| VITAMIN C
Just because dogs and cats manufacture their own vitamin C, it is not, however, in amounts needed for disease prevention or supplying significant health benefits. supplementing your pet's diet with this powerful antioxidant can reduce cancer risk, boost the immune system, stimulate wound repair, reduce the risk of cataracts, alleviate allergies, aid in preventing and curing cystitis. Vitamin C is also important for proper bone formation and helpful in preventing heart disease.
Supplemental dosage:
• For adult dogs: Vitamin C, 500-1,000 mg.
• For adult cats: Vitamin C, 50-300 mg. |
| Reduce urea levels in blood and urine.
By supplementing your diet with the amino acids and vitamins that stimulate release of growth hormone, production can be brought back up to young-adult levels.
Important G.H. releasers are the amino acids ornithine, arginine, tryptophan, glutamine, glycine, and tyrosine, which work synergistically (more effectively together than separately) with vitamin B6, niacinamide, zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and vitamin C to trigger the nighttime release of growth hormone. Peak secretion of G.H. is reached about 90 minutes after we fall asleep. |
| But by supplementing your diet with the amino acids and vitamins that stimulate release of growth hormone, production can be brought back up to the levels of a young adult.
THE DYNAMIC AMINO DUO: ORNITHINE & ARGININE
Ornithine and arginine, two of the amino acids involved in the release of human growth hormone, are among the most popular amino acid supplements today, essentially because they can help you slim down and shape up while you sleep (which is when G.H. is secreted). |
| I suggest you try supplementing his diet with 100 mg. of vitamin C, a natural antihistamine, for at least a month before you plan to leave, and then continue the supplementation while you're there. You'll all have a better time of it. (Feline vitamin C supplements are available at pet stores or from your vet. I know that owners often want to share their vitamins with their pets, but a pill that's easy for you to take might be too large for your cat—and if it's ascorbic acid, i* could burn your pet's esophagus.)
Vitamin "Yeses" and "Nos" You Should Know
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Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 But if you're supplementing with chromium specifically for weight, you should generally take 400 to 600 micrograms daily.
If you have diabetes or blood-sugar problems (for example, hypoglycemia), the recommended dose is between 400 and 1,000 micrograms daily. But anyone taking these dosages should have their blood sugar and medications monitored by a doctor.
Chromium picolinate is the type that has been most widely researched in reliable studies. It works hand-in-hand with the trace mineral vanadium to help regulate blood sugar.
WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS? |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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 Sodhi recommends supplementing the diet with vitamin E (400 IU or more daily), selenium (200 meg daily), and vitamin C (up to 2,000 mg daily). The amla fruit is the richest food source of vitamin C and contains a wealth of bioflavonoids. Coenzyme Q10 and fish or flax oils are also important. Ashwagandha, also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry, is a powerful adaptogen, helping the body to cope with stress and maintain its natural equilibrium. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is an antioxidant with strong anti-inflammatory and anti-infective properties. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| Despite the lack of studies about this effect, hundreds of people have testified to the tremendous benefits they have experienced from supplementing with cayenne.
As a natural blood thinner, cayenne helps promote optimal circulation through the arteries of the body and heart. It is theorized that cayenne improves circulation through the coronary arteries. It is a great herb to include in herbal cardiovascular formulas.
°*> Psoriasis
This painful and itchy skin condition is one of the most stubborn conditions to treat because flare-ups can occur almost any time. |
Patricia Hausman & Judith Benn Hurley
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 Hymphreys, and they followed the diet for an average of eight months.
• supplementing normal diets with bran tablets that provided the equivalent of about 3 tablespoons of bran daily brought at least partial relief to each of 20 diverticular disease patients studied by British researchers Dr. I. Taylor and Dr. H. L. Duthie.
• Replacing the bran tablets used by Dr. Taylor and Dr. Duthie with a highfiber diet that included supplemental bran was also a successful treatment that improved the condition of all patients.
Great, you say, but what about all of the people who don't like bran? |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 Essential fat concentrations, such as the essential fat called linoleic acid, seem to fall progessively lower in the sebum of people with acne as their inflammation worsens. supplementing your diet with a tablespoon or two of corn oil, canola oil, or cold-pressed virgin olive oil made into a light vinaigrette dressing may prove beneficial. Recommendation: To facilitate the best response from essential fatty acids, begin with the proper macronutrient framework (see Section I, eicosinoids, pages 24-25, and macronutrients, page 23). |
David Heber, M.D., Ph.D.
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 These farmers continued to gather and hunt while supplementing their biodiverse food supply with a few easily grown crops.
