Henry Pasternak, D.V.M., C.V.A.
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 Therefore, we must consider supplementing our pets with natural mineral sources and not pills. Natural Celtic Sea Salt™ is a most basic condiment as well as a staple food. This sea salt is obtained from the evaporation of the ocean's water without synthetic chemicals. No synthetic supplement can equal the wealth of minerals that natural Celtic Sea Salt™ supplies, regardless of how rich the synthetic's content or how precisely it is formulated.16
Celtic Sea Salt™ is harvested in Brittany, near the Celtic Sea in the northwest of France. |
| ENZYMES IN FOOD
By supplementing with exogenous enzymes to the diet, a number of benefits occur. First, enhanced enzymatic digestion in the stomach results in increased digestion and absorption of nutrients with less undigested product passing with the stool.11 Other benefits include larger litters, better weight management, improved skin condition, resistance to stress, and decreased food sensitivities and allergies.12'13
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Robert W. Hill, Ph.D. and Eduardo Castro, M.D.
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 Essential Fatty Acids
Fish oils and flax seed oil are the best sources for supplementing omega-3 fatty acids. Other sources with omega-3 have too much omega-6 content to improve the ratio between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
There are numerous products containing fish liver and flax seed oils. Fish oils may have contaminants or a high percentage of oxidized fats. For cost per unit dose, and considering the stringent production requirements of omega-3 fatty acids, we use Dale Alexander's emulsified Norwegian cod liver oil. |
Bill Gottlieb
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 Lark recommends supplementing your diet with 400 milligrams of magnesium a day.
Travel Free from the Nausea of Motion Sickness
Airsick. Carsick. Seasick. Whatever you call motion sickness, one thing's for sure—you're definitely sick. You can turn pale, break out in a cold sweat, and just feel miserable. But the worst symptom by far is the intense nausea, which means that wherever you're traveling, the contents of your stomach may have their own Estimated Time of Arrival: Immediately.
You feel so awful because your brain has been double-crossed. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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 This is also a more economical way of supplementing, as it would cost just slightly more to purchase a whole-food supplement than it would to purchase a singular supplement.
Some may have concerns about the use of products made by less reputable companies who may not include all the ingredients listed on the label. In 1999, the Center for Dietary Supplement Research in Botanicals at the University of California at Los Angeles found that, most often, supplements do contain the ingredients that they advertise. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 If you're supplementing vitamin B6, stick to no mote than 50 milligrams a day without medical supervision, says Dr. Coe. In large doses, B6 has been associated with nerve damage. Stop taking B6 if you develop numbness in
Some doctors tecommend these nutrients, in a range of amounts, as part of a program to prevent a recurrence of kidney stones. Check with yout doctor first to determine whethet these supplements might help you. your hands or feet or unsteadiness in walking. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 Whey protein is a high-quality source of proteins that are easily absorbed and may help improve immune function in the digestive tract. Try supplementing your diet with a whey-protein drink containing 25 grams of protein per serving. Take one or two drinks per day.
HERBAL TREATMENT
¦ Gentian root has been used by Europeans for centuries to stimulate the appetite and improve digestion. Take 500 milligrams three times daily, with meals.
¦ Goldenseal stimulates digestive function and many people find it increases appetite. Try taking a cup of goldenseal tea before meals for a week. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 Ninety-two percent of the non-Bi2 supplementing, primarily live-food vegans were B12 deficient. This seemed to increase with the amount of time as a vegan. There are no studies that show that vegans do not get B12 deficient over time.
The conclusion from the present research is that: it is a reasonably safe bet that about 80% of the vegan and live-food population, within six to ten years, runs the risk of a subclinical or clinical B12 deficiency and increased homocysteine levels. Perhaps over a thirty- to fifty-year span it may reach 100%. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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 In addition, he was supplementing his diet with several important natural medicinal tonics, including ginseng and Ginkgo biloba. He was also taking high amounts of the important memory-enhancing nutrient lecithin, which, as noted earlier, is the nutritional precursor of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, the primary chemical carrier of memory.
He was getting some exercise, staying mentally active, and trying to keep his stress under control.
His daughter, he said, was still hesitant about him trying complementary medicine, so he preferred to continue his own self-managed program. |
Bill Gottlieb
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| Seidman recommends supplementing at higher levels for three key B vitamins: thiamin, niacin, and B12.
"Some patients find that thiamin supplements relieve their tinnitus,"
Dr. Seidman says. The nutrient may work by "stabilizing the nervous system, especially the nerves of the inner ear," he says. He recommends 100 to 500 milligrams a day, taken with your doctor's approval and supervision.
