Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
See book keywords and concepts |  It can also be argued that in an age of processed foods and widespread adulteration of the environment, additional foods and food supplements are sometimes essential. Most phytotherapists will attend to these matters as an intrinsic part of their treatment. This text is not the place to rehearse this complex matter but it is the place to explore the phytotherapist's particular perspective on dietary therapy.
One could start with a principle, literally a fundamental principle. New-wave dietetics has been associated with the dictum that 'You are what you eat'. | | Is there any real point giving extra vitamins, minerals or other food supplements if they are not being well absorbed or utilized, or are being excessively metabolized? What is the point of eliminating potential dietary allergens if the gut is in hypersensitivity mode (when one simultaneously reduces vital dietary variety and creates new allergens)? If there is abdominal bloating or flatulence after eating a food, improving digestive performance might be better than removing the food. |
Marie-France Muller, M.D., N.D., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In both the human and the animal body, the bioavailability of nonorganic mineral food supplements is only 8 to 12 percent on average, which falls to 3 to 5 percent among people who are over the age of forty. Nonorganic minerals are the form we most commonly consume, whether we take calcium or zinc tablets or a daily multivit-amin/multimineral. Minerals of this kind are generally offered in the form of gluconates (zinc gluconate, calcium gluconate, and so on), carbonates, lactates, sulfates, and oxides. These nonorganic minerals enter the small intestine with essentially a positive charge. |
Elaine Feuer
See book keywords and concepts |  When dozens of food supplements were seized in simultaneous raids on twelve Whole Foods Markets, Sun Harvest Farms, and Ye Seekers Horizon, the story was buried on the last page of the Sports Section of the Dallas Morning News. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
See book keywords and concepts |  In the summer of 1999, Tufts scientists published a paper on the variability of antioxidants in food supplements. They looked at 46 different commercial preparations, most of which were derived from berries known to be high in antioxidant power, including the European bilberry, cranberry, chokeberry, and elderberry. In these samples, some brands had an extraordinary one-thousand times more antioxidants than the others. Similarly, when they looked at celebrated sources of antioxidants such as pine bark and grape seed extracts, they also found a huge variation in potency. |
Robyn Landis
See book keywords and concepts |  Murray further notes that the same saw palmetto berry extracts that in the United States can be sold only as "food supplements" are widely prescribed by European physicians as medicines.4
It is recommended that men seek fat-soluble saw palmetto extracts in capsules or pills standardized to contain 85 to 95 percent fatty acids and sterols. The dose recommended by natural health practitioners is 160 milligrams twice daily.
Pygeum is the bark of an African tree, also highly favored for prevention and treatment of prostate disease. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  For example, Indian scientists showed that four common food supplements could have a marked impact on the occurrence of breast cancer in rats. They first gave rats a common carcinogen, DMBA, which produced malignant breast tumors in all the animals. They then gave the same rats four minerals or vitamins, either alone or in combination: selenium (in the form of sodium selenite), magnesium chloride, vitamin C or vitamin A (retinyl acetate). Each item given singly reduced the breast cancer rate approximately in half. |
Thomas Bartram
See book keywords and concepts |  Liquid food supplements prepared at low-temperature process of extraction. Extensive research programme. Plant situated at the foot of the Bavarian Alps. Products include Floradix, Borage oil capsules, Siberian Ginseng capsules, Garlic and Hawthorn and Mistletoe capsules, and a wide range of herb teas and preparations. Addresses: PO Box 1180, 8206 Bruckmuhl, West
Germany. Salus (UK) Ltd, Woolston Grange, Warrington, Cheshire, England.
SANDALWOOD. Santalum album L. Oil. Antiseptic and bacteriostatic against staphylococcus aureus (gram positive bacteria). | | Nutrition: diet, food supplements.
4. Psychological counselling.
To strengthen body defences: Garlic, Echinacea,
Lapacho, Sage, Chlorella, Reisha Mushroom,
Shiitake Mushroom. Of primary importance is
Liquorice: 2-4 grams daily.
Upper respiratory infection: Pleurisy root,
Elecampane.
Liver breakdown: Blue Flag root, Milk Thistle, Goldenseal.
Diarrhoea: Bayberry, Mountain Grape, American Cranesbill, Slippery Elm, lactobacillus acidophilus.
Prostatitis: Saw Palmetto, Goldenrod, Echinacea. Skin lesions: External:- Comfrey, Calendula or Aloe Vera cream. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
See book keywords and concepts | | Supplements Are a Part of Any Antioxidant Program
Taking food supplements can also help in the fight against cancer and many other health problems (such as heart disease).
