| Foods that have these sorts of fibers, or are combined with supplements containing these types of fibers, typically have a lower glycemic index. This is because these types of fibers are capable of slowing down the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, thereby preventing rapid rises in blood sugar. These types of fibers are also associated with increasing the sensitivity of tissues to insulin and improving the uptake of glucose by the muscles, the liver, and other tissues, thereby preventing a sustained elevation of blood sugar. |
| The most commonly used flavonoid supplements are citrus bioflavonoids (including rutin and hesperidin), quercetin, grapeseed and pine bark extracts, and green tea extracts. For prevention of diabetes we would list these flavonoids in the opposite order. Citrus bioflavonoids are the most widely used and least expensive flavonoid sources. However, they are also the least active. One of the most beneficial groups of flavonoids is the proanthocyanidins (also referred to as procyanidins). These molecules are found in high concentrations (up to 95 percent) in grapeseed and pine bark extracts. |
| Fish oil supplements are best taken at or near the beginning of a meal to avoid any fishy aftertaste. þFlavonoid extracts can be taken at any time. þProbiotics should be taken with meals if they are enteric-coated for maximum benefit. If the product is not enteric-coated, it should be taken at least 5 minutes before or 1 hour after a meal, or at bedtime.
Chapter Four
A Closer Look at Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
Let's start out with a straightforward—nonsugar-coated—statement: The major risk factor for type 2 diabetes (see Table 4.1) is obesity—or more precisely, excess body fat. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Remember the last time you had a cold, the flu, or another ailment that you likely could have prevented with rest, sound nutrition, and specific nutrition supplements? The ultimate form of healing is to prevent an illness from occurring in the first place. This requires knowledge about how the body functions at a healthy level. Our book includes this information.
We believe that this book can make a tremendous difference in your health and the health of your loved ones. You now have within reach the powerful and amazing healing tools that were graciously given to us by our Creator. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 The chief means of providing optimum conditions is through the use of nutrient supplements - vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential fatty acids. and their synthesis established. The fourth period begins about 1930 when biochemical functions of the body were studied, dietary requirements were introduced, and commercial production of vitamins became prominent. We are now into the fifth period, which began in 1955 and is characterized by the recognition of therapeutic health effects beyond prevention of deficiency disease. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 That definition includes a proviso that supplements are to be considered foods, except in the instance when a product makes a drug claim. In other words, by Federal law, dietary supplements are generally considered to be foods.
It is for this reason that the language of the original Durbin amendment establishing a new adulterated food registry could have been read to apply to dietary supplements. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| He had no bad reactions to any of the supplements. We increased his niacinamide to 500 mg three times a day and the ascorbic acid to 1 g twice a day. This patient's rapid response does not prove it was due entirely to the administration of the zinc. The other nutrients must also have played an important part, but we suspect that zinc was the main therapeutic variable. Single nutrient deficiencies are very rare. We could not in good conscience withhold the other nutrients since we were not certain that one alone might help. |
| She did not like taking all the supplements and agreed to continue with just the multiple vitamin/mineral preparation, zinc, and niacinamide. She also agreed to increase the dose of niacinamide to 1000 mg twice daily. No side effects were reported.
A second follow-up occurred on February 7,2004. The patient, now 12-years-old, reported a striking improvement with her anxiety. She did not always take her pills daily, but was happy with the results. Her panic attacks completely stopped, and her acne was much improved as well. |
| Ben's treatment and response to a vitamin in megadoses is a prototype of what can be achieved through diet and nutrient supplements, not only for 'ill' children like Ben, but also for 'healthy' children.
