| He takes a piece of whole grain bread or a mouthful of whole rice. When he chews it well, by the numbers, sometimes up to fifty times, it breaks down into glucose right in his mouth. It's just as effective at balancing his metabolism as the sugar cubes—without what he calls "that runaway Drano impact on my digestive system."
Every week he gets needled by a Hasidic acupuncturist, a fellow he has known since college. "Acupuncture has taught me patience," he says. "My friend tells me my liver was overloaded—maybe from repressed anger and tons of sugar when I was a kid. |
Dr. Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  Then she goes on with the main course, which includes a steamed potato or yam, natural brown rice or other whole grain, and a legume. I also might supplement the meal with egg or cheese, depending on the protein needs of the woman. Of course, there are variations for individual patients.
Following this general plan, this patient was pain-free at the end of one month. That was ten years ago. Right now she is pregnant with her second child, whereas before she was infertile. Natural hygiene has tremendous implications for endometriosis. |
G. Edward Griffin
See book keywords and concepts |  Nutrition Research has shown that a diet containing white bread made with enriched flour has nearly the same value as one containing whole grain bread....
Chemical fertilizers are not poisoning our soil. Modern fertilizers are needed to produce enough food for our population....
When pesticides on food crops leave a residue, FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) make sure the amount will be safe for consumers....3
Vitamins are specific chemical compounds, and the human body can use them equally well whether they are synthesized by a chemist or by nature.
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William Duffy
See book keywords and concepts |  The instant the whole grain is ground into meal, its natural energy or its life force—whether one calls this nutrients, vitamins, or enzymes—is reduced. Once the grain is pulverized, it will not sprout, it cannot reproduce itself. Mills driven by human energy were replaced by water mills. Then the Crusaders introduced the windmills from Arab lands. Eventually, stones were replaced by steel rollers; water became steam, and then electricity.
Power increased and meals became more and more refined. That which is termed civilization—separation from the land—advanced. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts |  Eat fruits, vegetables, brown rice, clear vegetable soups, potatoes, and whole grain toast.
Add one clove of finely sliced garlic to four ounces of raw honey, then cover and let sit overnight. Add one teaspoon of mixture per cup of warm water. Sip throughout the day. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Whole grain products should be a large part of your diet. Stick to the most natural, unprocessed form of a food: An apple is better than apple juice.
Eat regular meals at regular times. You would be amazed at how many of my patients, who should certainly have known better, used to skip meals. Regular meals are especially important for people with hypoglycemia because regular food intake keeps the blood sugar stable. If you miss a meal you're much more likely to crave a sweet snack to relieve your symptoms. Don't skip breakfast. Don't have a late lunch. Don't have a late dinner. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts | | A whole foods, whole grain, high-complex carbohydrate, low-fat, high-fiber diet is recommended by Dr. Birdsall. He suggests a maximum of 25% of the daily food intake be in the form of fat and all of this should be healthy vegetable oils from nuts and seeds and olive oil. In general, this amounts to 45-50 grams per day, which represents about 450 calories.
Dr. Haas points out that certain people will do better on different types of diets, with the one consistent factor being that the diets are low in fat. | | Major sources of fiber include wheat bran, whole grain products, and beans.
• Drink a minimum of 6-8 glasses of pure water per day.
• Probiotics can help facilitate the growth of "friendly bacteria" in the colon.
• Herbs such as aloe vera, cascara sagrada, senna, and rhubarb may be helpful for relieving constipation. | | Major sources of fiber include wheat bran, whole grain products, and beans. The addition of as little as 20 g (0.7 oz) of bran each day can increase fecal weight by 127% and decrease transit time by 40%,9 two factors that are essential in alleviating constipation and keeping the colon healthy. A study in The Lancet showed that an equal quantity of cabbage, carrots, or apples would produce a similar but smaller effect.10 Sometimes people avoid increasing fiber because they find it less palatable than their usual highly refined diet. |
Dr. Joseph M. Kadans, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  When there is doubt as to providing a sufficient amount, the diet of infants could be supplemented by feeding the infant whole grain cereals.
MINERALS-CALCIUM
Value. Calcium helps to build and maintain bones and teeth, helps to heal wounds, offsets the effect of acid, and heals wounds. It has a significant vital force on the body generally and gives the body strength and endurance. An adequate supply of calcium is important for building muscles, including maintenance of a strong heart muscle. Calcium has been found to activate the enzymes of the body. | | It is also found in whole grain cereals as well as in lettuce, brown rice, barley, rye, wheat germ, rice germ, various green leaves of vegetables, nuts and legumes, such as beans, lentils and peas, and egg yolk.
