Kathi Keville
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 Partial relief can be provided through herbal treatments and other therapies such as diet improvements, acupuncture, stress reduction and nutritional supplements such as pantothenic acid, vitamins c and B6 and magnesium.
In 1987, a study was done on a group of individuals who had been experiencing uncomfortable fatigue and sporadic fevers for at least six months. Blood tests showed that these people had especially low levels of the important T-cells known as natural killers, a condition that occurs with chronic fatigue syndrome. Antibiotics and conventional fever drugs had no effect. |
| Over half the hyperactive children treated at the Pain and Stress Therapy Center in San Antonio, Texas, began to function more normally when sugar and caffeine (which is present in colas and other soft drinks) were removed from their diets and they were given nutritional supplements such as magnesium and vitamins c and the B-complex, especially B6.
Intestinal Parasites
Although not a frequent topic of discussion, intestinal parasites are a common cause of digestive disturbances in children. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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 To make norepinephrine, though, these amino acids need to be combined with vitamins c, B3, and B6, and copper. My Brain Longevity Diet and supplement program provides an abundance of these nutrients. Other elements of the program, such as exercise, also significantly increase norepinephrine production.
Dopamine
The primary function of dopamine is to help control physical movement. Dopamine generally decreases with age, as do many other neurotransmitters and hormones. If levels get too low, the result is Parkinson's disease, which is characterized by loss of muscular control. |
Kathi Keville
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| Two more herbs, rose hips and lemon grass, provide the "anti-infection" vitamins c and A, respectively.
These herbs can be taken as tea, but cough syrup or lozenges will work better to soothe your child's sore or ticklish throat, since they coat the throat. You can purchase herbal cough syrups and lozenges at natural food stores and most drugstores. Or you can make your own herbal cough syrup. |
Maesimund B. Panos, M.D. and Jane Heimlich
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 COMMONSENSE MEASURES: Although healing usually proceeds rapidly with use of homeopathic treatment, many people find it helpful to take increased amounts of vitamins c, A, and E.
BEYOND FIRST AID: If an incised wound in the hand or foot is deep, and there is a possibility of a cut tendon, seek medical help at once.
Lacerated Wound
For a minor laceration, cleanse with mild soap and water, and apply a dressing moistened with Calendula lotion or Hypericum lotion. Bandage the dressing in place. |
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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| To potentiate the action of these amino acids, folic acid, magnesium, and vitamins c and B12 can be taken.
Both phenylalanine and tyrosine can be purchased at health food stores cr—more economically—from manufacturers through the mail. (See the "Resources and Referrals" appendix.)
A typical daily dosage of each amino acid—for persons with no frank cognitive pathology—would be in the 500-to-l ,000-mg range. For my patients who show signs of moderate clinical depression, I may recommend dosages of up to 1,500 mg daily of each amino acid. |
Jean Carper
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 Evidence has been mounting over the last decade, showing that antioxidant vitamins, notably vitamins c and E, can ward off blockages of coronary arteries. Studies in monkeys, our closest relatives, have found that clogged arteries, induced by a high-fat diet, are prevented and reversed by modest doses of vitamin E. In a remarkable six-year research project Anthony J. Verlangieri, Ph.D., of the University of Mississippi's Atherosclerosis Research Laboratory, fed monkeys a high-fat lard-cholesterol diet. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 Combined with vitamins c and E, the B-complex vitamins are especially beneficial to the eyes. While symptoms are acute, take a B-complex supplement that supplies 50 milligrams of each of the primary B vitamins twice daily. When symptoms improve, reduce the dosage to 25 milligrams twice daily.
¦ Vitamin C helps to prevent and clear up infections. It also helps strengthen capillaries, maintains collagen, and prevents tissue hemorrhaging, and is notable for speeding healing. Select a vitamin-C formula that includes bioflavonoids, especially rutin; these nutrients work best together. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 Zinc Lends a Helping Hand
Although its role in bruise healing is not as well-researched or well-defined as those of vitamins c and K, the mineral zinc is known to lend a hand in wound healing and may help with bruises as well.
"Zinc is important in wound healing and skin repair, but it's probably more important for older people," says Lorraine Meisner, Ph.D., professor of preventive medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison. |
James F. Balch, M.D.
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 As if all that were not enough, glutathione also helps to maintain a ready supply of vitamins c and E. It does this by recycling these vitamins after they have been oxidized.
Methionine
Methionine has been determined to be a powerful antioxidant, a potent free radical scavenger.
