| Antacids, calcium, and zinc interfere with iron absorption and should be taken separately; however, ascorbic acid and vitamin a both reduce anemia when taken together with iron.
Caution must be taken with iron supplementation; an excess has been linked to cancer and to liver, heart, and pancreas damage. (See below.)
IN GENERAL
Anemia may be due to iron deficiency (the most common cause), to B12 deficiency (usually due to an absorption problem rather than a dietary lack), or to folic acid deficiency, which can be a problem because the body does not store large amounts of this nutrient. |
| Politzer, "Vitamin A in the Treatment of Menorrhagia," South African Medical Journalbl, no. 7 (February 12, 1977): 191-93. herbs/plant extracts
Hyperthermia is a relatively simple-to-perform new technique of heating the endometrial cavity of the uterus using a probe. In a study of 32 patients given a single 20-minute hyperthermia treatment, a success rate of 84 percent in treating menorrhagia was seen.
M. V. Prior, "Treatment of Menorrhagia by Radio Frequency Heating," International Journal of Hyperthermia 7, no. 2 (April-March 1991): 213-20. |
| Effect of vitamin a Treatment on the Immune Reactivity of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus," Journal of Clinical Laboratory Immunology 26, no. 1 (May 1988): 33-35.
Lupus erythematosus patients given daily IV injections of nicotinamide were shown to experience improvement in skin lesions as soon as one day following the first injection. Lesions continued to improve over time with the treatment, but never disappeared entirely.
I. Dainow, "Recherches Clinques Sur Certaines Proprietes Anti-Allergiques de la Nicotinamide," Z Vitaminforsch 15 (1944): 245-50. |
William Duffy
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 Fortified sugar" appeared on the market with a list of vitamins and minerals on the package: Iodine, iron, vitamin C, four B complex vitamins, and 400 units of vitamin a.
What were the sugar pushers to do? They could lick them or join them. Joining presented certain problems. If the peddlers of refined white sugar were going to compete by listing their vitamins and minerals on the package, they would have nothing to reveal except a string of zeroes. |
Thomas J. Moore
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 Even the National Cancer Institute jumped on the beta-carotene bandwagon, declaring, "A large body of epidemiological evidence indicates that cancer incidence is reduced as consumption of dietary vitamin a or its precursor, beta-carotene, found in dark green and yellow vegetables and fruits, increases."26The National Cancer Institute limited its recommendations to urging greater consumption of fruit and vegetables. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
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| Vitamin A: 10,000 I.U. daily
• Zinc: 50 mg. daily.
SOME STEPS TO RELIEVE SYMPTOMS:
• Do not use hot water for bathing and showering. Use warm water.
• Use bath oil to soften skin. Use a nondrying soap substitute instead of soap.
• Do not use over-the-counter ointments that contain benzocaine or antibiotics.
• Avoid lanolin in skin lotions, cosmetics, cleansers, and the like.
• Try to avoid temperature extremes and any activity that will involve excessive sweating.
• Aerobic exercise is beneficial to eczema and other skin ailments. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
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 For example, too much vitamin a can be poisonous. As a corollary, conventional wisdom says that if a lot is bad, then less will be safer. Many of those who work in the field of risk assessment and toxicology are still guided by these old rules. However, the endocrine system responds to tiny quantities of hormone messengers: minute amounts of endocrine disruptors can elicit a response and cause changes. Frederick vom Saal, a noted scientist in the field, has a different perspective. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
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| Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements have been shown to improve cervical dysplasia to the point that no abnormal cells are in evidence.
Vitamin C is also important in controlling the development of cervical dysplasia. Women who consume less than 50 percent of the RDA of vitamin C can have ten times the risk of developing the condition. |
C. P. Khare
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 A, Bi, C and nicotinic acid; and 0.015 % volatile oil (n-alkanes and sesquiterpenes).
Seeds from India, Afghanistan and Pakistan contained 28.7-30.8 % protein and 5.5-6 % oil (dry weight.). Seeds yielded 14.1 % saponin.
Chronic administration of seed extract enhanced food consumption and motivation to eat in rats and also induced hyperinsulinemia and hypocholesterolaemia (Rastogi, Compendium 1998).
In rats, trigonelline counteracts the hypergly-caemic effect of cortisone given two hours before or simultaneously. Antiulcer activity has been studied in rats. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
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| Zinc works in conjunction with vitamin a to promote healing. Without zinc, the cells necessary to form new tissue cannot be created. Vitamin E has also been recognized as helpful in speeding the healing process.
Two other nutrients are worth trying. They are vitamin B3 (or nicotinamide) and glutamine. Vitamin B3 has been shown to be strongly connected to increased healing rates in wounds, as has the amino acid glutamine. Though the precise reason why glutamine aids healing is unknown, we do know that levels of glutamine are depleted by injury or disease. |
| In addition, eat foods rich in vitamin a, including carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, egg yolk, chicken, fish, and dark vegetables like broccoli.
