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Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

Replace lost water and electrolytes by drinking herbal teas, vegetable broths, fruit juices, or electrolyte-replacement drinks. • Avoid dairy products (with the possible exception of live-cultured yogurt) while experiencing diarrhea. • Carob powder is particularly helpful in treating diarrhea in young children.

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

EXPANSIVE/CONTRACTIVE FOODS EXPANSIVE Drugs Alcohol fruit juices Aromatic herb teas Vegetable juices Tea/coffee Sugar Spices Fats and oils Tropical fruits Temperate fruits Sprouts/lettuce Fast-growing vegetables Tubers Bitter greens Sea vegetables Winter squashes Roots Nuts Beans Grains Fish Fowl Beef Eggs Tamari Miso Salt CONTRACTIVE Adapted by permission of Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., from Food and Healing by Annemarie Colbin. Copyright © 1986 by Annemarie Colbin.

Alternative Cures: The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems Bill Gottlieb See book keywords and concepts

Fruit juices, which contain a sugar called fructose that causes gas in many people. Even people who aren't sensitive to fructose may have gas when they drink more than three glasses of juice a day, Lipski says. • Artificial sweeteners such as xylitol and sorbitol, which are found in many candies and baked goods and can make people gassy. • Wheat, because many people are sensitive to its protein, gluten. • Beans, cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cucumber, which all contain a potential gas-producing carbohydrate called raffinose.

In addition, research shows that when soft drinks displace milk and fruit juices in the diet, you get fewer of the nutrients found in milk and juice, such as calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin C. Aloe Can Aid in Healing Frostbite Keep water in the freezer long enough, and you get an ice cube. Keep your body in the freezing cold long enough, and you get frostbite. In both cases, the mechanism is exactly the same: Fluid freezes. Obviously, frostbite is a medical emergency. The symptoms—skin that stings and burns, then becomes numb and waxy white—call for an immediate trip to an emergency room.

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

Here is an overview of the Gonzalez anti-cancer regimen: Phytofoods: Organic raw vegetables, fruits and fruit juices play a major role in the regimen. Gonzalez believes that fresh fruits and vegetables contain important enzymes to help defeat cancer. He also recommends liberal amounts of fresh carrot juice each day. Gonzalez discourages consumption of red meat, but does prescribe it for a small number of patients who have an acid-base imbalance in their blood, as determined by blood chemistry tests.

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. See book keywords and concepts

No fruit juices were allowed. Patients with RA have historically benefited from fasting. However, strict water fasting should only be done under direct medical supervision. Fasting decreases absorption of allergenic food components and reduces levels of inflammatory mediators. A juice fast or a fast similar to the one used in this study is probably safer than a water fast and may actually yield better results. Short-term fasts of three to five days' duration are recommended during acute worsening of RA. After the fast, the patients reintroduced a "new" food item every second day.

Intake of refined carbohydrates and concentrated sugars (including honey, pasteurized fruit juices, and dried fruit, as well as sugar and white flour) should be limited to less than ten percent of the total calorie intake. Constructing a diet that meets these recommendations is simple using the exchange lists. In addition, the recommendations ensure a high intake of vital whole foods, particularly vegetables, that are rich in nutritional value. fifteen percent from protein.

1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products Grace Ross Lewis See book keywords and concepts

Orange juice and the acids in fruit juices may decrease the effect of certain antibiotics such as penicillin and erythromycin. For this reason, pharmacists recommend drinking water instead. 54. Would it be a good idea to take antibiotics with a drink of milk? If the antibiotic is tetracycline, milk and dairy products can reduce its effectiveness. For that reason, it is best to take tetracycline an hour before or two hours after milk or dairy products. 55. What does "caffeinism" mean?

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

Avoid sugary desserts right after other foods Sweets raw fruit, honey, maple syrup fruit juices, refined sugar STARCHES Melons digest rapidly and ferment easily in the stomach. A melon appetizer or dessert is almost sure to cause gas in the intestines. Adapted from Staying Healthy with the Seasons, © 1981 by Elson M. Haas, M.D. Reprinted by permission of Celestial Arts, Berkeley, CA. • Do not combine in the same meal heavy or lighter protein foods with starchy foods, such as beef with bread.

The Encyclopedia of Popular Herbs Robert S. McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh, and Krista Morien See book keywords and concepts

It looks and tastes just like a blueberry, although wild bilberries are a bit smaller and more astringent than the table variety enjoyed by millions of Europeans, who eat the berries plain or in jams, jellies, fruit juices, and concentrates. During the Second World War, British Royal Air Force pilots reported that eating bilberry jam improved their night vision and their accuracy on night flying missions. It was not until nearly 20 years later that scientists began to study the possibility that bilberry might actually have a beneficial effect on vision.

