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Optimal Wellness Ralph Golan, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, coffee creamers / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE Acid, flavoring, chelating agent Ice cream, sherbet, fruit drinks, candy, carbonated beverages, instant potatoes CITRIC ACID is versatile, widely used, cheap, and safe. It is an important metabolite in virtually all living organisms; especially abundant in citrus fruits and berries. It is used as a strong acid, a tart flavoring, and an antioxidant. SODIUM CITRATE, also safe, is a buffer that controls the acidity of gelatin desserts, jam, ice cream, candy, and other foods.

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

It's frequendy used in imitation dairy products, diet supplements, baked goods, frostings, breakfast cereals, fruit drinks, and sweet sauces, among others. EGG SAFETY SUGGESTIONS ?When purchasing eggs, look for grade A or AA eggs. ?Check eggs carefully and discard any that are cracked. ?Use eggs within thirty days of purchase. ?Store eggs in the refrigerator, at 40°F or below, in their original carton. ?Don't keep uncooked eggs unrefrigerated for more than two hours. ?Use pasteurized eggs in recipes that call for raw eggs, such as Caesar salad dressing or homemade ice cream. ?

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

Your local health food store might stock fruit drinks powered with acerola juice, as well as natural vitamin C supplements made with the fruit. Before you buy supplements containing acerola, consider these facts: þ Supplements can be expensive, especially name brands. þ They may not do what they advertise. Doctors are unsure whether supplements work the same way as nutrients taken from fresh fruits and vegetables. þ Megadoses of vitamin C over 2 grams a day can cause side effects, like diarrhea, kidney stones, and problems digesting other nutrients.

Prescription Alternatives, Third Edition: Hundreds of Safe, Natural Prescription-Free Remedies to Restore and Maintain Your Health Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

The people who make those awful bottled "natural" fruit drinks and teas aren't going to like this, but it's possible that the steep rise in our consumption of high fructose corn syrup has contributed to the rise in diabetes by depleting chromium. (As our consumption of high fructose corn syrup has risen 250 percent in the past 15 years, our rate of diabetes has increased approximately 45 percent in about the same time period.

Food Politics Marion Nestle See book keywords and concepts

Thus a good starting place for nutrition advocacy for children is to encourage consumption of water, juices, and low-fat milk but to discourage consumption of sodas and sweetened fruit drinks, except as occasional desserts. In what must be considered a courageous move in this direction, the USDA braved the wrath of the soft drink industry when it pictured "soda pop" at the tip of its 1999 Food Guide Pyramid for children aged 2-6.

Although the text of the final version states that soft drinks, candy, cakes, cookies, fruit drinks, and dairy desserts are the major sources of added sugars, the guideline itself obscures that point, as does the positive "choose" as opposed to the restrictive "go easy." The report offers no explanation for the softening of this recommendation, leading readers to surmise that the committee must have agreed with the Grocery Manufacturers of America that the "minimum burden of scientific proof has not been met" for more restrictive advice.

They need only look at the greatly increased sales to women concerned about osteoporosis of calcium-fortified juices and fruit drinks made by Tropicana, Minute Maid, and Campbell.41 Whether widespread fortification produces real health benefits, however, is less evident. It might seem intuitively obvious that a food supply that contains more vitamins and minerals is better for health than one that contains fewer of them (and food marketers take full advantage of this idea), but this relationship is not easy to demonstrate in economies where food intake is sufficient or in excess.

Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E Ruth Winter See book keywords and concepts

University of Michigan medical researchers said this color additive extracted from dried bugs and used in candy, yogurt, fruit drinks, and other foods can cause life-threatening allergic reactions. It is often just listed as a "natural" ingredient on the label. A paper on the subject was published in 1997 in the November issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. There is reported use of the chemical; it has not yet been assigned for toxicology literature. CARMINIC ACID • Natural Red No. 4. Used in mascaras, liquid rouge, paste rouge, and red eye shadows.

Prevents "cream plug" in cream and "feathering" when cream is used in coffee; an emulsifier in ice cream, processed cheese, and evaporated milk; a buffer to control acidity and retain carbonation in beverages, in frozen fruit drinks, confections, fruit jellies, preserves, and jams. It attaches itself to trace metals present in water and inhibits their entering the living cell. Proposed as a replacement for phosphates in detergents, but also causes algae growth and removes the necessary trace metals from water as well as the toxic ones.

Found in ice cream and popsi-cles, soft and cottage cheeses, cheese snacks, dressings and spreads, fruit drinks, beverages, and instant desserts. See Alginates. GRAS. CALCIUM ASCORBATE • A preservative and antioxidant prepared from ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and calcium carbonate (see). Used in concentrated milk products; in cooked, cured, or pulverized meat products; in pickles in which pork and beef products are cured and packed (up to 75 ounces per 100 gallons). See Ascorbic Acid for toxicity.