Floaters and Flashers
Floaters and flashers are tiny dark specks or spots that appear before your eyes. Like presbyopia, they usually occur when you're at least forty. Also like presbyopia, they signify the aging of the eye: The spots are caused when the fluid that fills the inside of the eyeball begins to thin out. |
Rex Adams
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 I started taking vitamin a every day and in three days the infection which I had for a year was clearing. Now my face looks wonderful."
Mrs. C.N. reports: "Recently I heard of zinc as a help for acne sufferers, and decided to try it. It works wonders. My skin, always loaded with blemishes, has never looked clearer. Believe it or not, I had acne into my thirties! No amount of scrubbing or lotions has ever done what zinc supplements accomplished in one short week."
Mrs. M.I. had been suffering for 25 years with large red, blotchy, scaly areas all over her face and neck. |
| B complex vitamins you can get in tablet form (follow the instructions on the label but ask your dealer for the best brand), (3) take at least 25,000 units of vitamin a and 150 mg. of vitamin C daily, (4) take two tablespoons of soybean oil, corn oil or safflower oil daily as salad dressing or with tomato or fruit juice, (5) include 2 to 4 tablespoons of whole wheat germ each day, with cereal or salad.
Soybean lecithin is available in capsule, liquid or powder form at health stores everywhere. It is a prime ingredient in Dr. |
| Sunflower seeds contain 50 units of vitamin a per 100 grams, and are also rich in B complex vitamins, iron and calcium.
Reported Cases:
* Mr. H.B. reports: "Sunflower seeds have done a lot of good for me. I needed reading glasses since I was 45 years old, am 65 now, have eaten the seeds for about two years or more and can read a lot now without glasses."
* Mrs. F.N. writes: "I brought my eyesight back with sunflower seeds, three teaspoonfuls of the kernels a day. Everything was a blur, but now I can read without glasses. Even my hair is getting life and luster back into it."
* Mr. S.G. |
| Since taking a capsule containing vitamin a with vitamin D in the form of three fish oils, I have gotten rid of this eruption____I had a vitamin deficiency all the time."
Dog's Breast Tumors Disappear!
Mrs. K.N. reports: "Our poodle had breast tumors that the vet said were probably malignant and should be removed. I had just read an article on garlic, so I started her on four perles a day. Three weeks later the tumors had disappeared. She now takes garlic daily." Two years later, Mrs. K.N. reported the dog to be still alive and healthy!
Diabetic Skin Ailment Cured With Miracle Medicine Food! |
| Every day I take vitamin a, brewer's yeast, B multiple (heavy potency), 1,000 to 1,500 mg. vitamin C with bioflavanoids and rutin, 50 mg. extra rutin, 400 units of vitamin D, 600 I.U. vitamin E, three unsaturated fatty acid capsules, three lecithin capsules, six bone meal, two garlic perles and six sea kelp.
"The results are worth shouting about. I am 56 years old, work nine hours a day, manage and keep up a large home, do some entertaining and have time to sew all my own clothes. |
C. P. Khare
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| A 434 i.u., and 79 kcal/100 g.
The corms are found efficacious as antiasthmatic, antiemetic, carminative, antidysenteric and are used in piles, enlargement of spleen, diseases due to vitiated blood, elephantiasis.
The corms and seeds are applied externally as an irritant to treat acute rheumatism. The paste is prepared with clarified butter or honey for external application.
Related species
Amorphophallus dubius Blume (Purple-stalked Dragon) is allied to Amorphophallus campanulatus, found occurring in Kerala. The tuber is administered in piles and apoplexy. |
| A.
Beta-carotene is the newest antioxidant vitamin, and which protects both the insides and out-sides of cells against free radical damage.
In a study 15 mg (25, 00 IU) beta-carotene supplement daily and 15 mg of beta-carotene per day from carrots were prescribed. The group that ate carrots showed more increase in white cell numbers.
Use in Western herbal
In the 1st century, Dioscorides recommended the seeds to stimulate menstruation, to relieve urinary retention and to "wake up genital virtue". |
| A units) per 100 g.
The seed is rich in urease; other chemical constituents present are: strepogenin, beta-sitosterol, a phyto-haemagglutinin, beta-N-acefylglucosami-nidase, alpha- and beta-galactosidases, alpha-mannosides and beta-glucosides. 5-hydroxy-7, 3', 4'-trimethoxy-8-methylisoflavone-5-neohesperi-doside has also been isolated from the seed. |
| A, nicotinic acid 0.6 mg, riboflavin 50 meg and ascorbic acid 2 mg/100 g.
Figs owe their value chiefly to their mineral and sugar contents. The total mineral content is 2 to 4 times that of most other fresh foods; only cheese and a few of the nuts have a higher calcium content. Figs are richer in iron and copper than nearly all fruits and vegetables and most other dried fruits. Traces of zinc are also reported to be present.
