The Life Extension Editorial Staff See book keywords and concepts | D3 analogue, 22-oxa-l,25-dihydroxyvi-tamin D3 (22-oxa-calcitriol), was tested and found to markedly inhibit the proliferation (three of nine cell lines) and cause a GI phase cell cycle arrest in pancreatic cancer cells.
Green Tea
A review article on green tea stated that "pancreatic cancer studies hint at an inverse association in two of three studies" (Bushman 1998).
Black and green tea extracts and components of these extracts were examined in vitro for their effect on tumor cell growth. | John Heinerman See book keywords and concepts | Scurvy is a medical condition due to a nutritional deficiency of vitamin C in the diet and is characterized by weakness, anemia, spongy gums, a tendency for internal hemorrhaging in mucous membrane tissue, and a brawny induration of the muscles of the calves and legs. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was a common malady among European soldiers, sailors and explorers.
The famous French sailor and explorer, Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) made three separate voyages to Canada, exploring the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the site of the present day Montreal. | Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Sour flavors include vitamin C, citrus, and fermented foods, for instance. As with fermented foods, the sour flavor, in balance, engenders new growth and creativity. At the same time, a strong sensation of sourness, such as with a lemon, causes us to wince and contract, limiting our ability to absorb inappropriate stimuli. From this, we can see that the sour flavor upholds the general function of the liver to regulate the way we use our energy, our creativity, the way we stand up for ourselves; we take sour inside so we don't become sour on life outside. | James F. Balch, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Beecher points out,
[tjomatoes are not just repositories of lycopene, they are also rich sources of essential nutrients such as vitamin C, potassium, folic acid as well as beta-carotene. Other flavonoids and phytonutrients, all of which may be related to the health benefit of tomatoes, must be studied also. This synergy within this lycopene—Lyc-O-Mato™ product may be the reason for its remarkable success against cancer and other oxidative stress disorders.
In a recent article in the American Journal of Epidemiology (1997), Lenore Kohlmeier, et al. | Carotenoids — Beta-Carotene
Beta-carotene is the most thoroughly researched of the carotenoids, but for decades was considered significant only as precursor of vitamin A. This began to change when the U.S. National Academy of Scientists' diet, nutrition, and cancer studies recommended that diets high in beta-carotene and low in fat would reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. | Drink their juices for immediate vitamin, mineral, and enzyme uptake. Avoid processed foods, dairy products, alcohol, caffeine, and junk food.
Finally, another must in combating stress is as your kids might say, to just chill out. No matter which method you choose, you need to unwind often and get your mind uncluttered. You can do this through exercise, deep breathing, hobbies, and just plain laughing! Personally, I meditate on God's Word when the going gets rough and I feel overwhelmed by it all. | Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is important here. Your adrenals, which really take a beating from stress, can be strengthened with green drinks, sea vegetables, licorice, bee pollen, royal jelly, and ginseng. Many herbs have antioxidant properties that help combat free radical damage related to an immune system weakened by stress. Garlic and ginkgo biloba are examples. A detailed discussion of these wonder herbs follows in chapter 5. Other herbs have antioxidant-like qualities in that they have a major influence on the nervous system. | That increases the overall antioxidant abilities of your body and allows you to consume less vitamin E. It also lowers cholesterol levels and blood pressure while promoting more of the good HDL cholesterol, inhibiting platelet aggregation, and strengthening blood vessels. It also blocks free radicals in the blood before they can attack LDL molecules.
Carotenoids have only recently been considered important to heart health, but the results are encouraging. | Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts | The bacteria in naturally fermented miso have been found to manufacture vitamin B12, making miso paste an important vegetarian food. Japanese monks, who are well known for their vitality and long life and eat no animal products, regularly consume miso. Individuals with a more alkaline blood are generally regarded as healthier. Most of the foods many consider treats, such as sugar, meat, alcohol, and coffee, weaken the body's overall health and resistance and are acid forming. | Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts | Juniper
Juniperus communis Family: Cupressaceae Part Used: Berries
Energy and Flavors: Spicy, sweet, warm Systems Affected: Kidneys and stomach
Biochemical Constituents: Volatile oil, various sugars, resin, vitamin C
Properties: Diuretic, carminative, antiseptic, stimulant
Dose: Steep one teaspoon in a cup of boiling water for twenty minutes, covered, take one cup three times daily; of the tincture, take 10-30 drops three times daily Used for: Urinary problems, gout, rheumatic complaints, flatulence Avoid internal use during pregnancy. | Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts | Generally, the sour taste naturally found in some foods indicates the presence of the anti-inflammatory vitamin C. Sour can also be an acid that, ingested in excess, can cause heat and irritation. In small amounts, it will stimulate a cooling alkaline reaction in the body. Similarly, salty and bitter generally indicate an innate alkaline biochemistry that, taken in excess, especially in the case of salt, can cause acidity and heat. | Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts | SECONDARY FOODS
The secondary foods are fresh, local, seasonal vegetables, which provide important vitamin and mineral nutrients. These foods, however, are somewhat Yin (those eaten raw or cold being more Yin, and those cooked being more balanced) and stimulate the process of elimination. Elimination is an important process, since the proper removal of waste and toxins, either ingested or produced through normal metabolism, is essential for health. Excessive use of these foods will lead to overelimi-nation, leaving the body weak and cold, often with excess water. | Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts | A sour flavor is found in many fruits that are high in vitamin C, such as citrus fruits. These are extremely cool and damp and therefore extremely yin. Following the principle that what is strongly yin on the inside is strongly Yang on the outside, we can observe that the peel of many citrus fruits contains a lot of yang-warming volatile oils useful for drying mucus and stimulating digestion. Fermented foods also have a sour flavor. | Vitamin C, for instance, is essentially anti-inflammatory and cooling, but used in excess, it can cause heat and inflammatory reactions. Coffee helps some to sleep. Ritalin, a form of speed, is occasionally given to hyperactive children to help them become more focused and settled. These are just a few examples of how an extreme can indeed produce an opposite reaction.
