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

Contrary to what you might have learned elsewhere, you may therefore be able to include on your Candida-control diet some of the following items: vinegar and vinegar-containing products, soy sauce (tamari/ shoyu, the sugar-free kind), peanut products, coffee, and whole grain breads. Nevertheless, too much bread is inadvisable, and coffee is not generally recommended. If you must have a small amount daily, and it doesn't seem to cause symptoms, you can use it on your yeast-control program.

Natural Health Secrets From Around the World Glenn W. Geelhoed, M.D. and Jean Barilla, M.S. See book keywords and concepts

Eat more whole grain breads, cereals, grains, beans, fruits and vegetables. These foods are high in fiber and will help soften your stools. ¦ Eat papaya and pineapple. These fruits are good sources of proteolytic enzymes — which many experts believe can aid digestion and reduce the colon inflammation caused by diverticulosis. (You can also purchase proteolytic enzymes in capsule form.) Quit smoking. Smoking increases the motility, or movement, of the intestines and can aggravate the diverticulosis condition. (One more good reason to quit!) Drink plenty of water.

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

Spread peanut butter on whole grain crackers for magnesium and pour a glass of milk for calcium. Yogurt and sardines are other calcium-rich foods and you can get plenty of magnesium from nuts and green leafy vegetables. If you're on a high protein diet, you're probably eating lots of meat, fish, and dairy products — all foods low in magnesium. To avoid becoming deficient, talk to your doctor about taking supplements. According to Reiter, nutritionists aren't sure what amounts of these nutrients will help combat insomnia.

Attaining Medical Self Sufficiency Duncan Long See book keywords and concepts

However, the American Cancer Society suspects that there is a link and, in addition to initiating a series of tests in 1992, has recommended eating high-fiber foods such as whole grain cereals, vegetables, and fruits as a probable method of reducing colorectal cancer risks. What evidence there is for protection from colorectal cancer is stronger for fiber from vegetables than from grains. Dietary fiber does reduce polyps, and since polyps can develop into cancer, this reduction in polyps is likely to translate into decreased chances of cancer.

Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Almost any whole grain is acceptable, and a wide variety of them should be eaten, to keep the diet interesting and satisfying. Another 25 percent of total caloric intake should be made up of fruits and vegetables. Beans, especially, are exceptionally nutritious and high iiti protein, and can be prepared in a multitude of pleasing dishes. Because they're a high-protein, hearty food, they're a good substitute for meat. Whenever possible, the fruits and vegetables should be fresh. It's also wise to find produce that was organically grown.

Conscious Eating Gabriel Cousens, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Grain processing was stopped and only whole grain products were allowed to be sold. Farmers were directed to produce more grain, green vegetables, fruit, and dairy products instead of meat. After one year of this program the death rate dropped 40%. According to Paavo Airola, diseases that affected other European countries, including an influenza epidemic, only minimally affected Denmark. Denmark became the healthiest nation in Europe.

Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

There is plenty of fiber in vegetables, cereals, whole grain bread, beans, and fruits. But Westerners have had quite a taste for meats and dairy products, none of which contain any fiber at all. Similarly, ever-popular white bread and white rice have had most of their fiber removed. Fiber is essential for regularity because it holds water in the intestinal tract like a sponge. Without it, the wastes harden, resulting in varying degrees of constipation.

The very first day that you begin a vegetarian diet that is generous in whole grain breads, brown rice, baked beans, broccoli, spinach, fresh fruit, and all the other foods your body was designed for, your digestive tract begins to change. Straining is no longer necessary and valves that are not irreparably damaged can recover when they finally have the pressure off. Chapter 12 will show you how to start. Combine this dietary change with regular walking. Like the menu change, it sounds too simple.

Dr. Cass Ingram's Lifesaving Cures Dr. Cass Ingram See book keywords and concepts

Drizzle it on salads, rice, whole grain pasta, and steamed vegetables. Add it to tomato juice, soups, and stir fry dishes (just before serving). This is an easy way to get your zinc and other vital nutrients in a healthy, tasty, and natural way. High grade Austrian pumpkinseed oil may be difficult to find. For more information or to order call 1-800-243-5242. Chapter 3 Nutrient Dense Foods Food is critical to human survival. It must be carefully selected as a source of nutrients in order to maintain optimal health.

Breast Cancer? Breath Health! The Wise Woman Way Susun S. Weed See book keywords and concepts

WHEAT/WHEAT GRASS (Triticum vulgare) Freshly milled whole grain wheat flour (not white flour or its products) is a good source of anti-cancer lignans, diferulic acid, and protease inhibitors. Wheat grass is an excellent source of chlorophyll, folic acid, and antioxidants. See cereal grasses; see oil.

