Everyone needs to eat a certain amount of fat each day. However, since so many foods naturally contain some fat—meats, cheeses, breads, eggs, and so forth—you don't have to add much extra fat to your diet. On the other hand, fat is a flavor enhancer, and when used sparingly can make a mediocre dish outstanding. Use fat the way you should use salt and you will not overeat it.

Life Without Bread Christian B. Allan and Wolfgang Lutz See book keywords and concepts

The minds of the era were immersed in metabolic investigations and the merits of vitamins; it seemed impossible that anyone could live for years without fresh fruit and vegetables. Stefansson was quite bluntly accused of publishing fiction and uncritical reports. This is often the response even today, when theories that fail to deliver are propped up by ego and alternate possibilities are ignored.

The Top Ten Herbs to Cure Big Diseases Dr. Richard Schulze and Sam Biser See book keywords and concepts

It is fresh fruit and vegetable juices along with herb teas and distilled or purified water. When a person has a life-threatening illness, they go on juices immediately. You drink a gallon a day of juices, including water. (Note from Sam Biser: Please see the section on the Five-Day Cleanse included in this User Manual. Do not skip the Five-Day cleanse and rush to take herbs by themselves. The Five-Day cleanse isn't just a cleanse; it's a turning point in your health, a transformation.

Dosage for nutritional drink: 2 heaping tablespoons of the above herbal blend, 8 ounces of fresh juice, 8 ounces of pure water, 1/2 to 1 cup fresh fruit (if fruit juice was used). If you feel you are sensitive to sugars, use little or no fruit juice and fruit. Emergency dosage: The above drink 2 to 3 times a day. Maintenance Dose: The above drink every morning. NOTES from Dr. Schulze: Breakfast is really breaking the fast. The best way for everyone to start their day is with a morning herbal nutritional drink. Give yourself a nutritional blast right from the get go.

Eat To Beat Cancer: A Research Scientist Explains How You and Your Family Can Avoid Up to 90% of All Cancers J. Robert Hatherill See book keywords and concepts

General Dietary Rules Rely on cancer-deterring fruit juices, fruit juice mixed with club soda, or club soda with lime or lemon juice. fresh fruit juices have more anticancer clout and are typical breakfast drinks. You can further boost their cancer-zapping power and make a meal out of drinks by blending soy products or low-fat yogurt together with your favorite fruits. Real brewed ginger ales are a great beverage. Avoid cancer-inciting fried foods of any kind, such as sausage and bacon (you can sample but don't feast on them).

For dessert, try tofu ice cream, fresh fruit, Italian fruit gelato, and frozen fruit bars. Advanced Diet Plan The Advanced Diet Plan substitutes soy products for dairy. There are dozens of easy, tasty ways to include cancer-fighting soy: þAdd soy milk to your coffee or tea. þUse soy milk in pancakes. þMake a soy milk fruit shake. þAdd soy to stir fry dishes. þReplace ricotta cheese with tofu in lasagna. þAdd soy protein to soups. Soy comes in many forms, including tofu. Tofu's health benefits are too compelling to dismiss from your diet.

Optional: For a dairy-free fruit shake, add tofu only and replace yogurt with additional fruit. Add fresh fruit and blend at high speed for 3 minutes or until fruit is blended evenly. Top with sliced banana and berries. Serves 2. Other Beverage Ideas Good beverages include fermented ginger ales, fruit juices, orange and grapefruit juices. You can also blend fruit juice with sparkling mineral water for a refreshing drink. Also try light red wines, especially from California, since these wines have low amounts of lead compared to Italian red wines.

Food Swings: Make the Life-Changing Connection Between the Foods You Eat and Your Emotional Health and Well-Being Barnet Meltzer, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Served with fresh fruit, seven-grain bread with almond butter makes an excellent breakfast. It also works well as a mid-meal pick-me-up. For lunch, I suggest avocado or hummus on either standard or flourless, sprouted seven-grain bread. Alternative sandwich spreads include the increasingly popular soy-based, egg-free "egg-salad" and dairy-free tofu cottage cheese. At dinner, enjoy seven-grain bread with a bowl of lentil or vegetable soup and a leaf}' green salad. 9. Veggie Burgers Protein-rich vegetarian patties are made from an assortment of profoundly energizing plant foods.

LUNCH Depending on your level of activity, lunch can be light, moderate, or more substantial: Lightweight Lunch Option / A fresh fruit salad (1-1 Vi cups) with any one of the following will make lunch a complete protein meal: 1. V2 cup low-fat soy cottage cheese 2. 71 cup non-fat soy yogurt 3. 1? oz nuts and seeds Option 2 Adding any one of the following combinations to a leafy green chlorophyll salad (1? cups) will make lunch a complete protein meal: 1. raw carrots, peas, mushrooms, and 2 tsp sunflower seeds 2.

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