Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Many of the phytonutrients and enzymes that are found in honey are destroyed by pasteurization and high-heat processing. According to some natural foods experts, the best honey has not been heated to temperatures over 105°E and according to many others, the best honey has not been heated at all. The process of heating and straining the honey, while making it look clearer, also removes a lot of the nutrients and the bee pollen. Some companies—for example, Really Raw Honey—sell unprocessed honey with the bee pollen and part of the comb right in the jar. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And yet the differences are tremendous: Cooked almonds have most of their natural phytonutrients destroyed by excess heat (or radiation). Protein content is diminished, fats are molecularly altered and sugars are broken down into less healthy forms. All this seems to be of no concern to the ABC, which remains convinced that cooked, dead almonds are virtually identical to raw almonds in taste, texture and nutrition. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 While it doesn't have the protein content of animal milk, it's rich in plant-based fats and various anti-cancer phytonutrients. Once you make a batch, you'll need to drink it within a day or two, since it tends to sour very quickly (it's alive, raw and nutritious, obviously), but I've found that you can preserve it in the refrigerator for several days longer by adding a couple of drops of food-grade hydrogen peroxide.
Many raw food proponents are now drinking a combination of raw almond milk and raw goat's milk kefir. That's a combination I'm enjoying, too. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Congress and CODEX)
Healing foods and phytonutrients (along with their health benefits)
Medicinal herbs: research, benefits, trends, etc.
Food safety (which covers food recalls, salmonella, mad cow, the USDA, etc.)
Diabetes prevention and natural treatments
Cancer prevention and natural treatments
Prenatal nutrition, infant nutrition and childrens' nutrition
Modern health care system, health insurance and health care reform
The FDA and FDA reform
Dangerous prescription drugs, drug warnings, drug fatalities, advertising, etc.
Junk food marketing, sodas, marketing to children, etc. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 But the mechanism by which heat is produced causes internal damage to the delicate molecular structures of vitamins and phytonutrients. Minerals are largely unaffected, however, so you'll still get the same magnesium, calcium and zinc in microwaved foods as you would in non-microwaved foods, but the all-important B vitamins, anthocyanins, flavonoids and other nutritional elements are easily destroyed by microwave ovens.
The microwave is the appliance of the living dead. |
| Microwave ovens heat food through a process of creating molecular friction, but this same molecular friction quickly destroys the delicate molecules of vitamins and phytonutrients (plant medicines) naturally found in foods. One study showed that microwaving vegetables destroys up to 97% of the nutritional content (vitamins and other plant-based nutrients that prevent disease, boost immune function and enhance health).
In other words, eating raw broccoli provides you with natural anti-cancer medicine that's extremely effective at halting the growth of cancer tumors. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The benefits of healthy intestines
When a large intestine is healthy -- when it is not carrying putrefied, undigested food matter and instead contains healing, cleansing phytonutrients like chlorophyll from fresh fruits and vegetables -- it is going to perform its function well. A person who has a healthy large intestine will reflect that in their complexion. Their skin will look young. This helps explain why people who routinely engage in a lot of juicing -- drinking the juice from raw fruits and vegetables -- have such healthy looking skin. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Because beyond the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients in the apple, the water impacts your body, mind and spirit more than anything else. And one of the reasons we see so much obesity in America today is because people are eating empty, lifeless food products that provide only calories but no energetic nourishment. The food is mostly an empty shell, lifeless and devoid of positive vibration (and then they cook it, irradiate it and process it even more to give it shelf life!). |
Elaine Magee
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 According to Upton, vegetarian diets are lower in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol, plus they include more of the beneficial nutrients found in plant foods, like vitamins A and C, potassium, fiber, and phytonutrients like beta-carotene and lycopene.
So what exactly does it take to call oneself a vegetarian? In reality, there are many forms of vegetarianism, each based on varying degrees of dependence on animal products. For the purposes of our discussion, "semi-vegetarian" refers to someone who eats some fish and poultry sometimes, but also eats meals that are meat-free. |
Hyla Cass
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 These are nature's gifts, filled with an incredible array of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients that nourish and heal us. The deeper the color, the more antioxidants and other beneficial phytochemicals you 're getting. These foods also are rich in fiber that aids in digestion and carbohydrates that break down slowly for steady energy. Some even contain protein. To support your movement towards a more colorful diet, refer to Eat Your Colors by Marcia Zimmerman, M.Ed., C.N. (Owl Books, 2001), and What Color is Your Diet by David Heber, M.D. (HarperCollins, 2001). |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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 If you seek out whole-grain foods such as those made with whole wheat, brown rice, whole oats, barley, bulghur wheat, and cornmeal, these foods will be rich in bran and will deliver the maximum amount of phytochemicals and phytonutrients.
