Dr. Cass Ingram
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 Foods that help
• anything rich in all eight essential amino acids, that is beef, chicken, fish, eggs, and milk products
• fatty fish such as sardines, salmon, albacore tuna, and mackerel
• fresh whole milk mixed with honey
Things to avoid
• chocolate (like the plague)
• peanuts and peanut butter
• refined vegetable oils and deep fried foods
Colds
This condition may be caused by viruses. The term ""may" will surprise certain individuals, because the medical profession has taught that colds are always caused by viruses. However, there is another insidious cause: mold. |
Hemp TodayEd Rosenthal
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| Coombs (1983) argues that probability for developing efficient and economically viable thermocon-version processes is greater than the probability that the use of vegetable oils or sugar and starch crops can be made economically feasible. These predictions about the future of biomass conversion technology are in favor developing energy crops based on cellulosic production potential. |
Carol Krucoff and Mitchell Krucoff, M.D.
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 Saturated fat is the major culprit in elevated blood cholesterol levels and is found in fatty cuts of meat, poultry with skin, whole-milk dairy products, lard, and some vegetable oils, including coconut, palm kernel, and palm oils. Although Americans have cut back on their consumption of dietary fats, they still eat higher amounts than are recommended for good health, consuming an average of 12 percent of their calories from saturated fat and 34 percent of their total calories from fat. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd
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| Produced in India with pure vegetable oils and herbal extracts. Natural scent of ingredients. 0 S§1 EB Aura Cacia, Auromere, Basically Natural, Earth Herbs, InterNatural, Vegan Street.
Chef's Soap (Beh Housewares Corporation). Unscented. Made from tallow. H Allergy Resources, The Allergy Store, The Ecology Box, Janice Corporation.
Clearly Natural Glycerin Soaps (Clearly Natural). Sixteen fragrances and colors. Profits from their "Save the Whales" Soap are donated to Greenpeace. Q EveryBody Ltd., InterNatural, Vegan Street. |
| Contain USDA-in-spected fresh meats, vegetable oils, fish fillets, and brown rice.
LifeSource Holistic Pet Foods (Wysong Corporation). A rich blend of whole fresh, natural foods, formulated by veterinarians. Mountain Ark Trading Company.
Natural Life Pet Foods (Natural Life Pet Products). Dog and cat food that uses fresh-milled grains, quality beef, fish, poultry, herbs, eggs, dairy products, and chelated minerals. A generous dose of linoleic acid, a fatty acid necessary for healthy coats, is added. Only the natural preservatives vitamins C and B are used. All The Best. |
Kathi Keville
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 Do not confuse essential oils with vegetable oils such as olive oil, which are used as carrier oils in skin products.
Treatments are divided into internal preparations and external preparations, as the nature of the ailment generally determines the nature of the treatment.
Preparations Jf for Internal Use '*l
The following preparations are designed to be taken internally. Included in the descriptions are definitions—for example, what makes a tincture a tincture?— basic directions and average doses. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd
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| Made of organically grown herbs, vegetable oils, and essential oils. EH ®
+ Jurlique Body Care Oil (Jurlique). Contains plant materials grown organically. El M Jurlique.
+ Mountain Rose Herbs. Herbal extracted oils for body and bath.
+ Mountain Spirit. Massage oils come unscented or scented with lavender, orange, amber, or orange-amber. Also herbal body oils for massage.
+ Oak Valley Herb Farm. Massage oils with herbs and spices. EB
+ Simple Wisdom. Blend of organic essential oils. Contains lanolin. Handmade; highly concentrated. |
Kathi Keville
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| You can also use jojoba oil (really a liquid wax); it is more expensive than vegetable oil but is good for the complexion, and unlike true vegetable oils, it will not spoil.
Toner for Dry Complexion
2 ounces aloe vera gel
2 ounces orange-blossom water
I teaspoon vinegar
6 drops rose geranium essential oil
4 drops sandalwood essential oil
I drop each chamomile and jasmine
(optional) essential oils 800 International Units vitamin E oil TO. Combine ingredients. Shake before using. |
| Olive oil, which is considered healing to skin, is the most common salve base, but other vegetable oils can also be used. To help a salve adhere to the skin, try adding beeswax.
Salves are used on almost all skin problems, including minor bruises and cuts, scrapes, rashes, eczema and swelling. Exceptions include any burn beyond a minor one (because of its oil base, a salve will hold the heat of a burn and cause more pain), the oozing stage of poison oak or poison ivy, and infected, open wounds. I once taught a weekend herb seminar attended by Juan, who clearly was paying little attention. |
Hemp TodayEd Rosenthal
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| The use of vegetable oils as a diesel substitute, therefore, is not economically viable at the present time.