A free-flowing powder, it is used as a stabilizer for frozen fruit, icings, glazes, and fruit drinks, and as a thickener for hot and cold drinks. Also a binder for meats, confections, baked goods, cheese spreads, cream cheese, ice cream, ices, French dressing, and salad dressing. Keeps tablet formulations from disintegrating, and is used in cosmetic emulsions, toothpastes, lotions, and creams. Employed also as a bulk laxative, appetite suppressant, and to treat peptic ulcers. The FDA's reevaluation in 1976 found guar gum to be GRAS if used as a stabilizer, thickener, and firming agent at .

GLYCERYL ABIETATE • A density adjuster for citrus oil used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages and still and carbonated fruit drinks. Also cleared as aplasticizing material in chewing-gum base. No known toxicity. GLYCERYL IBEHENATE • Used to form tablets. There is no reported use of the chemical and there is no toxicology information available. GRAS. See Behenic Acid. GLYCERYL CAPRATE • The monoester of glycerin and caprylic acid (see both). GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE • See Glycerin and Caprylic Acid. GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE/CAPRATE • A mixture of caprylic acid and capric acid (see both).

Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 Michael T. Murray, ND See book keywords and concepts

The patient should also be advised to avoid such liquids as soft drinks, concentrated fruit drinks, coffee, and alcoholic beverages. Cranberry juice Of particular benefit in the treatment of urinary tract infections are cranberries and cranberry juice, which have been shown to be quite effective in several clinical studies.10"12 In one study, 0.5 litres/day of cranberry juice was shown to produce beneficial effects in 73% of the subjects (44 females and 16 males) with active urinary tract infections.

Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine Elson M. Haas, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Nutritional yeast and molasses can be used in blender fruit drinks, with or without milk, a raw egg, and a piece or two of fruit such as banana or pear (if this is supported by the digestion; it's not perfect food combining). Prune juice and bran are common laxative foods to help keep the elimination regular and avoid the problem of constipation. A morning or evening drink made with 4-6 ounces of prune juice, 2-A ounces of water, a quarter or half lemon, and 2 tablespoons of wheat or oat bran should do the trick.

Guar gum is also used in baked goods, fruit drinks, frozen fruits, and bakery glazes. It is on the GEAS list, though there is some concern about its use by pregnant women. Research to date has not shown any specific problems with guar gum, especially in the amounts commonly used. Gum arabic—see Acacia Honey is being used more commonly as a sweetener by food manufacturers. Many new natural, preservative-free beverages, cereals, ice creams, and candies contain honey instead of cane sugar.

BVO also gives drinks a cloudy appearance, so it may make those artificial fruit drinks resemble natural fruit juice. The bromines and BVO are not considered safe, and the FDA limits their use. They have been known to cause allergic reactions, with high amounts causing intestinal irritation and food-poisoning symptoms as well as kidney or central nervous system problems. High doses may even be fatal. Small amounts of most of these chemicals can be tolerated, but the FDA currently has them, especially BVO, on the "suspect" list.

The Insulin-Resistance Diet : How to Turn Off Your Body's Fat-Making Machine Cheryle R. Hart, M.D. Mary Kay Grossman, R.D. See book keywords and concepts

Choose fruit drinks that are 100 percent fruit juice; others do not provide adequate amounts of all vitamins and minerals. For these reasons we recommend that you take a multiple vitamin supplement when you are trying to lose weight. You may also wish to use a supplement with extra vitamins E and C and take an antioxidant such as grapeseed extract or pinebark extract (pycnogenol) for optimal health benefits. Don't take more than 800 IUs of vitamin E.

Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine Elson M. Haas, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Vitamin A is used in margarine, D in milk, and C in fruit drinks, while iodine is added to table salt. Some of these additions are helpful, but eating the whole food is a better way to get the nourishment. The supplements most commonly added to foods are thiamine (Bn), riboflavin (B2), and iron. Next in use are niacin (B3), calcium salts, and vitamins D and A. According to what is lost during food processing, more pyridoxine (B6), magnesium, chromium, manganese, and others should be added back to foods.

The Food Bible Judith Wills See book keywords and concepts

Fruit juice is best freshly squeezed rather than bought. fruit drinks are excluded. 7 Dried fruit can be counted, but the rest of the day's five should come from other fruits and vegetables as, although dried fruit is usually high in fiber and can contain useful minerals and vitamins, it contains no vitamin C, and is energy-dense and high in sugar. 8 Frozen and canned fruits and vegetables are included.

Aspartame (Nutrasweet) - Is It Safe? H.J. Roberts, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Consumption seems destined to spiral following FDA approval of the incorporation of aspartame in fruit drinks, tea beverages, baking mixes and a host of other products. • The lowered costs of aspartame after the expiration of patent rights in the United States (during 1992) probably would herald more widespread use. • The consumption of low-calorie drinks in Europe recently surged, especially when France lifted its ban on such beverages (Kamm 1988). Spending for one popular aspartame-containing beverage more than tripled in Britain during 1988 (Kamm 1988).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently allowed its incorporation into fruit drinks, tea beverages, breath mints, frozen novelties, and flavored sprays to aid dieters. Furthermore, it is likely to be approved in the near future for baked goods, yogurt, wine coolers and low-alcohol beer. The consumption of aspartame has increased at an astonishing rate since 1981, when this man-made sweetener was first introduced. By 1985, 800 million pounds of aspartame were used per year in the United States.