Elevated Homocysteine Levels: Homocysteine is an amino acid that is intermediate in the conversion of methionine to cysteine. For those who are deficient in folic acid, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), or vitamin B12, there will be an associated elevation of homocysteine. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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| NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
¦ The drugs commonly prescribed for Crohn's disease interfere with normal metabolism and increase the likelihood of multiple nutritional deficiencies^ People with Crohn's disease are often lacking in calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), folic acid, vitamins c and D, and zinc. Take a good multivitamin and mineral formula that supplies at least the minimum daily requirement of these important nutrients.
¦ Antioxidant nutrients scavenge free radicals and have been shown to lower the risk of developing Crohn's disease. |
Linda B. White, M.D.
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 These include the B vitamins, vitamins c and E, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, and omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids. The stress of chronic anxiety may increase your need for these nutrients. Consider consulting a nutritionist to check for deficiencies, especially if your diet hasn't been the greatest.
ž Work it all out. Exercise is one of the best anxiety-management techniques. It can stimulate the brain to produce its own calming chemicals. |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) may also provide some relief.
ž vitamins c and D. This duo has been shown to help osteoarthritis. Vitamin C is essential to the body for making collagen, an important component of joints. Two hundred milligrams of C per day is probably enough; try 500 IU of vitamin D.
ž Vitamin E. This vitamin may help relieve some pain of arthritis. Typical dosage: 400 to 600 IU daily.
ž Boron. The Rheumatoid Disease Foundation recommends 3 milligrams of boron per day. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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 A tremendous amount of scientific research indicates that the optimal level for many nutrients—especially the antioxidant nutrients, such as vitamins c and E, beta-carotene, and selenium—may be much higher than their current RDA.
We recommend three primary elements for a basic nutritional supplement program:
1. Take a high-quality multiple-vitamin-and-mineral supplement
2. Take extra antioxidants
3. Take 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil daily
The physical care of the human body involves the following four areas:
1. Breathing
2. Posture
3. Bodywork
4. |
| In the pilot study on vitamins c and E that began in 1979, twenty-one patients with early Parkinson's disease were given 3,000 mg of vitamin C and 3,200 IU of vitamin E each day.14 The patients were followed closely for a period of seven years. Although all patients eventually required drug treatment (Sinemet or Deprenyl), the progression of the disease, as determined by need for medication, was considerably delayed in those who received the nutritional antioxidants compared to the rates in those not receiving the antioxidants. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 General Guidelines for a Healthy Diet and Lifestyle
• Take a high-potency multivitamin and multimineral supplement each day (add extra doses of vitamins c and E when indicated).
• Drink plenty of fresh water.
• Get fresh air and exercise every day.
• Eat meals at a regular time.
• Avoid rushing meals.
• Limit snacks.
• Avoid late-night or bedtime eating.
• Chew food thoroughly.
• Read labels.
• Don't eat anything you can't pronounce.
• Don't smoke.
• Don't drink excess alcohol.
To keep it simple, I have left out cold and dry as separate entities. |
| ALA has the ability to restore missing electrons and extend the life of other antioxidants, such as vitamins c and E. This activity is crucial in neuropathy because it is difficult to remove inflammation from the affected nerve tissue due to its complex barriers. The concentration of antioxidants that ALA supports seems to slowly build up in the tissue, removing inflammation and allowing repair to occur over several months.
To reduce the general inflammation, I use evening primrose oil. The Ayurvedic herb bala can be useful. Acupuncture often benefits neuropathy. |
James F. Balch, M.D.
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| Selenium—works with vitamins c and E to detoxify the body.
Radiation
It is popular today to laugh at the mid-1950s science fiction movie Godzilla in which a giant mutant-monster born from the fallout created by a nuclear explosion rises up from the Pacific Ocean to wreak havoc on Tokyo. But, while this movie takes its message to the point of camp, it does underline one frightening truth: the world is filled with free radical radiation, most of which is the result of modern technological advances. |
The Garlic CureJames F. Scheer, Lynn Allison and Charlie Fox
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| With the common cold uncommonly common these days, most people - at the first sneeze - think of vitamins c and A and zinc. Not bad thinking, but it excludes another helpful nutrient: garlic.
The Cold Facts
Anybody who has endured a cold knows that its main symptoms are nasal secretion, a stuffy head, a cough, sputum, a sore and gravelly throat, headache, fatigue and feeling miserable. For sore throats, grandmas used to squeeze juice from a bulb of garlic and mix it with warm water for gargling. |
James F. Balch, M.D.
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| Three of the best antioxidants are vitamins c and E and beta-carotene, which have been proven to protect the body against oxidative damage. They are found in many types of foods, especially fruits and vegetables.
Vitamin C is the most studied antioxidant, so it should not be surprising that we know more about what it can do. Vitamin c boosts the body's immunity by strengthening the thymus and lymph glands. The best sources of vitamin c are tropical fruits, such as papaya and kiwi, but the more readily available citrus fruits, like grapefruits and oranges, are good sources of vitamin C as well. |
Judith Wills
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 Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble vitamins and can thus be stored in the body. vitamins c and the B group are water-soluble vitamins and can't be stored—excess is excreted in the urine— and so they need to be consumed on a regular basis. Each of the eleven vitamins is discussed separately in the pages ahead.