Of these four processes, hemp could serve as a raw material for latter three. The long-term potential for deriving significant, sustainable quantities of liquid fuel from plant materials appears to be greatest for those processes which depend upon cellulose rather than sugar, starch, or oil (Anon. 1981). This is partly because most of the world's stored biomass reserves are in the form of cellulose. |
Paul Pitchford
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 This explains why using common vegetable oils, which are usually rancid, refined, and filled with toxic "trans-fatty acids" (discussed later in "Refined Oils" section) as a result of high-temperature processing, rarely solves essential fatty-acid deficiency. Even when there are good short-term results, the long-term use of poor-quality oils compromises immunity and leads to a greater likelihood of degenerative disease. |
Prevention Magazine
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 Some of the best food sources of antioxidant compounds include vitamin C-packed citrus fruits, broccoli, green and sweet red peppers, and dark green leafy vegetables; beta-carotene-rich carrots, sweet potatoes, and spinach; and wheat germ and vegetable oils, which are loaded with vitamin E.
"You also need to keep things in perspective," adds Dr. Frei. "Even if it turns out that free radicals play a major role in disease, they are still only one player among many factors. You shouldn't get too panicky about them. Rather, live healthfully, eat sensibly, and exercise. |
| Laboratory studies showed that when mice with lupus were given smaller-than-usual amounts of polyunsaturated fats, such as those in vegetable oils like safflower and corn oil, their symptoms were reduced.
In short, if you have lupus, it's important to cut back on all types of fat in your diet. Here are some ways to get started.
Cut back on meat. Since meat is often one of the main sources of fat in the diet, cutting back automatically reduces the total amount of fat you consume. It's a good idea to limit yourself to 2- to 3-ounce servings of baked, broiled, or grilled meat. |
| Unlike vitamin C and beta-carotene, vitamin E is a bit trickier to get from foods because it's found mainly in high-fat foods, such as vegetable oils, that we'd rather avoid. Still, you can get quite a bit of vitamin E in wheat germ, with lA cup providing 4 milligrams, 20 percent of the DV. Nuts and seeds are also good sources of vitamin E.
Even though these three are essential antioxidants, they're not the only ones. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with plant compounds called phytonu-trients, which also have antioxidant abilities. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 Vitamin E Equals Protection
Vitamin E, found in wheat germ, certain vegetables, nuts, seeds and vegetable oils, is well-known both for its ability to enhance the immune system and as an antioxidant. Antioxidants offer their own electrons to free radicals,
/antioxidant nutrients are your surest protection against damage from chemical exposure. But these additional dietary adjustments may help, experts say.
Scratch the saturated fat. |
| The average person consumes a small amount of vitamin E in foods such as vegetable oils, but this certainly isn't enough to have any effect on PMS," says Dr. London. "The effect was deafly dose-responsive: 400 international units was much more effective than 200 international units. It's impossible for a woman to get these levels of vitamin E through diet alone."
It isn't clear why vitamin E has an effect on PMS. Some experts have suggested that it works by slowing the production of prostaglandins, hormonelike substances thought to play a role in premenstrual symptoms. |
| Experts believe that like vitamin K, coenzyme Q10 can be manufactured by the body, though it's also found in soybeans, vegetable oils and many meats.
Like vitamins C and E and beta-carotene, coenzyme Q10 is a member of the antioxidant family, a group of nutrients that protect your body's tissues from everyday wear and tear by disarming destructive free radicals. Free radicals are unstable molecules that wreak havoc at the cellular level by stealing electrons from your body's healthy molecules to balance themselves. |
Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D.
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 The conventional wisdom for some time now has been to avoid saturated fats, which are mostly found in meat and animal products, and to replace them with polyunsaturated fats, which include many vegetable oils like corn oil and safflower oil. This is because saturated fats raise cholesterol levels in the blood, while polyunsaturated fats, which are more metabolically active, do not. A diet that contains a high level of saturated fats can increase blood cholesterol up to 125 to 250 percent. |
Grace Ross Lewis
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 CHLOROPRENE
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Products and Uses: Used for coins, batteries, electrical components, alloys, protective coatings, and also the hydrogenation of vegetable oils.
Precautions: A confirmed carcinogen. Poison by swallowing. Swallowing of soluble salts causes nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. A mutagen (changes inherited characteristics). Hypersensitivity to nickel is common and can cause allergic contact dermatitis, asthma, conjunctivitis (inflammation of tissue surrounding eye), inflammatory reactions around nickel-containing medical implants and prostheses.
Synonyms: CAS: 7440-02-0 ? |
Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D.
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| The focus on cholesterol may be masking some of the more serious risk factors in our diet, including large amounts of dietary sugar, refined flour, margarine, processed or heated vegetable oils, and food additives.