Whatever begins has an end: Many see the idea of an end as an occasion for sadness and regret. For the wise, however, this law is the essential definition of grace. | Michael Tierra See book keywords and concepts | Siberian ginseng
Eleutherococcus senticosus
Family: Araliaceae
Part Used: Bark of the root
Energy and Flavors: Sweetish, acrid, warm
Systems Affected: Adrenals, spleen-pancreas
Biochemical Constituents: Eleutherosides, essential oil, resin, starch, vitamin A
Properties: Adaptogenic energy tonic, antirheumatic, antispasmodic Dose: 3-15 grams or 10-30 drops of the alcoholic extract once to three times daily
Used for: Low energy, increasing endurance
Notes: Siberian ginseng was thoroughly studied by Dr. I. I. Brekhman and other Russian researchers. | Oats
Avena sativa
Common Name: Oat groats Family: Gramineae Part Used: Seeds
Energy and Flavors: Sweet, neutral to warm energy Systems Affected: Stomach, spleen, lungs
Biochemical Constituents: Proteins, avenins, glycosides, fixed oil, vitamin E, starch, etc. Properties: Antidepressant, tonic against depression and debility Dose: 10-30 drops of the tincture Used for: Debility, depression
Notes: Oats are used as a tonic to increase strength of mind, spirit and body. They are useful against depression, menopause and symptoms of drug withdrawal. | The fruits are high in vitamin C.
Properties: Diaphoretic, alterative, laxative (aged bark), stimulant, antirheumatic (berries)
Dose: Of the flowers, one-half to one ounce steeped in boiling water
Good for: Colds, flus and fevers
Externally for: Clearing the skin
Notes: Elder flowers are commonly used in the first stages of colds and flus. Combine equal parts elder flowers, peppermint and yarrow with a quarter part licorice. Covered, steep approximately one ounce or more of this mixture, with three or four slices of fresh ginger if available, in a pint of boiling water. | Gary Null See book keywords and concepts | One report published in Fact magazine speculates that the principle reason vitamin C is not commonly prescribed is that it is not as profitable as those syrups and pills your doctor dispenses. Drug companies, which are politically and economically quite powerful in this country, would suffer a considerable setback if 90 percent of the population suddenly stopped blowing their noses. | Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D. See book keywords and concepts | This herb is used to treat gastrointestinal congestion, fluid retention, vitamin A deficiency, and cancer, including leukemia.
Dose: 9-15 grams
Note: For leukemia and liver cancer, drink fresh carrot juice (it can be the yellow domestic carrot). Caution: Be aware that poison hemlock often grows in the same areas as wild carrot and can be fatally mistaken for it. | Paul A. Offit, M.D.m Bonnie Fass-Offit, M.D. and Louis M. Bell, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | They include:
© vitamin C (supplied in juices)
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Some remedies won't help and may hurt. They include: c Antihistamines and decongestants. These preparations have clearly been shown to be no better than placebo at relieving the symptoms of colds. Their therapeutic effect is probably solely related to the capacity of antihistamines to cause sleepiness. Unfortunately, decongestants have side effects (like restlessness, night terrors, and agitation) that may be intolerable to some children. | William Duffy See book keywords and concepts | In the Orient they were sprouting grains, beans, and legumes for centuries before anyone ever heard of vitamin C. Today, when decent fresh vegetables and greens cost an arm and a leg, everybody who can has his or her own garden. For sprouts, one doesn't need a compost heap, a patch of earth, or a sunny windowsill. One can even grow them in jail. All you need is a Mason jar, fresh water, and seeds: Alfalfa, mung beans, or lentils. Many natural food stores and gourmet shops have tricky little devices for sprouting seeds painlessly. | Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts | A low vitamin E intake significantly increased the peroxidation of fats, which may contribute to cancer (10).