VITAMIN F
Value. This vitamin promotes growth and is known as the unsaturated fatty acids. This fatty acid, rather than the saturated fatty acid, is of value to the body as offering the most concentrated form of energy. Unsaturated fatty acids combine with phosphorus to form part of every cell and are particularly concentrated in nerve and brain tissues. |
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Your best bet is to combine fruit with another nutrient-packed food, such as low-fat yogurt, whole grain crackers, or cereal, that delivers a steady stream of carbohydrates and maintains a constant blood-sugar level.
Is Hypoglycemia to Blame?
Every condition, from farigue to personaliry disorders, has been blamed on hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. Hypoglycemia is not a disease but a symptom of abnormal blood-sugar regulation. It is common in those suffering from diabetes and is typically characterized by blood-sugar levels below 50 milligrams/100 dl of blood. | | Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) show that only one out of every one hundred people meets even minimum standards for dietary adequacy: Only one-third of Americans meet the recommendations for grains (and hardly ever are they whole grain). People average only two to three servings of vegetables, not the more optimal five, and only one and one-half servings of fruit compared ro the recommended two to four servings. Three out of every four people consume far too few milk products; many don't consume any at all. No wonder so many of us battle energy and mood problems! |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts | | Eating some fiber, such as a whole grain cracker or a few bites of brown rice, 30 minutes before meals with a few amino acid tablets will often calm down reactions that tend to occur after eating. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
See book keywords and concepts |  Otherwise enjoy organic eggs or whole grain breads or cereals.
• Eat more of the superfoods listed in chapter 3, such as soy foods, fresh vegetables and fruits, garlic and onions, nuts and seeds; sprout broccoli, buckwheat, and sunflower seeds and add to salad.
• Include sea vegetables in soups, salads, and grain dishes.
Table 12. |
Gary Null
See book keywords and concepts |  By now, you can predict how to prevent any pressure disease: increase the amount of whole grain bread and cereal you eat, along with fibrous vegetables and fruits, and you may be amazed to find this disorder reversing itself, even if it has already appeared.
• Hiatus hernia may be present without your knowing it; you may be painfully aware it's there, because you find yourself regurgitating food and drink, or you find you have little or no appetite at mealtime. |
John Heinerman
See book keywords and concepts |  Originated in southeast Asia. Each whole grain has an outside hull, a brownish-colored covering called bran and a finer, lighter-colored layer called polish which surrounds the kernel. Commercial varieties are classified on the basis of size and shape of the kernel—short-, medium-and long-grain. All have the same food value, but long-grain costs more since more kernels break during milling. Brown rice is simply rice that has not had the bran and polish removed.
RYE (Secale cereale). Developed from a wild variety still growing in the mountains of eastern Mediterranean countries. | | It's especially valuable, however, in cooked cereals and whole grain breads for those unable to tolerate the gluten.
CAROB {Ceratonial siliqua)
Brief Description
Carob pods grow on a dome-shaped evergreen tree with dark-green compound leaves consisting of 2 to 5 pairs of large, rounded glossy leaflets. The tree can reach a towering height of nearly 50 feet and is native to southwestern Europe and western Asia, but is also widely cultivated in the Mediterranean region. | | The patient was also given canned vegetables, whole grain bread and raw milk in the correct amounts. Eventually, the leg condition completely healed up with the farmer strictly adhering to this dietary regimen.
The rich chlorophyll content found in alfalfa, and other green plants like it, was used by some doctors in major hospitals in the 1940s for treating infections resulting from surgical incisions, bed sores and inner ear problems. In such cases, capsules of Nature's Way Alfa-Max from your local health food store may be of great benefit. |
Marion Nestle
See book keywords and concepts |  Thus a July 1999 advertisement by General Mills that "The FDA agrees that eating whole grain foods like Cheerios, Wheaties and Total. . . may reduce your risk of heart disease and some cancers" is not precisely correct. All that is certain is that FDA chose not to deal with the claim within the allowed time period.44 Table 31 summarizes this and other claims subsequently authorized, some of which apply to supplements.