Humans began to shape natural selection by taking advantage of natural mutations that favored using particular crops as food. The single genetic mutation that caused the seeds of wild wheat to remain on the stalk would have been a lethal mutation in the absence of humans, since the plant needed to scatter its seeds to reproduce. Humans intervened, however, and those mutant plants with retained seeds were the ones humans selected to harvest and plant to grow more wheat. |
Patricia Hausman & Judith Benn Hurley
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| Some of these issues are:
• supplementing your diet with vitamins and minerals to compensate for reduced absorption of nutrients from food.
• Ensuring that complications of celiac disease-such as rickets in young children-are ruled out (and promptly treated if found).
• Staying alert for any signs of the abdominal cancers that are more common among those who have had celiac disease for many years.
The Gluten Getaway
A gluten-free diet is a two-step mission. First and foremost, you'll need to ferret out gluten-containing foods in your diet. |
Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
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 If you are interested in supplementing your diet with amino acids, vitamins, or minerals, please consult your physician.)
Acetocholine—A brain chemical, or neurotransmitter, important in the regulation of appetite, memory, and the sex drive. The precursors for acetocholine are choline and lecithin, which naturally appear in eggs, soy products, beef, milk, and cashews.
Amino Acids—The basic components of protein. When you eat protein, it breaks down into amino acids in your body. Amino acids are precursors, or catalysts, for other chemicals in the body. |
Gary Null
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 Women taking either of these should be supplementing their diet with folic acid, especially since this nutrient is difficult to get in foods."
Anemia in Women_
Dr. Pat Gorman, an acupuncturist and educator, explains anemia and other blood disorders in women from an Asian perspective: "In women, blood has an actual cycle that rises and falls every month. There is a building phase that occurs for about a week after your period. Then there is a peak phase where the blood reaches its richest moment; that's the moment you ovulate. This is followed by a storage phase. |
| An easy way of supplementing with this vitamin is to use halibut or cod liver oil capsules, up to 25,000 IU a day, during acute phases of infection. Vitamin A helps protect the mucous membrane lining of the bladder and urethra from irritation during infection. It also improves antibody response and white blood cell function. Just a word of warning here: if you are pregnant, do not supplement with these high doses of vitamin A, as it has been associated with birth defects. Beta carotene, with which the body can make vitamin A as it is needed, is a safer alternative. |
| Consequently the benefits of eliminating salt and sodium from the diet while supplementing potassium could be counteracted by consuming foods which had an altered chemical composition because of the manner in which they were produced. Furthermore, chemical pesticides and fertilizers are not washed off most foods by water but actually penetrate the food and thereby poison it. Eating these treated foods brings toxins into the body, where they accumulate, weaken the immune system, and interfere with detoxification. |
| To keep hormones in balance, supplementing the diet with vitamin B6 and evening primrose oil around the time of the menstrual period may help restore hormonal balance enough to forestall migraine attacks." migraines caused by cranial faults. "Since migraines involve the cranial nerves, patients suffering from migraines should always be examined for cranial faults. These faults are extremely difficult to evaluate, due to the subtle movement of bones, but correcting them can be key to healing. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Food sources are so plentiful for this mineral that supplementing is not necessary unless all the food you eat comes from nutrient-deficient soil.
Molybdenum frees iron stored in the liver so it can carry oxygen to the body cells and tissue. It works with the enzyme systems to help eliminate toxic nitrogen waste by turning it into uric acid. The uric acid can then be taken as part of urea and flushed out of the system. |
Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon
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 Ask your doctor to evaluate your situation, as injections are usually the most effective means of supplementing vitamin B12.
Beta Carotene, Vitamin E, and Alcohol
Little red capsules of beta carotene are probably among the hottest items on the vitamin shelf these days. Some researchers hypothesize that this precursor to vitamin A may help protect the body against a number of different cancers, and that it may help reduce the risk of heart attack. As a result, there may be millions of people taking it in the hope of warding off heart disease or cancer.
This probably makes good sense. |
| Deficiency of this vitamin may produce megaloblastic anemia, but supplementing with folic acid alone could hide an underlying vitamin B12 deficiency (pernicious anemia).
INSTRUCTIONS
Fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and legumes are rich sources of this vitamin. Supplements of up to 800 micrograms (0.8 mg) are available without prescription, although most people maintain adequate stores of this vitamin on an intake of 100 to 200 micrograms daily.
INTERACTION
Dilantin can deplete folic acid levels, especially with long-term therapy. |
Gary Null
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 But the healing effect of supplementing the diet of the pellagra victim with niacin was only partial. Years passed before further studies revealed that pellagra is actually due to a deficiency of other B vitamins as well as niacin. Since then, the cumulative effect of the antipellagra research has saved many lives.