Here's the fuzzy logic behind the cholesterol hypothesis:
1. A high level of cholesterol in the bloodstream is associated with increased risk for heart disease.
2. Heart disease is America's major killer.
3. Therefore, if we reduce the level of cholesterol in our blood, everyone will live longer.
Here's how the hypothesis gets extended to diet and medications:
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Neal Barnard, M.D.
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 We noted above that traces of certain natural vegetable oils help stop inflammation. However, in excess, oils cause more free radicals to form. Fish oils are the worst in this regard, but the same is also true of all oils. This is one reason why I generally encourage you to focus on improving the balance of your fats, rather than adding extra oils, except as a temporary measure. This is also why vitamin E is typically added to supplemental oil regimens. It is intended to protect against free radical production from the oils.
Iron aggravates free radical attacks. |
| This is described in more detail in chapter 8, but here is how it works in a nutshell:
• When you avoid animal fat and keep vegetable oils to a bare minimum, your body makes less estrogen.
• At the same time, high-fiber foods help your body eliminate excess estrogen more easily.
Your estrogen levels will be both lower and more stable when the main sources of fat (animal products and cooking oils) are taken off the menu and, at the same time, generous amounts of fiber-rich vegetables and grains are in your routine. |
| Do not assume that your problem is genetic, however, until you have tested yourself by following a diet that avoids animal products completely and keeps vegetable oils to a bare minimum. After six to eight weeks, a cholesterol test will show whether you are improving. Even small deviations from a vegetarian diet can cause cholesterol levels to climb in many people.
If your problem is genetic, avoiding cholesterol and fat in your diet is still a good idea. Evidence shows that consuming less cholesterol reduces your risk of heart problems, even if your blood cholesterol level does not decrease. |
| Even though vegetable oils are better than animal fat, they do contain some saturated fat, because all fats and oils are mixtures.
While we tend to think of olive oil and other oils as pure (and even "virgin"), keep in mind that they are highly concentrated and biologically unnatural. Olive oil is made by extracting the oil from thousands of olives and discarding the pulp. Corn oil is, likewise, extracted from many ears of corn, leaving behind their complex carbohydrates, fiber, and protein. They can affect your cholesterol level if used in more than modest amounts.
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| Crane, we used a vegan diet without added vegetable oils, but we did not recommend any exercise program at all. The patients' blood sugars dropped fully 54 points on a vegan diet, compared to less than half this amount on the traditional diabetic diet. Subjects were not counting calories, but even so, the average weight loss over the three-month study was sixteen pounds, compared to only eight pounds on the usual diabetic diet. Kidney abnormalities also improved dramatically.9
In summary, standard diabetic diets based on exchange lists are not very powerful. |
| We also kept vegetable oils to a bare minimum, which can improve immunity.
The diet is surprisingly practical, once participants learn how to integrate it into their routine, and it would be useful to test its effects in more people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
CAN FOODS INCREASE YOUR PAIN RESISTANCE?
What is actually happening in the nerves or the brain that causes pain? Many fibromyalgia symptoms could be explained by a lack of serotonin, a brain chemical that suppresses pain. |
Dr. Cass Ingram
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| One study found that when antioxidant spices were added to vegetable oils (nuts are a type of vegetable) the shelf life was increased as much as 900%.
Rice bran and rice polish
This is far more nourishing than any other grain-like food. Grain allergy is common. However, allergy to rice, which is a seed instead of a grain, is rather rare.
Compared to other types of bran the type from rice is high in protein. In fact, it is one of the few vegetable proteins that is nearly comparable to milk in protein value. The digestibility of rice bran protein is reportedly as high as 75%. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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| These large amounts require supplementation, since most people don't get much more than 15 international units a day from vegetable oils, nuts and seeds, the usual food sources for this vitamin.
Food Factors
1 o ax angina, choose foods that help keep your arteries free-flowing. Here are the details.
Trim fat to the bone. If you can get below 20 percent of calories from fat and see a big drop in your cholesterol levels, you may even begin to reverse clogged arteries, says Robert DiBianco, M.D. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
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 Both are polyunsaturated fatty acids and are found in many seeds and nuts, vegetable oils, and some meats. Some examples of linoleic acid-rich foods are safflower, sunflower, corn, soy, and walnut oils, and wild game, especially game birds. Domestic pigs and poultry contain lesser amounts. Flax oil is rich in alpha-linolenic acid, while pumpkin seed, soy, canola, and walnut oils contain lesser amounts. In the body, alpha-linolenic acid is converted to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which is then converted to an important hormone, prostaglandin E-3 (PGE-3). |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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 Most people get 10 to 25 times more omega-6 — from vegetable oils, meats, milk, and eggs — than they do omega-3.
Some health experts believe the balance between these two is more important than how much you get of either one. This may be particularly important if you have problems with chronic pain or depression. Lowering the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 to somewhere between 4-to-l and 10-to-l could help you feel a lot better. |
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