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

These include avoiding sugars and refined foods, soft drinks, candy, and so on; small amounts of fruits and fruit juices may be tolerated. Regular eating every few hours is recommended. Small meals and snacks of protein or complex carbohydrate, including whole grains, pasta, potatoes, squashes, legumes, and other vegetables, can be the basic diet. Proteins such as soy products, eggs, fish, or poultry can also be added, but the basic aim is to maintain an alkaline diet, so the primary focus initially during withdrawal should be on vegetables and fruit.

Hormone Deception D. Lindsey Berkson See book keywords and concepts

Phthalates have been found in fruit juices and distilled water, leached from the plastic packaging. Levels of phthalates may by higher in the middle of foods than in the areas closest to the wrappings, suggesting that contamination occurs during processing. Phthalates are no longer used in the manufacture of cling film or most other food contact plastics in the United Kingdom. Some food packagers in the United States have reportedly stopped using phthalates. However, aluminum foils, plastics, and ink used on food packages and cartons may all contain phthalates, which may get into our food.

According to Gerber®, the average American baby eats 600 jars of baby food and fruit juices in his or her first year of life. In 1995, the Environmental Working Group (ewg) put out a booklet called Pesticides in Baby Food. They had tested eight foods (applesauce, garden vegetables or pea and carrot blend, green beans, peaches, pears, plums, squash, and sweet potatoes) made by the three major babyfood producers—Gerber®, Heinz®, and Beech-Nut®—which account for 96 percent of all baby food sales.

Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common Ailments Robert M. Giller, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Foods containing sulfites like beer, wine, fruit juices, shellfish, snack foods, fresh and dried foods, salads, and potatoes. Also foods containing MSG and the food-coloring additive tartrazine. • Viral respiratory-tract infections including colds and the flu. • Atmospheric pollutants including cigarette and industrial smoke, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and formaldehyde. • Cold or dry air. • Stress or emotional upset. • Allergens including feathers, animal danders, dust mites, molds, and pollens. • Exercise. • Perfumes.

While suffering from a cold or an ear infection, avoid simple carbohydrates including sugar, honey, cookies, candy, ice cream, sodas, chocolate, dried fruits, and fruit juices. Earwax EARWAX, OR CERUMEN, is not just a nuisance; it's there to keep your ears clean. In most people, it works well. The wax traps dust, bacteria, and other tiny invaders, and as it works its way out of the ear, it takes the foreign substances with it. The problem occurs when too much earwax accumulates, blocks the ear canal, and ultimately causes deafness.

Stay away from orange juice, apple juice, and other fruit juices. Anything with a high concentration of sugar—and that includes fructose and sucrose—will slow down the immune system. I suggest that you stick with water— with perhaps a slice of lemon—or seltzer or club soda either plain or with a splash of fruit juice. Warm beverages, including herb teas and soups, are the most effective liquids for fighting a cold. If you are congested from a cold, a humidifier, especially one in your room at night, will help you breathe easier. Many of my patients ask me if they can exercise with a cold.

Avoid fruit juices including orange juice, and rely on herb teas, warm soups, and vegetable juices. • For sore throat pain, gargle with a teaspoon of salt dissolved in a glass of half warm water and half hydrogen peroxide. You can repeat hourly or as needed. • Use a humidifier, particularly in your room at night. • Don't exercise until the third or fourth day after the start of the cold, with the exception of light stretching exercises. • If coughing is keeping you up at night, use an over-the-counter medication that will allow you to rest.

Sugar Blues William Duffy See book keywords and concepts

Smoking is very yang and as such it is preferable to eating too much fruit, fruit juices, soda, and other carbonated, caffeinated, sugar concoctions. It is more important to cut out drugs and sugar and cut down on fruit than it is to stop smoking completely. Tobacco was used by the American Indians in its natural state as a cure for many diseases. Commercial cigarettes contain unnatural chemicals and sugars, so avoid them and roll your own from naturally grown tobacco—if you can find it—and use wrapping paper not chemically treated.

Herbs Against Cancer: History and Controversy Ralph W. Moss PhD See book keywords and concepts

For the first ten days of treatment, Kloss said, "it is advisable to take nothing but unsweetened fruit juices, preferably orange, grapefruit, pineapple, lemon or grape. Do not mix the juices, but take different ones at different times." Vegetables juices are also very helpful, he said, especially carrot juice, again recalling recent work on beta-carotene. Arctium lapi (burdock) Kloss's Primary Anticancer Herbs: Scientific name Common name Part AHPA Trifolium pratense Red clover Blossoms 2b Arctium lappa Burdock Root 1 Rumex crispus Yellow dock Root 2d Viola spp.

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

She adds that eating foods we are allergic to can increase prostaglandin production: "For example, many women are sensitive to yeast, and eating baked foods, breads, pastries, and processed fruit juices, can cause an increase in prostaglandin production." Symptoms There are different types of menstrual pain. Usually it is experienced as a spasmodic cramp, but there can also be an achiness, a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen, or discomfort in the lower back or thighs.