Since then, I have diagnosed and treated over 1,500 children under the age of 14 suffering some learning disability, behavior disorder, or chronic disease with a regimen of a sugar-free naturopathic diet and optimum doses of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential fatty acids. |
| ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
During the past 40 years, there has been a marked change in medical opinion in the use of nutrients as supplements. In the early 1950s, it was generally believed that nutrition played a very minor, if any, role in the practice of medicine. Nutrition was not taught in medical schools, and physicians allowed non-clinical nutritionists and dietitians to take over the whole field. In 1955, the first paper was published that introduced the concept that large doses of vitamins could be used therapeutically for treating conditions not known to be vitamin deficiency diseases. |
Michael Pollan
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 We know that people who take supplements are generally healthier than the rest of us, and we also know that, in controlled studies, most of the supplements they take don't appear to work. Probably the supplement takers are healthier for reasons having nothing to do with the pills: They're typically more health conscious, better educated, and more affluent. So to the extent you can, be the kind of person who would take supplements, and then save your money.
That said, many of the nutrition experts I consulted recommend taking a multivitamin, especially as you get older. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| Following is a summary of the hormones that are currently available as dietary supplements. Please note that we feel it is best to work with a knowledgeable doctor when using these hormones, instead of self-experimenting with them.
Androstenedione
Description: Androstenedione is a hormone that occurs naturally in the body. It is currently available as a supplement and is popular among bodybuilders and athletes. Studies have shown this hormone to increase testosterone levels in women. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 For example, the simultaneous ingestion of fats increases the availability of lycopene and carotenoids supplements. Some vitamins are actually more effective in supplements than in foodstuffs (e.g., vitamin A is more bioavailable in supplement than in spinach or sweet potato). On the other hand, lycopene is more available from eggs than from supplements, and cooking tomatoes increases its availability. The usability of vitamins in food varies with the method of preparation. "Far too little is known about nutrient availability as a function of plant variety and maturity. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 That is why we are so successful as a supplement company; we actually have supplements that are easy to feed. Not only are they easy to feed, they work quickly.
Mike: Is there one supplement that you offer as a combination for concentrated nutrition?
Newman: Yes, we have our mega pet daily, which is our vitamin/mineral supplement. This is great for all animals. You can break it up and mix it into birdseed. You can break it up and mix it into pellets for horses. You can easily feed it to dogs and cats as capsules or by breaking it into their food. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They're telling people to avoid taking supplements that reduce the risk of heart disease. Shouldn't this association be giving people information that makes them healthier rather than increasing their risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular trauma?
If you look at the history of the American Heart Association, their present position is no surprise. The AHA has, for decades, denied any benefit whatsoever from vitamins, minerals or nutritional supplements. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If NewsTarget were ever stupid enough to start selling supplements, I have no doubt we would be raided or threatened by the FDA within days. Not surprisingly, we have no plans to enter the supplement business. In fact, we sell no supplements, we earn no money from the sale of supplements, and we do not charge supplement companies to be mentioned on NewsTarget.
These squeaky clean financial boundaries make us virtually immune to FDA regulatory oppression. Everything NewsTarget publishes is protected under Free Speech and is offered solely as opinion and / or entertainment. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Most importantly, Byron is dedicated to sourcing the most potent, highly-purified forms of each raw material that goes into the supplements. For example, while many "junk vitamin" companies products a multivitamin with super-cheap forms of vitamin B12 (cyanacobolamin), Wellness Resources uses what are called the "coenzyme" forms of vitamin B12 (50 percent methylcobalamin and 50 percent adenosylcobalamin), which are far easier for the body to assimilate. (Read more details at http://www.wellnessresources.com/products/daily_energy.php. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 When we consume nutritional supplements, we're actually consuming more than the chemical constituents found in those supplements. Foods are more than just the sum of their parts. Foods actually carry a homeopathic element. This element is present in all foods, herbs, supplements or anything you ingest into your body.