The fiber found in whole grains is mostly insoluble, which means that it does not break down in water or in your intestines. Insoluble fiber maintains its integrity in the intestines, and its bulky presence speeds up the movement of food through the digestive tract. |
| Unlike phytochemicals, phytonutrients have been determined to be necessary to promote life, and Recommended Dietary Allowances have been established for them by the National Academy of Science. We know how much phytonutrient intake is sufficient to ward off certain diseases. However, science has yet to determine the specific quantities we need of many phytochemicals to keep disease away.
Nutraceuticals and Pharmafoods
"Nutraceutical" and "pharmafood" are words that meld nutrients with pharmaceuticals in an effort to describe a food's ability to act as both a nutrient and a drug. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Perhaps you've already heard about phytonutrients, or know them by another name, such as nutriceuticals, phytochemicals, phytomedicines, or functional food factors. Regardless of their label, they're all the same thing: naturally occurring compounds found in plants (phyto is the Greek word for plant) that protect against disease and promote good health.
Plants use these compounds for their own survival. Many act in the plant as hormones, enzymes, pigments, or growth regulators. Others provide color, odor, and taste. |
| Because phytonutrients are a formidably large category, scientists divide them into several smaller classes to make them easier to understand. One of these classes is the polyphenols. Polyphenols are present in tea, and in apples, onions, red wine, and many other foods as well. Polyphenols are best known for being effective antioxidants, and the polyphenols in green tea are no exception. Throughout this book, you'll learn about the many ways in which the antioxidant effects of green tea's polyphenols counteract free radicals and the diseases they would otherwise cause. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Grazing animals are likeliest to have the most beneficial ratio of omega-3s to omega-6s, as well as being a great source of plant phytonutrients in their tissues. Likewise, you're better off eating wild-caught than farm-raised fish.
BECOME A LEAN, GREEN EATING MACHINE
I promised you that you would be able to eat plenty of food and never feel hungry on Diet Evolution. While protein will provide the bulk of the calories in the Teardown phase, vegetables will supply most of the volume and micronutrients. |
| But those five bags are packed with huge quantities of phytonutrients, many of whose benefits are not yet fully understood. But we do know this: animals that eat green growing things don't get fat, develop heart disease, or become diabetic. Humans who follow a raw and living food diet often have trouble gaining weight. Why? Because the micronutrients and the bulk of plant fiber activate the ultimate satiation hormones produced by cells in your lower digestive tract. That's right, these plant compounds activate the ultimate "I'm not hungry" hormone switch. |
| These colorful fruits are full of phytonutrients that can help turn on your longevity genes and turn off killer genes. The antioxidants in these fruits are unique in that they are both water and fat soluble, meaning they can travel from the bloodstream to brain cells, with dramatic implications for brain vitality. Give aging rats the equivalent of 1 cup of blueberries a day, and within one month they can navigate through a maze as rapidly as a young rat does.1 Who says an old dog, ahem, rat, can't learn new tricks? I give my dogs blueberries! |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 Let me give you an example. The phytonutrients in apples include chemicals called phenolic acids that defend the fruit against viruses, bacteria, and fungi. In this group of phenolics, a large family of chemicals that includes the flavonoids, is a natural antioxidant called quercetin that protects apples against disease. Research at Cornell University shows that consuming quercetin (which is mostly contained in apple skin and just below the peel) may lower the risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease by defending nerve cells against free radical damage. |
Elaine Magee
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| As a result, a population that enjoys the Mediterranean diet, which is low in saturated fats and rich in both omega-3 fats and a wealth of phytonutrients, has a markedly lower incidence of many forms of cancer and heart disease.
THE STUDIES THAT PUT THE MEDITERRANEAN ON THE DIETARY MAP
Decades after Dr. Keys first observed the health and habits of the people in Crete, researchers are still examining the Mediterranean diet, with some of the most recent studies finding that the magic seems to be in the combination of foods rather than one or two particular ingredients (like olive oil or wine). |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| In their own survival efforts, plants use phytonutrients to protect themselves from disease and to boost their own immunity. That's one reason researchers believe organic fruits and vegetables are healthier—they are raised without pesticides, forcing them to produce more of their own protective chemicals.