* Recommended amounts are given for each vitamin for adults. The FDA offers Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs) which were set in 1996 and which they say will be enough for the majority of the healthy US population. |
James F. Balch, M.D.
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| Vitamins C and E have proven to be more effective than Pycnogenol in other tests against other free radicals. It really depends on what you are testing.
Recommendation
Consider this as very important. The best course of action is to use as many sources of antioxidants as you can and let them all work together. Every antioxidant has specific functions and all of them are needed to fight the variety of free radicals that we must confront. I suggest a dosage of 50 to 100 mg daily of Pycnogenol. |
| Marginal vitamin deficiencies, particularly of vitamins c and E, can decrease the cell's ability to scavenge free radicals. Even cellular depletion of certain trace elements leads to decreased free radical-enzyme scavenging activity. Conversely, adequate amounts of these elements lead to efficient antioxidant functioning. These trace elements are essential cofactors for the synthesis and proper functioning of the free radical-scavenging enzymes. We have already mentioned selenium as a cofactor necessary for the production of glutathione peroxidase. |
Peggy O'Mara
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 We took echinacea and goldenseal; large doses of vitamins c and A; zinc supplements; flower pollen supplements; and lactobacil-lus to counteract the effects of the erythromycin on the digestive tract.
The homeopathic remedies we used were the cell salt Magnesia phosphorica, Drosera for my husband and son, Pulsatilla for me, and Spongia for my nine-year-old daughter. We all took Pertussin 30c once daily.
Looking back, I would not forgo any of the three courses of treatment we chose. |
J. E. Williams, O.M.D.
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 NK cell levels and function are affected by a variety of nutritional deficiencies, including protein and overall caloric deficiencies, low levels of vitamins c, E, and D, and of trace minerals such as zinc and magnesium. Toxic metals, like lead, and other noxious environmental substances can depress NK cell levels. Numerous natural immune-modulating substances, such as transfer factor and the mushroom glu-cans, can increase the number of NK cells. |
| The most common nutritional antioxidants include vitamins c, E, B2, B6, B12, carotenoids (beta carotene), the minerals zinc and selenium, and the amino acids arginine, lysine, cysteine, and glutamine. Second-level antioxidants include co-enzyme Q10, lipoic acid, flavonoids, and proanthocyanidins such as are found in grape seeds.
Vitamin C: The foundation of any antioxidant program is vitamin C, the single most important antioxidant. It is useful in preventing premature aging and cell death, and it protects us against cancer and other diseases, including those caused by viruses. |
| However, it may replace vitamin E when it is in short supply in the body, since it is both water- and fat-soluble and has a broader range of antioxidant activity than either vitamins c or E. It also functions as a chelating agent in the removal of excess iron, copper, and toxic metals like mercury, lead, and cadmium.
Lipoic acid has been shown to be an effective antioxidant in the treatment of AIDS due to its ability to raise plasma levels of vitamin C and glutathione, and to improve immune function by raising the number of T-helper cells. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Effective antioxidants include vitamins c and E, zinc, selenium, and cysteine.
Carnitine
Although the use of lipotropic agents (nutritional compounds that promote the flow of fat to and from the liver) appears warranted in treating alcoholic fatty liver disease, many commonly used lipotropic agents, including choline, niacin, and cysteine, appear to have little value.1516 One lipotropic agent, carnitine, does significantly inhibit alcohol-induced fatty liver disease. It has been suggested that chronic alcohol consumption results in a functional deficiency of carnitine. |
| Dietary antioxidants of extreme significance in life-extension include vitamins c and E, selenium, beta-carotene, flavonoids, sulfur-containing amino acids, and coenzyme Q10. Not surprisingly, these same nutrients are also of extreme significance in cancer prevention, as aging and cancer share many common mechanisms.
Perhaps the most important dietary antioxidants for longevity are carotene molecules. Carotenes represent the most widespread group of naturally occurring pigments in plant life. |
Susun S. Weed
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 They are rich sources of vitamins c and D, protease inhibitors, and other cabbage family phytochemicals. Daikon is used to increase the lifespan of the terminally ill in Chinese hospitals. See cabbage family.
RHUBARB (Rheum rhaponticum)
The stalks of garden rhubarb are as effective at inhibiting cancer as the more famed roots, far tastier to consume, and safer as well. Cooked rhubarb stalks contain carotenes, flavones, antioxidants, and rhein and emodin-two phytochemicals shown to reduce the growth and spread of tumors. |
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