Robert Hass, M.S.
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 A liver enzyme splits one molecule of beta-carotene in half, forming two molecules of active vitamin a. Beta-carotene is just one of at least 10 or so carotenes found in human blood. Beta-carotene is also a powerful antioxidant that neutralizes a damaging type of activated oxygen called singlet oxygen.
Bioflavonoids: A group of compounds, including hesperidin and rutin, that work synergistically with vitamin C to maintain healthy blood vessels and a healthy immune system. Bioflavonoids are commonly found in many fruits, vegetables, wine, and tea. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
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| Toxins that may cause brain swelling, such as excessive doses of vitamin a and carbon monoxide, readily cause nausea, although carbon monoxide can also cause nausea in the absence of brain swelling. Cocaine and amphetamines can cause bleeding in the brain, triggering nausea.
If you experience nausea and you answer "yes" to any of the following questions, you should be aware of the possibility of toxic exposure. |
| Long-term use of very high doses of vitamin a may cause brittle nails.
These substances are toxic. In addition, many of these substances may be contaminated with toxins, such as arsenic.
Handling tobacco (presumably the nicotine content) can cause yellow to brown nail staining.
Constant water immersion can contribute to the development of paronychia.
Acrylics in sculptured nails, nail polish remover, and formaldehyde in nail hardener may cause damage. Using nail polish may cause yellow-brown discoloration of the nails. |
The Garlic CureJames F. Scheer, Lynn Allison and Charlie Fox
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| Most professionals suggest 8,000 International units of vitamin a, 50 milligrams of vitamin B-complex to strengthen immune function and 1000 mg of vitamin C three times daily to boost lymphocyte and macrophage activity, to raise levels of interferon, scavenge free radicals, fight viruses and strengthen connective tissue, increasing resistance to allergens and vitamin E at least 400 IU - to quench free radicals along with vitamins A and C. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
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| Long-term use of very high doses of vitamin a (25,000 + IU) daily may cause headaches. Used to treat or prevent osteoporosis, vitamin D in high doses (1,000-3,000 IU/kg/day) may also cause headaches.
Inform your doctor of these supplements. Discontinue using folk medicines, which may cause other symptoms. Consult your doctor for persistent headaches.
Consult your doctor.
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Questions to Ask About Your Surroundings and Activities
Toxic Possibilities If You Answered Yes*
What to Do
Are you a cancer patient taking Laetrile? |
| Long-term use of very high doses of vitamin a (25,000+ IU daily) may cause hair loss.
Cocaine can cause hair loss. In addition, many of these substances are contaminated with toxins such as lead, arsenic, and strychnine.
You may be exposed to pesticides containing thallium, arsenic, and possibly copper. In addition, some roach powders contain boric acid.
If you use gun blue to clean guns or other metal objects, you may be exposed to selenious acid (a selenium compound).
Discontinue use of the shampoo and consult your doctor.
Consult your doctor. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 Note: People with liver problems may be unable to convert beta carotene into vitamin a.) In addition, beta-carotene itself stimulates T-helper cells, which prevent the development of cancer, and studies have in fact shown that the substance protects against lung and colon cancer. Fifty thousand international units taken daily may prevent cancer in cigarette smokers. For general purposes, 20,000 to 30,000 IU of beta-carotene is extremely helpful.
Flavonoids... |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 Prunus avium
Cherries contain much vitamin a, little of vitamins B and C, minerals and sugars (especially levulose, which is easily assimilated).
They are refrigerant, depurative, diuretic and laxative.
The kernel of the pit contains small amounts of cyanogenetic glucosides.
The peduncles contain tannin, potassium and flavonoids.
They are astringent and diuretic.
The leaves are sometimes used as a pectoral remedy.
The transluscent, mucilaginous gum exuding from the trunk is edible. It is said that a hundred people resisted a two-month long siege with this gum as their only food.
P. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
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| Dietary deficiencies can affect the sense of smell, particularly deficiencies in vitamin a, vitamin B12, or zinc.
Medications That Alter Smell
Smell may be altered as a side effect of a number of medications, dietary supplements, and nose drops, including some antibiotics, blood pressure medicines, anticoagulants, and antihistamines. Cancer chemotherapy and radiation treatment to the head may also damage nerve cells that carry smell sensation to the brain.
Environmental Agents That Alter Smell
Many substances in the environment can interact and interfere with the sense of smell. |
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 Too much vitamin a can hurt you. You need a prescription.
Throat Clearing
WHEN TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR
Your repeated throat clearing has persisted for a week or more
Clearing your throat is disturbing your sleep or affecting your speech.
Your throat clearing has begun to cause hoarseness or pain in your throat.
You also have trouble breathing or swallowing.
What Your Symptom Is Telling You
.zihem. Clearing your throat is a time-honored way to draw polite attention. Just ask Miss Manners. But you may be clearing your throat so often that it's drawing negative attention. |
| Beta-carotene is not toxic like vitamin a (to which it converts once it's in the body). Simply taking in less beta-carotene will get rid of the yellow hue.