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Switch from processed peanut butter to raw almond butter or organic peanut butter. Most commercially manufactured nut butters add sugar, oils, preservatives, and other additives to the mix. Read the ingredients and make sure you don't see anything but 100 percent nuts. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 In addition, parenteral nutrition does not contain the phytonutrients and wide range of lipids and microelements found in a normal diet. Additional study with other supportive additives such as specific amino acids, lipids, and selected micronutrients may provide more effective parenteral solutions.
2. Enteral Nutrition as Primary Therapy for IBD
The effectiveness of various forms of enteral feedings as a primary treatment for IBD has been evaluated in several reviews, meta-analyses, and individual studies [94-101, 104]. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| These powerful phytonutrients act as antioxidants and provide nutritional support for the detoxification pathways in the body. She's certainly right about the rich phytonutrient content of both cranberries and cranberry juice. In one study, biochemist Yuegang Zuo, Ph.D., from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, showed cranberry juice cocktail had the highest total phenol content of the twenty fruit juices tested. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| Obtaining Phytonutrients: Diet Versus Supplementation
Phytochemical supplements are taking their place on the shelves of drug and natural food stores next to vitamins and minerals. However, supplements may not be as useful in maintaining optimal health as is a phytochemical-rich diet. Studies designed to measure the effects of supplementation with the antioxidant beta-carotene on the prevention of both lung and colorectal cancer have been disappointing for supplement advocates and have demonstrated the superiority of fruits and vegetables as a method of disease prevention. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 One half of a grapefruit contains more than 150 phytonutrients, mostly flavonoids, believed to help the body fight against aging, allergies, infection, cancer, ulcers, and heart disease.
Home Remedies
Most of the home remedies utilize the grapefruit seed versus the fruit. Grapefruit seed extract is thought to be useful in treating external skin conditions, especially fungal-related conditions such as athlete's foot, jock itch, and dandruff.
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Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| Cherries are also rich in an-thocyanins and quercetin and are good sources of the phytonutrients ascorbic acid and fiber. Cherries are available fresh most abundantly in the summer but also are sold in cans and jars on supermarket shelves all year long.
Chick Peas. See Beans. Citrus fruits
The oil of citrus fruits, which includes grapefruits, oranges, lemons, limes, and tangerines, is a good source of the monoterpene phytochemical limonene. It is also an excellent source of the plant form of vitamin C—ascorbic acid—and the fiber pectin. |
| In addition, they are excellent sources of the phytonutrients beta-carotene and calcium. In one cup of collard greens there are 5 grams of fiber, 225 milligrams of calcium, and more than half of a daily supply of vitamin C and beta-carotene. They are available fresh year-round with the peak season being December to March. They are also sold frozen. Add well-washed, roughly chopped collards, whose tough mid-rib has been removed, to a saucepan with an inch of boiling water. Bring to a rapid boil. Cover and simmer until tender. Drain and season, reserving the liquid, often called the "pot licker. |
| It is also a good source of lutein, zeaxanthin, and quercetin and a significant source of the phytonutrients calcium, beta-carotene, and ascorbic acid. Fresh kale is most plentiful and least expensive in the winter months. It can be a lifesaver in meager times because even in the deepest winter, you can still harvest kale from the garden. It also is available frozen and canned in the supermarket.
Kudzu
Kudzu (or kuzu) is an arrowroot starch made from the plant of the same name. The kudzu plant is one of the richest documented sources of the isoflavones genistein and daidzein. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Beneficial compounds may change
A new science has emerged to study useful phytonutrients. A USDA Website reported, "On the cusp of the millennium, researchers are busily uncovering a host of beneficial compounds in plant foods... .They apparendy reduce risks of diseases of aging. For example, the isoflavones in soy products may reduce the risk of heart disease, osteoporosis, and several types of cancer."99 Antioxidants found in grape skins may also fight cancer and reduce heart disease and the pigment in blueberries may revive the brain's neural communication system. |
| Changes in proteins can alter thousands of natural chemicals in plants, increasing toxins or reducing phytonutrients.........................................................................................82
2.11 GM crops have altered levels of nutrients and toxins............................................................................84
Section 3: The protein produced by the inserted gene may create problems.......................................................89
3.1 A gene from a Brazil nut carried allergies into soybeans................................................................ |
Elaine Magee
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| Over the past 10 years, scientists have identified hundreds of components in our food system called phytochemicals (also called phytonutrients). We still don't know all of them, but these health-promoting components are there in abundance in plant foods. |
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