Patrick Holford
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 B and C vitamins are most abundant in fresh fruit and vegetables. vitamin a comes in two forms: retinol, the animal form found in meat, fish, eggs, and dairy products; and beta-carotene, found in red, yellow, and orange fruit and vegetables. Vitamin E is found in seeds, nuts, and their oils and helps protect essential fats from going rancid.
Eat three or more servings of dark green, leafy, and root vegetables, and three or more servings of fresh fruit, plus some nuts or seeds, every day. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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 Carotenoids become vitamin a in the body as the body has need and they have no toxicity problems.
CAROTENOIDS
It is important to have a mixture of carotenoids rather than taking only beta-carotene.
• Beta-carotene—10,000 to 15,000 IU
• Lycopene—1 to 3 mg
• Lutein/Zeaxanthin—1 to 6 mg
• Alpha carotene—500 to 800 meg
VITAMIN C
A mixture of vitamin C is important, especially calcium, potassium, zinc, and magnesium ascorbates, which are much more potent in handling oxidative stress. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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 Because of the health risks associated with overdosing on vitamin a supplements, it's a smarter strategy to maximize your intake of vitamin A-rich foods.
Step 4: Exercise on a Daily Basis with Activity You Enjoy
Exercise—almost any kind of exercise—can reduce your risk of developing diabetes. Whether you're a dedicated swimmer or walker, a serious gardener or a frequent stairs-instead-of-the-elevator person—getting active and staying active pays off.
Don't be confused. Being physically active isn't the same thing as fitness. |
Healing Children's Attention & Behavior DisordersDr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C)
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| Wald later received the Nobel Prize for his work with vitamin a. They recorded the average distance run by rats in running cages when their diet was normal and when deprived of calories. On the starvation diet they increased the distance run from 1.5 to 7 miles per day. This is not surprising. Animals are motivated by hunger to search for food. A running animal is much more apt to run into or after food and a fish that swims faster is more apt to find a meal. Animals tend to rest and relax or sleep after a meal. But the second part of their experiment was much more important. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Key nutrients in hazelnuts include protein, fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin Bj (thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacin), pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin a, and vitamin E. They are high in monounsaturated fatty acids and contain essential amino acids. Phytochemicals include tocopherols, beta-carotene, myristic acid, and phytosterols.
Flaxseeds
These nutty-flavored seeds taste good sprinkled on cereal, yogurt, in soups, and salads. |
| Yogurt also contains vitamin a, vitamin D, and the B-complex vitamins. Acidophilus is also available in capsules that may be taken orally or blended into juices. Natren is one company that makes quality acidophilus products; Wakunaga of America Company has a dairy-free acidophilus supplement that is good for vegetarians and dairy-sensitive people. (See the resources section for more information about the companies mentioned in this book.) Take acidophilus capsules on an empty stomach, in the morning and before each meal. |
| It stimulates the immune system, lowers serum cholesterol, and is converted into vitamin a in the body as needed. Food sources include apples, apricots, avocado, bananas, berries, broccoli, cantaloupes, carrots, cherries, citrus fruits, currants, dates, dill, figs, grapes, honeydew melons, hot and sweet red peppers, kiwi, leafy greens, mangoes, nectarines, papayas, parsley, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapple, plums, pomegranates, pumpkin, squash, sweet potatoes, watermelon, and yams.
Lutein protects against age-related macular degeneration and guards against cell damage. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
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 Natural Answers for Specific Peri- and Postmenopausal Problems
Heavy Menstrual Flow
• vitamin a and vitamin A-rich food
• natural form of Heme iron supplement and vitamin C
Have a doctor measure your ferritin levels to get an accurate reading of your iron levels. Iron supplements can cause constipation. Consume brussels sprouts, dark leafy greens, and broccoli with vitamin C-rich foods and/or vitamin C supplementation.
Fatigue
• paba
• nutrients that support the adrenals such as vitamin C and pantothenic acid. |
| Lowered levels of vitamin a or altered vitamin a metabolism have been associated with menstrual irregularities. Thyroid malfunctions have been related to estrogen problems and are possible causal factors in breast cancer. Thus, giving the body more estradiol (and synthetic progestins) at the time of menopause may not be as prudent a course of action as common medical thought has believed. The same may hold true for natural estrogen and progesterone products. Dr. |
| However, women should not take more than the recommended daily dose of vitamin a without medical supervision, as too much vitamin a can be toxic.