Snacking on fruits, vegetables, yogurt, and whole grain chips helps prevent cancer; fasting does not. Max Gerson, M.D., author of many books on natural treatment of cancer, felt that fasting caused those with cancer to "go downhill terribly."13 Helmut Keller, M.D., who also specializes in natural treatments for cancer, concurs: Most fasting programs lead to malnutrition, and malnutrition leads nowhere but to an increase in tumors. FIGS (Ficus carica) Figs, mentioned in the Bible as a cancer cure, contain the anticancer phytochemical benzaldehyde.

Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

But an additional and surprising benefit of a lentil curry, a whole grain muffin, or a side of broccoli is that your veins are better able to keep their strength and resilience. preventing blood clots Varicose veins are not the only sign of damaged valves in the leg veins. When blood pools in the deep veins of the legs, it has a tendency to clot. This blocks blood flow even more and leads to inflammation called thrombophlebitis. (The prefix thrombo means "clot," phleb refers to veins, and itis means "inflammation.") The leg becomes swollen, red, warm, and painful.

The Origin Diet: How Eating Like Our Stone Age Ancestors Will Maximize Your Health Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D. See book keywords and concepts

Grains, fruits, and vegetables are still the mainstays, but the grains are whole grain only, and they share space with starchy vegetables such as sweet potatoes and corn. Fruits and vegetables are predominant, taking up two layers, one for cooked or dried, and one for raw. Meat and legumes are a modest contributor to the diet; the meat is only extra lean, and the beans are important enough to have their own box.

Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Whether in the form of hot or cold cereal or whole grain breads or muffins, grains are the perfect way to start the day. Rolled oats, teff, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, and polenta are all quick-cooking and delicious. Serve them with soy milk, rice milk, fresh fruit, cinnamon, or applesauce. Grains left over from previous meals can also be reheated for a quick hot breakfast. Quick Rice Pudding on page 333 can be a nutritious breakfast as well as a delicious dessert. Select cold cereals that do not contain added fat or excessive sugar.

Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Be sure to have your foods in as natural a state as possible, choosing brown rice instead of white rice and whole grain bread instead of white bread in order to preserve their fiber. Give this experiment a careful try for just one menstrual cycle (one month), and you will see what it can do for you. You will likely start to look at the power of foods in a very different way. CALCIUM BALANCE Other aspects of diet, aside from the amount of fat and fiber, can affect how you feel. Calcium, vitamin B6, essential fatty acids, and other factors all play a role. First, calcium.

Active Wellness - A Personalized 10 Step Program for a Healthy Body, Mind & Spirit Gayle Reichler, M.S., R.D., C.D.N. See book keywords and concepts

Don't be fooled by breads that look brown, but aren't whole grain. Check the nutrition label. If the first ingredient listed is not white flour, but whole-wheat flour, oat flour, rice flour, or rye four, then the bread is probably a whole-grain product. Check the fiber content as well. Bread with 2 grams or more of fiber per serving is an excellent choice. If you are trying to lose weight, avoid breads that contain dried fruit, which is often high in calories. Remember to follow the low-fat rule to determine which bread products qualify: 3 grams or less of fat per serving.

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

And since whole grain products tend to have a low glycemic index, bulgur is a good food to include in your diet if you're diabetic. (See the Diabetes chapter for an explanation of the glycemic index.) Pantry pointers Look for boxes or bags of bulgur in your grocery or health food store. It comes in three grades — coarse, medium, and fine — although you may only find the medium variety in your supermarket. Coarse cooks up like rice, medium is delicious as a morning cereal, and fine is most often used in tabbouleh. Store bulgur in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a month.

Look for FDA-approved labels on certain products that say: "Diets rich in whole grain foods and other plant foods and low in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers." Cooking bulgur with ease If you know how to cook rice, preparing bulgur will be a snap. Just don't remove the lid or stir while your bulgur is absorbing the water. Here are cooking instructions from the Wheat Foods Council: For one serving (or one-half cup cooked bulgur), combine 3 tablespoons of dry bulgur in a saucepan with 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon water. Boil.

Don't fill all that space with pasta and whole grain bread. Meat, fish, poultry, or low-fat dairy foods cover no more than one-third of The New American Plate. Stick to a recommended serving of no more than 3 ounces of meat by mixing it with vegetables, grains, and beans in a stir-fry, stew, or casserole. Size up a simple serving. What you think you eat and what you really eat may be quite different. A USDA survey compared what people said they ate — with what they really ate. Most underestimated the amounts of some foods and overestimated others.

The Way of Herbs Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts

Healthful Beverages: roasted dandelion root tea, camomile tea, chrysanthemum tea, hibiscus tea, Bancha twig tea, mu tea, umeboshio tea, yanoh (a roasted whole grain and bean beverage). 8 KITCHEN MEDICINES HERBS AS SOURCES OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS ost of us suffer from deficiencies in some vitamins and minerals. 1VJL These deficiencies are not resolved by taking expensive food supplements, most of which are rapidly eliminated through the urine and wasted. This is because the deficiency is due to imbalance and poor assimilation or rapid elimination of these important nutrients.