A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Ruth Winter, M.S. See book keywords and concepts

Also used as a synthetic flavoring ingredient in fruit drinks, baked goods, and so on. At one time it was used to treat rheumatics. It may cause allergic reactions, especially in those who are allergic to other salicylates, including those used in sunscreen lotions. ETHYL SERINATE • The ester of ethyl alcohol and serine (see both). ETHYL STEARATE • The ester of ethyl alcohol and stearic acid (see both). ETHYL TOLUENESULFONAMIDE • Plasticizer for cellulose acetate and for ethylating. See Toluene. ETHYL UNDECYLENATE • The ester of ethyl alcohol and undecylenic acid.

Stopping the Clock: Longevity for the New Millenium Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman See book keywords and concepts

American staples such as pre-sweetened cereals, luncheon meats, bacon and pork products, white flour, cola and other sweet drinks (even if made with aspartame), sweetened fruit drinks, potato chips and pretzels, roasted nuts and seeds, instant foods of all types, fried foods, coffee, tea, and (alas) chocolate all tend to age the body; they put a strain on your organs, your digestive system, and your cardiovascular system, and in many cases, they actively introduce free radicals into your body.

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

SOME DYE-HARD SNACKS TO THINK TWICE ABOUT Fruit drops, fruit Jell-O, Kool-Aid, caramels, Lifesavers, fruit drinks, filled chocolates (not pure chocolates), most flavored ice cream, maraschino cherries, fruit-flavored Popsicles, flavored soda, pie fillings, "penny" candies, many fruit yogurts, caramel custard, puddings (vanilla, butterscotch, and chocolate), crackers, cheese puffs, virtually all artificially colored candies If you are allergic to aspirin, are asthmatic, or suffer from eczema, be forewarned that foods containing azo dyes are more likely to affect you adversely. (See section 28.

The Politics of Cancer Revisited Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

It has become the standard coloring agent in a great many common beverages, processed foods including meats, "junk" foods, such as imitation fruit drinks, soda pop, hot dogs, jellies, candy and ice cream, and even cosmetics and pet food. With more than a million pounds certified by the FDA in 1976, Red #40 has grown in six years from zero sales to the second most prevalent food coloring agent in the U.S., behind only Yellow #5.* It is now virtually impossible to eat most normal meals uncontaminated by the dye.

Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland See book keywords and concepts

You head for the fridge—there's a six-pack of beer, a bottle of club soda, some soft drinks, and a couple of fruit drinks. On the top shelf is a carton of milk and a bottle of orange juice, and on the refrigerator door, some wine coolers. And over there, just a few feet from the refrigerator, is your kitchen faucet with all the tap water you can drink. What's the safest thirst quencher? Let's look at your choices. DRINKING WATER In fact, water may be one of your safest choices... if yours happens to be safe.

Encyclopedia of Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts and Seeds for Healthful Living Dr. Joseph M. Kadans, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

With the use of a blender, peanuts may be blended into various fruit drinks, puddings or ice cream. PEAR Botanical information: Pyrus communis of the family Pomaceae. Nutritive values: Vitamin A: 20 I.U. per 100 gm. Fat: .4 gm. Vitamin B: Thiamine .02 mg.; Carbohydrates: 15.8 gm. Riboflavin .04 mg.; Niacin .1 mg. Calcium: 13 mg. Vitamin C: 4 mg. Iron: .3 mg. Protein: .7 gm. Phosphorus: 16 mg. Calories: 63 Potassium: 182 mg. Reported health benefits: This fruit is recommended for constipation and poor digestion, as well as for high blood pressure and obesity.

Preparation: Pears are most nutritious when eaten fresh; however, they can be added to other fruits in a fruit salad, blended into fruit drinks or made into puddings, pies or ice creams. Botanical information: The pea is the edible seed of the plant Pisum sativum. Nutritive values: Vitamin B: Thiamine .34 mg.; Carbohydrates: 17.7 gm. Riboflavin .16 mg.; Niacin 2.7 Calcium: 22 mg. Calories: 98 Reported health benefits: Peas are excellent for nourishment and strength restoring and building. It is a good food for persons suffering from anemia, low blood pressure and who are underweight.

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

Essentially, fortification is adding nutrients to foods that never contained them (imitation fruit drinks, for instance). This means that inexpensive synthetic vitamins and minerals can be added to sugary junk foods to make them appear nutritious so they can sell for more. Enrichment, on the other hand, is replacing nutrients in foods that once contained them. These nutrients are lost as a result of heat, storage, and so forth. Foods are enriched to the levels found in the natural product before processing.

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

Often people think they have a healthy diet, but they are loading themselves with sugar by drinking too many fruit drinks or eating oat-bran muffins sweetened with fruit juice and raisins for breakfast every morning. Also, I check to see whether the patient may have an overgrowth of intestinal yeast, which could cause a cycle of respiratory infections. Some researchers believe that Candida, a common yeast that travels in the human intestine, can release substances that the body finds foreign and therefore trigger a wide range of allergic symptoms.

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