It is imprinted onto those foods and supplements by the people who come into contact with them during harvesting, production and marketing. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You can find it in vitamins and supplements in health food stores, grocery stores, price discount warehouse clubs, retailers and pharmacies all over the country and around the world right now. What toxic ingredient am I referring to? Partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
Today, anyone who follows nutrition knows that hydrogenated oils are extremely toxic. We know that, long-term, they will lead to cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. They can even encourage strokes. We know that they cause harm, sometimes irreparable, to the nervous system. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Each year, watch for the ratchet to be tightened as a growing list of supplements get banned.
10. It allows natural health critics to use circular logic to attack the industry. They'll say, "If these vitamins weren't dangerous, then they wouldn't have been outlawed, would they?"
Get the fact on CODEX. Visit the Alliance for Natural Health: http://www.alliance-natural-health. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Summary: Superior raw materials, high potency supplements that get results. Honest pricing, direct to consumers.
URL: www.WellnessResources.com
Coming next: Another innovative supplement company in part three of this series. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Excellent for people who aren't getting results from cheaper, mass-produced vitamins and supplements.
URL: www.RealFoodNutrients
Coming next: Part four, an innovative supplement company offering a unique solution for IBS, migraines and protein needs. |
| If you've been taking "cheapo" calcium and wondering why your bones aren't getting any stronger, maybe it's time you switched to FoodForm supplements that actually work!
I've actually seen people take Tums as a source of calcium. It's absurd, as Tums is an antacid, and you need gastric acid to digest any minerals, including calcium. But it just goes to show you how much some people lack basic nutritional information. A food-based form of calcium would serve those people much better, and they might actually begin to see improved results with their bone health. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Mike: One of the most common pet supplements on the market today seems to be MSM.
Newman: Yes, we have those.
Mike: Do you have a formulation that helps with joint pain?
Newman: Yes, absolutely. We have several types that help with joint pain. We have a yucca extract on the market. We are the only company to do this. The powdered formula of the yucca is actually the by-product of the extraction process that we use. We have 87 percent more bio available saponins -- the actual steroidal saponin that does the job in a dose, compared to 3 to 7 percent in a powdered dose. |
| What is unique and interesting about these supplements?
Newman: First of all, we have the most concentrated supplement line on the market. Concentration is very important. A dog or a cat doesn't want a tablespoon of powder thrown into their food and mixed in. It is going to turn them off from their food. So, for instance, our herbal extracts are our standardized extracts. They are very concentrated and highly reliable in terms of what therapeutic actions you're going to get from them.
For our herbal concentrate, you use one drop per five pounds of body weight. |
| Just by detoxifying and putting them on the supplements, we see 80 percent of the animals reverse their symptoms, even in diseases like cancer, within the first six to eight weeks.
Mike: Eighty percent?
Newman: Yes, 80 percent. We have done clinical studies to show this process. Then you're going to have another 15 percent that are going to need more support. They are either more weakened or more genetically compromised. They are old and have other issues at hand or they're too sick. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| This is why you don't want to get your supplements from these mega corporations that are actually owned by Big Pharma. It's better to get something from smaller, more passionate companies.
I don't necessarily mean "mom-and-pop" shops, but I mean companies that are solely focused on health, even if they do happen to be commercially successful. Companies like New Chapter, Nature's Way, Now Foods, Garden of Life or Jay Robb Enterprises (which has outstanding whey protein, soy protein and egg protein products). |
| The fact that food manufacturers and vitamin supplement manufacturers can put highly toxic, death-promoting, disease-causing ingredients into your foods, products and supplements and sell them to you without warning labels is absolutely unconscionable. It's near criminal that they allow this to happen.
Failing to warn consumers about toxic vitamin fillers should be a crime
Lawmakers have been asleep at the wheel. They've allowed food companies to run the system. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's also important to take these supplements from several different sources. You don't want to take superfoods every day and rely on that as your only source of supplemental nutrition. You don't want to take only the Alive! Whole Food Energizer supplement and rely on that. You don't want to rely on any one brand; you want to have a variety of nutritional products so that you're getting whole food sources from three or four different manufacturers on a daily basis. |
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