Flavonoids and vitamin C work in tandem to help stabilize blood vessel walls. When blood vessel walls expand due to a drop in estrogen, hot flashes result. During peri- and postmenopause, when the estrogen levels are haphazard, it is hypothesized that vitamin C and flavonoids can take up the slack and help strengthen the walls of the blood vessels and decrease hot flashes.
Some flavonoids are estrogenic and bind to the estrogen receptors. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
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 A randomized study of 307 surgically cured lung cancer patients receiving 300,000 IU of vitamin a daily for twelve months versus a group taking no supplements, found that 3 7 percent of the supplemented group and 48 percent of the control group developed new primary tumors. The tumor-free interval was significantly longer in the group receiving vitamin a. Further, primary tumors developed in eighteen supplemented patients and twenty-nine control patients. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 Anti-angiogenesis (through the use of Bovine Cartilage, Genestein, and vitamin a)
?Microfrequency (Rife) Induction
?Micro-Dose Chemotherapy (IPT)
?BioMagnetic Therapy
?Nutritional Therapy
?Herbal Therapy (a variety including Black Salve)
?Immune-Stimulating Vaccines
?Far-Infrared Therapy
?UV Light Blood Irradiation
It is recommended that patients first stay at Hospital Santa Monica for an intensive two- or three-week period. This is done on an in-patient basis. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
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| This study confirms that high doses and prolonged administration of vitamin a can effectively reduce the incidence of new primary tumors and increase the tumor-free interval in heavy smokers surgically cured of lung cancer.7,8 Note: Dosages over 50,000 IU should be taken only under the supervision of a health care professional.
I usually recommend vitamin a in mycellized form. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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| Binzel states that research has also proven vitamin C, vitamin a, manganese, magnesium, and selenium to all be important nutritional factors for the health of the immune system in general. Thus, many factors in the total diet of humans can be critically interlinked to support the immune system and the body's natural cancer-fighting "control mechanisms." (For more information on vitamin B17, refer to Chapter 6. |
Stephanie Beling
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 Beta carotene is a precursor of Vitamin A; that is, the livers of most mammals manufacture vitamin a from the beta carotene found in plants. Beta carotene is also one of the trendiest antioxidant discoveries of the 1980s. So exciting were the original findings about it that two studies were undertaken, both financed by the National Cancer Institute, to test whether a beta carotene supplement, in a capsule, might fend off cancer and other diseases. |
American Medical Publishing
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| There are some studies that suggest vitamin a toxicity has occurred at levels of ingestion below 25,000 IU. In addition, the severity of the injuries that occur at 25,000 IU suggests that substantial, but less severe and less readily recognized, injuries probably occur at somewhat lower intakes. Most experts recommend that vitamin a intake not exceed 10,000 IU for most adults or 8,000 IU for pregnant and nursing women.
B. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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| Another study, this one from Stanford University, found that subjects who took three to five times the recommended daily average of vitamin a were 40 percent better able to move glucose from their blood to their cells.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin commonly found in liver, fish liver oils, whole and fortified milk, and eggs, as well as in orange fruits and vegetables and green leafy vegetables. It's essential for vision, a healthy immune system, and bone building. |
Robyn Landis
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 In that case, he said, it's a sign that the liver is not efficiently converting vitamin a precursors (carotenoids) to vitamin a. He suggested four capsules daily of boldo leaf. Within two months, the bumps were one hundred percent gone. I had absolutely smooth upper arms for the first time in fifteen years! (This is also a good example of a health issue—some possible weakness in the liver—that would never have been detected or treated by standard medicine now, yet down the road might have progressed beyond "bumpy skin" to a more serious condition. |
Rex Adams
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 Common foods rich in vitamin a include cooked chard, dandelion leaves and beet greens. A four-ounce serving of these contains 15,000 to 20,000 units of vitamin a. These foods are also rich in calcium. Other good sources include watercress, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens and parsley.
2Acta Phytotherapeutica, XII: 9.