See a doctor. "If you have jaundice," says Dr. Averhoff, "the underlying conditions must be diagnosed and treated by a physician."
You'll also need to see your doctor to get at the root of any other color change. If a heart medication is causing a bluish color, he may be able to alter your dosage or prescribe an alternate medication.
See also Jaundice
Skin Flaking when to see your doctor
Flaking is accompanied by intense itching. |
| Your brand should include vitamin a, the B-complex vitamins, vitamin E, iodine and selenium. In research trials, all have been shown to have some beneficial effect on breast pain and lumps, even though some of the evidence is inconclusive, says Dr. Shirley. The B vitamins, for example, may function to help the liver metabolize estrogen, he says.
Breath, Shortness of when to see your doctor
You're short of breath but cannot breathe more rapidly to compensate.
You also have chest pain, swollen feet or legs or a history of heart problems. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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| Red beet roots contain much sugar and vitamin a. Cultivated beets are delicious raw, grated or juiced, preferably in combination with other vegetables, as they can sometimes be irritating to the throat. Sliced, torrefied and ground, they make an excellent coffee substitute, said to improve with age. It can also be fermented into a kind of sauerkraut.
Sugar beet roots contain vanillin and a large amount of saccharose. White sugar, refined from this root or from the stem of the sugar cane, is chemically pure saccharose. |
| The leaves contain much protein, much vitamin a, vitamins Bl, B2, G, niacin, saponins and large proportions of calcium, phosphorus and iron, which is better assimilated raw than cooked. They are also rich in soluble oxalates, which can be eliminated by boiling the plant in two changes of water. People with arthritis, gastric or intestinal inflammations, hepatic conditions or rheumatism should be particularly Chenopodium album careful.
In heavily fertilized fields, where it occurs as a weed, or if sprayed with herbicides, the plant can accumulate toxic amounts of nitrates. |
| Papayas contain vitamin a, potassium and enzymes. They are easily digested.
The leaves can reportedly be used as soap.
The fruits of local species are eaten in Central and South America. loasaceae
Mentzelia (E-H 4) Blazing Star, Stickleaf
After Christian Mentzel (1622-1701), German botanist.
W. & C. U.S., Mex.
The seeds of M. albicaulis were parched, ground into a meal and eaten is a mush by Indians. They contain a fixed oil.
M. decapetala is a facultative selenium absorber. The leaves of some species are known to cause dermatitis in susceptible individuals.
Endangered species: M. |
| Pumpkins contain sugars, starch, vitamin a and minerals, phosphorus in particular.
Cooked and mashed, the pulp is emollient, demulcent, laxative, diuretic and sedative. It is also nutritious and very digestible.
Pumpkin seeds are edible raw or roasted, and are sold on the street in various parts of the world (usually roasted and salted).
Pumpkin seed paste is sold in markets in Yucatan. It is used for rhickening soups, and is also sprinkled with hard-boiled eggs on tostadas.
With simple pressure, the seeds yield an orange-colored edible oil that does not become rancid. |
Judith Wills
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 Carotenoids
Probably the first phytochemical to be linked with health was beta-carotene, the orange pigment in carrots, sweet potatoes, and other plants, which can convert to vitamin a and which was cited as one of the first antioxidants, along with vitamins C and E. In fact, the carotenoid group of compounds in foods numbers about 600, many of which are also potent antioxidants. Here are just some of them.
Lycopene is the red pigment found mainly in tomatoes, red grapefruit, and watermelon. |
Frances Darragh and Louise Darragh Law
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 Apply lanolin-based ointment fortified with vitamin a and E oils or pure Aloe Vera gel.
Mix one part Sage oil with ten parts Olive oil and apply locally.
Dusting with Whey powder can be soothing.
Seawater can be beneficial, especially combined with careful exposure to the sun.
For a hot inflamed type of eczema, add 'A cup baking soda to bath 2-3 times weekly and soak in it for 15 minutes.
For a dry, itchy type of eczema, add 'A cup powdered Ginger to bath 2-3 times weekly and soak in it for 15 minutes. |
Margarita Artschwager Kay
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 Other species contain vitamin a and essential amino acids.
3. No reported toxicity. in water, then drink the fluid for fever. This medicinal plant has not been reported to me by Mexican Americans in Arizona or New Mexico, but it was found to be commonly used in east Texas, where it is called cotnino.
Phytochemistry., An extract of A. brandegeei root was found to have 2 + effectiveness against Staphylococcus aureus and 1 + against Bacillus subtilis (Encarnaci6n and Keer 1991). No other information on the Arracacia species listed above could be found. |
Susun S. Weed
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 When fed laetrile, vitamin a, and pancreatic enzymes, 75 out of 84 mice with breast cancer had complete remission.13, 14 (The others showed partial remission.)
For dosage, see page 29 or The Physician's Handbook of Vitamin B-17 Therapy, McNaughton, Science Press International, 1975. The Hospital Ernesto Contreras in San Ysidro, California claims to have treated more cancers with laetrile than any other facility in the world; you can contact them at 1-800-326-1850. |
Carlton Fredericks, Ph.D.