Herbal Defense Robyn Landis See book keywords and concepts

Failing that, I choose honey, molasses, maple syrup, fruit juices. These are sweeter, so less can be used; they also at least have a marginal amount of nutrient value, whereas white sugar has absolutely none. Processed white sugar gives me a headache that no other sweetener does; I assume my body is trying to tell me something. Fine-tuning In addition to good basic fueling, my diet includes antioxidant foods and healthful oils, and is almost 100 percent organic and vegetarian.

Age Erasers for Men: Hundreds of Fast and Easy Ways to Beat the Years Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine See book keywords and concepts

These sweeteners are in most sugar-free or low-calorie candy and gums as well as store-bought fruit juices. So if you like juice, make your own with a juicer. Chill out. Being under stress makes IBS symptoms worse, and conversely, not being stressed out can help, adds Dr. Hanauer. He suggests that men under the gun manage their stress with the help of relaxation therapy techniques such as meditation, self-hypnosis, biofeedback and regular exercise. You can also keep a "stress diary" to help you determine the source of your difficulties. Or warm up.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

Because of its high sugar content, fruit is avoided, particularly grapes, cherries, watermelon, and all fruit juices. Citrus fruits, apples, and strawberries, however, can be permitted due to their lower sugar content. "Interestingly, carrot juice is also avoided," says Dr. DesMaisons, "because it's high in sugar." One of her clients came to her at age 28 after never being sober for more than a month since she was 12. "She'd been in hospitals repeatedly for attempted suicide and had been drinking since she was nine," Dr. DesMaisons says.

So far, studies have documented the medicinal effects of fruit juices, with very little research applied to vegetable juices. Cherie Calbom, M.S., C.N., a nutritionist from Seattle, Washington, and co-author of Juicing for Life, recommends the following juice remedies: • Apple: Apples are rich in sorbitol, a form of sugar and a gentle laxative. • Apple, grape, and blueberry: These fruits are a source of polyphenols, antioxidants that have been shown to kill viruses.5 • Beet: Beet greens are rich in magnesium, beta carotene, and vitamins C and E.

Examples of such foods are seaweed, garlic, radishes, watercress, seafood, egg yolks, raw milk products (kefir, yogurt, cottage cheese), wheat germ, brewer's yeast, mushrooms, organic beef or poultry, amaranth, quinoa, seeds, sprouted beans, watermelon, tropical fruits and fruit juices, and coconut oil.

These include: sucrose, dextrose, fructose, fruit juices, honey, maple syrup, molasses, milk products (which contain lactose), most fruit (except berries), and potatoes (whose starch converts into sugar). Many candidiasis sufferers also have allergies and sensitivities to various foods. Although Candida albicans yeast is not synonymous to yeast in foods such as bread, a cross-reaction between food yeast and Candida frequently occurs. As a result, foods containing or promoting yeast, such as baked goods, alcohol, and vinegar, should be avoided until possible sensitivities are clearly diagnosed.

Smith recommends limiting sugar consumption, including fruit juices, as well as encouraging the drinking of fluids such as diluted vegetable juices and soups. If fruit juice must be given to the child, says Dr. Smith, dilute it with water. Traditional Chinese Medicine: In the case of infections, before prescribing herbs, Dr. Ni will identify the infection as either a cold type (yin) or a hot type (yang). For a yin type of infection, he prescribes herbs like cinnamon and ginger, spicier types of herbs that will warm a cool condition.

Vegetables are gradually added back into the diet, then blended fruit juices. This is followed by the introduction of meat and fish broths, then solid fish. When patients are back to normal, they can add animal proteins, grains, and beans. A patient with a ten-year history of colitis and no relief from conventional therapy came to Dr. Donovan. He fasted the patient for four days and then put him on vegetable juices and lamb bone broth, after having determined which foods he was allergic to. His iron-deficiency anemia was treated with iron-containing herbs and foods such as spinach and kale.

Don't Drink Your Milk Frank A. Oski, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The drinking of fruit juices, which taste good and are also good for you, should also be increased. If you are still not ready to give up milk or its close relatives, what is available? The standard product, the cause of all the problems, is called grade A pasteurized milk. The U.S. Public Health Service has set standards for grade A pasteurized milk and milk products. To earn this grade, whole milk must contain not less than 3.25 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent nonfat milk solids. These nonfat milk solids are the protein and carbohydrate.

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

It may also be placed into a blender and blended with fruit juices into a nutritious drink. It makes an excellent addition to soups. For cooked mustard greens, wash thoroughly in warm and cold water, place the leaves in a pan without water for ten to fifteen minutes on low heat, and cover tightly to prevent release of steam for cooked mustard greens. NECTARINES Botanical information: This variety of the peach differs from the common peach mainly in its smooth, waxy skin and a more fragrant pulp. Nutritive values: Vitamin A: 1,650 I.U. per 100 gm. Fat: trace Carbohydrate: 17.1 gm.

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