Sunflower seeds have been found to relieve farsightedness, eye strain, ache and pain, and extreme light sensitivity, such as the bright reflection from snow or the glare from automobile headlights and TV screens. |
Annemarie Colbin
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 This is fortunate, because human beings do not always have access to
Water
Protein, carbohydrate Iron, calcium
Phosphorus, sodium Potassium, B vitamins Fiber (the chewy part!) vitamin a a wide variety of foods. If each food has a range of nutrients, we are then more likely to be assured ample nourishment. Nature has also designed us so that we can chew, swallow, digest, and assimilate the carrot with all its nutrients.
But when we take the vitamin a out of the carrot, put it in a pill with sugars or starches, and swallow that, our body system will be surprised. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 On the basis of analogy, the caro-tenoids and their degradation products (pardy components of the essential oil) were also considered to be the wound healing principles because of their chemical similarity to the granulation promoting vitamin a [33, 34]. Moreover, the calendula-carotenoids have had no detectable influence on the proliferation or the chemotaxis and function of human fibroblasts [35]. Polysaccharide fractions of calendula flowers have shown immunostimulant effects in the granulocyte- and carbon clearance test in mice [17]. |
| Visci herba, Crataegi fructus, Lu-puli strobulus and Sophorae japonicae flos); Klosterfrau-Aktiv capsules (garlic oily macerate, Hypericum oily macerate, vitamin a and ^-tocopherol acetate; Kneipp® Drei-Pflanzen-Dragees (three-herb coated tablets with misdetoe, hawthorn and garlic).
Regulatory status
Canada: Drug or possibly 'New Drug' if claims are made. Food in absence of claims. Numerous garlic products have Schedule OTC marketing authorization, classified as either 'Herbal and Natural Products' or 'Homoeopathic Products.' U. |
Healing Children's Attention & Behavior DisordersDr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C)
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| I did what I should have done to bring it under control, including taking large quantities of vitamin C and vitamin a, but there was no relief. For two years I had a constant nasal drip which was so bad that when I gave a lecture I would have to hold a kleenex in one hand and my notes in the other. I always carried pockets full of kleenex. After two years I had given up hope. At that time, for other reasons, I did a four-day water fast. To my amazement, I was well by the fourth day. On a retest with a little milk my drippy nose promptly returned in about 15 minutes. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 A) or the effects of a yeast organism, Pityrospo-rum ovale, which normally lives in the hair follicles. Heredity and climate probably also play a role. Adult seborrheic dermatitis, which usually affects the scalp and face, is often associated with stress and anxiety. Other factors associated with an increased chance of developing seborrhea include infrequent shampooing, oily skin, obesity, Parkinson's disease, AIDS, and other skin disorders, such as acne, rosacea, and psoriasis.
Unless otherwise specified, the dosages recommended here are for adults. |
Andrew Pengelly
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 A activity (Eitenmiller and Landen 1999).
Despite having no provitamin A function, carotenoids such as lycopene and lutein are still biologically active. High serum lycopene beta-carotene concentrations have been linked to a reduced risk of atherosclerosis, while preventative effects against heart disease and cancer have also been reported. As an antioxidant it is a powerful quencher of oxygen free radicals compared to other carotenoids (Bruno and Wildman 2001). Lycopene appears to play a particular role in reducing the risk of prostate cancer (Criston et al. 2000).
References
Bane, K. |
H. Winter Griffith, M.D.
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 WARNINGS & PRECAUTIONS
Don't take if:
• You are allergic to isotretinoin, etretinate, tretinoin or vitamin a derivatives.
• You are pregnant or plan pregnancy.
• You are even able to bear children. Read, understand and follow the patient information enclosure with your prescription.
Before you start, consult your doctor:
• If you have diabetes.
• If you or any member of family have high triglyceride levels in blood.
Over age 60:
Adverse reactions and side effects may be more frequent and severe than in younger persons. |
| What drug does:
Enables the body to manufacture vitamin a, which is essential for the normal functioning of the retina, normal growth and development and normal testicular and ovarian function.
Time lapse before drug works:
Total effect may take several weeks.
Life-threatening:
None expected.
Common:
Yellow palms, hands, Continue. Call doctor soles of feet. when convenient.
Infrequent:
None expected.
Rare:
• Joint pain, unusual Discontinue. Call bleeding or bruising. doctor right away.
• Diarrhea, dizziness. Continue. Call doctor when convenient.
Don't take with:
No restrictions. |
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