The nutritive index of fig in comparison with that of other fruits is reported to be as follows: fig 11, apple 9, raisin 8, date 6 and pear 6. |
Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman
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 Personal Longevity Program
Exercise: Schopp aerobic weight-lifting circuit for 40 minutes, 3 times/ week, jogging for 40 minutes, 3 times/week in fall, spring and summer, contouring exercises for 1 hour, 1-2 times/week
Supplements: Multivitamin daily in addition to:
20,000 I.U. vitamin a 400 meg folic acid
15 mg thiamin 500 mg vitamin C
17 mg riboflavin 600 I.U. |
Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common AilmentsRobert M. Giller, M.D.
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| IN ADDITION TO YOUR DAILY SUPPLEMENTS, PAGE xxiv, TAKE
• Vitamin A: 10,000 I.U. per day.
• Vitamin C: 1,000 to 3,000 mg. daily, in divided doses.
• Vitamin E: 400 I.U. daily.
• Chromium: 100 meg. of trivalent chromium two times daily.
• Zinc: 50 mg. a day.
• Fish oil: 1,000 mg. three times daily of MaxEPA.
• Rutin: 50 mg. three times daily. gout
GOUT SNEAKS UP on its victims quietly. Many patients are first stricken in the middle of the night with an aching, throbbing, and exquisitely painful big toe. |
Stephen T., M.D. Sinatra
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 Taking vitamin a in doses higher than 50,000 IU per day may cause weight loss, skin difficulties, bone pain, bleeding, and other symptoms.
2. Vitamin D: Another fat-soluble vitamin. When taken in doses greater than 3,000 IU per day, it may cause kidney impairment, weight loss, and thirst.
3. Vitamin E: Rarely, bleeding may occur. Use caution if you are taking more than 200 IU of vitamin E a day and also taking Coumadin (a blood thinner); check with your physician before taking a higher dose of vitamin E.
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Stephanie Beling
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 Chicory is also an excellent source of potassium, calcium, and vitamin a. A popular salad vegetable, chicory can be blanched to reduce the bitter flavor.
Ogden Nash once opined that "Parsley's gharsley," but this relative of rosemary and cilantro has long been believed to contain magical properties. The Greeks thought it stimulated the brain; in the Middle Ages, parsley seed poultices were used to banish freckles; and Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit ate parsley to cure his upset stomach.
Peter Rabbit was right: Parsley is good for you. |
| A second study, the Beta Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial, tested 18,314 participants, feeding them supplements of beta carotene, vitamin a, both, or a placebo, also over a period of years. In January, 1996, the results of those studies put a damper on the beta carotene fad. They showed that taking a beta carotene supplement was "completely ineffective," as the announcement phrased it, in preventing cancer or heart disease. What's more, the second study showed that the supplements might actually be harmful. |
David Brownstein
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 I have also found vitamin a helpful to lessen the symptoms from autoimmune thyroid problems.
Selenium can be a useful nutrient for individuals with autoimmune thyroid disorders. Selenium has been shown to slow the progression of autoimmune thyroid disorders. In these disorders, anti-thyroid antibody levels are produced which damage the thyroid gland. Selenium supplementation has been shown to
Q lower these antibody levels. Selenium is deficient in our diet due to low levels of selenium in the soil. |
| Correcting a deficiency in either vitamin a or Vitamin E will improve thyroid function.
Vitamin B12
When cattle were fed a diet that resulted in a Vitamin B12 deficiency the result was a significant reduction in the conversion of T4 to T3. I believe Vitamin B12 deficiency to be one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in the United States today because of inadequate Vitamin B12 levels in food and a poor absorption of Vitamin B12 associated with aging. It is impossible to have a properly functioning thyroid gland without adequate Vitamin B12 levels in the body. |
| I also found her deficient in numerous vitamin levels, including vitamin a and Vitamin D. Her thyroid tests revealed an inability to convert inactive thyroid hormone (T4) to active thyroid hormone (T3) and she had low basal body temperatures, indicating a hypothyroid condition. Katie's diet was also lacking in adequate amounts of protein. I made recommendations to improve her diet (eating whole foods, increasing fish) and emphasized the importance of eliminating artificial sweeteners, as well as correcting the nutritional deficits. |
| Vitamins, such as Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, vitamin a and Vitamin E can help reverse coagulation disorders. Ensuring adequate intake of minerals such as magnesium, zinc and manganese also helps coagulation problems.
Natural Hormones
Testosterone has anticoagulation effects in the body. I have found improvements in coagulation disorders with the use of combinations of natural hormones including DHEA, pregnenolone and natural testosterone. Testosterone has been shown to have fibrinolytic activity and can improve hereditary factors of hypercoagulation?lipoprotein (a). |
David Brownstein
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 Storing vitamins and minerals such as vitamin a, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin D, copper, iron, etc.
2. Regulating carbohydrate metabolism
3. Controlling protein metabolism
4. Facilitating fat absorption
It is vitally important to maintain a healthy liver because it has such a wide range of essential functions in the body. A healthy liver is maintained by eating a diet free of pesticides, synthetic hormones and other toxins. In addition, eliminating refined foods, especially refined sugar and flour, helps to promote a healthy liver. |
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