Dr. Cass Ingram
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 Things to avoid
• refined vegetable oils and hydrogenated oils
• deep fried foods of all types
• sunbathing
• sun exposure at high noon Meningitis
Meningitis is a life-threatening condition, which is defined as inflammation and infection of the brain. This is an extremely treacherous disease, which often fails to respond to even the most aggressive medical therapy. The fact is certain of the meningitis germs are entirely resistant to synthetic antibiotics. Thus, if this disorder breaks out during a crisis, the individual must be armed with other means besides drugs. |
Jean Carper
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 The worst fats appear to be saturated animal fat and omega-6-type vegetable oils, such as corn oil. Animals eating high amounts of those fats have breast tumors that grow faster and bigger and metastasize
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HIGH-FAT DANGER? more readily. In contrast, omega-3 fish oil and olive oil appear to discourage growth of breast cancer. Additionally, Mediterranean women who eat lots of olive oil have low rates of breast cancer, as do Japanese women who eat lots offish oils but little animal fat. In countries where animal fat consumption is high, so are breast cancer rates. |
Prevention Magazine
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 Plus, it includes a fair amount of vegetable oils, as well as moderate amounts of sake, beer, tea, and other beverages. Exercise is also an important part of this plan.
When you follow the Asian plan, be sure to pick most of your foods from the base of the pyramid, leaving those at the top for special occasions. Incidentally, except in India, dairy foods are rarely eaten in Asia.
Adapted from "Traditional Healthy Asian Diet Pyramid" © 1995 Oldways Production & Exchange Trust
3 to 4 ounces a day of tempeh, tofu, defatted soy flour, and more. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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 To protect your heart from harmful fats, eat less saturated fat, found in meat, dairy products, and some vegetable oils, like coconut oil and palm oil.
A word of caution
Eating the right foods can help keep your heart healthy, but eating too much at one time may be a fatal mistake.
A recent study found that you could be four times more likely to have a heart attack within two hours after eating a heavy meal.
Overeating could trigger a heart attack in much the same way as outbursts of anger and extreme physical exertion, especially in people who have heart disease. |
Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A.
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 On the other hand, ingesting high amounts of refined and altered vegetable oils (omega-6 group) can increase the severity of asthma. One consequence may be that these foods increase production of compounds that exacerbate mucous secretion and muscle contraction during asthma attack.
Vitamin C is especially important to the health of the lungs. It is the major antioxidant present in the lining of the airway surfaces.6 High intake and high blood levels of vitamin C have been shown to protect against the development of chronic respiratory symptoms in humans. |
Jean Carper
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| DIET ANTIDOTES TO BREAST CANCER
Foods That May Discourage Breast Cancer: Cabbage
• Broccoli • Other Cruciferous Vegetables • High-Vitamin C Fruits and Vegetables • Beans • Soybeans • Oily Fish • Wheat Bran • Olive Oil
Foods That May Promote Breast Cancer: Meat • Saturated Fatty Foods • Omega-6 vegetable oils, Such as Com Oil
• Alcohol
What you eat may influence whether you get breast cancer, how fast it grows, whether it spreads to other parts of your body, and even its final outcome. |
| Frying or otherwise adding fat, especially vegetable oils high in omega-6s, decreases the omega-3 potency in the fish.
Choose tuna packed in water and sardines canned without oil, unless it is sardine oil, noted on the label as sild. Added oils, such as soybean oil, can diminish the omega-3s. Also, draining oil from canned tuna washes away from IS to 25 percent of the omega-3s, whereas draining water off washes away only 3 percent.
You also get some omega-3s in certain plant foods. |
| Thus to alleviate angina, eat more fruits, vegetables, oily fish, cereals, nuts and vegetable oils rich in vitamin E, advises researcher Rudolph A. Riemersma, M.D., at the University of Edinburgh. In a major study of five hundred middle-aged men—half with angina—Dr. Riemersma found chest pain least likely in those with higher-than-average blood levels of carotene, vitamin C and particularly vitamin E. Indeed, men with the lowest blood levels of vitamin E were two and a half times more likely to suffer angina than those with the highest levels of vitamin E. |
Carlton Fredericks, Ph.D.
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| Don't make this a ritual—the vegetable oils convey nutrients you need, which butter doesn't supply.
APPETITE BRAKES
Avoid soups: they are optional anyway, and tend to stimulate appetite. Use a few protein tablets, available at health food stores, if appetite presses you between meals. Choose a brand low in carbohydrate, high in protein. Experiment until you find one which is palatable—important because most of these tablets are chewable. |
| Supplements: The Dietary Insurance Policy
Far more efficient than vegetable oils in lowering blood cholesterol is old-fashioned cod-liver oil, but the baby of today receives only the Vitamins A and D of that oil. I cite this not only because this deprivation may be harmful to infants, but because it emphasizes the fact that there is no such thing as a perfect vitamin supplement. The fault may lie in what we leave behind when we concentrate a natural factor. It may be that the synthesized vitamin lacks the helpful fellow-traveling trace substances which in nature accompany the natural vitamin. |
| Rotate your choices of vegetable oils, buying them in small bottles and keeping them in the refrigerator. Although I count good nutrition as cheaper than crisis medicine, be sure to keep an eye on prices: the less costly of two identical formulae should be chosen, of course, but only so long as you are not penalized with undesirable preservatives and dyes. The brands which omit such ingredients usually announce the fact on their labels.