If you are attempting to prevent the recurrence of cancer, you should probably be taking extra amounts of the supplements discussed in this book. Here is a program similar to what I and my family members take, although everyone's personal program has to be tailored to his or her individual circumstances:
1. A good multivitamin/mineral pill (without iron)
2. Vitamin A ............... 10-20,000 IU
3. Vitamin C ............ | | The key to risk reduction is diet, food supplements, avoidance of carcinogens, and other life style improvements. Environmental factors may cause up to 70 percent of all cancers. Even cancers caused by genetic defects can be helped by antioxidants.
Another question is, "How can I prevent the side effects of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy?" Patients want to minimize the damage to their blood and bone marrow, the hair loss, mouth sores, and other miseries that sometimes make radiation and chemotherapy a nightmare. |
Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D. Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D. Uma Shivakumar, Ph.D. R. Rajendran, M.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | Fortunately these compounds have been in my diet for many years, and I am looking forward to the availability of food supplements that can conveniently increase these quantities to enhance my antioxidant bioprotection.
The reader may ask, "why do we need another antioxidant? Aren't vitamins A, C and E enough?" The answer is simple. We can start with a comparison to vitamins. Where would we be if we stopped with vitamin A and vitamin B in 1915? Today we recognize 11 vitamins that are dietary essentials, and several more vitamin-like nutrients. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
See book keywords and concepts | | Should you attempt to get all your antioxidants from your food or should you take food supplements? Here are the benefits of getting antioxidants from food:
Foods contain many antioxidants, some of which may not even be known to science yet. There are hundreds of carotenoids alone.
Foods are a dependable source, and you won't go wrong if you pick fresh, deeply colored, organic produce.
Foods are an economical way of getting antioxidants. You have to eat, and so you might as well choose foods rich in health-giving factors. |
Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D. Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D. Uma Shivakumar, Ph.D. R. Rajendran, M.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | These diversified groups of nutrients, micronutrients and food supplements belong to a category of biologically important substances known as "antioxidants."
Curcuminoids are natural phenolic compounds, with potent antioxidant properties. Several research groups have recently provided convincing evidence for the antioxidant properties of curcuminoids. Both turmeric and curcuminoids inhibited generation of potent free radicals like superoxide and hydroxyl radicals. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
See book keywords and concepts | | I foresee the day when all doctors will be trained in the use of food and food supplements to fight cancer. But you needn't wait for that glorious day.
You can take part in this Antioxidant Revolution now. Increase your daily intake of antioxidants and share your program with friends, relatives, neighbors, and especially doctors. In this way, you will not only help yourself but will accelerate the pace of change. |
John Heinerman
See book keywords and concepts |  However, this isn't always practical, which necessitates the use of food supplements occasionally.
From a number of health practitioners I've spoken with here and in Canada, they all felt that one of the very best line of supplements they've recommended without any hesitation was manufactured by a Vancouver, Canada vitamin company called Quest Vitamin Supplies Ltd. Among some of their favorite supplements made by this firm are a superb amino acid complex, a nice 25,000 I.U. beta carotene, a strong citrus bioflavonoid (1000 mg. |
Ruth Winter
See book keywords and concepts |  Isobutylene is used to produce antioxidants for foods, food supplements, and packaging. Vapors may cause asphyxiation.
ISOBUTYLENE/MALEIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMER A copolymer of isobutylene and maleic anhydride monomers derived from petroleum and used as a resin. Strong irritant.
ISOBUTYLENE RESIN, POLYISOBUTYLENE A component of chewing-gum base. a-ISOBUTYLPHENETHYL ALCOHOL A synthetic butter, caramel, chocolate, fruit, and spice flavoring agent for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, liqueurs, and chocolate. See Isoamyl Alcohol for toxicity. | | The Committee is reviewing this additive's level in edible fats and oils, dried vegetables, cocoa products, processed meat, frozen fish, ready-to-eat soup and broth, and food supplements.
BUTYLATED HYDROXYMETHYLPHENOL Anew antioxidant, a nearly white crystalline solid with a faint characteristic odor. Insoluble in water and propylene glycol; soluble in alcohol. No known toxicity, but the formula, 4-hydroxymethyl-2, 6-di-tert-butyl phenol, contains phenol, which is very toxic. BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE (BHT) A preservative, stabilizer, and antioxidant employed in many foods. |
Marion Nestle
See book keywords and concepts |  A committee of the New York Academy of Medicine, opposed to the very idea that a health benefit might relate to any single type of product in a food package, argued that: nutrition research is so indefinite that the biomedical community could hardly be expected to reach consensus on "whether a given class of foods, food supplements, or a specific nutrient is beneficial. |
G. Edward Griffin
See book keywords and concepts |  He had supported FDA rulings and penalties calling for up to thirty years in prison for those who advocate the use of harmless herbs and food supplements for the alleviation of metabolic disease. Now he had given his blessings to cannabis sativa which, regardless of all else that might be said about it, is far from harmless.