Given congressional intent, the FDA had little choice but to apply the provisions of FDAMA to supplements as well as to foods. | | For example, unfortified white flour contains 25% or less of vitamin Bp magnesium, and zinc and less than 10% of the vitamin E found in the whole grain. The white flour sold in stores is considered fortified because vitamins (thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, and, more recently, folic acid) and one mineral (iron) are added at higher levels than those found in the original grain. In contrast, enrichment is the restoration of nutrients to their original level in the unprocessed food. |
William Duffy
See book keywords and concepts | | The Japanese ideogram for peace was a mouth with a whole grain of rice in it. Waste was considered an offense against nature and the order of the universe. The Chinese child whose bowl contained leftover rice was told that any future spouse would have one pockmark for every grain wasted. In the East, grain was harvested in the fields. Stalks of rice were beaten in wooden pans to remove the outer hull. Then the rice and chaff were bounced from a cloth into the air. The wind carried off the chaff and it fell back to the soil. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
See book keywords and concepts | | Beans, because they do not contain all eight essential amino acids, are not considered a complete protein by themselves; however, by combining any dried bean with any whole grain, you will have a complete protein. This natural combination is found in many traditional diets throughout the world— tofu with rice in Asia, tempeh and rice in Indonesia, black beans and corn in South America, lentils and rice in India.
Use sparingly throughout the week—make sure they are fresh and not rancid. |
Annemarie Colbin
See book keywords and concepts |  He put himself on a regime that included flaxseed (to help bowel elimination), miso soup, vegetables, corn, and small amounts of whole grain. He also forced himself to walk a half hour daily through the hilly terrain of his neighborhood.
For the first day or two he was extremely tired, had difficulty walking, swallowing, and developed strange headaches that started at the base of his neck. By the fourth day the headaches and the swallowing difficulty had disappeared, and the walking had become much easier. Slowly he was beginning to feel like his old healthy self again. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
See book keywords and concepts | | Substitute freshly ground whole grain flours for white flour. Substitute unrefined earth salt for refined salt and use sparingly. Sea salt has been refined and offers very little, if any, benefit over regular salt. Unrefined earth salt, such as Earth Salt by Herb Pharm (see Resources), which has a light pink color, contains many minerals other than sodium, and is acceptable when moderately used.
Over the past twenty-five years, intake of both artificial sweeteners and sugar has increased dramatically in America. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
See book keywords and concepts |  Without beaks they cannot eat whole grain and are fed only pellets of refined food which are often laced with rendered fat. And since birds (chickens and turkeys) fed this type of cheap feed are rather tasteless, more fat (such as coconut oil) is injected into the meat during processing. (Thus, poultry can end up being much higher in fat than is commonly assumed.) grow to maturity? Raising chickens too quickly puts a strain on their internal organs, and the chickens then have to be treated with medications such as antibiotics (which are often masqueraded as vitamin mixes). |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | I don't recommend taking fiber supplements, but I do think an emphasis on fresh vegetables, fruits, and whole grain cereals, breads, and pastas is important. Another good way to increase your fiber intake, which I recommend to my patients, is to have a bowl of oat bran cereal or other high-fiber cereal for breakfast.
Recent research has proven that celery can have a beneficial effect on hypertension. It lowers the blood pressure by relaxing smooth muscles in the blood vessels themselves. | | Gradually increase the amounts of fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, beans, and other high-fiber foods. Gradually eliminate highly refined foods.
• Use a stool softener or psyllium powder—1 teaspoon in water once or twice daily—when you first notice symptoms or if hard stool is not relieved by diet.
• Improve your bowel habits: Don't strain; move your bowels only when you feel the urge. Limit the time you spend on the toilet—don't use the bathroom as a library!
• Don't use harsh toilet paper. Use premoistened towelettes and wipe gently. | | Avoid eating processed food: substitute whole grain bread for white, a whole apple for apple juice.
• Add a fiber supplement to your diet. Take psyllium seed bulking agents. Follow the directions on the package and be sure to take with plenty of water.
• Avoid constipation and, if you do become constipated, don't use laxatives. If you do experience some constipation, increase your psyllium and water intake, and if this doesn't work add bran to your diet. You can take it in tablet form, available in health food stores. | | Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as whole grain cereals.
• Add bran to your diet. I recommend coarse miller's bran. Begin with one tablespoon in the morning and gradually increase by a tablespoon every several days until you achieve the desired result. You can mix it in juice or yogurt or sprinkle it on cereal. If the bran causes too much gas and bloating (it usually does cause some), cut down on the amount or try:
• Psyllium fiber stool bulking agent. Follow the directions on the package, and be sure to drink adequate amounts of water. |
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