Give your body at least four months of this good food and these helpful supplements. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Lubricating the skin with petrolatum or vegetable oils brings relief without side effects.
LJ Eat a diet that is composed of 50 percent raw foods and includes plenty of fruits, grains, and vegetables.
LJ Apply sea water to the affected area with cotton several times a day.
CONSIDERATIONS
LJ Sarsaparilla is especially useful in controlling the more chronic form of psoriasis that causes larger plaques.
LJ Smaller outbreaks of psoriasis are treated with a combination of drugs, including steroids, that together dissolve scales and prevent inflammation. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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 Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Omega-6 fatty acids are polyunsaturated essential fatty acids that predominate in vegetable oils derived from canola, corn, safflower, or sunflower. They are sources of linoleic acid. Omega-6 fatty acids include cis-linoleic acid, linoleic acid, and gamma-linoleic acid. |
Prevention Magazine
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| About the only place you can get large amounts of vitamin E, for example, is in vegetable oils and other high-fat foods. When people reduce the amount of fat in their diets, they may get smaller amounts of vitamin E as well. "A vitamin E supplement may help you reach your goal—without all the fat," says Joanne Curran-Celentano, R.D., Ph.D., associate professor of nutritional science at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
How High Should You Go?
The research is still fairly new, so scientists aren't sure how far above the DV you should aim. |
Paul Pitchford
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 This is especially the case since most vegetable oils are rancid and refined.
DHA and Other Fatty Acids in Malnutrition
Since laboratory research on the subject of omega-3 oils is not abundant in the area of malnutrition and resultant brain damage, we spoke to someone with extensive experience in treating the malnourished. John McMillin, Ph.D., of Edmonds, Washington, worked for more than fifty years in hunger camps in devastated areas of the world, beginning as an assistant to his father in the late 1930s. |
Carlton Fredericks, Ph.D.
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| Basic dressing should be additive-free pure vegetable oils, varied as much as possible, with such added seasonings as you prefer.
3 squares of butter.
1 serving of oatmeal, whole-wheat, or other whole-grain cereal, additive-free, with 1 teaspoonful of undefatted wheat germ. Pancakes or waffles from good recipes—not commercial mixes—may be substituted. Whole or nonfat milk, added as you choose. A teaspoon or two of coarse miller's bran in the cereal will help to keep elimination normal.
2 eggs daily, in any form—as such, or as part of eggnogs, baked dishes, custards, etc. |
| The soft margarines are preferable to the solid type, though either will, like the vegetable oils, create a continuing need for Vitamin E and other antioxidants. I have a lingering suspicion, which I've not yet been able to confirm, that some of these margarines are made from vegetable oil residues from the manufacture of Vitamin E concentrates. If so, they are obviously devoid of the vitamin, while increasing the need.
In general, it will be better to choose the "cold-pressed" oils which you will find in the health food stores as sources of unsaturated fat, rather than the margarines. |
Susun S. Weed
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 The animal fat is taken deeper into the tissues than vegetable oils and rapidly dissolves lumps.
Golden calendula oil brings new life to dull skin and is highly recommended for breast self-massage.
Cancerweed root oil [Salvia lyrata)
This uncommon plant contains ursolic acid, and is a folk remedy for cancer. The roots of the more common ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) are similiar in action. Oil/ointment of either plant, used several times a day, is said to eliminate cysts and abnormal breast cells including indeterminate lesions and hyperplasia. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| In addition to adding to the risk of cardiovascular disease, the omega-6 polyunsaturated fats found in vegetable oils appear to stimulate tumor growth in animals. It's best to limit your intake to 10 percent or less of your total calorie intake.
Monounsaturated fats found in olive and canola oils, as well as avocados and nuts, are among the best documented of the heart-healthy fats available. They should constitute about half of your fat intake.
Whenever possible in recipes, substitute olive oil for other fats. Olive oil has centuries of history in the prevention of disease. |
Dr. Cass Ingram
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| In all likelihood it will be eventually proven that diets high in refined vegetable oils greatly increase the risks for skin cancer.
Skin cancer combat kit
• oil of oregano — apply directly to region, and take 5 to 10 drops twice daily (SuperStrength is best)
• oil of cumin — apply directly to region, and take 10 drops or more twice daily.
• Oil of Bay Berry — apply directly to region and surrounding skin. Also, apply to facial skin and other exposed regions preventively.
• oil of rosemary — take 10 to 20 drops twice daily in juice or water. |
Carlton Fredericks, Ph.D.