Aside from Revici's work, little has been done to investigate the use of this mineral as a cancer treatment. In 1911, Prof. August von Wasserrman achieved growth inhibition, shrinkage and eventually the disappearance of tumors by injecting selenium directly into mouse tumors. Four years later, two doctors caused the shrinkage and the eventual disappearance of small tumors in cancer patients, although larger tumors failed to respond (11). | Attenuation of the anticarcinogenic action of selenium by vitamin E deficiency. Cancer Lett.l985;25:325-31.
11. Schrauzer G. Selenium and cancer, historical developments and perspectives. In: Spallholz M and Spallholz G, (Ed.) Westport: Avi Publishing Co., 1981.
12. Ravich RA. Revici method of cancer control: evaluation of 1047 patients with advanced malignancies treated from 1946-1955. In: Unpublished manuscript prepared for John Heller, former director of NCI and Sloan-Kettering. Cited in Ladas, 1989,1955.
13. Schwartz K and Pathak K. | Total vitamin A intake had a "slight positive association with all prostate cancer" but not with aggressive tumors. Similar results had been seen in a study of African-American men in the Washington, DC area (7). These findings suggest that dietary intake, especially fats, may increase the risk of aggressive prostate tumors in older men (8).
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1. Larue JP, et al. [Zinc in the human prostate]. J Urol (Paris).1985; 91:463-8.
2. Waalkes MP, et al. | Food sources of minerals:
Calcium: Found in large amounts in a limited number of foods such as milk and dairy products. vitamin D is necessary for its proper assimilation. So is phosphorus. The National Resource Council (NRC) recommends an intake of 800 milligrams per day. Signs of calcium deficiency are muscle cramps and numbness. In children, calcium deficiency can result in the disease rickets. A glass of milk provides about 30 percent of the RDA for calcium. One can also get calcium from cooked greens such as collards, molasses, sesame seeds, broecoli and tofu. | John Boik See book keywords and concepts | To reduce it still further, vitamin D3, EPA/DHA, berberine, bromelain, or ganoderma could also be employed. Even in combination with other differentiating agents, intravenous administration is likely to be necessary to produce adequate plasma concentrations.
A more accessible use of DMSO may be as a free radical scavenger. As discussed in Section 15.1.2, DMSO apparently increased survival in postoperative gastric and colon cancer patients. This may have been due to a free radical scavenging effect. | Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts | Szent-Gyorgyi himself called bioflavonoids "vitamin P," and suggested they were crucial for the integrity of the small blood vessels and as a treatment for a skin disease called purpura. Influential nutritionists refused to acknowledge this designation, however. Bioflavonoids have existed in a kind of nutritional limbo ever since then.
Some of the best-known bioflavonoids are citrin, hes-peridin and rutin. Bioflavonoids are abundantly found in the white pulp of citrus fruits and in grapes, plums, black currants, apricots, buckwheat, cherries, blackberries and rose hips. | Paul A. Offit, M.D.m Bonnie Fass-Offit, M.D. and Louis M. Bell, M.D. See book keywords and concepts | For several "alternative" medicines, these studies have been performed (for example, vitamin C and zinc). We will discuss the results of these studies in the sections under colds, coughs, and sore throats that follow.
How to Help a Child with a Cold Feel Better
Remember, many different kinds of viruses cause colds. These viruses cause the cells that line the nose, throat, and sometimes even the bronchial tubes to make a lot of fluid. Early in the course of the illness the fluid is thin and clear, but as the illness progresses the fluid can become thick and yellow or green. | Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens See book keywords and concepts | C, vitamin E, certain carotenoids) have been implicated as protective factors. Such markers may include 1) urinary levels of oxidized DNA bases, 2) analyses of DNA samples for strand breaks or oxidized bases (thymine glycol, 8-hydroxyguanine, etc.), 3) blood and tissue levels of malondialdehyde, an oxidation product of lipids, and 4) markers of enzymes that detoxify activated forms of oxygen, such as catalase and superoxide dismutase (Cerutti and Trump 1991, Pryor 1993, Teebor et al. 1988).
Aside from histopathology, there are few markers for detecting preneoplastic lesions (e.g. | Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS See book keywords and concepts | Intake at 7 times base level of vitamin E was required to prevent red blood cell hemolysis. Intake of 27 times base level provided optimal T-and B-lymphocyte responses to mitogens.3
You can accelerate the rate of a reaction by increasing temperature, surface area, or concentration of substrates or enzymes. Clearly, above-RDA levels of nutrients can offer safe and cost-effective enhancement of metabolic processes, including immune functions. |
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