Niacin may work by improving the circulation to the cochlea, or inner ear. "Many patients with tinnitus who have used niacin have had significant benefit," says Dr. Seidman. |
| If you are taking antibiotics, take them at least 2 hours before supplementing with lactobacillus.
Do not exceed the dosage recommended on the label. Take with a meal to lessen the chance of stomach upset and to increase digestion and absorption.
Experimental. Use only under the supervision of a knowledgeable medical doctor; long-term effects are unknown. Do not take arginine and lysine at the same time, as they can overbalance each other.
Use only under the supervision of a knowledgeable medical doctor; long-term effects are unknown. |
| Many men will restore a proper balance of testosterone to estrogen just through supplementing their diets with zinc," Dr. Shippen says.
He recommends 50 milligrams twice a day until you see an improvement in your symptoms, which might take a month or two, at which point you should reduce your intake to 30 to 50 milligrams daily.
VITAMIN C: Low Levels Are a Midlife Risk
When the body's level of vitamin C is low, levels of aromatase are high, possibly leading to lowered testosterone, Dr. Shippen says. He recommends 1,000 to 3,000 milligrams of vitamin C a day for a month or two. |
the Editors of PREVENTION
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 Most of us take in too much salt, not enough magnesium, and usually (though not always) the right amounts of calcium and potassium. "Supplementing with magnesium can be very helpful," he says. Take 1,000 milligrams daily in divided doses, or less if it produces diarrhea, but be sure to talk to your doctor before taking supplements.
Dr. Milowe also recommends enriching your diet with more omega-3 fatty acids, which are heart-healthy nutrients with an anti-hypertensive effect. You can get them from fish, shellfish, and flaxseed. |
Robert W. Hill, Ph.D. and Eduardo Castro, M.D.
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| The point is simply that the mother's lead blood level will rise somewhat during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and more lead will enter her placental blood and her milk. supplementing calcium can reduce these elevations in lead.
Any woman planning to become pregnant can have her own tissue levels tested for heavy metals, and she can choose to undergo chelation prior to pregnancy to reduce the burden her child will encounter.
Why Heavy Metals Testing Is Recommended for ADD Children
Although we have discussed these toxic metals separately, they are present in each of us in combination. |
Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D.
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 Galland also suggests supplementing the child's diet with 500 mg or up to 1,000 mg of vitamin C. In any case, the point of tolerance for vitamin C, whether taken by an adult or by a child, is when diarrhea occurs. At that point the body is taking in enough vitamin C.
EAR WAX
Dissolve ear wax by applying a few drops of warm, not hot, vegetable or mullein oil in the ear. Afterwards gently flush the ear with warm water in a bulb syringe. Keep the head upright. Drain out the water and wax by turning the head sideways and down. |
Prevention Magazine
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 They appear to help in a number of different ways, from blocking the negative effects of natural estrogens to supplementing them when they're running low.
Evidence of soy's health benefits is still preliminary, experts warn. Nonetheless, the possibilities are intriguing. "The data emerging on soy are really ex-
In the Kjjchen
You've seen tofu in the produce section of your supermarket. But how do you eat this pale, spongy stuff?
Almost any way you want. The advantage of tofu is that while it has little taste of its own, it takes on the flavor of whatever it's cooked with. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
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 We discovered that Kirby's fecal chymotrypsin test was nearly zero—meaning his pancreas was secreting extremely low levels of the enzymes necessary to digest his dietary proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. supplementing his meals with a tablet of digestive enzymes proved to be the single most beneficial measure I or any previous physicians had suggested to him. |
| Other options for supplementing fiber are oat bran, guar gum, and pectin. Normalizing bowel transit time and stool consistency is a must.
• Drink water (six to eight glasses a day), primarily between meals.
DETOXIFICATION PROGRAM
• Periodically do the following: the Liver Flush and Purifying Diet or an intestinal cleansing program.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
• Use vitamin C (up to 1,000 milligrams three times a day) and bioflavonoids, such as hesperidin, hesperidin methyl chalcone, and naringin (600 to 900 milligrams a day combined). |
| Anyone with blood sugar-related problems, sugar craving, coronary or other atherosclerotic involvement, and/or cholesterol and triglyceride elevations should consider supplementing chromium.
Elemental, inorganic chromium salts, such as those that plate the bumper on your car, cannot be used by the body. Only the organic complex form of chromium— glucose tolerance factor (GTF), which contains cofactors of niacin and glutamic acid—is biologically active. |
| My testing showed her to be deficient in both pancreatic enzymes and stomach hydrochloric acid. By supplementing her meals with pancreatic enzymes and hydrochloric acid/pepsin capsules, I solved her remaining bowel and hypoglycemic symptoms. (See Chapter Seven for suggestions on how to assess and treat digestive problems.)