On May 20, 1974, Dr. Hardin B. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
See book keywords and concepts | | And all too often, doctors respond to positive reports with a warning that patients should not take food supplements.
The conventional line is that the research is promising, but there just isn't enough data on which to base firm conclusions. But doctors and people in general often make decisions in the absence of certainty. Consider these words of Richard Horton, M.D., the editor-in-chief of the Lancet, in a 1998 editorial on the "Precautionary Principle":
Dr. Horton's Precautionary Principle
'We must act on facts," Dr. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  O SPECIAL SUGGESTIONS
Since vitamins and minerals are essential constituents of vegetable and animal foods, the first and most important suggestion is that they need to be viewed as "food supplements"they are digested and assimilated best when taken with or following food. The B vitamins, vitamin C, and the minerals, all of which are water-soluble, especially need to be dissolved and digested with food before they can be assimilated and thereby used by the body. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler
See book keywords and concepts |  For many years, friends, patients and fellow doctors, familiar with my background as a biochemist, researcher and medical doctor with a strong interest in human metabolism, diet, nutrition, and experimental and preventive medicines, have asked me where they could get objective, well-documented information on vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other food supplements. Among their questions were these: Which supplements, if any, are worth taking? Is there good evidence suggesting that these supplements are really helpful? Which substances are safe and in what doses? | | TEN
Other Supplements
This chapter analyzes a number of food supplements that cannot be characterized as vitamins, minerals, lipids, amino acids, nucleic acids or herbs. The supplements included are:
Acidophilus/Yogurt/Kefir Bioflavonoids/Propolis/Disodium Chromoglycate Brewer's Yeast/Skin Respiratory Factor/Glucan Coenzyme Q10 Dietary Fiber Enzymes (Wobe-Mugos, etc.) L-carnitine Lipoic Acid Mushrooms: Shiitake and Rei-shi PABA Pangamic Acid/DMG Royal Jelly
Seaweeds Spirulina and Chlorella Succinates and Cytochromes Wheat Germ and Octacosanol
Acidophilus, Yogurt, Kefir, Etc. | | SIX
Amino Acids
Amino acids are being marketed widely as individual food supplements. In order to make sense of these substances it is important to define some terms. In principle, an amino acid is any compound that contains an amino group and an acidic function. This definition includes a wide variety of substances, many of which have no known biologic function. When biologists talk about amino acids, they usually mean the twenty amino acids that are necessary for the synthesis of proteins. | | It is certain, however, that if that happens these substances will be treated as drugs and not as innocuous "food supplements."
Both BHA and BHT are recognized antioxidants. One researcher has reported increased average life span in long-lived strains of mice given BHT supplements. Increases as great as 30 percent were noted. Another mouse study indicated that large doses of vitamin E and BHT given in combination could inhibit the accumulation of "age pigments" in cells. However, BHT was found to decrease the average life span of the fruit fly in one study. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
See book keywords and concepts | | In contrast, in the US, extracts, which are identical to those approved in Germany and France, are available as "food supplements".
No medicinal claims are allowed for most herbal products, because the FDA requires the same standard of absolute proof as is required for new synthetic drugs. Thus far, the FDA has rejected the idea of establishing an independent "expert advisory panel" for the development of monographs similar to Germany's Commission E monographs, as well as other ideas to create a suitable framework for the marketing of herbal products in the US. | | In fact, many so-called "experts" in life extension have recommended that these substances be taken as food supplements at very high doses (i.e. 2 g/day). Based on extensive research this recommendation is extremely unwise as it is 100 times the estimated acceptable intake of BHA, BHT, or the sum of both as set by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/ World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives.38 It is also over 100 times the estimated inhibitory activity and may actually promote cancer. |
Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | These generally include:
a huge array of vitamin, mineral and food supplements;
a large number of pancreatic enzymes;
a vigorous program of up to four (or more) coffee enemas per day (see Gerson Diet);
ancillary chiropractic adjustments.
Detoxification is the removal of toxins from the body, through the use of enemas, emetics, purges, sweat baths, etc. It is a very old idea. Ancient Egyptians (says Herodotus) purged regularly because they felt that diseases were caused by excess nutrients in the diet. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
See book keywords and concepts | | Currently, herbal products continue to be sold as "food supplements" and manufacturers are prohibited from making any therapeutic claims for their products.
The German experience: St John's wort extract as an example
Over 25 double-blind controlled trials (15 vs. placebo, 10 vs. standard anti-depressant drugs) have shown St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) extracts standardized for hypericin content to yield excellent results in the treatment in depression with virtually no side-effects. |
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