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| Let's begin by acknowledging that the vegetable oils and the margarines made from them are far from being the natural fats of the seeds from which they originated. A typical method of processing is to crush the seed under great pressure, which extracts the oil—at this stage, it is a dark substance with uninviting taste and odor. This will not please the housewife, who for esoteric reasons must be able to read the oil label from the back of the bottle, demanding a clear, transparent product which, needless to say, must taste better than the source material does. |
Paul Pitchford
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| Ffydrogenated vegetable oils, including vegetable shortenings and margarine, are also heat-processed; in addition, their molecular structure has been distorted in other ways, so they especially stress the immune system.
Individuals with cancer and other serious immune deficiency conditions do better when all extracted oils, fats, and oil-rich products such as nuts and seeds are avoided or greatly restricted. Certain immune-enhancing oils found in foods rich in omega-3 and GLA fatty acids are an exception (see Oils and Fats chapter for examples and more information on oils in general). |
Jean Carper
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| C True, heart authorities first encouraged the widespread use of such vegetable oils to lower blood cholesterol, not suspecting the oils could have detrimental effects on other aspects of health, such as fostering inflammatory diseases, lowering immunity and promoting cancer. Such omega-6 oils are well-documented villains in augmenting cancer incidence, cancer spread and deaths in laboratory animals.
The only way to correct this abnormal and alarming fat imbalance in cells is to cut back drastically on foods rich in omega-6s and increase the intake of marine omega-3s, say experts. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd
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| Made with pure vegetable oils, beeswax, vitamin E, and extracts of calendula and comfrey. Unscented. ? InterNatural, Seventh Generation.
Miracle of Aloe V-loe Vaginal Cream 6k Lubricant (Aloe Products). Contains 70 percent aloe vera in a cream base. Unscented. Home Health Products.
Vegelatum (Mountain Fresh). Unscented vegetable jelly. ? HI Amberwood, Earth Herbs, My Brother's Keeper, Simply Delicious, Sunrise Lane, Vegan Street.
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Harmful ingredients: aerosol propellants, ammonia, colors, cresol, ethanol, flavors, formaldehyde, glycols, phenol. |
Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D.
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 Products like vegetable oils sit on the shelves of supermarkets with bold labels declaring "no cholesterol," and consumers snap up these products, never stopping to consider that vegetables don't ever contain cholesterol. Meanwhile, the same bottle of vegetable oil may contain a dangerously high amount of saturated fat, or the no-cholesterol spread may contain risky hydrogenated oil. (Hydrogenated oils are a completely synthetic form of fat, engineered to turn liquid oil into solid fat for margarine or baking. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 Vitamin E is pretty hard to get in your diet, because it's primarily in vegetable oils," he says. "And if you don't eat enough, the vitamin E in your blood and brain actually decreases as you get older. That can be elevated somewhat by vitamin E supplements."
Although you should see your doctor first, about 400 international units of vitamin E a day should be enough for most people, he says. The Daily Value for vitamin E is 30 international units. |
| Polyunsaturated fats include most vegetable oils, such as corn, saf-flower, sunflower and soy. Monounsaturated fats include olive oil, canola oil and the fat found in avocados.
But there is growing evidence that monounsaturated oils can help prevent certain kinds of cancer. That is why some researchers are beginning to suggest that the one-thitd rule be changed. They recommend that you get no more than one-fourth of your daily fat allotment from satutated fats, another one-fourth from polyunsaturates and the remaining half from the healthy monounsaturates. |
Jean Carper
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 This omega-6 fat is found in vegetable oils, primarily corn oil, regular safflower and sunflower seed oil, and products made with them, such as mayonnaise, shortenings, and salad oils. Animal fat in meat and dairy foods can also overwhelm the omega-3 fat in cells, throwing things out of whack. To get the full benefit of fish oil, in food or capsules, you must also cut down on animal fats and omega-6 fats.
Why Not Cod Liver Oil?
Although some people report that their rheumatism is relieved by cod liver oil, such oil is not a substitute for omega-3 fish oil in treating disease. |
Hemp TodayEd Rosenthal
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| The oil content of seeds and seed yields are discussed in a later section on the use of vegetable oils as an energy source.
Hemp Seed as a Protein Source
"The marijuana hemp seed.. As the second most 'complete'—with the eight essential amino acids—vegetable protein source on our planet. Soybeans alone have a bit more protein. However, hemp seed is many times cheaper and its protein potential is more efficiently utilized by the human body than soybean. |
Bill Gottlieb
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 Take trans-fatty acids, which are made from heart-healthy vegetable oils. Through a cooking process called hydro-genation, these healthy oils are made unhealthy, transformed into a spreadable consistency resembling butter that can raise cholesterol levels. Hundreds of food manufacturers use this process to give their products— including many labeled as "low-fat" or "cholesterol-free"—more texture and a richer, more appealing taste.
You'll know a product is hydrogenated by reading the label. |
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