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| The point involved is illustrated in the rat's requirement for vitamin a, for the daily intake which will protect the animal's eyes is strikingly less than the potency needed for reproductive efficiency. What, then, are the criteria by which we label a rat as "well fed"? Similarly, the intake of Vitamin B Complex that helps to protect a woman against pellagra or beriberi may be far below what she needs to bar the effects of excessive estrogen activity. |
| A good example is the purported toxicity of vitamin a in doses larger than 10,000 units daily. I bring this up because it is necessary to give you several cautions which do not arise from characteristics of vitamin supplements, but from the quirks of the biochemistries of some of those who may take them.
1. The recommendations in this book are intended for "normal" women. (I said they could be cured, remember?) They are not intended for self-treatment of disease. |
| This triumph of technology over nature no longer supplies usable sulfur, has lost virtually all of its zinc, no longer contains Vitamin B6, is no longer a source of vitamin a (an important anticancer factor), and is bankrupt in the trace minerals and other nutrients (which the baby chick needs as we do). The amputated egg yolks wind up inyou guessed itpet foods, cosmetics, and some bakery products. A short description of this "egg substitute": it has lost the antioxidants which help to protect you against cancer. |
Frances Darragh and Louise Darragh Law
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| To strengthen: Jaborandi, Parsley, or Chaparral. vitamin a has a specific affinity for the eyes.
HOMEOPATHIC
Causticum 30c: Sparks and dark spots, film before eyes, feeling of pressure in eyeballs. Muscular weakness, double vision.
China 30c: Black specks, bright dazzling before eyes, feeling of pressure in eyeballs. Gelsemium 30c: Heavy or stiff eyelids. Maybe double vision from paralysis of eyelids. Nat Mur 30c: Letters run together; zigzag shapes; pain on looking down. Much watering and scalding. Phosphorus 30c: Letters look red, spots before eyes. |
Robert Hass, M.S.
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| Retinol: See vitamin a (retinol). Riboflavin: See Vitamin B2 (riboflavin).
Selenium: An important trace mineral with antioxidant properties. Selenium and antioxidant enzymes containing selenium have shown strong anticancer properties.
SOD: See Superoxidase dismutase (SOD).
Stroke: A rupture or blockage in a blood vessel in the brain, often with disastrous effects, depending on where the rupture or blockage occurs.
Superoxide dismutase (SOD): An antioxidant enzyme containing zinc and copper or manganese. Its main function is to scavenge and neutralize the superoxide free radical. |
Frances Darragh and Louise Darragh Law
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| These herbs are rich in vitamin a and are much needed to help strengthen the lungs.
Also use the appropriate cell salt twice daily for several weeks but include Ferr Phos to oxygenate the lungs.
Tuberculinum 200c: This is useful when response to homeopathic treatment is poor. Thick, easy expectoration. Craves cold air. Short of breath. (For 200c potency, see page 13).
Note: Make sure the child is not exposed to cigarette smoke (yours or anyone else's).This can be as bad for her as if she were smoking herself. |
Susun S. Weed
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| Warning: Large doses of vitamin a can cause dry hps, dry nails, falling hair, and liver problems.
Step 5b. Use Drugs
Virtually all drugs depress the immune system, at least temporarily. This includes caffeine and nicotine, as well as steroids, most prescribed drugs, chemotherapeutic agents, sedatives, and stimulants.
Antibiotics are life savers when it comes to countering some infections, but overuse (and overconsumption, through animal products) leads to a weakened immune system.
The drug Nuprogin, used to boost white blood cell count, severely weakens the immune system.
Step 6. |
Sharol Tilgner, N.D.
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 Vitamin E and vitamin a are included for antioxidant effects and for their benefits on normal tissue growth and maintenance.
Extra virgin, organic olive oil is the base used for this salve because of its own unique healing properties.
Beeswax is used as a natural agent to solidify this preparation.
CANKER SORE FORMULA Licorice solid extract Glycyrrhiza glabra
Peppermint essential oil Mentha piperita add to the solid extract as desired. Actions:
This formula is to be used topically to relieve the pain and inflammation associated with aphthous ulcers or canker sores. |
| Vitamin C, vitamin a and carotenes are protective to the lungs.
Aromatic vapors in the room can be beneficial.
Avoid tobacco smoke, air pollution, food allergies, shallow breathing and exposure to infectious individuals.
Methods to support or treat someone with a respiratory infection include:
Soothe irritated and inflamed mucous membranes.
Eradicate infectious agent if there is one.
Increase secretion for dry coughs and liquefy viscous bronchial fluid. Productive coughs should not be suppressed unless they keep the patient awake or exhaust them.
Treat the underlying cause. |
| It contains large amounts of vitamin a.
LIVER
Methods to support a healthy Liver include:
Use bitter or stimulating herbs to assist with the natural physiologic processes of the liver.
Avoid liver stimulating herbs when there is active liver or gallbladder irritation or obstruction.
Use antioxidants as supplements or in whole herb form. Examples: Silybum and Licorice.
Use hepatoprotective herbs to protect normal liver cell physiology and aid in the growth of new liver cells. |
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