Social Pressures
During the process of changing her diet and following various programs and treatments, Sally encountered a common social pitfall. |
| Eating whole foods and supplementing your diet with vitamins and minerals can safeguard your health. But, as you will learn in the next chapter, it is not necessarily what you eat that determines your state of health, but what you can and cannot digest and assimilate.
SUGGESTED READING
Grant, Anne, and DeHoog, Susan. Nutritional Assessment and Support, 3rd ed. Self-published, 1985.
Hamilton, Kirk. Clinical Pearls in Nutrition and Preventive Medicine. Sacramento, CA: IT Services, 1992, 1993, 1994.
Hausman, Patricia. The Right Dose: How to Take Vitamins and Minerals Safely. |
| Intestinal yeast overgrowth is one manifestation of intestinal dysbiosis (disordered intestinal microbial balance), and supplementing the diet with these favorable organisms is an important part of reversing this condition. I recommend a refrigerated lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidus supplement which most health food stores and some pharmacies carry in powder, liquid, and capsule form. For the powdered lactobacillus products, take initially Vi to 1 teaspoon two to three times a day, preferably thirty minutes before a meal or well between meals. |
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| Aggressive Nutrition
Keeping in mind that supplementing various nutrients in those who are HIV-positive can have unexpected ptoblems, HIV expetts are increasingly viewing aggressive nutrition as the denning battle in the war against AIDS. Nuttition may not be the primary thetapy directed against the vims; an alphabet soup of drugs designed to slow the vims beats that standatd. But many experts feel that winning the nuttition battle can at least raise the quality of life on the battlefield or even prolong the war. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 PRECAUTIONS
Pregnant women and nursing mothers should avoid supplementing with colloidal minerals.
Those with hemochromatosis or those with any condition of iron overload should avoid colloidal mineral supplementation. Iron is one of the richest minerals in these supplements.
Those with hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease) should avoid colloidal mineral supplementation because of the presence of copper in these supplements.
Those who do use colloidal minerals should refrigerate the bottle after opening. |
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| You should check with your doctor before supplementing vitamin B12 if you have any kind of infection.
Vitamin D in doses exceeding 600 international units daily should be taken only under medical supervision.
If you are taking anticoagulant drugs, you should not take vitamin E supplements.
A study at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore has found an association between zinc and the progression of HIV infection to AIDS. Do not take zinc supplements without first consulting your doctor. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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 Supplementing rats' diet with garlic powder increased rectal temperatures, blood noradrenaline levels and mitochondrial activity in brown adipose tissues, an activity that was inhibited by beta-adrenergic blockers.2
The prospects for closer investigation are intriguing. It is most probable that the traditional remedies most often used for their tissue warming benefits will show really exciting properties in the treatment of, or prophylaxis against, a range of degenerative diseases that may include atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| Prozac and the other SSRIs produce this effect by chemically supplementing the body's own adrenalin through forcing the glands via an increase in 5HT serotonin to drastically increase their own production of the glandular version of amphetamine - adrenalin. Prozac or any SSRI should also logically produce the same mental and physical side effects associated with the use of steroids. Once again, the only difference is that these drugs accomplish this by artificially forcing or chemically increasing the body's own steroid production. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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| If you must take a prescribed course of antibiotics, supplementing your diet with yogurt is helpful, and taking lactobacilli for at least ten days after the treatment is very important. The bacteria found in true cultured yogurt—as opposed to the commercially produced variety—do not remain in the body for long, but they too enhance digestion and help inhibit undesirable microorganisms.
When selecting probiotics supplements, choose products cultured from "super strains. |
| Allergy-induced asthma is often related to imperfect digestion. supplementing your diet with digestive enzymes will improve your absorption and utilization of nutrients. Take a full-spectrum digestive-enzyme supplement providing 5,000 international units of lipase, 2,500 international units of amylase, and 300 international units of protease, plus 500 to 1,000 milligrams of pancreatin, with each meal.
Note: Long-term supplementation with pancreatin is not advised, as it can cause your pancreas to reduce its own production of this important enzyme. |
| If you suspect bad breath related to poor digestion, try supplementing your diet with digestive enzymes. There are a number of over-the-counter products available that use natural enzymes—bromelain (from pineapple) or papain (from papaya)—which may be helpful. Follow the dosage directions on the product label.
¦ Sometimes bad breath is a result of poor stomach function. To strengthen the gastrointestinal tract, you may want to try taking duodenal extract with vitamin A as directed on the product label. |
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