Food Your Miracle Medicine Jean Carper See book keywords and concepts

Denis Burkitt notes that our ancestors ate about a pound and a quarter of whole grain, high-fiber bread a day. We eat only one-fifth as much—a mere quarter of a pound and most of it made from highly refined white flour that is fiber-depleted. Natural laxatives like bran, which bulk up the stool instead of simply stimulating the bowel nerves as many over-the-counter drugs do, are safer and gentler. "Bran is the safest, cheapest and most physiological method of treating and preventing constipation," agrees W. Grant Thompson, M.D.

The Way of Herbs Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts

Following is a possible outline of a basic diet for one day: Breakfast: whole grain cereal, rice cream, buckwheat cream, or miso soup. If desired, the cereal can be sweetened with raisins, choppe>d apple, dried fruits, walnuts or sauteed nuts; onions and mushrooms can be used with tamari sauce. Lunch: Sushi rolls, brown rice balls, or tempeh or tofu burger with pressed salad. If a warm lunch is possible, one can have kicharee soup, with pressed salad in the summer.

Three or four tablespoons of these pickled soya beans are added to every bowl of whole grain. In this form the beans can be stored almost indefinitely and will always provide a balanced protein necessary when one eats little or no meat. Tofu and tempeh can be used as meat substitutes and are delicious in whole-grain-bread sandwiches. The basic cooking method is to lightly sprinkle a little tamari sauce on a slice of tofu or tempeh and allow it to marinate for a while before sauteing in a little sesame oil or ghee.

Bulghur (cracked wheat) is about the fastest whole grain one can prepare since it is already precooked. Wheat is believed to have a particular effect upon the liver, which is why those with a weak liver may have difficulty digesting it and may exhibit allergic reactions. Actually, it is just what they need to heal their liver, but it should be made milder by sprouting before cooking and by eating only small amounts. Wheat served in this way is very calming to the nerves.

The Way of Chinese Herbs Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts

An exclusive 10-day diet of brown rice and azuki beans or some other combination of a whole grain and beans, such as the Ayurvedic kichari diet (mung beans and rice), has never failed, after the first 1 or 2 days of adjustment, to induce a sense of inner calm and centeredness. Why does this work? Essentially, it does because it encourages a normal process of detoxification of acid wastes from the various layers of the body, including the blood and lymphatic system. Acids represent the metabolic wastes of food and other substances that are no longer needed.

Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

In choosing breads, the first ingredient should be a whole grain flour, such as "whole wheat flour." Don't be misled by breads containing "wheat flour." This is just another term for white flour. • Avoid foods containing hydrogenated fats. These are fats that have been processed to make them solid (or saturated) and, like other saturated fats, they can raise blood cholesterol levels. equipping your kitchen Having the right tools for the job will greatly increase your enjoyment of food preparation.

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

Eat a piece of dry whole grain bread before drinking or as a remedy afterward. Drink a glass of orange juice or tomato juice the next morning. Since excessive consumption of alcohol tends to cause dehydration, drink several glasses of water before bed and on rising, and preferably with lemon juice, if available. NUTRITIONAL THERAPY: Before bed, after drinking to excess: 'Vitamin B complex 'Vitamin C (one gram) • Lipotropic formula (that contains, among other elements, cysteine and folic acid for liver detoxification, and an optional aspirin).

Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council See book keywords and concepts

Because vitamin E is present in a variety of commonly consumed foods (particularly vegetable oils, whole grain cereal products, and eggs), it is difficult to identify population groups with substantially different levels of intake. Consequently, it is not surprising that there are no epidemiological reports concerning vitamin E intake and the risk of cancer. Vitamin E, like ascorbic acid, inhibits the formation of nitrosa-mines in vivo and in vitro. However, there are no reports about the effect of this vitamin on nitrosamine-induced neoplasia.

Sugar Blues William Duffy See book keywords and concepts

The mills of the great gods of grain were soon grinding the life out of whole grain rice. We were* sold the white rice which—added to the antinutrient sugar in our diet—began establishing imbalances in our bodies. Then commerce busily, proudly "created" vitamin Bx pills from the rice polishings. These were then sold to us; after all, we were now in sore need of them. At the beginning of World War II, the British crOwn colony of Singapore was threatened with a food crisis— the kind that faces many lands today.

Natural whole carbohydrates like stone ground, whole grain bread counted the same as spongy, supermarket foam made of refined flour and sugar. He was supposed to avoid sugar but nobody told his mother how to avoid the sugar added to supermarket food. Nobody told Mom how to get around that one. "Maybe the Doctor's wife did the shopping," says George. "There was no sign he'd ever looked at a label or knew what was going on. But neither did I." George was equipped with certain baggage: Syringes, needles, alcohol, pads, Clinistix, insulin, and sugar cubes. Any junkie traveled lighter than that.

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