But pellagra is by no means a disease of the past. Wherever diets are seriously unbalanced, doctors and nutritionists tell us, pellagra is certain to turn up. |
Patrick Holford
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 You should also reduce your intake of cream, high-fat cheese, and red meat.
4. Cut down on stimulants such as tea, coffee, chocolate, cigarettes, and alcohol. Sugar and refined carbohydrates aren't the only substances that disturb blood sugar control. So do stimulants that affect both energy and weight control. This means minimizing alcohol and caffeine intake.
5. Eat three meals a day, especially breakfast—and snack on fruit. Snacks are a big no-no on many diets that try to curb people's eating patterns by focusing on consuming fewer calories. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| If you're taking that pharmaceutical, let your doctor know that you plan on supplementing with CoQIO so that your blood-clotting ability can be closely monitored. Personally, I have never seen a bad interaction between Coumadin and CoQIO, but some problems have been reported in the medical literature.
COENZYME Q10
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°^ Angina
If you have this symptom of heart disease, it actually feels like your heart is being squeezed, or you experience the sensation of a great pressure in the chest. |
Marcia Zimmerman, C.N.
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 Researchers have confirmed that lower levels of the critical fatty acids exist in the red blood cells and serum of AD/HD individuals. supplementing AD/HD sufferers' diets with the correct fatty acids has reversed their hyperactivity, aggression, and impulsiveness. What are these fats, where do they come from, and how can they overcome AD/HD?
LCPs: The Correct Fatty Acids
We tend to think all fats are bad, but some are essential—you must get them from your diet. Two families of essential fats, the omega-6 fatty acids and the omega-3 fatty acids come from dietary sources. |
| We can halt the negative impact of our nutritional deficiencies on their health by supplementing the diet of both pregnant and lactating women with LCPs and other nutrients I discuss. Just as we have found that women of childbearing age should take folic acid to prevent neural tube defects, LCP supplementation should be an accepted part of prenatal and lactating nutrition programs. What about babies fed formula— what can we do for them? |
| You should have your hair tested for copper levels before supplementing with this mineral.
Manganese amino acid chelate Children: 1 capsule per day, 5 mg Adults: 1 capsule per day, 15 mg
Chromium amino acid chelate
Chromium may be included in B-Stress formulas. If it is, don't add extra.
Children: 100 meg (micrograms) per day
Adolescents, Adults, Pregnant or Lactating Women: 200 meg per day
Selenium (L-selenomethionine)
Selenium is usually included in antioxidant formulas. If so, don't add any extra. |
| Finally, I will tell you how supplementing your diet before and during pregnancy can optimize the mental health of your child.
Nutrition Is the Answer
If you make a point of educating your child on the importance of nutrition in addressing AD/HD, you will most likely find that he or she learns easily and, with encouragement, will use this information to take responsibility for a lifetime of his or her own health and well-being. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
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 Doctors routinely advise women who are pregnant, or thinking of becoming pregnant, to supplement folic acid (a B vitamin also known as folate) as a means of safeguarding against birth defects such as spinal malformations. supplementing choline during pregnancy and while nursing may have even longer-term benefits for a child, preventing or slowing the onset of senile dementia in later years.
Studies have found that choline is crucial to brain development. For one experiment, pregnant rats were divided into three groups. |
John Boik
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 A high ratio may be difficult to achieve without supplementing the diet with fish, fish oil, or flaxseed oil, all of which are high in omega-3 fatty acids (see Table 12.1). Most vegetable oils are poor sources of omega-3 fatty acids, but are good sources of linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid).
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) are two common polyunsaturated EFAs. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are fatty acids with more than one unsaturated double bond. |
Michael Lerner
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 Chinese medical treatment during the initial stage is aimed at detoxifying, relieving melancholy, softening the hardness, supplementing the blood, and dissipating stagnant blood.46
Hsu then gives numerous specific herbal formulas, which have ingredients like "ten baked fresh crab shells" and "juice pressed from fresh asparagus taken with yellow wine." One of my favorites from a purely lyrical point of view recommends:
Equal portions of wasp's nest, stools of a male rat, and melia are lightly baked and ground into powder for treating bursting. This powder is spread on the cancerous site. |
| The formulas and herbs don't propose to cure cancer as such, but many of them do alleviate pain and prolong life by supplementing and strengthening the body's life force and by arresting the progression of tumors.42
The various herbal remedies for different types of cancer are said to work by circulating the blood and dissipating "stagnation," detoxifying and "dissipating hard lumps," "breaking accumulations," "treating coagulation," "treating weak vitality," "dispersing heat," and so forth. |
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